Agenda

Juan David is currently an associate professor at the Universidad de los Andes. Previously, he was a professor at the School of International, Political and Urban Studies of Universidad del Rosario. His research focuses on public policy, artificial intelligence, competition & regulation, and natural resource governance. He obtained his PhD in Public Policy from Oxford University, after having received his Master in Law and Economics (LLM) by the University of Bologna and Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Amanda is a lawyer and political scientist with experience in law & technology, public policy and socio-technical research in AI. Her career is focused on bridging the gap between emerging technologies and the rule of law. Her main research topics have been on policies and regulation to combat disinformation, digital and information literacy, responsible AI adoption in the public sector, and the current challenges for ethics in the AI industry.

Adj Professor Anthony Wong is the President of International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). IFIP is an international organization in Information & Communications Technologies and Sciences covering five continents with a total membership of over half a million with links to more than 4000 scientists in Academia and Industry, across over 100 Technical Working Groups. IFIP is headquartered in Austria and established under the auspices of UNESCO in 1960. Anthony chairs IFIP’s Working Group on AI Governance – dealing with the emerging opportunities, regulatory issues and challenges arising from the rapidly deployment of AI technologies and the use of Data across all segments of industry, society and government. His recent published works with IFIP Springer Nature Switzerland AG include “Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence” and “The Laws and Regulation of AI and Autonomous Systems”.

Anthony has extensive background as a technologist, innovator, academic, lawyer and as a CIO with his dual qualifications in ICT and law. He is the Principal of AGW Legal & Advisory, a multidisciplinary legal and advisory practice advising in many areas of emergent technologies including AI, Data Governance, Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data protection, and Intellectual Property. He chaired the Australian NSW Government ICT Advisory Panel and as an advisor to the ICT Board. He previously served on the Industry Innovation Council for the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. He is Adjunct Professor of the School of Information and Communication Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus.

Irakli Beridze, PhD, is the Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at UNICRI, United Nations​. More than 20 years of experience in leading multilateral negotiations, developing stakeholder engagement programmes with governments, UN agencies, international organisations, private industry and corporations, think tanks, civil society, foundations, academia, and other partners on an international level. Mr Beridze is advising governments and international organizations on numerous issues related to international security, scientific and technological developments, emerging technologies, innovation and disruptive potential of new technologies, particularly on the issue on crime prevention, criminal justice and security. He is supporting governments worldwide on the strategies, action plans, roadmaps and policy papers on AI. Since 2014, Initiated and managed one of the first United Nations Programmes on AI. Initiating and organizing number of high-level events at the United Nations General Assembly, and other international organizations. Finding synergies with traditional threats and risks as well as identifying solutions that AI can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. He is a member of various international task forces, including the World Economic​ Forum’s Global Artificial Intelligence Council, the UN High-level panel for digital cooperation, the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence of the European Commission. He is frequently lecturing and speaking on the subjects related to technological development, exponential technologies, artificial intelligence and robotics and international security. He has numerous publications in international journals and magazines and frequently quoted in media on the issues related to AI. Irakli Beridze is an International Gender Champion supporting the IGC Panel Parity Pledge. He is recipient of recognition on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the OPCW in 2013.​

Miriam Stankovich has rich research experience in leading complex projects in data protection and governance, intellectual property and technology law, regulatory impact assessment of emerging technologies (AI, Blockchain, IoT, Virtual/Augmented Reality, and 3D Printing), and technology transfer. She has also served as a senior legal and policy advisor for major international organizations such as the International Telecommunication Union, the World Bank, World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Finance Corporation, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, United Nations Development Programme, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, African Union, and the European Union.

She was a Fulbright Scholar in intellectual property and technology law at Duke University School of Law and a World Bank McNamara Scholar in development economics, intellectual property rights, and tech transfer at Duke University School of Public Policy. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, books, monographs, book chapters, laws, and government reports in international intellectual property, technology transfer, innovation, public policy, and regulation of emerging technologies.

Caitlin Kraft-Buchman is CEO/Founder of Women at the Table, and Co-Founder of the <a+>Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms. The < A+ > Alliance, founded 2019, is a global coalition of technologists, activists and academics who champion Inclusive AI and Affirmative Action for Algorithms so that we come closer to creating gender and racial equality in a world where machine learning does not wire an already biased system into our future. <a+>Alliance are leaders of the Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition for Technology & Innovation. Women at the Table, founded 2015, is a growing, global gender equality & democracy CSO based in Geneva, Switzerland focused on advancing feminist systems change by using the prism of technology, innovation & AI, and exercising leverage points in technology, the economy, sustainability & democratic governance. Caitlin is also the co-founder of the International Gender Champions, founded 2015, based in Geneva with hubs in New York, Vienna, Nairobi, The Hague and Paris, a leadership network of female & male decision-makers that break down gender barriers for system change.

Dr Rachel Adams is the Principal Researcher at Research ICT Africa, where she Directs the AI4D Africa Just AI Centre, is the Director of the African Observatory on Responsible AI and is the Principal Investigator of the Global Index on Responsible AI.

Rachel is a member of the UNESCO Expert Committee for the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, an Associate Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, a Research Associate with the Information Law and Policy Centre at the University of London, and a Research Associate of the Tayarisha: African Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Rachel was previously a Chief Research Specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa.

Rachel has published widely in areas such as AI and society, gender and AI, transparency, open data, and data protection.

Prateek Sibal is a Programme Specialist at the Digital Policies and Digital Transformation Section of the Communication and Information Sector at UNESCO. In this framework, he coordinates the Sector’s work on artificial intelligence and digital transformation with a focus on the judiciary and policymakers. His work spans research, advocacy, policy advice and capacity building for the governance of digital technologies. He teaches digital governance at Sciences Po, Paris.   

Dr. Tawfik Jelassi was appointed UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information on 1st July 2021. In this position, he is responsible for the Organization’s programmes on building inclusive knowledge societies, leading digital transformation, strategizing the role of ICT in education, and fostering freedom of expression. 

Dr. Jelassi holds a Ph.D. doctorate in information systems from New York University (USA) and postgraduate diplomas from the University of Paris Dauphine (France).

Dr. Jelassi has extensive experience in higher education, scientific research, and information & communication technologies. He held academic, corporate and government leadership positions in Europe, the USA, and Tunisia.

Among others, he was Programme Director and Professor of Strategy and Technology Management at IMD Business School in Lausanne (Switzerland, 2015 – June 2021). Prior to that, he served as Minister of Higher education, Scientific Research and Information &Communication Technologies in the democratic transition government of Tunisia (2014 –2015). Prior appointments included being Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ooredoo Telecom in Tunisia, Dean at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris), and Professor & Chairman of the Technology Management Department at INSEAD (Fontainebleau).