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KEYNOTE & PLENARY SESSION SPEAKERS

Tshilidzi Marwala

Tshilidzi Marwala 
Rector, United Nations University
Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

Benjamin Rosman

Benjamin Rosman 
Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Director, Wits Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery Institute
Founder, Deep Learning Indaba / Lelapa AI

Girmaw Abebe Tadesse

Girmaw Abebe Tadesse 
Principal Research Scientist and Manager, Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab

Simon See

Simon See 
Senior Director, Chief Solution Architect and Global Head, NVIDIA AI Technology Center
Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Virginia Dignum

Virginia Dignum 
Professor, Responsible Artificial Intelligence
Director, the AI Policy Lab, Umea University
Member, the UN High Level Advisory Body on AI
Senior Advisor, the Wallenberg Foundations

Dr. David Birdsell

David Birdsell 
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kean University

Prof. Gong Ke

Gong Ke 
Executive Director, Chinese Institute for New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategies

Prof. Letlhokwa George Mpedi

Letlhokwa George Mpedi 
Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg

Amandeep Singh Gill

Amandeep Singh Gill 
Under Secretary General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies,
United Nations

Felipe Paullier

Felipe Paullier 
Assistant Secretary General for Youth Affairs,
United Nations Youth Office

Bernardo Mariano Junior

Bernardo Mariano Junior 
Assistant Secretary-General, Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO)
Office of Information and Communications Technology
United Nations

Jingbo Huang

Jingbo Huang 
Director of UNU Macau

Wenjian Liu

Wenjian Liu 
Associate Dean, Faculty of Data Science, City University of Macau
 

   

SESSION CHAIRS & SPEAKERS

Abhipsa Upasana Dash

Abhipsa Upasana Dash 
Faculty, Assistant Dean, Jindal Global Law School, O.P Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India

Ada Han

Ada Han 
Head of Sustainability Strategy at Boke Technology and Secretary General of Boke Foundation

Adrian Galido

Adrian Galido 
Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology

Alessio Bumbea

Alessio Bumbea 
UNU MERIT

Alexandre Pimentel

Alexandre Pimentel 
Pernambuco Court of Justice (BRAZIL) and professor at the Catholic University of Pernambuco (Brazil)

André Albuquerque

André Albuquerque 
Bank of Montreal

Angyang Guo

Angyang Guo 
Capital Medical University

Anita Gurumurthy

Anita Gurumurthy 
Director IT for Change

Athena Seng

Athena Seng 
Research Director, ERS Information Technology Ltd

Bhawna Parmar

Bhawna Parmar 
Quest Alliance

Charles Udomsaph

Charles Udomsaph 
Teaching Professor, Georgetown University

Mr. Chenhan Wang

Mr. Chenhan Wang 
CEO, HyperAI Limited

Chi Junying

Chi Junying 
Postgraduate, Changsha University of Science and Technology

Chi Tin Hon

Chi Tin Hon 
Professor, Macao University of Science and Technology

Chu Chu

Chu Chu 
PhD Candidate, School of Journalism, Fudan University

Chunli Bi

Chunli Bi 
Deputy Director, Science and Technology Ethics Research Center of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

Claudia Lopes

Claudia Lopes 
UNU IIGH

Dr. David Johnson

David Johnson 
Uppsala University

David McCoy

David McCoy 
Research Lead Power and Accountability, United Nations University IIGH

David Raho

David Raho 
PhD Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University

Derek Scolnick

Derek Scolnick 
UNU MERIT

Dian Chen

Dian Chen 
PhD Candidate, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University

Doug Specht

Doug Specht 
University of Westminster

Dr. Eliana Bejarano

Eliana Bejarano 
 

Elwin Ho

Elwin Ho 
CEO, Pachira (International) Technology Ltd

Emanuele Pugliese

Emanuele Pugliese 
UNU-MERIT

Ethel Sha

Ethel Sha 
Doctoral student, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Fernando Buarque

Fernando Buarque 
University of Pernambuco

Giselle Miole

Giselle Miole 
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Tokyo and UNU-IAS

Prof. Guanjun Wu

Prof. Guanjun Wu 
Dean of the School of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University

Hag-Min Kim

Hag-Min Kim 
Professor, Kyung Hee University

Haihao Liu

Haihao Liu 
Founder/CEO at Ternity Education, Machine Learning Researcher at Algoverse and PhD candidate at MIT

Han Chen

Han Chen 
Vice Rector, Shinawatra University,Thailand

Hanyuan Wang

Hanyuan Wang 
CEO and founder, Climind

Haoyang Wu

Haoyang Wu 
Undergraduate Student, Cornell University

Huixin ZHONG

Huixin ZHONG 
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Imen Ghedhioui

Imen Ghedhioui 
United Nations University /Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Jack Huang

Jack Huang 
United Nations, Multi-country Office (MCO)

James Ong

James Ong 
Founder & Managing Director, Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII), Singapore

Jasmine Tong

Jasmine Tong 
Business Director, InfoMacro Information Technology Ltd

Jeeyeon Kim

Jeeyeon Kim 
CISP SNU

Jerome Silla

Jerome Silla 
Research Associate, UNU-IAS

Jesse Lastunen

Jesse Lastunen 
UNU-WIDER

Jia'An Liu

Jia'An Liu 
Research Assistant, United Nations University Institute in Macau

Jiayu Chen

Jiayu Chen 
National University of Singapore

Jie Yao

Jie Yao 
PhD Candidate, School of Journalism, Fudan University

Jinhua Cheng

Jinhua Cheng 
Distinguished Professor of KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Joao Pita Costa

Joao Pita Costa 
International Research Centre on AI under the auspices of UNESCO - IRCAI

Jon Truby

Jon Truby 
Visiting Associate Research Professor in AI & Technology Law, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore

Jonathan Karr

Jonathan Karr 
Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. Student at the University of Notre Dame

Jonghwi Park

Jonghwi Park 
Academic Programme Officer, UNU-IAS

Joseph Giancarlo Agdamag

Joseph Giancarlo Agdamag 
Asian Development Bank

Lei He

Lei He 
Undergraduate student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Lena Slachmuijlder

Lena Slachmuijlder 
Senior Advisor, Digital Peacebuilding, Search for Common Ground; Co-Chair, Council on Technology and Social Cohesion

Li Sitao

Li Sitao 
Laureate Fellow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

LI Yi

LI Yi 
University of Macau

Li Zhe

Li Zhe 
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau; Head of Department of Macau Law

Liangzhi Li

Liangzhi Li 
Climind

Liu Cong

Liu Cong 
PengCheng laboratory | Harbin Institute Of Technology, ShenZhen

Ma Arwina Abarca

Ma Arwina Abarca 
City Government of Iligan

Marcelo Corrales

Marcelo Corrales 
Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law, University of Copenhagen

Marco Zennaro

Marco Zennaro 
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

Meeyoung Park

Meeyoung Park 
CISP SNU

Michele Giovanardi

Michele Giovanardi 
Programme Officer for Digital Peacemaking, CMI - Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Michelle Miao

Michelle Miao 
Associate Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

Min Yang

Min Yang 
Researcher, UNU Macau

Mingyeong Kwon

Mingyeong Kwon 
Konkuk University

Muruga Perumal RAMASWAMY

Muruga Perumal RAMASWAMY 
University of Macau

Nanfu Wen

Stephanie King-Chung Hung 
Chief Information Officer, Asian Development Bank (ADB);Director General, ADB’s Information Technology Department (ITD)

Naveen Kumar Samuel Kori

Naveen Kumar Samuel Kori 
Centre for Public Policy and Good Governance (Think tank)

Navin Haram

Navin Haram 
UN Women, New York

Paras Kalura

Paras Kalura 
Chief Operating Officer, Migrasia Global Solutions Limited

Dr. Patrick Khor

Dr. Patrick Khor 
President of ExTran AI Group

Peter Yau

Peter Yau 
University of Glasgow

Phoenix Wan

Phoenix Wan 
President of Global AI Entrepreneurs Community and HK Youth Entrepreneurs Warriorsx

Pierre Le Coz

Pierre Le Coz 
Visiting Research Assistant, United Nations University Institute in Macau

Qian Tianxiao

Tianxiao Qian
 

Roger Wong

Roger Wong 
President of Singapore Digital Chamber of Commerce

Rostam J. Neuwirth

Rostam J. Neuwirth 
Distinguished Professor of Law, Head of Department of Global Legal Studies, University of Macau

Rui Min

Rui Min 
Hong Kong Baptist University

Ruiyang Feng

Ruiyang Feng 
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Ryan Edwards

Georgina Curto Rex 
Senior Researcher and Team Lead, UNU Macau

Sameer Gahlot

Sameer Gahlot 
National Internet Exchange of India, IT Ministry

Sami Farhad

Sami Farhad 
Zhejiang University

Samuel Chan

Samuel Chan 
President, Macao Computer Society

Sanjana Santra

Sanjana Santra 
Bennett University

Serge Stinckwich

Serge Stinckwich 
Head of Research, UNU Macau

Shakoor Rather

Shakoor Rather 
Science Matters, India

Sharon Tshipa

Sharon Tshipa 
Botswana Society for Human Development

Shuhan Li

Shuhan Li 
Research & Content Development Specialist, ReadyAI

Siyi Liu

Siyi Liu 
PhD Researcher at University College London

Sneha Marydas

Sneha Marydas 
PhD Fellow, UNU MERIT

Sonal Hundlani

Sonal Hundlani 
Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School

Sonali Mukherjee

Sonali Mukherjee 
Project Consultant- Strategy & Transactions, EY

Stephen Minas

Stephen Minas 
Professor, Peking University School of Transnational Law and Chair, UN Climate Technology Centre & Network Advisory Board

Sun Changlong

Sun Changlong 
Research Fellow, Digital Rule of Law Laboratory, Zhejiang University

Takeo Harada

Takeo Harada 
Institute for International Strategy and Information Analysis, Inc.

Thiago Moraes

Thiago Moraes 
UNU-CRIS

Thomas Basikolo

Thomas Basikolo 
Programme Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union

Tianchan Wang

Tianchan Wang 
Researcher, Shanghai Institute of International Studies

Tianyang Zhang

Tianyang Zhang 
University of Bologna

Tianyu HAN

Tianyu HAN 
University of Macau

TOA Dr. Toa Charm

TOA Dr. Toa Charm 
EMBA Deputy Director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, President of Data Literacy Association

Tommaso Ciarli

Tommaso Ciarli 
UNU-MERIT

Valentine Gandhi

Valentine Gandhi 
The Development CAFÉ

Vivian Nwaocha

Vivian Nwaocha 
National Open University of Nigeria

Wang Xiaofei

Wang Xiaofei 
the Phd Student of Comunication University of China

Wayne WEI WANG

Wayne WEI WANG 
Hong Kong University

Wei Ding

Wei Ding 
Professor at School of Humanity and Social Science, Harbin Engineering University

Weidong Ji

Weidong Ji 
University Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, President of China Institute for Socio-Legal Studies

Weixing Shen

Weixing Shen 
Director of Artificial Intelligence and Law, Tsinghua University

Weiyu Zhang

Weiyu Zhang 
National University of Singapore

Wilson Wong

Wilson Wong 
Associate Professor, Doctoral student, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dr. Winson Wong

Winson Wong 
President of G20 Youth Entrepreneurs Alliance (HK and Macau)

Xianguo Huang

Xianguo Huang 
Senior Economist, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office

Xifen Lin

Xifen Lin 
Tenured Professor of KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Xuejun Cheng

Xuejun Cheng 
Coventry university

Xuesong Zhai

Xuesong Zhai 
College of Education, Zhejiang University

Yan Li

Yan Li 
Associate Professor, Hebei Normal University

Yang Lv

Yang Lv 
Graduate student at College of Humanity and Social Sciences, Harbin Engineering University, China

Yannik Sassmann

Yannik Sassmann 
Senior Policy Officer | Data Scientist, Organisation: Data and AI Lab - Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development

Yao Yangzhao

Yao Yangzhao 
the Phd Candidate of Comunication University of China

Yaokun Qiu

Yaokun Qiu 
Associate Professor of KoGuan Law School and Institute for China Society and Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Yaroslava Kuchina

Yaroslava Kuchina 
Far Eastern Federal University

Yi Dai

Yi Dai 
School of Education, City University of Macau

Yik Chan Chin

Yik Chan Chin 
Beijing Normal University, Visiting Research Fellow – Project Lead/Associate Professor, The United Nations University Institute/Beijing Normal University, China

Prof. Yilei Shao

Prof. Yilei Shao 
Dean & Professor, Shanghai AI-Finance School, East China Normal University

Yiming Qian

Yiming Qian 
Climind

Ying Wang

Ying Wang 
Vice Dean, College of Environmental Science and Engineering Tongji University, Vice Dean, UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD)

Yu Ma

Yu Ma 
Digital Marketing Manager & AI Sub-Committee Secretary

Yukun Zhang

Yukun Zhang 
Data Scientist leader in LLM, Alipay

Zhang Jian

Zhang Jian 
Vice Dean, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University

Zhaoxuan Yuan

Zhaoxuan Yuan 
MPP student at Hertie

Zheng Liang

Zheng Liang 
Professor, Tsinghua University

ZHOU Shen

ZHOU Shen 
Associate Researcher, Department of Communication of Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China

Zihan Zhang

Zihan Zhang 
Master's Student, School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University

Han Ei CHEW

Han Ei CHEW 
Head of Governance & Economy, Institute of Policy Studies

Yuqin Lin

Yuqin Lin 
Director of Global Partnerships, Boke Foundation

Olga Kokshagina

Olga Kokshagina 
Associate Professor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Hub Lead Innovation Organisation & Technology, University of Sydney, Researcher, Learning Planet Institute

Prof. Albert Ko

Prof. Albert Ko 
Director, Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiatives (LEI)

Rina Wang

Rina Wang 
Northwestern Polytechnical University

Mr. Ahmed Al-Awah

Mr. Ahmed Al-Awah 
Chief AI and Digital Officer, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Mr. Kiyoshi Adachi

Mr. Kiyoshi Adachi 
Legal Officer, Investment Policy Reviews Section of the Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Prof. Frank Dignum

Prof. Frank Dignum 
Professor at the Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Amit Kumar Vishwanath

Amit Kumar Vishwanath 
 

Sreehari Ravindranath

Sreehari Ravindranath 
Director – Research and Impact, Dream a Dream

Sreehari Ravindranath

Jian Pu 
 

Sreehari Ravindranath

Wei Liu 
 

Amit Kumar Vishwanath

Soumaya Ben Dhaou 
Research Specialist, UNU EGOV

   

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