Speakers

Speakers of the 2024 edition

June 6th & 7th, 27 rue Saint Guillaume at Sciences Po

Jérôme Barbier

Jérôme Barbier

Head of Outer Space, Digital and Economic Affairs at the Paris Peace Forum


Discussion: A Policymaker's Perspective on the Pursuit of AGI: (Geo)political Implications and Practical Considerations

Prof Ivan Mladenovic

Prof Ivan Mladenovic

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade


Paper: The Prospects of Digital Democracy

Prof Juliette Sénéchal

Prof Juliette Sénéchal

Professor of Law at the University of Lille & in delegation at nstitut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (Inria)


Talk: AI Alignment Through EU AI Act: A Pragmatic Tangle of Modern, Post-modern and Non-modern Normative Approaches

Dr Ziyaad Bhorat

Dr Ziyaad Bhorat

Associate Director of the Center for Generative AI and Society at the University of Southern California


Paper: Exploring the Challenges of Large Language Models in Deciphering African American English & Online Performativity

Dr Florian Richter

Dr Florian Richter

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Technical University Ingolstadt of Applied Sciences


Paper: From Human-System Interaction to Human-System Co-Action: Ethical Assessment of Generative AI and Mutual Theory of Mind

Roberta Fischli

Roberta Fischli

Ph.D candidate at the School for Economics and Political Sciences, University of St. Gallen


Paper: From Opportunity to Effective Agency: How Artificial Intelligence Reshapes Free Choice in Democratic Societies

Dr Bernhard Krach

Dr Bernhard Krach

Airbus Co-Owner Military Technologies Roadmap at


Panel: Implementing ethics practically into defense products

Dr Madeline Reinecke

Dr Madeline Reinecke

Postdoctoral Researcher in Collective Moral Development at Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Psychiatry Department, University of Oxford


Paper: Evolving Social-Relational Norms in the Era of Superintelligent AI

Dr Clotilde Bômont

Dr Clotilde Bômont

Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Strategic Research at the Military School


Talk: The digital sovereignty challenges at play behind cloud computing

Lidia Velkova

Lidia Velkova

Managing Director at Clever Together Futureproof


Initiative: Benevolent Actors in the Polycrisis: Collaborative AI Governance for Tomorrow's Democracies

Prof Erwin Huang

Prof Erwin Huang

Associated Director, Program of Technology, Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Integrative Systems and Design at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


Initiative: Learning: A Case Study in Hong Kong's Diverse Tertiary Educational Landscape

Pierre-Etienne Devineau

Pierre-Etienne Devineau

Lead AI at the DINUM, French government


Initiative: Building LLM services for French public administrations

Dr Haydn Belfield

Dr Haydn Belfield

Research Associate & Project Manager at the Cambridge University's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk & Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence


Talk: The scientific foundations of existential risks

Alexander Pascal

Alexander Pascal

Senior Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation & Professor of Practice at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University


Talk: A Policymaker's Perspective on the Pursuit of AGI: (Geo)political Implications and Practical Considerations

Dr Renee Shelby

Dr Renee Shelby

Researcher in the social impacts of technology at Google


Panel: Comparing industry approaches to the ethical development of Generative AI models and products

Prof Marta Cantero Gamito

Prof Marta Cantero Gamito

Professor of Information Technology Law at University of Tartu & Research Fellow at European University Institute


Talk: What Legitimacy for Private Standard-setting Bodies as Regulators for AI?

Dr Tomasz Hollanek

Dr Tomasz Hollanek

Research Fellow at The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge


Paper: Towards Participation as Justice in Generative AI

Dr Cristian Canton

Dr Cristian Canton

Head of Engineering for Responsible AI, at Meta


Panel: Comparing industry approaches to the ethical development of Generative AI models and products

Dr Hubert Etienne

Dr Hubert Etienne

Senior Lecturer of AI Ethics at HEC Paris & CEO at Quintessence AI


Panel: Implementing ethics practically into defense products

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