Emily Campbell-Ratcliffe is Head of AI Assurance at the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), an expert directorate in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) that works on enabling responsible innovation in AI and data driven technologies. She is also part of the OECD.AI network of experts, contributing to their Expert Groups on AI Risk & Accountability, and Compute & Climate. Previously, she was a lead for the Centre’s AI monitoring function, looking at emerging transformative technologies, and has published work on the responsible publication of AI research, and how to manage its risks.

Sarah Cook is a curator, writer and researcher based in Scotland. She is Professor of Museum Studies in Information Studies at the University of Glasgow. From 2023 she is a guest professor in Art and AI with UmArts at University of Umeå as part of the WASP-HS programme. From 2013 to 2020 Sarah was one of the curators behind Scotland’s only digital arts festival NEoN Digital Arts and was founder/curator of LifeSpace Science Art Research Gallery in the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee.

Professor Juan Cruz (Palencia, Spain 1970) is Principal of Edinburgh College of Art. He is an artist and educator who has worked at a broad range of institutions, both specialist and generalist, and with varying missions and profiles.

Juan studied Painting and History and Theory of Modern Art at Chelsea College of Art, graduating in 1993, having spent time at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin on an Erasmus exchange. Following his studies Juan worked as an independent artist and writer, gallery hand and bookseller until 2000 when he took his first permanent teaching role at Goldsmiths.

Juan’s own work has had broad dissemination, being exhibited at Matt’s Gallery, London; Camden Arts Centre, London; Witte de With, Rotterdam; Serralves Foundation, Porto; Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid; the Edinburgh International Festival; the Melbourne Festival and MUSAC, Spain. In 1999 Juan was awarded a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists and in 2000 named Artist Fellow at Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge. Between 1995 and 1998 he was a regular contributor to the London-based magazine Art Monthly, and has continued to write on the work of other artists throughout his career.

Juan is a director of the IAAC (International Awards for Art Criticism) , and a trustee of the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Trust, which governs the John Moores Painting Prizes in Liverpool and Shanghai, both projects established to develop greater cultural understanding and exchange. He has been a trustee of the Liverpool Biennale, a member of Tate Liverpool Council, a member of the Nine Elms Development Board. Juan is a member of AICA and a fellow of the Royal College of Art.

Virginia Dignum is Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University, Sweden, where she leads the AI Policy Lab, and senior advisor on AI policy to the Wallenberg Foundations. She is a member of the United Nations Advisory Body on AI, the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), UNESCO’s expert group on the implementation of AI recommendations, OECD’s Expert group on AI, founder of ALLAI, the Dutch AI Alliance, and co-chair of the WEF’s Global Future Council on AI. She was a member of EU’s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence and leader of UNICEF’s guidance for AI and children.

James leads the technical AI portfolio, with oversight for several the UK’s strategic initiatives; including the Responsible AI UK consortium, the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems programme, the Turing AI fellowships and the UKRI AI Centres for Doctoral Training. He leads the partnership between UKRI and the Alan Turing institute and works closely with government colleagues on future AI strategy. He has previously held roles including Head of Information and Communication Technologies and worked across research skills funding.

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Siân Lindley leads the Collaborative Intelligence group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge. The group focuses on how rapidly advancing ML-powered experiences can be designed in ways that augment and develop human capability, enable interconnectedness and collaboration, and support diverse needs and ways of working. Her key areas of interest are human-AI collaboration, content reuse and remix, and cross-application workflows. She has a PhD in Psychology from the University of York and an MSc in Human-Centred Computing Systems from the University of Sussex. She was a Lecturer at UCL before joining Microsoft in 2007.

Jocelle has worked extensively across Wales developing and overseeing the delivering of programmes, to address key social issues including lack of educational attainment, housing & homelessness, employability skills, financial and digital inclusion. As Director of Inclusive Communities at Cwmpas Jocelle leads a portfolio of work including community led housing, social care, Welsh language communities and Digital Communities Wales: Digital Confidence, Health and Wellbeing (DCW). Jocelle is passionate about cooperative values and believes that together people can create a fairer, more inclusive society.

Maitreyi Maheshwari is a curator and Head of Programme at FACT, Liverpool where she is responsible for overseeing their programme of exhibitions, residencies and events. Previous to this Maitreyi was Programme Director at Zabludowicz Collection in London. Maitreyi has also previously worked on the interaction programme at Artangel and the youth programme at Tate Modern.

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Dr Piotr Mirowski is a Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and a Visiting Research and Knowledge Exchange Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research on artificial intelligence covers the subjects of computer vision, deep reinforcement learning, robotic navigation, weather and climate forecasting, as well as a socio-technical systems approach to human-machine collaboration and to computational creativity. He is the author of over 80 papers and patents in applications of AI to the real world. Piotr studied computer science in France at ENSEEIHT Toulouse and obtained his PhD in computer science in 2011 at New York University, with a thesis supervised by Prof. Yann LeCun (Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2011). 

A trained actor himself, Piotr founded and directs Improbotics, a theatre company where human actors and robots improvise live comedy performances and investigate the use of AI for artistic human and machine-based co-creation.

Dr. Aisha Naseer is the acting Board Member of Women in AI (WAI) as well as their UK Ambassador, where she spearheads WAI’s global mission towards inclusive AI to empower women and minorities for the social good, encourage ethical applications and responsible use of AI. Dr Naseer is recognized globally for her contributions and was named among the “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics” (2022), “Global Women Leader in AI 2025” by 100 Women Davos, and spotlighted at the United Nations AI4Good Summit for her work on algorithmic fairness.

As the Director of Research at Huawei Technologies UK, she drives industry ecosystem development and AI standardization efforts in collaboration with European and international bodies.

Additionally, Dr Nazeer is a valued member of the MIT Sloan Management Review Responsible AI Expert Panel and a founding editorial board member of the Springer Journal on AI and Ethics as well as an active participant in the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) setup by the UK Government.

Cecilia is the Lead Responsible AI Technologist at Digital Catapult located in London. With a background in software engineering and international humanities, she leads a team that focuses on implementing responsible AI in a practical manner. Driven by a mission to transform society through programming, design, and technology, she is particularly passionate about increasing the representation of women in AI. She both teaches and mentors women and girls across the tech industry. By combining her background in international relations and development, with her design and technical expertise, she bridges the gap between ethicists and engineers.

Allan is Director of Partnerships and Engagement at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Allan directs strategic planning and delivery, alongside partnerships and engagement with a broad range of stakeholders including research organisations, government, business and public bodies. He oversees a large portfolio of activity with a focus on creative, cultural and heritage research, data, innovation and skills. Allan was previously Head of Research Development at the British Library and Co-Chair of the consortium of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) sponsored heritage and culture research-active organisations.

Yor Turner currently leads the development of the Digital, Data and Technology profession as well as initiatives responsible for building digital skills, capability, talent, and diversity across the public sector in Scotland, including through leadership of the Scottish Digital Academy and Digital Recruitment Service. He is responsible for leading on the Digital Strategy for Scotland, digital policy, and engagement functions as well as finance, procurement, and workforce for the Digital Directorate. In his spare time he is currently Chair of LGBT Health and Wellbeing, Scotland’s national charity promoting the health, wellbeing and equality of LGBTQ+ people (16+) in Scotland.

Joanna Zylinska is a writer, artist, curator and Professor of Media Philosophy + Critical Digital Practice at King’s College London, and a member of Creative AI Lab. Zylinska is an author of a number of books and an editor of the MEDIA : ART : WRITE : NOW book series for Open Humanities Press. Her own art practice involves experimenting with different kinds of image-based media. She is currently researching perception and cognition as boundary zones between human and machine intelligence, while trying to map out scenarios for alternative futures.