Agenda

 Alfredo M. Ronchi - professor at Politecnico di Milano (Engineering Faculty), Expert/advisor in e-Services, Head of the JRC S2D2 (Safety, Security, Defence, Disaster Recovery and Management), Secretary General of the EC-MEDICI Framework of Cooperation, delegate at UNESCO IFAP and active member of the WSIS since the establishment (2003-/). 
Mr Ronchi is member of the following Boards: Member of AI&Society board (Springer Nature), Board of Directors Global Forum (France), Member Emeritus World Summit Award Board of Directors (Austria), Board of Directors European Education New Society Association (ENSA France). Member of the Keio University NoE (Japan). Member of the Advisory Board of the School of Law under the aegis of GD Goenka University (Hyderabad, India).
He cooperated as organizer or programme chair in W3C, ACM, IEEE, ITU-WSIS conferences; since more than thirty-five years he organizes and manages international projects, conferences and workshops.
Author/contributor of more than 400 papers and various books on: e-Culture, e-Government, e-Safety & Security, and e-Services.
 

  Prof. Goyal, Senior Telecom Professional is Post Graduate in Science with experience of about 43 years in Telecom/IT.

He is President, CMAI Association of India (CMAI), which is India largest ICT association of India with 48,500 members and 54 MOU partners worldwide. Prof. Goyal is the only person in the world having joined five consecutive years the Ribbon Cutting and inauguration of world’s largest Consumer Electronic show called CES, Las Vegas.CMAI is also known as organizers of ICT World Communication Awards, National Education Summit and Awards, Global ICT Forum, training and formation of Cyber Security-Ethical Hacking and safe web development. CMAI has so far trained more than 10,000 delegates in Cyber security and CMAI interacts with more than 1,00,000 Educational Institutes. Chairman Emeritus of Telecom Equipments Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA); Vice Chairman, ITU APT India; Chairman CTIA, India; Ambassador for India and South Asia, Commonwealth Telecom Organization, UK; President Cyber Security Association of India( CSAI); President Association of Educational Institutes and Universities( AEIU); and is actively involved in policy formulations and development of industrial policies specially related to telecom, mobile, cyber security, ICT, education and skills development sector. He is member of about hundred committees/groups formed by Government in this behalf. He is also Member Governing Council, Government of India, Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council, to promote exports under Ministry of Commerce and Industries and Chairman of India Trade Promotion Services, Dubai. On the Board of International Chamber of Media and Entertainment Industry.  He is Professor and Adviser with Gujarat Technological University, Ahmadabad. He is former Director of National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) having served Government of Himachal Pradesh PSUs for 21 years plus including seven years as General Manager (Development) of State Electronic Development Corporation Ltd., engaged in Project Implementation, Infrastructure Development, Industrial Consultancy, Strategic Operations etc. He was then on deputation to a telecom solution provider company for about ten years as President (Operations). He also served as Consultant to a telecom multinational company for two years. He is also Government appointed Director on the Board of Directors of National Fertilizers Ltd., Government of India PSU. He has presented several papers internationally on topics of public concerns like telecom IT, environment management such as e waste, radiation; manufacturing, global peace and well being, excellence in performance etc. He is also Spiritual Healer, teacher of Yoga, Meditation and specialization in Psychic therapy, Acupressure.

Karamjit S Gill is Professor Emeritus, University of Brighton (UK), Founding Editor of AI&Society Journal (Springer), Visiting Professor at the universities of Wales (UK), Urbino (Italy), Waterford Institute of Technology (Ireland), Beijing Academy of Soft Technology (China), and Symbiotic Network-IIT Mumbai, Delhi University, Arizona State University and UCLA (USA), Universities at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Cybernetics Network, Santiago (Chile) and ATA Lima (Peru). Karamjit is the Founding Chair of the International INSYTE-CRL laboratory at Waterford Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland, and is a member of the Advisory Panel of the Artificial Intelligence for Societal Good Challenge of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). He is High Level member of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2023. Over the years he has directed cross-cultural research networks, including EU-India cross-cultural innovation network (EU); Europe-Japan network on human-centred systems; European postgraduate and doctoral research network in human centred systems (EU), Knowledge, culture and artificial intelligence network (EU); New Technology and Adult Literacy (EU); Computer Aided Animated Arts Theatre (CAAAT) Project and the Europe-Japan human centred systems (NTT Data, Japan-1990s); Culture, Language and Artificial Intelligence (COST-EC/Sweden). He has been the founding Series Editor of the Human Centred Systems Society Book Series (Springer) He is also actively involved in the Community-University Partnership in social mentoring encompassing art, music and craft therapeutic environment and co-production. At Cambridge, he is involved with the Interdisciplinary Performance Research Network, AI Community, and Cambridge Community Arts. At the European level, he is collaborating with PROMISE.eu, a European enterprise. Karamjit is a keynote member of the WSIS Forum 2023.

Ranjit Makkuni

Ranjit Makkuni is an internationally acclaimed multimedia artist, designer, musician, and author whose pioneering work bridges technology, spirituality, ecology, and human well-being. With a B.Arch. from IIT Kharagpur and a Master’s in Design Theory from UCLA, Makkuni was a formative force at Xerox PARC, contributing to the development of the world’s first gesture interfaces and multimedia learning applications. As director of the Sacred World Design Lab, he has led interdisciplinary teams and designed transformative museum experiences—such as the Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, Planet Health Museum, and The Goddess and Temples of Music—that blend traditional wisdom with cutting-edge digital innovation to foster empathy, ecological awareness, and a renewed sense of the sacred.

As sitarist and composer, Makkuni’s musical projects—like the Mahamaya Experience—combine Southeast Asian heritage with jazz, rock, and world music, creating immersive, spiritual soundscapes that challenge convention and inspire healing and mindfulness. His latest work, “Mahamaya Reflections,” explores the ancient Indian concept of Mahamaya—the grand illusion that veils true reality—and its profound relevance in today’s hyper-connected, digitized world. He argues that while digital technology promised liberation and connection, it has instead deepened social fragmentation, anxiety, and ecological crisis. The seductive illusion of technological progress, or Mahamaya, blinds us to the erosion of empathy, creativity, and our connection to nature. Through his art, music, and scholarship, Makkuni offers both philosophical insight and practical guidance for reclaiming our humanity, advocating for a “Human, Humane, and Humanity First” approach that restores compassion, mindfulness, and authentic connection in the digital age.

www.ranjitmakkuni.world

www.mahamayaexperience.world.

 Dr. Lilly T. Christoforidou is a seasoned expert in applied experimental cognition and business economics, holding academic degrees from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. With over three decades of experience, she has led and participated in a wide range of international projects addressing sustainability, climate change, health, energy, agriculture, and the built environment. Her work consistently focuses on securing and managing European and international funding to deliver innovative, impact-driven solutions that promote resilient and inclusive growth. Dr. Christoforidou currently serves as a Senior Researcher at EconVitas (Greece), where she leads research on the European Union’s twin digital and green transitions, with a specific focus on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her interdisciplinary research spans renewable energy systems, personalised healthcare diagnostics, and smart agricultural practices, critically examining how AI technologies affect fundamental values such as equity, transparency, democratic accountability, and social justice. Her approach combines cognitive science, behavioural economics, and systems thinking to assess how digital innovation reshapes societal structures and decision-making processes. Dr. Christoforidou is also a Board Member of the Sustainable@ Foundation (Netherlands), where she contributes to sustainability-focused R&D, consortia management, and stakeholder engagement across Europe. 

She is particularly active in exploring how AI ethics in health, biology, and education intersect with emergingdigital technologies that influence human learning, attention, and memory. She argues that the future sustainability and legitimacy of AI in these domains will depend not only on technological performance, but on the integrity and inclusiveness of their ethical design. Indeed, the ethics of AI are not an accessory but a foundational determinant of its long-term viability. When AI systems are developed without adequate attention to ethical safeguards, such as fairness, accountability, transparency, and human dignity, they risk reinforcing inequalities, embedding bias, eroding trust, and triggering systemic harm. This is particularly critical in high-stakes sectors like healthcare, energy, agriculture, and education, where opaque or misaligned AI systems can lead to unequal treatment, exclusion, and adverse public outcomes. Dr. Christoforidou emphasises that developers, data scientists, policymakers, and institutional adopters must be deeply aware of the consequences of deploying AI systems without robust ethical frameworks. Ethical shortfalls are strategic risks: they provoke regulatory backlash, foster public resistance, and ultimately hinder the scalability and adoption of technological solutions. Her current research explores new paradigms of embedding ethics into AI design and fostering social licence, legal compliance, and market readiness, thereby ensuring that AI remains sustainable, inclusive, and future-proof.

DR. PAVAN DUGGAL  Advocate, Supreme Court of India 

Chairman, International Commission on Cyber Security Law. While a practicing Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Dr. Pavan Duggal has made an immense impact with an international reputation as an Expert and Authority on Cyber Law, Cyber Security Law, Artificial Intelligence Law & E-commerce law. Dr.  Duggal has been acknowledged as one of the top 4 Cyber Lawyers around the world. WDD [World Domain Day] recognizes him as one of the top 10 Cyber Lawyers around the world. Dr. Pavan Duggal, is the Founder & Chairman of International Commission on Cyber Security Law. He is also the President of Cyberlaws.Net and has been working in the pioneering area of Cyber Law, Cyber Security Law & Mobile Law. Pavan is also heading the Artificial Intelligence Law Hub and Blockchain Law Epicentre.  He is the Founder-cum-Honorary Chancellor of Cyberlaw University. Dr. Pavan Duggal is also the Conference Director of the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity, being world's only authoritative Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity.    In addition, Dr. Duggal has also conducted various Round Tables on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity over the last couple of years. He has also organized various Thematic Workshops at the previously held ITU WSIS Forums. His empanelment as a consultant to UNCTAD and UNESCAP on Cyber Law and Cyber Crime respectively, membership of the AFACT Legal Working Group of the UN / CEFAT, consulting as an expert with the Council Of Europe on Cyber Crime, inclusion in the Board of Experts of European Commission’s Dr. E-commerce and his work as an expert authority on a Cyber Law primer for E-ASEAN Task Force and as a reviewer for Asian Development Bank speaks volumes of his worldwide acceptance as an authority. Pavan is the President of Cyberlaw Asia, Asia’s pioneering organization committed to the passing of dynamic cyber laws in the Asian continent. Dr Duggal is also a member of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Panel of Neutrals.

Dr Sarah Jane Fox is a skilled academic-practitioner with extensive experience in Higher Education and external to it, whereby she has worked in government and consultancy roles. Dr Fox is currently an academic at Leicester Law School, University of Leicester (UK) and is a Co-Director for the Institute of Digital Culture. Dr Fox specialises in law, policy and strategy. She is an internationally recognised expert-specialist in transport, particularly, air/aviation, space and road transport modes and systems (including autonomous vehicles) sustainable future use and advancing cyber-connected technologies. This includes safety/security/cybersecurity factors. Her research also includes the social acceptance of evolving technology, engagement and EDI issues. In 2015-2016 Dr Fox achieved a highly coveted Fulbright Commission Scholarship, whereby she undertook research in the U.S. for 12-months across the areas of aviation/autonomous systems (drones) and space. Dr Fox has presented her research at a number of international key events, including at the United Nations (UN - ITU/WSIS; OOSA; ODC) the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe. She continues to collaborate extensively with the UN and EU and is an adviser to a technology (Europol group). In September and October, 2024, Sarah Jane Fox took part in key policy discussions in the United Nations (ICAO) U.S. and the EU on technology risks, challenges and opportunities. In September Sarah Jane was a top-20 finalist of the United Nations SDG Game Changer Awards. This accolade honours individuals and organisations that are working towards rescuing the global goals through digital technologies and exemplifies how digital technologies can lay the groundwork for a more sustainable, inclusive and responsible future. Dr Fox’s ongoing collaborative work relates to technologies used for peaceful purposes, namely to benefits society and protect national infrastructures (from misuse): it is based on sharing policies and guidance, and it was acknowledged within the Peace Category, which relates to building peaceful and inclusive societies (SDG 16 and 17).

 Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz (Architect; PhD; Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, School of Design, University of Haifa, Israel)

Anna Lobovikov-Katz (Architect, PhD.), leader and participant of EU research projects; over 20 years of interdisciplinary research in Conservation of Cultural Heritage (CCH), heritage education, e-learning. She is author and teacher of methodologies (e.g. RALEMEFS) in a wide spectrum of visual disciplines (descriptive geometry, perspective, freehand drawing, painting) as applicable to CCH, arts, architecture, design, STEM. Educated at the Academy of Arts and the State University of Architecture, St. Petersburg (Architect), she received her MSc and PhD from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology). Anna Lobovikov-Katz has received international awards in research; chaired, organized and contributed to international CCH symposia; member of scientific committees; authored scientific publications; gave invited lectures and university seminars in Europe and America; received international awards in fine arts; her paintings were shown at juried and solo exhibitions and museums in France, Israel, Italy, USA. Her students’ arts and CCH works were displayed at academic and CCH exhibitions in Israel, Italy, Spain.