Hilary Carter is VP Research at the Linux Foundation, a San Francisco-based non-profit technology consortium. Here, Hilary recently launched Linux Foundation Research, a division dedicated to creating and sharing decision-useful insights on the subjects that matter in the world of open source technologies and standards which underpin much of the digital infrastructure on which the global economy depends. Hilary is the author of a number of research projects which explore decentralized web applications and platforms and their utility in different contexts. She has written and contributed to projects on blockchain technology in government, blockchain applications to fight pandemics, as well as blockchain as a technology well suited to helping achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.