Panel Members

Philippines

Maria Ressa is a journalist and co-founder of Rappler. She was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and is a global advocate for information integrity, press freedom and human rights. Maria is a professor at Columbia University SIPA.

Canada

Yoshua Bengio is a Professor at Université de Montréal, Co-President of LawZero, and Founder of Mila. He is the recipient of the 2018 Turing Award and the world’s most cited computer scientist.

Senegal

Adji Bousso Dieng is a Senegalese scientist and technologist. She is currently an assistant professor at Princeton, leading the lab Vertaix on research at the intersection of AI and the natural sciences.

Latvia

Aleksandra Korolova is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where she studies societal impacts of AI. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Dr. Alvitta Ottley is an Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, specializing in Human-Computer Interaction and Data Visualization.

Russian Federation

Andrei Neznamov is AI Governance Scientific Lead at the AI Research Institute and Managing Director of Human-Centric AI at Sberbank. He chairs the Russian National AI Ethics Commission.

Finland

Anna Korhonen is Professor and Director of the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, leading research in language AI, human-centric AI, and AI for sustainable development.

Cabo Verde

With 10+ years of experience, Dr. Awa B. Dramé, PhD, University College London, is a Scientist in AI and CEO of CoastGIS, advising governments and international organisations.

India

Balaraman Ravindran is the founding head of the Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) at IIT Madras. He has more than 3 decades of experience in AI. His research interests span responsible AI and deep RL.

Germany

Bernhard Schölkopf studies machine learning and causal inference. He helped found the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the ELLIS society, and is a professor at ETH Zurich.

Pakistan

Prof. Bilal Mateen is the Chief AI Officer at PATH. Originally trained as a physician, he has since led a portfolio of over $250 million in digital health and AI research and implementation globally.

Mexico

Carlos Artemio Coello Coello received a PhD in Computer Science from Tulane University (USA) in 1996. His research has mainly focused on the design of new multi-objective optimization algorithms based on bio-inspired metaheuristics.

Ethiopia

Dr. Girmaw Abebe Tadesse leads Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab in Kenya, co‑developing AI solutions for global challenges through partnerships with governments, non‑profits, and academia worldwide.

People’s Republic of China

Dr. Haitao Song is an AI expert renowned for bridging frontier technical innovation with high-level policy-making and industrial transformation. He actively contributes to global AI governance and cooperation.

Islamic Republic of Iran

Hoda Heidari is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, jointly appointed in Machine Learning and Societal Computing, and affiliated with HCI and Heinz College.

People’s Republic of China

Dr. Jian Wang is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was the founder and architect of Alibaba Cloud. He founded Yunqi Science and Technology Innovation Foundation in 2017. Since July 2023, he has served as Director of Zhejiang Lab. He graduated from Hangzhou University.

France

Dr. Joëlle Barral leads AI research and healthcare innovation at Google DeepMind. She is an expert in imaging and robotics and was a member of the French Generative AI Commission. She is based in Paris.

Austria

Johanna Pirker is an Austrian computer science professor at the Technical University of Munich and Graz University of Technology.

Uganda

Dr. Joyce Nakatumba Nabende is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and heads the Center for Artificial Intelligence at Makerere University.

Republic of Korea

Juho Kim is an Associate Professor at KAIST and Director of KIXLAB. He researches human-AI interaction. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT and gave a keynote at NeurIPS 2022 on Interaction-Centric AI.

Singapore

Leslie Teo is Senior Director of AI Products at AI Singapore, leading SEA-LION, Southeast Asia’s largest open-source LLM. A former GIC Chief Economist, he bridges AI, economics, and governance, serving on multiple boards and as Adjunct Professor at NTU.

Israel

Lior Rokach is a Professor of AI at Ben-Gurion University, researching machine learning for cybersecurity, healthcare, and bioinformatics, with strong academic and entrepreneurial impact.

Chile

Dr. Loreto Bravo is Director of the Data Science Institute and Full Professor at Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and works on AI and data science.

Belgium

Mark Coeckelbergh is a leading philosopher of technology and globally recognized expert on AI ethics. He is Professor at the University of Vienna, author of AI Ethics, and experienced policy advisor.

United States of America

Martha Palmer, University of Colorado Boulder, Computer Science and Linguistics, is a Fellow of AAAI & ACL and received the Association of Computational Linguistics 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Germany

Maximilian Nickel, Research Director at Meta, is leading research on alignment and democratic governance of frontier AI. He is an award-winning scientist and Program Chair of a leading AI conference.

Türkiye

Prof. Demirköz is a professor of physics at METU and the Director of METU IVMER, which specializes in measuring, simulating and analysing the space radiation environment, the latter using AI models.

Egypt

Mennatallah El-Assady is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zürich, where she leads the Interactive Visualization and Intelligence Augmentation (IVIA) lab.

Poland

Piotr Sankowski, a UW professor and four-time ERC grantee, directs the IDEAS Research Institute. He co-founded MIM Solutions and specializes in algorithms and AI.

Australia

Dr. Qinghua Lu is a Research Director at CSIRO and an expert in AI Engineering and Responsible AI, contributing to national and international AI safety efforts and shaping trustworthy AI deployment.

Nigeria

Rita Orji is a Professor of Computer Science and Canada Research Chair at Dalhousie University, a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada, focusing on human-centered, equitable, and responsible AI.

Spain

Román Orús is Cofounder/CSO at Multiverse Computing, Professor of Physics at DIPC, and leading international expert on quantum-AI. He has numerous foundational papers, patents, and prizes on science, innovation, and technology transfer.

Italy

Dr. Silvio Savarese is Salesforce Chief Scientist and a Stanford CS Professor. Named to the 2024 TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI, he specializes in Agentic AI, Generative AI, and AI for Trust.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Professor Sonia Livingstone, OBE, FBA, DPhil (Oxford), is an international expert on children’s rights in digital contexts at LSE. She has published 23 books and received six honorary doctorates.

Burkina Faso

Tegawendé F. Bissyandé, from Burkina Faso, co-founded the CITADEL AI excellence centre at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo. He is an engineer, scientist and ERC-funded Professor at the University of Luxembourg.

Brazil

Teresa Ludermir is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, with research focused on machine learning, neural networks, and responsible AI.

United Arab Emirates

Tuka Alhanai leads research at NYUAD in robust machine learning systems that enhance sensitive human decision-making. She is also a founding partner at Ghamut, an AI innovation and professional services firm.

United States of America

Vipin Kumar is a Regents Professor of Computer Science at the University of Minnesota whose research focuses on AI for scientific discovery and its application to societal challenges.

South Africa

Prof. Vukosi Marivate is Director of AfriDSAI and ABSA UP Chair of Data Science at the University of Pretoria. He leads Data Science for Social Impact and co-founded Lelapa AI, Masakhane, and Deep Learning Indaba, advancing AI for Africans by Africans.

Japan

Yutaka Matsuo is a Professor at the University of Tokyo and an expert in artificial intelligence. He chairs the Expert Committee on Artificial Intelligence Strategy under the Cabinet Office of Japan.