Law & Regulation
Legal experts and regulators who drive the discourse in law, governance, and policy-making, shaping the legal landscape with their knowledge and experience
Ahlam Ansari has spent 17 years asking an uncomfortable question: Why do organizations trust AI systems they cannot explain? That question drives everything she does—from her PhD research in trustworthy and responsible AI to her work training profess... Show more
Tiffany Songvilay
Avanade | Manager, Solution Architecture | AI Strategy, Governance & Value Realization
Tiffany Songvilay is a Microsoft MVP and Manager of Solution Architecture at Avanade, specializing in AI governance, adoption, and workforce transformation. She helps organizations move from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption by establis... Show more
With over 20 years in the IT industry, Tudor is a Certified Ethical Hacker and Microsoft MVP who loves everything about technology. In his day-to-day role, he advises organizations on Cybersecurity, AI & Cloud Governance, helps improve their security... Show more
Raphael Koellner
Microsoft Regional Director, MVP Office Apps and Services, Windows Insider MVP, Podcaster, Speaker
RAPHAEL KÖLLNER Compliance Manager Raphael Koellner combining the law and the information technology in particular the cloud computing. He worked for universities, Microsoft Germany (DX) and Microsoft Partner as consultant. As CEO for KöllnSe... Show more
Catherine (Cat) Karow
Cat Karow built security for Apple, the White House, and Fortune 100s. Then her mom got scammed, and she discovered the next cybersecurity frontier wasn't infrastructure. It was human beings.
Cat Karow spent two decades securing some of the world's most complex institutions, including Apple, the White House, Fortune 100 companies, and large-scale research infrastructure. Then her mother became the target of a sophisticated scam, and she r... Show more
Daniel B. Garrie is the Founder and Managing Partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a specialized legal engineering firm focused on cybersecurity, digital forensics, and e-discovery. He is also a Neutral (arbitrator, mediator, and Special Master) with JAMS,... Show more
Mark Wiener
International Speaker | Author of When Plan B Fails | Helping Leaders Navigate Disruption, Build Resilience, and Lead Through Uncertainty
Mark Wiener is an international speaker, author, board advisor, and entrepreneur who helps leaders prepare for disruptions before they become crises. For more than 30 years, Mark has worked at the intersection of leadership, operational performanc... Show more
Roman is a cybersecurity expert, engineer, and leader with 20 years of hands-on experience securing complex systems and products at scale. Currently Principal Architect at Red Hat, he leads open-source security strategy, upstream collaboration, and c... Show more
Founder of Firm&Fair, international negotiation agency Ugne Fink-Jensen is an international business negotiator, tech counsel, and speaker with more than 15 years of experience. She has worked across both SMEs and multibillion-dollar conglomerates... Show more
Hernan Huwyler
AI Risk & Compliance Leader| Academic Director IE | Decision-Making | AI Threats and Controls | Responsible Technology | Quantitative Risk | Compliance | Certified AI Architect
Hernan Huwyler is a Global Risk Management Executive and the Academic Director at IE Law and Business School (Executive Education). With a dual background as an MBA and CPA, Hernan specializes in the intersection of Law, Technology, and Quantitative ... Show more
Darke Hull was a dedicated and highly skilled law enforcement officer who spent more than two decades serving the Portland, Oregon, community through the Portland Police Bureau. His unwavering commitment to public safety, justice, and teamwork allowe... Show more
Yunseong Choi
Founder of Korea Open Source Security Community (K-OSSC) · OpenSSF Global Ambassador · SW Supply Chain Security & SBOM Policy Pioneer
Yunseong Choi is the founder and lead of the Korea Open Source Security Community (K-OSSC), a first-cohort OpenSSF Global Ambassador, and an adjunct professor at Kyonggi University. He currently lectures at Korea University, where his SW supply chain... Show more
Jamie Katzen has established a legal career centered on helping families preserve their wealth, organize their estates, and prepare for future generations. Based in Dallas, Texas, he brings more than fifteen years of experience in trusts and estates ... Show more
Ex Global Black Belt at Microsoft, I am currently working as a Risk, Compliance and AI solution engineer in that same company. In previous roles, I was Corporate legal advisor, DPO and Information security advisor. At Microsoft, I am here to partic... Show more
Kimberley Bezuidenhout is a software engineering student, researcher, and emerging speaker focused on AI systems architecture, AI governance, infrastructure efficiency, and responsible technology deployment in emerging markets. Drawing on a backgr... Show more
Chris Lloyd-Jones
VP, AI Consulting Transformation at Kyndryl | Created Kyndryl's FDE capability - scaling to 22,000 engineers | 6x Microsoft AI MVP | Doctoral researcher in Green Software Engineering, UEL
I'm VP of AI Consulting Transformation at Kyndryl, where I created the Forward Deployed Engineering capability - engineers embedded with clients to build, ship, and own outcomes, not just advise; now scaling to 22,000. I focus on agentic AI, open sou... Show more
Marina Sukhomlinova
Founder & President, Womafreesm | Architect of a New Infrastructure for Women’s Influence
Marina Sukhomlinova is the Founder & President of Womafreesm, a U.S. 501(c)(3) Public Charity and a global infrastructure for women’s influence. She designs systems that turn women’s lived experiences into data and evidence that can shape new rules, ... Show more
Andrea Elliott
CEO & Founder @ EMG : Global GRC & Foresight Practitioner helping companies use AI Responsibly
Andrea Elliott is the CEO, Founder, and Managing Partner of EMG Advisory, the AI-native governance, risk and strategy practice serving regulated, high-stakes industries including Quantum Computing and Financial Services. She most recently served as C... Show more
Jorge Litvin is a criminal lawyer turned cybersecurity strategist — author, international speaker, university professor, Founder & CEO of Safe-U, and board advisor. He works at the intersection of cybersecurity, business risk, AI and organizatio... Show more
Mário Junqueira
Physician, Medical-Legal Strategist & Applied AI Speaker | Health Law, Patient Safety, AI Governance & AI for Business | Founder, PericialMed USA | Penn Carey Law ML
Mário Junqueira, MD, ML, is a physician and medical-legal strategist working at the intersection of clinical medicine, health law, patient safety, and responsible AI governance. He earned his Master in Law from the University of Pennsylvania Carey La... Show more
Kenya Tyson, JD is a higher education executive, legal and policy strategist, and founder of The Black Massacre Project. She has held senior leadership roles at major universities including Dartmouth College, where she advised on institutional govern... Show more
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Anamarija Jengić Bujan
Intellectual property law specialist - Attorney at law - Co-founder of Anva consulting d.o.o. - PhD candidate - Conference speaker
2026: Speaker at the Unlock Rab and Expo Gamers Opatija conferences. 2025: Speaker at the Unlock Rijeka conference. 2024: Author of the article "New Regulations on Exercising the Right to Use Musical Performances on the Internet", published in ... Show more
Uloma Okoro is the Africa Lead at the Aula Fellowship for AI, where she supports regional engagement, policy dialogue, research, and partnerships across Africa’s AI governance community. She is an AI governance researcher , with research focused on i... Show more
Named the YJP Professional of the Year in 2017 and a Super Lawyer for more than 15 consecutive years, Jonathan Pasternak is a distressed debt and commercial real estate advisor and consultant with more than thirty years of experience in managing comp... Show more
Louise Humpington
AI Ethicist | Humanitarian Strategist | Governance Specialist | Executive Leadership
Louise Humpington brings nearly three decades of experience across commercial law (Financial Services Litigation), international development, human rights, and AI ethics and governance. She has worked in some of the world's most demanding governance ... Show more
Dr. Tajah M. Gross is Founder & CEO of Ethilect, an AI governance, risk, and decision intelligence firm helping organizations confront the hidden human risks inside artificial intelligence systems. A recognized voice in responsible AI, escalation arc... Show more
Charles Mfouapon is the Founder of AfriScore, a B2B alternative-data credit scoring and decisioning infrastructure platform built to extend credit access to unbanked populations across Sub-Saharan Africa and the CEMAC region. His work sits at the int... Show more
Tory Hibbitt, LLM, CIPP/C, is a Partner at Embury & West LLP who helps innovators and tech vendors understand regulatory frameworks governing their development and deployment of AI-enabled products. Lead author of the Annotated Alberta Health Infor... Show more
Ex-CEO turned author, consultant, and educator, I have spent thirty years of international leadership experience at the intersection of AI, Business Agility, and DevOps. I'm the author of The Supercharged Enterprise: Strategic Adaptation for Growth a... Show more
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