Neil Thompson, Director of MIT's FutureTech research project, focuses on computing progress's economic and technical underpinnings. He also leads MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy and previously codirected MIT Sloan School's Experimental Innovation Lab. With a diverse background spanning Business, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, and Physics, Neil has advised businesses and governments while contributing to organizations like the United Nations, World Bank, and Canadian Parliament.

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