// 05Voices
Featured speakers.
// Honorary Speakers
// Speakers
Dr. Houda Chakiri
CHAIR
Asst. Professor · Al Akhawayn University
Director of the Digital Innovation Lab at AUI, Ifrane. Researcher in responsible AI and digital public infrastructure for Africa. Senior IEEE Member.
Emad Tinawi
Founder · Engage AI
Former Senior Partner at PwC Dubai and Managing Partner MENA at Monitor Group. Advocate for equitable AI-driven social and economic development.
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Rajakishore Nath
Professor of Philosophy · IIT Bombay
Associate Editor of AI & Society journal. Researcher in Philosophy of AI, Philosophy of Mind, and AI Ethics; author on consciousness and moral agency.
Satinder P. Gill
Research Scientist · Univ. of Cambridge
Centre for Music and Science, Cambridge. Associate Editor of AI & Society. Researcher in rhythm, tacit knowing, and embodied human-AI interaction.
Dr. Sofia Ghacham
Founder · Women in AI Morocco
State Engineer and ICT researcher; Department Head at ONCF (Morocco's National Railway Office). Advocate for responsible, inclusive AI and gender diversity in tech.
Tom Willkens
Visiting Asst. Professor · Al Akhawayn University
Digital Humanities and Liberal Arts Foundations faculty at AUI. Researcher in coevolutionary algorithms, deep reinforcement learning, and artificial life.
Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Principal Research Scientist · IBM Research
Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. Expert in AI hardware-software co-design and foundation models; global vice-chair of Arab Women in Computing (ArabWIC).
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Manohar Kumar
Asst. Professor · IIIT Delhi
Researcher in Applied Ethics, AI Ethics, and Political Philosophy. Dept of Social Sciences & Humanities, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi.
Caterina Berbenni-Rehm
CEO · PROMIS@Service
Advisory Board member of AI & Society journal (Springer). Digital transformation innovator specialising in AI ethics-by-design and multilingual governance at scale.
Steve Watson
Associate Professor · Univ. of Cambridge
Faculty of Education, Cambridge. Transdisciplinary researcher on AI, LLMs, and democracy. Co-founder of EdgeLab; speaker at Davos and the World Economic Forum.
Filippo Fabrocini
Full Professor · Tongji University
Director of the Sustainable AI Lab, Tongji University. Associate Editor of AI & Society. Former IBM Research scientist. Research in Ethical AI, ML, and Quantum Neural Networks.
Britta Nordin Forsberg
Senior Lecturer · Mälardalen University
Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Work spans talent management, technology-enhanced learning, and digital tools in organisations.
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Sushruth Ravish
Asst. Professor · IIT Kanpur
Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur. PhD from IIT Bombay. Research in ethics, epistemology, and the limits of transparency and explainability in AI systems.
Alfredo M. Ronchi
Associate Professor · Politecnico di Milano
General Secretary, EC-MEDICI Framework. UNESCO IFAP delegate since 2003. Author of 450+ papers on e-Culture, AI Ethics, and digital transformation impacts on society.
Moise Busogi
Asst. Teaching Professor · CMU-Africa
Co-Director of the Upanzi Network. Deputy Director at Kigali Collaborative Research Centre. Research in ML, operations research, and AI for Africa.
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Zain Moosa
CEO · Magnus Ventures
Entrepreneur, investor, and technology consultant. Member of the CxO Global Forum.
Chrysi Nanou
Music Fellow & Lecturer · RPI
Stanford CCRMA alumna. Pianist, sound artist, and researcher at the intersection of music, technology, and human cognition. Board member, International Computer Music Association.
Hind Lamharhar
Professor · INSEA, Rabat
Senior NLP and data engineer. Professor at INSEA and Mohammed V University, Morocco. Research in AI, NLP, Machine Learning, and e-Government applications.
Dora Papadopoulou
Visiting Lecturer · University of Thessaly
Researcher at the intersection of philosophy and technology. Work examines the ethical and societal implications of AI systems and their impact on human knowledge and culture.
Seren Yenikent
AI Psychologist · Symanto
PhD researcher in AI Psychology. Integrates psychological principles and behavioural science into AI systems; work spans psycholinguistics, NLP, emotion recognition, and human-AI interaction.
Hassan Hankir
Director, Data & AI · Dell Technologies
Leads large-scale transformation programs driven by Data & AI at Dell Technologies. Based in Morocco; active in AI education and community building across the region.
Marc Idelson
Lecturer · Univ. of Nottingham Ningbo China
Applied Sino-Western comparative philosopher at Nottingham University Business School China. Research in business ethics, philosophy, and sociology with focus on East Asia and technology.
Andrew Lizzio
Founder & CEO · PALOMA AI
Technical Visionary at PALOMA AI (Australia). Creator of the Humane Intelligence™ framework for ethical AI design; contributor to the Australian Public Service AI Plan 2025.
Dr. Lakshmi Goel
Dean, School of Business Administration · Al Akhawayn University
Professor of Information Systems and Dean of SBA at AUI. PhD from the University of Houston; formerly Professor at Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida. 15+ years in higher education and business consulting.
