2020 Speakers 

 The first five episodes focused on global pandemic response and as the year progresses, we will make our way through the many confirmed AI for Good sessions and speakers from the 2020 Summit programming. Organization Organization Country Country YOSHUA BENGIO Founder and Scientific Director Mila - Quebec AI Institute website linkedin ANOUSHEH ANSARI CEO, Space Ambassador; first female private space explorer; AI for Gender Inclusivity Breakthrough Co-Chair XPRIZE Foundation linkedin twitter STUART RUSSELL Professor, Author of "Human Compatible" UC-Berkeley website linkedin MUHAMMAD YUNUS 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Yunus Center RIANE EISLER Social Systems Scientist, Cultural Historian, and Attorney website LUCAS JOPPA Chief Environmental Officer Microsoft twitter linkedin website SHWETAK PATEL Professor in Computer Science & Engineering, ACM Prize in Computing University of Washington website FRANCESCA ROSSI IBM fellow, AI Ethics Global Leader, Distinguished Research Staff Member, Board Member Partnership on AI linkedin twitter STELLA TEMBISA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Republic of South Africa linkedin PETER HEINE NIELSEN Chess Grandmaster, Coach of World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen twitter SEBASTIAN J. KUHNERT CEO | CEO ChessX | COO Play Magnus chess24 linkedin facebook twitter KENNETH CUKIER Author, Journalist The Economist website twitter facebook linkedin EMMANUEL FABER Chairman & CEO Danone linkedin MICHELLE AVARY Head of Automotive and Autonomous Mobility World Economic Forum linkedin MARY MISSY CUMMINGS Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Duke University twitter LUCAS DI GRASSI CEO & Formula-E Racing World Champion; UN ambassador for clean air. Roborace linkedin twitter SEON KUI LEE Director, Division of Risk Assessment & International Cooperation Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (KCDC) BURR SETTLES Head of Research & AI Duolingo linkedin twitter MMANTSETSA MAROPE Director UNESCO-IBE linkedin twitter STEFAN GERMANN Chief Executive Officer; AI for Humanizing Health Solution Track Co-Chair Fondation Botnar linkedin twitter LJ RICH Inventor, BBC "Click" Presenter BBC News linkedin twitter BERNHARD KOWATSCH Head of Innovation Accelerator United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) linkedin JOHN KAMARA Director Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA) linkedin MARTA ARSOVSKA TOMOVSKA Director of the Public Administration Reform and Advisor for ICT and Innovation Office of the Prime Minister of Serbia YUAN ZHANG Director, Machine Vision Standardization and Strategy China Telecom BRYN BALCOMBE Founder; Director & CSO, Roborace Autonomous Drivers Alliance (ADA) linkedin twitter MELITA MOORE, M.D. GEF Athletes & Players Commission; Head, Wellness Focus Group Team Physician NBA 2K League, WNBA & NBA MedStar Health System TAI-MYOUNG CHUNG Professor, Department of Interaction Science Sungkyunkwan University AIMEE VAN WYNSBERGHE Member European Commission high level expert group on AI, Co-director Foundation TU Delft linkedin ANDREW ZOLLI Vice President of Global Impact & Planet Fellow Planet linkedin THOMAS WIEGAND FG-AI4H Chair, Professor, and Executive Director Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute twitter linkedin URSULA ROMERO GEF Digital, Technology, Innovation Commission, GEF Culture Focus Group; Managing Director International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) linkedin ALEX TSADO Co-founder & Board Chair Alliance4ai linkedin twitter ANJA KASPERSEN Director United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs​​ twitter linkedin DAVE TROY CEO 410Labs linkedin twitter CHESTER KING GEF Board Member; Chair of GEF Education, Culture, Wellness Commission; CEO British Esports Association linkedin JUDY WAWIRA GICHOYA Assistant Professor Winship Cancer Instiute (Emory University) linkedin website KOEN SCHOBBERS GEF Vice Chair, Athletes and Players Commission; Professional esports athlete, Strategist, Entrepreneur and TV personality linkedin twitter website JAIMIE BOYD Chief Digital Officer Government of British Columbia twitter CHONG GENG NG GEF Board Member Co-Chair, Technical and Development Commission; President Singapore Esports Association ANDY CORAVOS CEO/Co-Founder Elektra Labs linkedin IDA TIN CEO/Co-Founder Clue linkedin KISHAU ROGERS CEO/Founder Time Study Inc. linkedin twitter ANTONY TAUBMAN Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement & Competition Division World Trade Organization (WTO) website linkedin twitter ANNE-LAURE THIEULLENT Vice President, Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Group Offer Leader Capgemini Group twitter linkedin PIERRE-ADRIEN HANANIA AI for Public Sector, Group Offer Leader Capgemini Group linkedin twitter SARA LEILA MARGARET (MEG) DAVIS Anthropologist Graduate Institute twitter linkedin RAJAT KHOSLA Senior Director on Research, Advocacy and Policy Amnesty International twitter ULLA JASPER Policy Officer Fondation Botnar twitter YACINE NDIAYE Young Experts: Tech 4 Health” Council Plan International twitter DAVAR ARDALAN Founder and Storyteller; AI for Culture preservation Solution Track Co-Chair IVOW AI, Inc. website linkedin twitter SHARADA MOHANTY CEO & Co-Founder AIcrowd website twitter SARA-JAYNE TERP Disinformation lead, CTI League; Chair, CogSecCollab Bodacea Light Industries linkedin twitter RENEE DIRESTA Trust and Technical Research Manager Stanford Internet Observatory twitter JAN FEILING Company Builder Porsche Digital linkedin CHAMISA EDMO Conversational AI Writer linkedin TRACY MONTEITH Senior Software Engineer Microsoft linkedin HARRY YEFF (AKA REEPS ONE) Artist and Director, Experience Design Reeps100 Studios website twitter linkedin MARIA AXENTE Responsible AI and AI for Good Lead PwC UK website linkedin twitter CAROLINE CRIADO-PEREZ British feminist author, journalist and activist, Author of "Invisible Women" SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN Chief Scientist World Health Organization (WHO) website MIGUEL RODRIGUES Reader of Information Theory and Information Processing; AI for Culture preservation Solution Track Co-Chair University College London website linkedin CAITLIN KRAFT BUCHMAN Founder & CEO Women@TheTable linkedin AMIR BANIFATEMI Chief Innovation Officer; Chair of the AI for Good Programme Committee XPRIZE linkedin twitter KURT ROHLOFF Associate Professor NJIT, Co-founder and CTO Duality Technologies linkedin ERICA TANDORI Legally Blind Artist, Researcher and Academic Monash University linkedin website twitter facebook OTT VELSBERG Government Chief Data Officer Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications Republic of Estonia twitter linkedin ANIA CALDERON Executive Director Open Data Charter twitter WILLIAM LOUIS-MARIE CEO, World Squash Federation GEF International Federations Advisory Council ANNE KELLY AIKMAN GEF Senior Advisor, Commercial Partnerships; GEF Brand, Marketing, Commercial & Communications Commission Global Esports Federation IÑIGO BONILLA BARROSO Director, Strategic Alliances & Business Development Global Sports Innovation Center Powered by Microsoft (GSIC) XUAN MING NG Co-Founder, IGNITX GEF Selection Committee MELISSA SASSI Startup Program Manager IBM linkedin NAOMI LEE FG-AI4H Vice-Chair, Executive Editor; AI for Humanizing Health Solution Track Co-Chair The Lancet Journal linkedin NICOLE WASHINGTON Technology Management Consultant Angel Investor linkedin DARIO GIL Director IBM Research linkedin JON MCCORMACK Professor, Founder and Director Monash University website website AYLIN CALISKAN Assistant Professor of Computer Science The George Washington University linkedin twitter SASHA LUCCIONI Postdoctoral Researcher - AI for Humanity, Université de Montréal Mila - Quebec AI Institute linkedin IRAKLI BERIDZE Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) linkedin SANDRA WESTLAKE Head of Global Partnerships United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) linkedin PEDRO ANTONIO DE ALARCON SANCHEZ Senior Data Scientist Telefonica linkedin facebook FRITS BUSSEMAKER ​Chair Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age (I4ADA) linkedin twitter JAN KLEIJSSEN Director of Information Society - Action against Crime Council of Europe linkedin twitter WOLFGANG VICTOR YARLOTT AI Researcher Florida International University website ISIDRO LASO BALLESTEROS Deputy Head of Unit, European Innovation Council linkedin MARCO BEGO CIO University Hospital (HC) linkedin MAITE LOPEZ Professor, University of Barcelona University of Barcelona website NEAMA DADKHAHNIKOO Technical Lead, Prize Operations XPRIZE website ROBERT OLIVER World-renowned chef leading the Pacific Island Food Revolution website ALVA LIM Co-Founder and Director Agora Food Studio linkedin MARCIUS EXTAVOUR Executive Director Prize Operations Energy & Resource XPRIZE linkedin SAMIRA ARDALAN Author, Founder, Owner Avicenna Cuisine linkedin LORIN FRIES Founder & Lead Partner FutureTable linkedin SASHA CAHILL Digital Health Entrepreneur, Speaker, Expert IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Accelerator linkedin MERIJN DOLS Global Director of Open Innovation & Circular Economy of Food Danone linkedin NEIL SAHOTA World Wide Business Development Leader IBM Watson linkedin twitter SKYE GILBERT Executive Director, Digital Square PATH linkedin ENRIQUE ALVARADO HABLUTZEL Partner, Networks Development Bamboo Capital Partners linkedin NICOLE BÜTTNER Founder & CEO Merantix Labs linkedin MAX CUVELLIER Head of Mobile for Development (M4D) GSMA linkedin GEONWOO KIM Section Manager on Research ETRI JIN-XIA HUANG Senior Researcher ETRI CELINA LEE Co-Founder & CEO Zindi Africa linkedin twitter JIYONG KIM Principal Researcher, Managing Director of Smart Data Research Section ETRI linkedin BRYAN TALEBI CEO and Co-founder Ahura AI linkedin twitter JOANNA BATSTONE Director Monash Data Futures Institute linkedin twitter MIRAN CHOI Principal Researcher ETRI linkedin ALON ILSAR Drummer, composer, instrument designer and researcher Monash University twitter instagram facebook GABRIELE KOTSIS President of ACM ACM linkedin twitter MARIA TERESA LLANO Lecturer of Creative AI for the Faculty of Information Technology Monash University twitter MARK D’INVERNO Professor of Computer Science and Pro-Warden (International) at Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths twitter linkedin SELLA NEVO Senior Software Engineer Google linkedin MATTHEW YEE-KING Programme Director, Computer Science BSc online at Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths linkedin PREETI BANZAL Adviser/ Scientist 'G', Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Government of India linkedin CHRISTIAN RAUCH Founder & Managing Director State Studio linkedin BILL RICHMOND AWS Evangelist for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Amazon Web Services linkedin GRACE KITZMILLER Principal for AWS Disaster Response Program Amazon Web Services linkedin ADAM FYSH Programme Management Officer - Risk Analysis and Reporting at UNDRR United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) linkedin LORENZO NIOLA Head of Ecosystem Development Hatch CoLab linkedin ELDAD ELNEKAVE Chief Medical Officer Zebra Medical Vision linkedin MOOJAN ASGHARI Co-Founder Women in AI linkedin twitter TANIYA MISHRA Director of AI Research Affectiva linkedin twitter JOSEPH K. HOPKINS Founder and Senior Managing Partner The IPRESTIGE Emerge Fund LLC linkedin TOYOSI AKERELE-OGUNSIJI Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Leader, Social Entrepreneur and Policy Advisor EdTech & Human Capital Development linkedin twitter RICHARD ST-PIERRE Executive Vice Chairman C2 linkedin HANEEN KHALAF Principal Project Manager XPRIZE website GARY STEWART Co-founder and CEO The Nest linkedin PAUL BOSMAN Head of (ATM) Infrastructure Division Eurocontrol linkedin MARCO RUECKERT Head of Innovation Searidge Technologies linkedin ANDREW TAYLOR Chief Solutions Officer NATS Services linkedin YANNIS IOANNIDIS President & General Director Athena Research and Innovation Center website linkedin JEAN-PHILIP POULIN Corporate Innovation Manager CENTECH linkedin ARUN SHROFF Tech Entrepreneur & Startup Advisor and Mentor linkedin JACKIE BERRY Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Cognitive Scientist American University in Cairo VUKOSI MARIVATE ABSA UP Chair of Data Science University of Pretoria linkedin twitter S. AMA WRAY Associate Professor University of California Irvine linkedin JOSE COSSA Associate Professor Pennsylvania State University linkedin ARTHUR VAN DER WEES Managing Director & Founder; co-founder of the Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age Arthur's Legal linkedin BILEL JAMOUSSI Chief of the Study Groups Department, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) website twitter linkedin MICHIEL BAKKER Director of Global Programs for Real Estate & Workplace Services Google EMMA CHOW Lead, Food initiative Ellen MacArthur Foundation THOMAS OSBORNE Director; Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) VA Palo Alto VA National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation (NCCHI) AMANDA PURNELL VHA Senior Innovation Fellow VHA Innovation Ecosystem CODY SIMMS Partner and SVP Techstars STEVEN GRIFFITHS Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Professor of Practice Khalifa University of Science and Technology NAGARAJ GOPISETTY Deputy CEO Life Sciences Queensland (LSQ) ANDY MIAH GEF Education, Culture, Wellness Commission, GEF Education Focus Group; Chair in Science Communication & Future Media University of Salford twitter website CHRIS OVERHOLT GEF Board Member Chair, Digital, Technology, Innovation Commission President and CEO OverActive Media linkedin CAROLINE KOLTA Senior Associate XPRIZE linkedin ANDREW TAUHERT VP of Partnerships and Strategic Engagements XPRIZE Foundation KRISTEN LAWSON Leader Anthem Innovation BRUCE PON CEO and Co-Founder of BigchainDB GmbH; Co-Founder and Board Member Ocean Protocol linkedin twitter MARIYA FILIPOVA Activated Patient; Transformation Catalyst; VP Anthem Innovation MIGUEL GIL Founder, United States Esports Association; GEF Digital, Technology, Innovation Commission linkedin JOVAN STOJANOVIC Founder Serbian AI Society JOSH CHOI Director of Business Development Korea Startup Forum JOHN O’SHEA Head of Run the Business & Intelligence Transformation Dell Technologies TANYA SUAREZ Founder IoT Tribe MURALEE THUMMARUKUDY Operations Manager, Crisis Management Branch United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) AMY PAUL Technical Advisor USAID Center for Digital Development linkedin NORA LINDSTROM Global Lead for Digital Development Plan International twitter linkedin AMIT GANDHI Instructor, D-Lab: Energy MIT D-Lab KENDRA LEITH Associate Director for Research MIT D-Lab linkedin YVES BARTHÉLEMY Senior Geospatial and Resilience Specialist World Bank linkedin STEN TAMKIVI Entrepreneur and Investor; Co-Founder Teleport website linkedin twitter PETER H. DIAMANDIS Founder and Executive Chairman at XPRIZE, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder at Singularity University XPRIZE Foundation twitter linkedin JOHN TANAGHO Director, END OSEC Center, International Justice Mission International Justice Mission linkedin MARIJA MANOJLOVIC Strategy & Innovation Advisor, Child Online Safety Lead at End Violence Partnership and the Fund Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children linkedin JOANNA RUBINSTEIN President & CEO World Childhood Foundation USA linkedin JAAN TALLINN Founding engineer Skype website MIKE SHORT Chief Scientific Adviser at Department for International Trade Department for International Trade (DIT) linkedin UTE KLARMANN-SCHULZ Group Leader at Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Uniklinik Bonn linkedin MARKUS SCHMITZ CIO Federal Employment Agency linkedin DAVID GRUSON Directeur Programme Sante Jouve / Fondateur ETHIK-IA Ethik AI linkedin BRANDON PURCELL Principal Analyst Forrester linkedin SIMON PIERRO Digital Magician facebook twitter website KAY FIRTH-BUTTERFIELD Head, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning World Economic Forum website linkedin TARYN SOUTHERN Artist and storyteller website facebook twitter instagram TIM O’SHEA Co-Founder/CTO of DeepSig DeepSig linkedin YALDA AOUKAR President of Bracket Foundation Bracket Foundation linkedin MICHAEL ASHLEY Screenwriting Professor Chapman University linkedin instagram website GOLESTAN RADWAN Advisor to the Minister for Artificial Intelligence Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Arabic Republic of Egypt linkedin website ABDULRAHMAN AHMED ALTAMIMI Director of the Child Protection Center Ministry of Interior United Arab Emirates (UAE) LUCIANA IORIO Chair UNECE Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP1) linkedin LIZA DIXON PhD Candidate, Human-Machine Interaction in Automated Driving linkedin website twitter RORY MACMILLAN Founding partner Macmillan Keck, Attorneys & Solicitors linkedin VENKATESEN (VIJAY) MAUREE Programme coordinator International Telecommunication Union (ITU) website linkedin JEAN-MATTHIEU TILQUIN Vice President Data Consulting BLOOM linkedin DANIT GAL Technology Advisor at Office of Special Adviser USG Hochschild United Nations linkedin SEBASTIAN KRÜGEL Senior Research Associate Technical University of Munich SOFIA CRESPO Neural Artist website twitter instagram MATTHIAS UHL Head of the research group "Ethics of Digitization" at the TUM School of Governance Technical University of Munich website linkedin MARIANNA OBRIST Professor of Multisensory Interfaces, Department of Computer Science University College London linkedin CARLOS VELASCO Associate Professor, Department of Marketing BI Norwegian Business School website twitter linkedin instagram MICHAELA BLOTT Distinguished Engineer Xilinx linkedin © ITU 2020 All Rights Reserved