Mike has led development of digital products for over 15 years. He sold his first start-up to Eleco plc in 2000, and has since had senior roles at Channel 4, DCMS, ActionAid, Kew Gardens and Artfinder. Mike co-founded Commonplace to realise a belief that technology can play a greater role in empowering citizens. His TEDx talk at Parliament set out this vision, and Commonplace tackles the challenge of engagement in local planning.

David Janner-Klausner has worked in senior executive roles in local government, environmental and educational organisations. He established the Centre for Local Sustainability at the leading think-tank, LGIU. Previously he was Programme and Planning Director at the charity UJIA responsible for capital and education programme delivery of over £10m per annum. He holds a PhD in Geography and Economics and MSc in Architecture and Sustainability.

Andy Pols has over 25 years of experience at the forefront of technology. He is a recognised expert in agile software development, as well as software process improvement. He created the first web-based continuous deployment tool, which he sold to Atlassian in 2006. Andy has been building software and running teams in diverse domains from finance, pharmaceuticals, engineering and telecoms. He’s a regular presenter at conferences.