Speaker - Alexar Pendashteh

Alexar Pendashteh is a technologist and social entrepreneur who currently serves as President of Linux Victoria and is a former board member of Open Source Industry Australia. Trained as an Electrical Engineer, Alexar has built extensive experience working in government and universities and consulting with startups, SMEs, and enterprises before transitioning into roles as a business executive and mentor. He brings deep expertise in distributed technologies, cooperative business models, and mutual financing. Alexar is passionate about building technology commons that strengthen local economies and resilient communities, with a particular focus on sovereignty in the age of AI.