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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.

President of Media Arts Group holding and head and a partner of Mediaplus Group Russia – the part of SERVICEPLAN international network media holding.

In 2002 Oleg accepted a proposal of his long-time business associates and headed Media Arts FCB agency which in 2003 took the leading position in the attraction of new customers in Russia. Headed by Oleg Volkosh Media Arts FCB was renamed FCB MA in 2004 and became DraftFCB in 2008 because of the international merger of Draft and FCB nets. Oleg was Media Arts Group Vice-President for BTL and creative services and then Senior Vice-President. On April 20, the 2010 Board of Directors appointed Oleg Volkosh to the position of the President of Media Arts Group holding. Since 2016 he has been a head and a partner of Mediaplus Group Russia – the part of SERVICEPLAN international network media holding.

In terms of experience, Oleg Volkosh was an administrator at the State Committee on TV and Radio of Kazakh SSR (February 1990 through March 1991) and an editor of the international TV contest Voice of Asia (1991-1992). In 1992 he established and headed the advertising agency Rival. Then in 1993 Oleg created and became the head of Channel 31, TV and Radio company which was one of the first commercial media-holdings in Kazakhstan. Also he established RosMediaMonitoring company (RMM) and was its general director in 1994-1996. RMM together with Gallup Media was transformed into Gallup AdFact company in 1996 with Oleg at the head until 2002.

In 2011 Oleg Volkosh became Person of the Year for ‘Contribution to the Development of the Advertising Industry’. Person of the Year awards has been initiated by RBC media holding.

In 2012 Oleg Volkosh joined YPO. Since 2016 he has been a member of the Executive Committee of YPO Russia, PR and Communication Officer and in 2017 he headed the Russian branch of YPO and became Chapter Chair of YPO Russia. In 2018 he joined the YPO Europe Board and Executive Committee. Starting the year 2018 he is the first YPO Impact Officer in Europe.

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.

Dr Berenice Boutin is a researcher in international law at the Asser Institute. Her work focuses on international responsibility, security, and new technologies. Berenice is currently leading a research project on the Conceptual and Policy Implications of Increasingly Autonomous Military Technologies for State Responsibility Under International Law, for which she obtained funding from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung.

Berenice is also Managing Editor of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (NYIL) and associate fellow with the SHARES Project.

Berenice holds a PhD in international law from the University of Amsterdam (2015), and Masters in law from the University of Amsterdam (2010) and the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2008).

I’ve been active as researcher, consultant and entrepreneur in artificial intelligence, machine learning and data mining for over 25 years.

I was one of the founders of the data mining practice in Cap Gemini in the 1990s and was CTO of a successful AI startup. Before joining Deloitte I was an assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and I hold a PhD in AI from that institution. I have a keen focus on the development of AI-enabled solutions and extensive experience applying AI techniques in a variety of public and private sector domains. I joined Deloitte in 2018 to contribute to the use of artificial intelligence, particularly in our forensics practice, but also with a wider remit. I am AI lead for Financial Advisory in NL and I lead the AI Centre Of Excellence