'Marcus Ross Manning has fifteen years of experience in IP law, technology development, collaborative research and venture capital.  He has worked on a huge range of projects, including air quality monitoring, pet products, nuclear reactor software, sustainable building materials, and urban planning visualisation.  He currently works at Future Cities Catapult, a UK-based organisation that focusses on advanced urban services.  Marcus studied biological sciences at the University of Oxford, computer science and AI at the University of Kent, law at Queen Mary College London, and technology management at the Open University.'