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 institutional AI readiness, responsible governance, comparative regulation, and practical policy frameworks for developing economies. Uloma has spoken at legal and professional forums, including the Legal Gorilla Virtual Conference, and has delivered responsible AI training to journalists and other professional groups. She is also a senior corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years of experience and currently heads Legal Services and Compliance in the fintech and payments sector. Her work connects AI policy with institutional governance, regulatory compliance, technology contracts, and accountability.

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

I over 25 år har jeg arbeidet med å forstå, håndtere og redusere risiko i møte med stadig mer komplekse trusler. Erfaring fra politi, forsvar, konsulentvirksomhet og finanssektoren har gitt meg et bredt perspektiv på hvordan etterretning kan omsettes til bedre beslutninger og reelle strategiske fortrinn.

Min styrke ligger i skjæringspunktet mellom etterretning, sikkerhet og forretningsforståelse. Jeg bistår beslutningstakere og ledere med å forstå hva som faktisk kan påvirke virksomheten, skille vesentlig informasjon fra støy og ta beslutninger på et bedre grunnlag. Det siste 15 årene har jeg særlig arbeidet med etterretning, risikostyring og bekjempelse av finansiell kriminalitet og sanksjonsomgåelser.

I over 25 år har jeg arbeidet med å forstå, håndtere og redusere risiko i møte med stadig mer komplekse trusler. Erfaring fra politi, forsvar, konsulentvirksomhet og finanssektoren har gitt meg et bredt perspektiv på hvordan etterretning kan omsettes... Show more

Don Torrez has conducted 750+ consultations with 450+ local government organizations and commercial businesses in 43 United States, Canada, and Australia. He has worked on solving accessibility issues with: The Department of Justice, The Office of Civil Rights, The Department of Homeland Security, The Federal ADA Organization, and The Small Business Administration. He has been a featured speaker at more than 33 conferences and directed or participated in 30 webinars and podcasts on web and software accessibility. He serves as an expert witness for law firms regarding web accessibility. He is a Certified Accessibility Coordinator at the University of Missouri and the Great Plains ADA Center.

Don Torrez has conducted 750+ consultations with 450+ local government organizations and commercial businesses in 43 United States, Canada, and Australia. He has worked on solving accessibility issues with: The Department of Justice, The Office of Ci... Show more

Hace más de 7 años que trabajo en el mundo de los Recursos Humanos. A lo largo de mi carrera fui creciendo en distintas áreas, pero siempre con un foco muy claro: las personas y el marco legal que las protege dentro de las organizaciones.

Actualmente sigo aprendiendo y desarrollándome como especialista laboral en DQS, donde me encargo de acompañar a los equipos en todo lo relacionado con normativa laboral, auditorías internas, conflictos y mucho más. También colaboro con procesos de talento: onboarding, desarrollo, formación, clima y cultura. Siempre buscando generar espacios de trabajo sanos y alineados con la cultura y valores de la empresa.

Hace más de 7 años que trabajo en el mundo de los Recursos Humanos. A lo largo de mi carrera fui creciendo en distintas áreas, pero siempre con un foco muy claro: las personas y el marco legal que las protege dentro de las organizaciones. Actualme... Show more

Julian Rodriguez is an interdisciplinary researcher and scholar specializing in systemic risk, cross-border payment infrastructure, and epistemic asymmetry in sovereign financial systems. He holds 11+ citable DOIs indexed across CERN/Zenodo, DataCite, and OpenAIRE, with a publication record spanning monetary economics, risk management, and governance frameworks.

Julian is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a Member of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (M.ISRM), an IRS Certifying Acceptance Agent (CAA), and a doctoral researcher focusing on structural resiliency in emerging and multi-currency markets. His work bridges high-level academic theory with real-world infrastructure, evaluating how regulatory frameworks, liquidity velocity, and systemic fragility interact during market stress.

As a speaker, he delivers data-backed keynote addresses, panel insights, and research briefings for policy institutes, fintech summits, and learned society forums worldwide.

Julian Rodriguez is an interdisciplinary researcher and scholar specializing in systemic risk, cross-border payment infrastructure, and epistemic asymmetry in sovereign financial systems. He holds 11+ citable DOIs indexed across CERN/Zenodo, DataCite... Show more

Jay P. Lefkowitz is an American lawyer whose career spans private litigation, senior United States government service, and legal education. For more than three decades Jay Lefkowitz was a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis and a member of the firm's worldwide management committee, retiring from the firm in 2026. As lead trial and appellate counsel he handled securities, antitrust, intellectual property, product liability, FDA, and white-collar defense matters for blue-chip clients, winning two 5–4 United States Supreme Court decisions for the pharmaceutical industry that reversed three federal Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Jay Lefkowitz served under two presidents, most prominently as U.S. Special Envoy on Human Rights in North Korea from 2005 to 2009, and earlier as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and as General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget.

A graduate of Columbia University and Columbia Law School, where he earned his J.D. in 1987 as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Jay Lefkowitz returned to Columbia Law as a lecturer in law, teaching a seminar on Supreme Court advocacy in which students take the roles of the justices. He writes frequently on law and public policy for The Wall Street Journal and Commentary.

Jay P. Lefkowitz is an American lawyer whose career spans private litigation, senior United States government service, and legal education. For more than three decades Jay Lefkowitz was a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis and a member of the fir... Show more

I’m Nancy Kokori a lawyer, mediator, and arbitrator, and a speaker on growth and habits.

Growing up, I believed the big things ,the big dreams, the big projects were what mattered most. It took me years to see the truth: those things are only ever built on small, daily habits. Most people don’t fail because they lack ambition. They fail because of habits they built long before they ever named the dream.

That’s the gap I exist to close — between who you are and who you were made to be. Whether I’m speaking to young people, women, educators, or businesses, my message stays the same: growth isn’t a big idea, it’s a decision you repeat until it becomes you.

I’m Nancy Kokori a lawyer, mediator, and arbitrator, and a speaker on growth and habits. Growing up, I believed the big things ,the big dreams, the big projects were what mattered most. It took me years to see the truth: those things are only eve... Show more

Dr. Todd Walls, DM, MBA (Human Resource Management & Healthcare Management), MSW, is a Human Resource (HR), learning and development (L&D), privacy, governance, and workforce systems consultant. A former federal Privacy Officer, he holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional - U.S. Government (CIPP/G) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and brings cross-functional experience spanning HR, L&D, organizational development, privacy, compliance training, employee engagement, accessibility, disability inclusion, workforce data, regulated environments, and prior Air Force information systems/security duties, including service as a Terminal Area Security Officer, Computer Workgroup Manager, and Client Server Administrator.

Todd is a frequent conference and workshop speaker whose experience includes regional HR conferences, national and regional disability inclusion programs, national privacy law compliance training, and invitations to speak internationally on privacy law compliance and information security. He has developed and delivered privacy, compliance, accessibility, reasonable accommodation, and organizational learning content for diverse adult audiences, including large federal training audiences.

He is a former SHRM chapter leader, national keynote presenter, former IAPP CIPP/G Certification Advisory Board member, and published thought leader in HR Executive, HR.com, Training Industry, and International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), including articles on employee data trust, employee voice, workforce systems, privacy law compliance, incident response, and NoSQL database vulnerabilities.

Dr. Todd Walls, DM, MBA (Human Resource Management & Healthcare Management), MSW, is a Human Resource (HR), learning and development (L&D), privacy, governance, and workforce systems consultant. A former federal Privacy Officer, he holds the Certifie... Show more

AI is forcing you to clarify your intentions.
AI is rendering and augmenting the quality of what you put in.

I connect what others see as separate: AI, business processes and strategy, and the human side of transformation. After 33 years building, advising, and leading at the highest levels, I bring entrepreneurs and leaders from AI-curious to AI-capable, with the clarity and experience that only comes from having been on the different sides of the table.

I help people understand and interact with AI beyond the hype, to embrace it so that AI can be the most beneficial to them. I draw this from my own daily experience with AI.

33 years across McKinsey, Bain, the European Commission, banking, law firms, and technology, across cultures and countries.
AI 50 INSEADers 2025, recognised among the top 50 INSEAD alumni for AI with real-world business impact.
Certified AI practitioner, Mindvalley 1st Prize, Best AI App Builder. Certified Claude Code practitioner and more.

AI is forcing you to clarify your intentions. AI is rendering and augmenting the quality of what you put in. I connect what others see as separate: AI, business processes and strategy, and the human side of transformation. After 33 years building... Show more

Adrienne Park | Australian Lawyer & Expert Speaker in AI, Law, and Entrepreneurship

Adrienne Park is an Australian lawyer (NSW) and a specialized speaker who bridges the gap between law, technology, and creative business development.

With over 15 years of lived experience navigating the challenges of studying and immigrating to Australia, she holds a Master's degree in Information Technology from The University of Queensland and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Griffith University.

Since 2013, Adrienne has actively built and operated multiple online startups. Today, she serves as the CEO of Dungwool and leads Bondi Ads, a premier agency specializing in strategic branding for legal firms and politicians. Expanding her reach into the creative industries, she is also an established YouTube Music artist with five official albums to her credit. Her dynamic digital presence has garnered over 1 million combined views across YouTube Shorts, showcasing her ability to captivate and influence modern audiences.

As a highly sought-after speaker, Adrienne shares her insights on AI integration, legal frameworks, and digital branding at prestigious venues, including Law Expo Seoul, the Regional Small and Medium Business Administration, Ewha Womans University, and Konkuk University.

Adrienne Park | Australian Lawyer & Expert Speaker in AI, Law, and Entrepreneurship Adrienne Park is an Australian lawyer (NSW) and a specialized speaker who bridges the gap between law, technology, and creative business development. With over ... Show more

Abogado, consultor y académico especializado en derecho de autor, tecnología y legislación en entornos digitales. Cuenta con estudios de licenciatura en Derecho y un Doctorado en Ciencias Políticas. Desde junio de 2017 asume la dirección del Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones sobre Internet (CLISI), una organización técnico-académica orientada a la investigación de los derechos digitales, la cultura libre y la integración tecnológica. A través de este rol, ha impulsado iniciativas de impacto regional y lideró la expansión internacional de la institución. Su práctica profesional se fundamenta en el análisis normativo y la estructuración legal de ecosistemas tecnológicos, manteniendo un enfoque riguroso sobre la evolución de la propiedad intelectual en la red.

Abogado, consultor y académico especializado en derecho de autor, tecnología y legislación en entornos digitales. Cuenta con estudios de licenciatura en Derecho y un Doctorado en Ciencias Políticas. Desde junio de 2017 asume la dirección del Centro L... Show more

Pablo Segarra is the founder of Segarra IP PLLC, a federal trademark practice built for scaling brands and founders with real equity at stake. A trademark attorney, keynote speaker, and cultural connector, Pablo works at the intersection of law, identity, and ownership — helping creators, entrepreneurs, and established businesses protect what defines them.
He has advised more than 2,000 founders, creators, and high-growth teams on trademark strategy, brand protection, and IP decisions that determine long-term value. His approach treats trademark registration not as a transaction but as a strategic foundation — and his client work spans apparel, food and beverage, creative agencies, cultural organizations, and the creator economy.
A respected bilingual speaker with 60+ engagements across three continents, Pablo speaks on intellectual property as an economic framework, cultural ownership, AI's impact on creator rights, and the structural gap between what communities build and what they own.
His background as a retired NYPD officer informs his discipline, directness, and commitment to clients who have never felt fully represented.
Notable Appearances:

VidCon Anaheim 2025: Two sessions — "Protecting Creators in the Age of AI" (Industry Track) and "Are You Rea(i)dy? The Future of Creator Protection" (Creator Track)
INTA Annual Meeting: Speaker at the world's largest trademark and IP conference
Remezcla Magazine: Featured expert on trademark disputes in Latino digital culture
SOMOS New York / Puerto Rico / Dominican Republic: 5X panelist on IP, entrepreneurship, and emerging technology
NFT NYC: 3X speaker on Web3 and intellectual property
NYSBA Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency: Three CLE sessions, 400+ attorneys trained on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and digital finance
Miami Ad School, Punta Cana: Workshop on AI's impact on Gen Z creatives and legal frameworks for creative asset protection
Universidad APEC, Dominican Republic: Presenter on the United States legal system
Hola Metaverso: Speaker on emerging technology and IP in Los Angeles and Colombia
NLLSA & LALSA: Speaker on emerging technology and the law
Grub with Gruber: IP and entrepreneurship expert, 17,000+ viewers
Travel + Leisure: Recognized in "Top 50 Most Notable in Travel"

Professional Affiliations:

Nuyorican Poets Café — Board of Directors
Dominican Bar Association of New York — Board of Directors
Hispanic National Bar Association
ALFA Latino
NYSBA Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency
DraftChain.AI — Advisory Board
Nettyworth — Advisory Board
Mastercard — IP & Legal Strategy Advisor (AI Entrepreneurship Bot)

Pablo Segarra is the founder of Segarra IP PLLC, a federal trademark practice built for scaling brands and founders with real equity at stake. A trademark attorney, keynote speaker, and cultural connector, Pablo works at the intersection of law, iden... Show more

For most organisations, the wake-up call doesn’t come from theory… it comes after a bad outcome. A regulatory inquiry. A legal ruling. A supplier or customer incident that exposes how fragile things really are behind the scenes.
Steven has authored 50+ publications and holds 50+ patents, and he specialises in translating complex information and security issues into clear, practical insight for decision-makers. In his most recent book Securing Your Data Supply Chain, he shows how weak governance, combined with emerging threats like data poisoning, deepfakes, and data suppression, can quietly undermine even well-run businesses… and what leaders can do before those risks turn into consequences.

For most organisations, the wake-up call doesn’t come from theory… it comes after a bad outcome. A regulatory inquiry. A legal ruling. A supplier or customer incident that exposes how fragile things really are behind the scenes. Steven has authored ... Show more

Tai Miranda is the Co-Founder of Legalboards, a legal project management platform built for paralegals, office managers, and lawyers at small-to-mid-size firms in the US and Canada.

With 16 years working at the intersection of law and operations, Taina brings a ground-level perspective on why legaltech adoption stalls — and what firms need to fix before layering AI on top of unstructured processes.

She has spoken at Google events and Legal Design talks, participated in demo pitches, and currently hosts a monthly webinar series with an engaged audience of legal professionals. Her work focuses on the operational layer of law firms: the people and workflows that make or break any technology rollout.

Tai Miranda is the Co-Founder of Legalboards, a legal project management platform built for paralegals, office managers, and lawyers at small-to-mid-size firms in the US and Canada. With 16 years working at the intersection of law and operations, ... Show more

Natalija Babić is an internationally trained lawyer specializing in technology law and intellectual property. She holds a Master’s degree from the University of Zagreb and an advanced LL.M. credential from KU Leuven in Belgium. Her international career includes work at a leading law firm in Brussels and at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. After returning to Croatia in 2018, she continued her legal practice in Zagreb and established her own law firm in 2025. Natalija is a regular speaker at conferences on legal technology and fintech, addressing current issues in IT law such as the regulation of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Regulation), and cyber law.

Natalija Babić is an internationally trained lawyer specializing in technology law and intellectual property. She holds a Master’s degree from the University of Zagreb and an advanced LL.M. credential from KU Leuven in Belgium. Her international care... Show more

Scott M. Giordano is an attorney with more than 25 years of legal, technology, and risk management consulting experience. An IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy and AI Governance Professional (AIGP), a Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP), and a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Scott is a partner at The CISO Law Firm, a firm dedicated to representing CISOs and other cybersecurity team leaders.
Prior to starting his firm, he served as General Counsel of Spirion LLC, a privacy technology firm. There Scott also served as the company’s subject matter expert on multinational data protection and its intersection with technology, export compliance, internal investigations, information governance, and risk management. Prior to joining Spirion, he served as Director, Data Protection, for Robert Half Legal and established the global privacy program for Esterline Technologies Corporation in Bellevue, WA.
During his career, Scott has held senior positions at several legal technology firms and is listed as co-inventor on Intelligent Searching of Electronically Stored Information, patent no. 13/842,910. In addition, he taught the first law school course anywhere on electronic evidence and e-discovery.
Scott is a member of the bar in Washington state, California, and the District of Columbia.

Scott M. Giordano is an attorney with more than 25 years of legal, technology, and risk management consulting experience. An IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy and AI Governance Professional (AIGP), a Certified Information Security Systems Professio... Show more

With a vivid experience of more than 21 years in the corporate and education sector. Holding a master’s in commerce and law and specializing in taxation, he has been working closely on accounting law ethics and their legal aspects. His interest in accounting and frauds lead him to learn more about Financial Crimes and as a result, is this book. He has presented and published his work in several conferences at national and international level, in Scopus. The author has four copyrights in his name and is currently working on Forensic Accounting and Financial Crimes, in his free time he is capturing nature or writing.
But one thing which keep me alive is I love to learn.

With a vivid experience of more than 21 years in the corporate and education sector. Holding a master’s in commerce and law and specializing in taxation, he has been working closely on accounting law ethics and their legal aspects. His interest in ac... Show more

Two generations of law students at the University of Kansas knew Suzanne Valdez as the professor who taught them Professional Responsibility and Prosecutorial Ethics. Kansas lawyers know her as a special prosecutor, a judge pro tem, and the district attorney who led Douglas County from 2021 to 2025. The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, one of four federally recognized tribes in the state, knows her as its Attorney General. Nearly three decades of public service, legal education, and courtroom practice have produced all of those descriptions, and a single conviction sits beneath them: the legal system works best when it accounts for the people inside it.

Her academic career began in 1999, when she joined the University of Kansas School of Law, and lasted through 2021, more than twenty years as a Clinical Professor of Law. Her teaching load included State Court Practice along with the ethics courses, and she ran workshops in deposition skills and expert witness examination. Administratively she directed the Criminal Prosecution Field Placement Program, the Externship Clinic, and the LL.M. program in Elder Law, while students at the Douglas County Legal Aid Society practiced under her supervision. Recognition followed: the Connell Teaching Professorship in 2019, two Immel Awards for Teaching Excellence, and the presidency of the KU University Senate in 2019 and 2020.

The scholarship matched the syllabus. Suzanne Valdez and Professor R. Michael Cassidy co-authored the third edition of Prosecutorial Ethics, published by West Publishing in the American Casebook Series. University of California Press published Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe v. Wade in 2024 with a chapter of hers in it. Her law review and bar journal writing includes a policy paper on low-level, non-violent female drug offenders in Kansas, and she compiled Practice in Kansas, a course text that covers civil procedure, landlord-tenant law, consumer protection, and family law. Roughly 100 professional presentations sit alongside the publications, and a new book drawn from her years in prosecution is in progress.

One faculty role pointed toward everything that came later. From 2015 until her departure in 2021, Valdez was the law school's ombudsperson, mediating conflict among faculty, students, and staff. The assignment convinced her that alternatives to litigation deserve a larger place in the justice system, particularly in how that system responds to non-violent crime.

Practice never stopped during the academic years. She had started at Kansas Legal Services in 1996, representing low-income clients in Kansas City, Kansas, across civil and criminal matters and in federal disability and housing litigation. She served twice as a special prosecutor in the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office, from 2005 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2020, handling high-level felony conflict of interest cases. In 2008 she took the bench as a pro tem district judge in Douglas County, presiding over the juvenile offender, post-decree family law, and criminal first appearance dockets. Her Of Counsel position at Smith Legal, LLC, ran from 2009 through 2021 and involved civil matters in Kansas state court for private and pro bono clients.

She gave the state a great deal of unpaid time as well. Suzanne Valdez chaired the Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board for eight years, overseeing a compensation fund that averaged roughly $3 million annually for survivors of violent crime. Two Kansas Attorneys General nominated her to the chairmanship, and three times the Kansas Senate confirmed her unanimously. She chaired the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission, sat on the Kansas Judicial Council's Family Law Advisory Committee and the Kansas Supreme Court's Access to Justice Committee, and served on American Bar Association law school accreditation teams.

Then came the elected office. As District Attorney for Douglas County, Kansas, from 2021 to 2025, she was the chief law enforcement officer for roughly 125,000 residents, with an office of about 50 employees and a budget of approximately $2 million. She directed those limited resources toward violent crime, including sexual assault of children and adults, intimate partner violence, and gun offenses. With fentanyl deaths climbing across Kansas, she prosecuted those who distributed it, a priority shaped by loss. A fentanyl poisoning death in 2019 had taken her brother, Christopher Valdez, a U.S. Army veteran. She helped secure $1 million in funding to establish a Veterans Treatment Court in Douglas County, working alongside retired Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, and she supported alternatives to incarceration, community outreach and crime prevention, and services for victims of crime.

Restorative justice became her full-time work next. From May 2025 to May 2026 she was a restorative justice mediator, facilitator, and trainer at the Center for Conflict Resolution in Kansas City, Missouri. The role had her mediating interpersonal conflict, facilitating community accountability boards and victim offender dialogues, and co-leading the organization's conflict resolution trainings. She served as its People and Culture Administrator too, handling internal staff matters through the same restorative lens. At the heart of the discipline is one observation, that harmed people harm people, and a method built on dignity, acknowledgment, and accountability as the route to restoring everyone involved in a conflict. Its roots lie in the practices of indigenous tribes before colonization, which links it directly to the Indian law work she does today.

As Attorney General, Suzanne Valdez represents the Kickapoo Tribe as a sovereign nation. The Tribe's economic development plan takes much of her current attention, and she keeps sovereignty and self-determination at the forefront of every agreement. She has also established Suzanne Valdez, LLC, Restorative Justice Law and Mediation, a Kansas practice she is building as she continues her commitment to Indian law.

Her community record is long. Her board service includes Douglas County CASA and the Douglas County Child Advocacy Center, which serves children who have been abused or neglected. She has volunteered with LINK, the Lawrence interdenominational nutrition kitchen, led a unit at Hidden Valley Girl Scout Camp, worked with Mentoring4Success in support of women returning to their communities after incarceration, and served as an admissions field representative for the United States Military Academy at West Point. Volunteering during her year in Kansas City included support for transgender women in the Missouri Department of Corrections and on probation and parole. March 2024 brought a Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Women's History Month from the Lawrence Army Recruiting Station, given after she directed her office to clear outstanding tickets and petty misdemeanors for Army recruits so they could report to basic training.

She earned her J.D. at the University of Kansas School of Law in 1996, serving on the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy and receiving the Walter Hiersteiner Outstanding Service Award. Her B.S. in business administration, awarded with Highest Distinction, is from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Kansas and Missouri both license her, and she is admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.

She lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where family is the center of her life, from her parents to her grown children and the wider circle she has helped raise. Marathons are in the past, but she still runs. She reads historical fiction, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, and she follows Jayhawk sports closely.

Two generations of law students at the University of Kansas knew Suzanne Valdez as the professor who taught them Professional Responsibility and Prosecutorial Ethics. Kansas lawyers know her as a special prosecutor, a judge pro tem, and the district ... Show more

Raymond B. Amumpaire is a Ugandan lawyer shaping Africa's tech future. He is the Team Lead at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Governance in Africa (CAIEGA), where he has been at the forefront of ensuring AI is developed, deployed and used responsibly. Raymond is the Uganda Law Society President’s Special Envoy on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Rights and contributes to the AI and Information Integrity Working Group for the Global Coalition on Tech Justice (GCTJ), the Africa AI and Privacy Working Group (Lawyers Hub Kenya), the Digital Transformation Committee of the Uganda Law Society, as well as the Technology, Media and Telecommunication (TMT) Committee of the East Africa Law Society.

As the youngest ever Advisory Council Member for the Africa Data Governance Hub, he acted as a trusted advisor on data governance and helping to create rules that protect personal information on the continent. He has been consulted by the Ugandan Permanent Mission to the UN on ICT for Development, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan on cyber policy and, by Letitia James - the Attorney General of the great State of New York on algorithmic safety for kids. He is also currently involved in digital rights litigation, both as a complainant in the landmark privacy case against Google that was decided by Ugandan data regulator and an applicant in the ongoing digital rights enforcement case challenging the 2026 internet shutdown in Uganda.

Raymond is a founding member of the Forum for Data Privacy Practitioners Uganda, a member of the Uganda Law Society (ULS), the East African Law Society (EALS), the Pan-Africa Lawyers Union (PALU), an affiliate member of the Africa Privacy Lawyers Association (APLA), the Digital Rights Alliance Africa (DRAA), the Global Coalition on Tech Justice (GCTJ), the Net Rights Coalition, the Internet Society – Uganda Chapter and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Essentially, Raymond is a real-world problem solver who's using his legal brain to create a better digital future for Africa.

Raymond B. Amumpaire is a Ugandan lawyer shaping Africa's tech future. He is the Team Lead at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Governance in Africa (CAIEGA), where he has been at the forefront of ensuring AI is developed, deployed an... Show more

I began my professional journey as an OSS Compliance Specialist, reviewing open-source components integrated into software products. Later, qualifying as a lawyer in Romania, I developed my legal analytical skills and gained experience in negotiating commercial agreements and handling complex legal matters. I now apply this primarily in the technology and digital content sectors, from IT contracts and IP rights to advisory relating to online activities.

I began my professional journey as an OSS Compliance Specialist, reviewing open-source components integrated into software products. Later, qualifying as a lawyer in Romania, I developed my legal analytical skills and gained experience in negotiating... Show more

Sami Asaad is a Partner with the national law firm of Pierson Ferdinand LLP and is Chair of the firm’s Home Health and Home Care practice team. Sami works closely with business leaders to develop practical solutions to the broad array of legal challenges that employers face in managing a modern workplace. Sami has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2024.

Sami represents many independent and franchised home health and home care agencies, skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, and health care staffing agencies throughout the country, providing innovative strategies and helping leaders solve problems.

Sami is an experienced speaker and trainer who regularly presents seminars and webinars to companies, franchise systems, and industry groups.

Sami lives in Connecticut with his wife, Jess, and their five children. In addition to spending time with his family, Sami loves being outdoors in nature, listening to early music, studying the Bible, and reading and listening to great books.

Sami Asaad is a Partner with the national law firm of Pierson Ferdinand LLP and is Chair of the firm’s Home Health and Home Care practice team. Sami works closely with business leaders to develop practical solutions to the broad array of legal challe... Show more

Abogado especializado en cibercrimen y evidencia digital (UBA), e investigador certificado (TRM-CI). Comenzó su camino profesional en la industria de medios de pago, luego sumó experiencia en derecho comercial y desde hace algunos años trabaja en el Ministerio Público Fiscal de la Nación. Allí combina técnica jurídica e investigación avanzada para colaborar con el equipo en la investigación y litigio de causas penales.

Abogado especializado en cibercrimen y evidencia digital (UBA), e investigador certificado (TRM-CI). Comenzó su camino profesional en la industria de medios de pago, luego sumó experiencia en derecho comercial y desde hace algunos años trabaja en el ... Show more

Kedar Pai is a regulatory affairs leader with over 10 years of experience guiding medical device and IVD products through global regulatory pathways. He currently serves as Senior Manager, Regulatory Operations at Intuitive Surgical, where he has led technical documentation efforts for global registrations, served as the regulatory point of contact for third-party (EU MDR and MDSAP) and FDA audits, and built dashboards and KPI tracking tools to accelerate market release. Previously, at Intersect ENT (later acquired by Medtronic), he managed PMA supplements and annual reports for Class III devices, led a successful MDR Full Quality System audit with BSI, and developed US and EU regulatory strategies for manufacturing changes and expanded intended uses. At BD Biosciences, he led the implementation of EU IVDR (2017/746) and obtained the first worldwide Class C EU IVDR certification by BSI — an achievement recognized with a company-wide award.

Kedar's regulatory expertise spans the full product lifecycle, from technical file authoring and clinical evaluation reports to change management, audits, and supporting submissions to agencies including the FDA, Health Canada, ANVISA, TFDA, MHLW, and TGA, gained across roles at Abbott Vascular and Penumbra, Inc. He holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and an MS in Regulatory Science from the University of Southern California, and is an active member of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS). He brings prior speaking experience to the table as well, having presented as a session leader on EU IVDR: An industry perspective at RAP Convergence 2018, Vancouver.

Kedar Pai is a regulatory affairs leader with over 10 years of experience guiding medical device and IVD products through global regulatory pathways. He currently serves as Senior Manager, Regulatory Operations at Intuitive Surgical, where he has led... Show more

Jess Montgomery works on the part of AI governance that begins when the policy document ends.

An AI governance researcher and enterprise technology leader, she studies what happens when organizations move AI from controlled experimentation into real operations: Who owns the decision? Who has authority to intervene? What happens when an autonomous system acts outside expectations? And can the organization prove its governance actually worked?

Her research focuses on the gap between AI governance frameworks and organizational readiness to execute them, particularly in complex, regulated, and high-consequence environments. She brings more than 15 years of technology and operational leadership to that work and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Computer Science focused on AI governance readiness.

Jess writes and speaks about AI governance, decision ownership, human authority, and the increasingly difficult question facing organizations deploying agentic AI: Before we ask what AI can do, have we decided what it should be allowed to do?

Jess is currently pursuing advanced graduate studies in artificial intelligence and machine learning, where her research and applied work explore how organizations operationalize AI systems safely and effectively within large-scale technology ecosystems.

Jess Montgomery works on the part of AI governance that begins when the policy document ends. An AI governance researcher and enterprise technology leader, she studies what happens when organizations move AI from controlled experimentation into re... Show more

Ross is a technology and privacy specialist with over 20 years of experience navigating the complex intersection of innovation, governance, and cybersecurity.

With a background in Software-as-a-Service and more than a decade dedicated to governance consulting in privacy and security, Ross has helped organizations translate regulatory requirements into actionable strategies.

He is a passionate advocate for consumer cybersecurity and privacy rights, known for making even the most complex topics accessible and engaging.

Ross holds an MSc in the Management of Technology and Innovation and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He has additional certifications in ethical hacking and paralegal practice, and serves on the board of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.

Ross is a technology and privacy specialist with over 20 years of experience navigating the complex intersection of innovation, governance, and cybersecurity. With a background in Software-as-a-Service and more than a decade dedicated to governanc... Show more

Marko Rakar (1972) is a Chief executive manager of the consulting company MRAK services ltd headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia.

Rakar has a lifelong experience in working/writing for media as well as dealing with the media. He combines his media knowledge with new technologies and was one of the earliest internet adopters in Croatia. He is a recognized lecturer and consultant the subjects of organization, internet, new media as well as politics and statistics.

Rakar ran or participated as consultant on a number of successful campaigns and races for organizations, parties and independent candidates on presidential, parliament and municipal elections in Europe, Asia and US.

He had worked on projects for various international institutions such as Council of Europe, European Fund for the Balkans, United Nations Development Programme, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), World Bank, Transparency International, U.S. State Department, Olof Palme International Center, Open Government Partnership and the Croatian Government. He has been for several years member of the jury for the Pollies award of the American Association of Political Consultants and a member of the jury for the World eDemocracy awards.

In his work with governments, law enforcement and corporations he worked as a data scientist and architect of advanced statistical, BI and predictive analytics systems designed to predict customer/supplier behavior, increase process efficiencies, find and eliminate hidden costs and simplify decision making, as well as identify, prevent, and/or disrupt criminal, fraudulent and money laundering activities..

Rakar studied Philosophy and Information sciences, University of Zagreb, speaks English fluently and is regular columnist and author to several blogs, web sites, newspapers and magazines in Croatia and internationally.

He is also recognized by World eGovernment forum as one of the "Top 10 who are changing the world of politics on the internet". Marko Rakar is a past president of EAPC (European association of political consultants), current presidento of IAPC (International association of political consultants), "School of politics" alumni and president (by Council of Europe), non-government expert on the subjects of open governance and data transparency, past president of Croatian NGO Vjetrenjača (English: Windmill) which is dedicated to bringing transparency and promoting open governance to Croatian and international public. Marko is a member of international Association of Certified Fraud Examiners as well as secretary of Croatian chapter of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Croatia.

Since 2012. he is also a junior fellow at the World academy of Arts and Science. In 2013. Marko Rakar received „Informatika“ medal awarded by Croatian Information Technology Association. This medal is given to the organizations and individuals for achieved results in expanding and promoting information technologies. Washington DC based COMPOL magazine selected Marko as one of top hundred most influential political professionals of the year 2017.

Marko Rakar (1972) is a Chief executive manager of the consulting company MRAK services ltd headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia. Rakar has a lifelong experience in working/writing for media as well as dealing with the media. He combines his media kno... Show more

Yassine is the founder of Workless, where he helps organizations govern AI, automate business processes, and build scalable solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem.

A former Power Platform Tech Lead at the National Bank of Belgium, he has experience designing and governing enterprise-grade Power Platform implementations in complex and regulated environments. His work focuses on AI governance, the EU AI Act, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform governance, and business process automation.

Through practical insights and real-world experience, Yassine explores how organizations can move from AI experimentation to responsible, secure, and scalable adoption.

Yassine is the founder of Workless, where he helps organizations govern AI, automate business processes, and build scalable solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem. A former Power Platform Tech Lead at the National Bank of Belgium, he has experie... Show more

KAMPIRE NADINE Temba is Congolese young Lawyer, she is the cofounder and the coordinator at Afia-Amani Grands-Lacs a community based online media outlet which provides news and educational contents on health, peace, natural disaster management and fight against fake news, disinformation and hate speech online for the communities of the Great Lakes countries, she is based in Goma in the North province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Before founding AFIA-AMANI Grands Lacs, she served as media consultant for many regional and international organizations such as INTERNEWS which have been operating in Eastern DRC.
She is among the first intake of East African women fellow at Media Defence (a UK based Ngos’which trained lawyers to advance digital rights and Technology law through strategic litigation and provide support and legal assistance to journalists, bloggers and independent Media), where she was a 2022 Fellow. She is a 2023 and 2025 CIPESA fellow and digital security trainer.
She has a particular interest in Human rights and Digital Rights with a special focus on Freedom of expression, Tech & Internet governance, regulation and Policy, digitat inclusion and digital transformation.

KAMPIRE NADINE Temba is Congolese young Lawyer, she is the cofounder and the coordinator at Afia-Amani Grands-Lacs a community based online media outlet which provides news and educational contents on health, peace, natural disaster management and fi... Show more

Bobby Chipman is an attorney at Eisner, a corporate/entertainment boutique in Beverly Hills & NY. A former college basketball player and CPA/MBA, he approaches representation of artists, creators, agents and athletes from a business perspective.

Bobby Chipman is an attorney at Eisner, a corporate/entertainment boutique in Beverly Hills & NY. A former college basketball player and CPA/MBA, he approaches representation of artists, creators, agents and athletes from a business perspective. Show more

Studentin an der EUV, Peer Tutorin für wissenschaftliche Schreiben & Lernen, Directorin für IT bei ELSA

Roksana ist eine leidenschaftliche Studentin im Bereich Rechtswissenschaften und steht kurz vor dem Abschluss ihres Studiums. Neben ihrem Engagement in der akademischen Welt ist sie auch eine begeisterte Webdesignerin und Programmiererin, mit einem besonderen Interesse an den Schnittstellen von Technologie und Recht. Als Peer Tutorin und Director für IT bei ELSA kombiniert sie ihre Liebe zu digitalen Innovationen mit ihrer Expertise im Bereich Bildung und Lehre. Sie engagiert sich zudem in internationalen Netzwerken und hat sich auf die Förderung von Zugänglichkeit und Empowerment spezialisiert.Sie liebt es, kreative Methoden wie Gamification in der Lehre zu integrieren, um Studierende aktiv in ihre Lernprozesse einzubinden und auf die Herausforderungen der digitalen Zukunft vorzubereiten.

Studentin an der EUV, Peer Tutorin für wissenschaftliche Schreiben & Lernen, Directorin für IT bei ELSA Roksana ist eine leidenschaftliche Studentin im Bereich Rechtswissenschaften und steht kurz vor dem Abschluss ihres Studiums. Neben ihrem Engag... Show more