Benjamin Schrauwen is the CEO and Co-Founder Director of Oqton, an open and connected additive manufacturing platform. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering, a PhD in Machine Learning, and he was a research professor in Machine Learning and Robotics at Gent University in Belgium. He has also been the Product Development for Autodesk’s Spark 3D printing platform, Tinkercad, 123D, and Project Ignite. Schrauwen's research has been widespread, including quadruped robotics, brain computer interfaces, speech/image recognition, and financial prediction models, with more than 200 publications to his name. In addition to academia, he has been a co-founder of online technology companies Mollom and circuits.io. Schrauwen is passionate about outdoor activities such as rock climbing, paragliding, and running very long distances.