Preston is a lawyer and independent consultant who advises law firms, corporate counsel, and the public sector how to engage with emerging technologies. He also a founder and former COO of Monax, which invented the first open-source permissioned blockchain client in 2014. This chain has since evolved into the Hyperledger Burrow blockchain client, presently the Hyperledger Project’s only Ethereum Virtual Machine.

Transforming Urban Cardiovascular Health
At the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit, leaders from across sectors gathered to address one of the most pressing global health challenges: cardiovascular disease in rapidly growing urban environments. In partnership with

