DNA Summit

The Decide Now Act summit was held in London in July 2012 and partnered foreign investors with influential people in the technology industry.

Members

Hosts and Organizers

The DNA Summit's hosts are listed as:

• The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which at the time was led by Baroness Valerie Amos
• Row6.com
• The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) led by Hamadan Toure
• The Global Partnerships Forum led by Amir Dossal
• The Institute for Strategic Dialogue led by Baron George Weidenfeld of the Leonard Blavatnik School of Government
• The Centre for Social Justice led by Mark Florman, CEO of the British Venture Capital Association
• GDX Connect

Special thanks are also given to:

• Baroness Siobhan McDonagh
• Mayor Boris Johnson
• Gerry DeVeaux
• Kim Chappell
• Farina Blotski
• Sharon Annafi
• Sofia Foster
• Onstate & Dubit Ltd.
• Nicole Woods
• Matt Coyston

Persons of interest

Government

• Kofi Annan, representative of Ghana, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, and advisor to One Young World
• Sir Richard Branson, director of B Team and advisor to One Young World
• Prince Maximillion of Liechtenstein
• Farah Pandith, United States Special Representative to Muslim Communities
• Baroness Joanna Shields, CEO of Facebook EMEA
• Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group
• Dame Barbara Stocking, CEO of Oxfam
• Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson

Financing

• Shai Agassi
• Sir James Dyson
• Alexander Lebedev, former KGB agent and the father of Baron Evgeny Lebedev of Hampton and Siberia.
• Mo Ibrahim, board member of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, B Team, ONE Campaign, TPG Rise Fund, and the 21st Century Council of the Berggruen Institute.
• Ray Chambers, board member of the Berggruen Institute and the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment
• Francois-Henri Pinault, board member of B Team.
• Aliko Dangote, member of ONE Campaign, Breakthrough Energy Coalition, and New Economy Forum.
• Jack Ma of China's Alibaba
• Jim O'Neill, CEO of Goldman Sachs
• Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund
• Morten Lund
• Lakshmi Mittal
• Patrice Motsepe, founder of African Rainbow Minerals and member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition
• Dambisa Moyo of Barclays and Barrick Gold, and board member of the Berggruen Institute's 21st Century Council
• Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the Acumen Fund

Political

• [[Penny Abeywardena], director of Women and Girls at the Clinton Global Initiative
• Bono, founder of ONE Campaign
• Rosario Dawson, board member of Voto Latino
• Leymah Gbowee, Executive Director of the Women Peace & Security Network Africa
• Sir Bob Geldof, founder of Band-Aid and advisor to One Young World
• Wael Ghonim, who is credited with the Arab Spring uprising against U.S. allies in the Middle East
• Majid Nawaz, founder of the Quilliam Foundation
• George Polk, member of TerraMar
• Ben Rattraty, founder of Change.org and advisor to the Democracy Fund
• Geoffrey Robertson, member of the National Critical Lawyers Conference
• Juliana Rotich, founder of Ushahidi

Technology

• Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft
• Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable
• Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square
• Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify
• Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of Apple
• Megan Smith, head of Google.org
• Yoshikazu Tamaka, founder of Gree
• Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
• Cher Wang, founder of HTC Corporation
• Anne Wojcicki, founder of 23andme
• Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web and board member of the World Wide Web Foundation

Media

• Matthew Bishop, editor of The Economist
• Piers Morgan
• Gail Rebuck, CEO of Random House
• Charlie Rose

Others

• Peter Svennilson, a member of the Institute for Advanced Study which is led by Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
• Inge Solheim, a member of TerraMar