Frits Bussemaker

Andrew Taussig worked for 30 years in the BBC where he held the post of Director of Foreign Language Services in the BBC World Service [1996-2000].

Earlier in his BBC career Andrew was a senior editor and programme-maker in Television Current Affairs where he was involved in drafting the BBC’s first Editorial and Production Guidelines.

At WSIS Geneva in 2003 Andrew was Consultant to the British Council, editing a bi-lingual weblog written by journalists from the English- and Arabic-speaking communities and in recent years has participated in framing UNESCO documents on such topics as the utilization of ICTs for people with disabilities and the protection of indigenous languages

Andrew was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford University, where he graduated in Modern History and then went on to get his Ph.D. in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Andrew is a former Trustee of Voice of the Listener &Viewer (UK), of the International Institute of Communications [IIC], and Council Member of Chatham House; he is a Director of the Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management [CPTM]’

Andrew has contributed articles to the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Media Asia, Commonwealth Broadcaster and Intermedia

Spokesperson for survivors of child sexual assault

Joelle Casteix is a leading global advocate and spokesperson for survivors of child sexual assault and cover-up. No one else has her depth of knowledge on the scope and scale of the problem worldwide and the effects of this crime on victims and communities in the areas of health, governance, legislation, and trauma.

As founding member of the board of directors of the Zero Abuse Project, she has helped launch ZeroAbuse.ai, an innovative AI tool that evaluates the risk factors that suggest potential predatory individuals within an organization and those associated with a cover-up. With such technology, she speaks across the US and Europe on digital accountability and transparency.

Joelle is the award-winning author of the bestsellers The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Child Sexual Abuse (RiverGrove Books) and The Power of Responsibility (based on her TEDx talk.). Joelle is also a former member of the adjunct faculty of the UCI School of Law.

Malaysian Cyril Pereira has lived 35 years in Hong Kong. He coaches Data Journalism for insights into society and policy review. 

Cyril was publisher of Asia Magazine, senior executive with the South China Morning Post, on the board of the Bangkok Post, and 4-term chairman of the Society of Publishers in Asia.

Clementina Barbaro is the Co-Secretary of the newly established Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe (CoE).

The mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe is to examine the feasibility and the potential elements of a legal framework for the development, design and application of AI, based on CoE standards on human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Clementina is also the Secretary of the CEPEJ Working Group on the Quality of Justice. In this capacity, she has been closely involved in the elaboration of the CEPEJ Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial systems and their environment, which is the first ever document on this issue in Europe and in the world. Clementina is a lawyer and has been a CoE staff member since 2002.

Head UNICRI – United Nations Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

More than 20 years of experience in leading multilateral negotiations, developing stakeholder engagement programmes with governments, UN agencies, international organisations, think tanks, civil society, foundations, academia, private industry and other partners on an international level.

Since 2014, Initiated and managed the first United Nations Programme on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. 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 of international task forces, including the World Economic Forum’s Global Artificial Intelligence Council, and the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence of the European Commission. He 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 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 artificial intelligence.

Recipient of recognition on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the OPCW in 2013.