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Pinaki Laskar : A Visionary who’s Transforming Tech into an Art & Business and an AI Researcher, Inventor,
Futurist Speaker, XAI Author & Thought Leader, Spatial Computing Savant and
NextGen Mentor. He is a disruptive Innovator & Cognitive Technologist, and has
been founding brain for many disruptive AI solutions ranging from Autonomous Car
and Intelligent Transport System, AI-based Music and Health Care. He is an expert and distinguished Inventor in Artificial Intelligence and IIOT with research in AI and
Ethics. As a thought leader, he has been speaker at various conferences across world
with a work experience of two decades.
NodeXL has listed Pinaki as one of the top 10 Influencers of Selfdriving Cars and Data Scientist in the world and Thinkers360 has recognized him in the Top 20 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers on Autonomous Vehicles.
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Academic economist specialising in international growth, business, development and governance/policy-making.
Published widely in the areas of: international trade and trade policy; foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational enterprises; the growth effects of FDI in developing countries; small economies - determinants of growth, governance, policies for trade and growth; determinants of FDI and growth impacts of FDI, sustainability.
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I am a researcher and consultant on human rights in the digital environment, based in the UK at the University of Oxford and Chatham House. I have focused particularly on the application of human rights law in tackling disinformation and other manipulation of political and election debate: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/11/online-disinformation-and-political-discourse-applying-human-rights-framework I am now considering the role of human rights in tackling various aspects of online harms, and am available for discussion and consultancy in this field. Website: www.katejones.uk
By way of background, I am a lawyer and former diplomat turned academic. During my 13 years with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, I advised on many areas of public international law and specialised in international human rights law, including as Legal Adviser to the UK Mission to the United Nations in Geneva and UK Deputy Permanent Representative (Deputy Ambassador) to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Since 2015, I have been based at the University of Oxford, where until 2020 I directed and taught on the Diplomatic Studies Programme, a set of postgraduate courses for diplomats.
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Executive Director of China Dialogue. Associate Fellow at Chatham House.
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Experienced in operations, research and policy advisory related with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) since its inception. Passionate pracademic and lecturer on program and policy evaluation, with special interests in infrastructure development in emerging market and megaproject evaluation.
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Anne-Marie is a researcher and social entrepreneur with a passion for helping to bring about systemic change. She is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), and lives in Wellington, New Zealand. She has degrees in Psychology and Economics and a Masters of Public Affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, which she attended on a Fulbright scholarship. She has significant work experience as an economist, including at the OECD, and in various public policy roles. She and her colleagues at HRMI believe wholeheartedly that "what gets measured gets improved", and their vision is a world where everyone can see what’s going on through a human rights lens, so we can work more effectively together to improve the lives of people.
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I have 27 years of experience in education, spanning secondary school teaching, national policy development, industry and higher education. As the Head of the Scottish Digital Academy at The Scottish Government, I support 1,400 Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) professionals and develop digital skills and capability across the public sector.
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Yasmin Afina joined Chatham House as research assistant for the International Security programme in April 2019. Her research at Chatham House covers projects related to nuclear weapons systems, strategic weapons systems, emerging technologies including cyber and artificial intelligence, and international law.
Yasmin is also a PhD Candidate at the University of Essex, examining the International Humanitarian Law considerations for the development of AI for military targeting operations. Yasmin has been awarded with the University's Humanities Doctoral Scholarship to cover her research in the 2019-2022 period.
Yasmin formerly worked for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)’s Security and Technology Programme, and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). In her previous capacities, Her research included international, regional and national cybersecurity policies, the international security implications of quantum computing, and algorithmic bias in autonomous technologies and law enforcement operations.
Yasmin holds an LL.M. from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, an LL.B. from the University of Essex, and a French Bachelor of Laws and Postgraduate degree (Maîtrise) in International Law from the Université Toulouse I Capitole. Yasmin holds Indonesian citizenship, and speaks fluent French, English and Indonesian.
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Executive Director of Chatham House Digital Society Initiative /Technology Governance and Innovation policy expert.
Formerly Associate Director with World Economic Forum and Senior Strategist with Purpose.com
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I am Lecturer in International Politics at City, University of London. My area of research is global distributive justice and global ethics in general. My first book, Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance was published recently by Cambridge University Press. My work has appeared in journals such as Politics, International Theory, Human Rights Quarterly, among others. I have written for popular publications like Aeon and The Conversation.