View many of the experts who took part in past editions of
The Athens Roundtable
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       Prokopios PavlopoulosH.E. President of the Hellenic Republic (2015-2020) 
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       Carl BildtFormer Prime Minister, Kingdom of Sweden and Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling LLP 
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       Yoshua BengioPresident and Scientific Director, LawZero; Founder and Scientific Advisor, Mila; Full Professor, Université de Montréal, Canada 
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       Marija Pejčinović BurićFormer Secretary General of the Council of Europe 
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       Gary MarcusEmeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, NYU; CEO, Center for the Advancement of Trustworthy AI 
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       Jack ClarkCo-founder, Anthropic 
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       Anna MakanjuHead of Public Policy, OpenAI 
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       Jared MuellerHead of External Affairs, Anthropic 
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       Yi ZengFounding Director, Center for Long-term AI; Professor, Director; Brain-inspired Cognitive Intelligence Lab 
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       Jean-Noël BarrotMinister for Europe and Foreign Affairs; Former Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications, France 
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       Dimitris PapastergiouMinister of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic 
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       Kyriakos PierrakakisMinister for the National Economy and Finance; Former Minister of State and Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic 
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       Christos DimasMinister of Infrastructure and Transport, Government of the Hellenic Republic 
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       Gabriela RamosAssistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO 
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       Dragos TudoracheMember of European Parliament 
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       Vilas DharPresident, The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation 
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       Stuart RussellProfessor and Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Founder, Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) 
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       Neema LugangiraMember of Parliament T anzania, and Chair, African Parliamentary Network on Internet Governance 
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       Alexander BornyakovDeputy Minister, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine 
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       Ulrik Vestergaard KnudsenDeputy Secretary-General, OECD 
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       Joslyn BarnhartSenior Research Scientist, Strategic Governance Lead, Google DeepMind 
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       Marek HavrdaPrincipal Adviser & Member of Regulatory Scrutiny Board, European Commission; Former Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic 
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       Irene SolaimanHead of Global Policy, Hugging Face 
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       Amy KlobucharU.S. Senator from Minnesota 
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       Ekaterini NassikaFormer Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the USA 
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       Yvette D. ClarkeCongresswoman, United States House of Representatives 
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       Sara JacobsU.S. Representative, California's 51st congressional district 
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       Tom GoldsteinVolpi-Cupal Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland; Co-PI, NIST-NSF TRAILS 
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       Yannis MastrogeorgiouSpecial Secretary for Strategic Foresight at the Presidency of the Government of the Hellenic Republic 
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       Rumman ChowdhuryUS Science Envoy, Artificial Intelligence; CEO, Humane Intelligence 
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       Alondra NelsonFormer Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director for Science and Society, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, U.S. 
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       Tawfik JelassiAssistant Director-General for Communications & Information, UNESCO 
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       Lucilla SioliDirector, European AI Office, European Commission 
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       Margot SkarpeteigProgram Manager, Human Rights, Empowerment and Inclusion, The World Bank 
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       Michael PunkeVice President of Global Public Policy, Amazon Web Services 
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       Anthony GoochDirector of Public Affairs and Communications, OECD 
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       Eileen M. LachFormer General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, IEEE 
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       Mike RoundsU.S. Senator, State of South Dakota 
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       Marietje SchaakeInternational Policy Director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and International Policy Fellow at Stanford HAI 
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       Clara NeppelSenior Director, IEEE Europe 
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       Nikos LoutasHead Data and AI Policy, NATO 
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       Rebecca Kelly SlaughterFormer Commissioner (2018-2025), Federal Trade Commission, U.S. 
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       Sasha RubelPublic Policy Lead, AWS 
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       Katherine ForrestPartner, Cravath; Former U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice 
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       Ján HargašDeputy Minister, Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic 
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       Amandeep Signh GillUnder-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, United Nations 
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       Oliver IlottDirector, UK AI Safety Institute 
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       Brian SchatzU.S. Senator from Hawaii 
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       Elizabeth KellyHead of Beneficial Deployments, Anthropic; Former Director, U.S. AI Safety Institute, NIST 
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       Anna EshooU.S. Representative, California's 16th congressional district 
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       Jerry McNerneyU.S. Senator, State of California; Former U.S. Representative (2007-2023), State of California 
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       Keith SonderlingFormer Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2020-2024) 
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       Audrey PlonkHead of Division, Digital Economy Policy, OECD 
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       Eva MaydellMember of the European Parliament 
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       Brando BenifeiMember of the European Parliament 
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       Axel VossMember of the European Parliament 
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       Lilian ItembaJudge, High Court, Tanzania 
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       Alexandros SpyridonosLawyer and Co-Founder of the European Law Observatory on New Technologies 
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       Linda BonyoFounding Director, Africa Law Tech; Founder, Lawyers Hub Kenya 
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       Sebastian HallenslebenChair of JTC 21, CEN, CENELEC 
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       Peter SchildkrautPartner and Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Group Co-Leader, Arnold & Porter 
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       Avi GesserPartner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. 
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       Gry HasselbalchSenior Expert, International Outreach for a Human-Centric Approach to AI (InTouchAI.eu) 
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       Elham TabassiChief of Staff, Information Technology Laboratory, United States National Institute of Standards and Technology 
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       Renée CummingsData Science Professor, Data Activist in Residence, Criminologist at the School of Data Science, University of Virginia 
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       Peter CihonSenior Advisor, U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI); Former Senior Policy Manager, GitHub 
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       Juraj ČorbaChair of AIGO OECD and Co-Chair, Global Partnership on AI 
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       Navrina SinghFounder & CEO, Credo AI 
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       Russell WaldExecutive Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) 
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       Connor LeahyCEO, Conjecture 
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       Werner StenggDigital Expert, Cabinet of Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, European Commission 
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       Emmanuel KahembweCEO - UK&I, VDE 
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       Ariel ConnHead of the IEEE- SA Research Group on Issues of Autonomy and AI for Defense Systems 
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       Robert SilversFormer Under Secretary for Policy (2021-2024), Department of Homeland Security, US 
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       Kay Firth-ButterfieldHead, Artificial Intelligence, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum; Member, Lord Chief Justice’s Advisory Panel on AI and Law; Member of Doughty Street Chambers and a Master of the Inner Temple, UK 
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       Hon. Dhananjaya Yeshwant ChandrachudJudge, Supreme Court of India and Head of e-Courts, India; Chief Justice of India (2022-2024) 
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       Yoichi IidaDeputy Director-General for G7/G20 Relations, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan 
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       Cédric WachholzChief of Section, Digital Innovation and Transformation Section, UNESCO 
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       Brad SmithPresident and Vice Chair, Microsoft 
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       Marielza OliveiraDirector for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring in the Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO 
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       Xue LanCheung Kong Chair Distinguished Professor and Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University 
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       John TasioulasInaugural Director, Institute for Ethics in AI and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford 
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       Cornelia KuttererFormer Head of Rule of Law, Responsible Tech & Competition, European Government Affairs, Microsoft 
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       Patrick PenninckxHead of Information Society Department, Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe 
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       Elizabeth Thomas-RaynaudHead of Emerging Digital Technologies unit, OECD; Former Head of Secretariat, GPAI, OECD 
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       Ivan FongFormer General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Policy Officer and Secretary, 3M 
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       Charina ChouGlobal Policy Lead for Emerging Technologies, Google 
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       Mark RotenbergExecutive Director & Founder, Center for AI and Digital Policy 
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       Lee J. TiedrichDistinguished Faculty Fellow for Ethical Technology, Duke University 
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       Renaud VedelCoordinator, French National AI; Co-Chair, GPAI Steering Committee 
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       Justin AntonipillaiCEO, WireWheel; Former United States Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs 
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       Nadia BenaissaPolicy Advisor, Bits of Freedom 
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       Tim Clement-JonesConsultant DLA Piper; Former Chair, House of Lords Select Committee on AI, DLA Piper 
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       Merve HickokPresident and Policy Director, Center for AI and Digital Policy; Founder, AIethicist.org 
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       Amb. François NkulikiyimfuraAmbassador to France, Government of the Republic of Rwanda 
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       Hon. Benes AldanaPresident, The National Judicial College (2017-2025) 
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       Richard BlumenthalU.S. Senator, State of Connecticut 
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       Sebastian WieczorekFormer Global Lead AI Ethics, SAP 
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       Christina J. ColcloughFounder, Why Not Lab; Outgoing Steering Committee Member for workers/trade unions, GPAI 
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       Karine PersetActing Head, OECD AI and Emerging Digital Technologies Division 
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       Paul NemitzFormer Principal Adviser, DG Justice, EU Commission 
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       Konstantinos KarachaliosManaging Director of Standards Association and Member of Management Council, IEEE 
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       Emily FrascaroliManaging Counsel, Product Litigation, Ford Motor Company 
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       Gabriele MazziniTeam Leader, Artificial Intelligence Policy & Regulation, European Commission 
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       Sophia Adams BhattiFormer Head of Strategy and Policy, Simmons Wavelength Limited; Former Director of legal and Regulatory Policy, The Law Society 
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       Paul W. GrimmFormer District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland 
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       Alexandra Reeves GivensPresident and CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology 
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       Miriam VogelPresident and CEO, EqualAI 
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       Stéphane SéjournéExecutive Vice-President, European Commission for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy; Member of the European Parliament (2019, 2021 - 2024) 
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       Ulrike TillDirector IP and Frontier Technologies Division, World Intellectual Property Organization 
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       Helen DoddsInternational lawyer, NED; Former Global Head of Legal, Dispute Resolution, Standard Chartered Bank 
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       Ellen M. GranbergPresident, George Washington University 
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       Mimi ZouHead of the School of Private & Commercial Law at UNSW Law & Justice; Deep Tech Dispute Resolution Lab, Oxford University 
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       David Freeman EngstromAssociate Dean, Stanford University Law School 
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       Daniel E. HoProfessor of Political Science, Stanford University; Associate Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) 
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       Merethe EckhardtMember, Working Group on the Quality of Justice, European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), Council of Europe 
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       Bertrand BraunschweigInterim Director, Paris Center of Excellence, Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence 
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       Jim ShaughnessyExecutive Vice President, Head of Global Affairs, Workday 
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       Clementina BarbaroSecretary of the Working Group on Quality of Judicial Systems, Council of Europe – CEPEJ 
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       Isabela FerrariFederal Judge, Second Regional Federal Court (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil 
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       V.K. RajahChairman, Advisory Council on the Ethical Use of AI and Data, former Attorney-General, Singapore 
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       Francesca RossiIBM AI Ethics Global Leader, AAAI President-elect 
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       Frank TorresDirector of Consumer Affairs, Microsoft 
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       Michael FitzpatrickHead of Global Regulatory Affairs, Google 
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       Jan KleijssenDirector, Information Society - Action against Crime, Council of Europe 
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       Kilian GrossHead of Unit, DG CNECT A/2 Coordination and Development of AI Policy, European Commission 
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       Freek StaehrSr Member of Global Legal Consul, in charge of AI Ethics from a Legal Perspective, SAP 
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       Mike PhilipsAssistant General Counsel, Microsoft 
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       Addie CookeGlobal AI Policy Lead at Google Cloud, Google 
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       Cameron KerryAnn R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution; Former General Counsel and Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce 
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       Erwin GianchandaniAssistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, U.S. National Science Foundation 
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       Lynne E. ParkerAssociate Vice Chancellor and Director, AI Tennessee Initiative, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 
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       John C. HavensRegenerative Sustainability Practice Lead, The IEEE Standards Association 
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       Alyssa AyresDean, George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs 
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       Luis ArandaSenior Economist in Artificial Intelligence, OECD 
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       Anthony AguirreExecutive Director & Secretary of the Board, Future of Life Institute; Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz 
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       Heather FraseSenior Fellow, Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging T echnology (CSET) 
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       Ian C. HaydonScience Communicator, Institute for Protein Design 
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       Rebekah TrombleDirector, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, George Washington University 
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       Chloé GoupilleSecretary General, AI Action Summit 
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       Carme ArtigasCo-Chair at the AI Advisory Board, Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology 
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       Maya WileyPresident and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 
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       Barry LynnExecutive Director, Open Markets Institute 
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       Anne BouverotSpecial Envoy of the French President to the AI Action Summit, Office of the President of the Republic of France 
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       Henri VerdierEnvoy to the AI Action Summit on Global AI Governance | Ambassador for Digital Affairs, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs 
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       Roxanne VarzaEnvoy to the AI Action Summit on Innovation & Culture | Director, STATION F 
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       Claire Foulquier-GazagnesAdvisor to the AI Action Summit Public Interest Envoy | T ech Policy Fellow, UC Berkeley 
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       Constance de LeusseExecutive Director of the AI & Society Institute 
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       Axel DauchezPresident and Founder, Make.org 
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       Gilles BabinetCo-Chairman, Conseil national du numérique (CNNum) 
 
                         
  
  
    
    
      
       
  
  
    
    
      
       
  
  
    
    
      
       
  
  
    
    
      
       
  
  
    
    
      
      