Maria Lema, Co-Founder of Weaver Labs has a PhD in Telecoms and after her life as an academic researcher, she joined the Team at King's College London to lead the 5G Tactile Internet Lab powered by Ericsson. Maria now heads up commercial and technical development at Weaver Labs, working closely with Transport for Greater Manchester, Manchester Combined Authority, Cellnex and Datarella, with projects also funded by DCMS, the UK Government, and European Space Agency. She was recently listed as one of Capacity Media's 20 Women to Watch in Telecoms 2022.