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Dr. Evelyne Tauchnitz’s expertise focuses on Ethics, Technology & AI, Peace, and Human Rights. She works as a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Lucerne Graduate School in Ethics (LGSE), University of Lucerne. Evelyne is also Vice-Chair of the Panel on AI & peacebuilding of the International Panel of the Information Environment (IPIE), a Research Associate at the Centre for Technology and Global Affairs (CTGA), University of Oxford, where she is co-coordinating the Global PeaceTech project, Board Member of the Peacenexus Foundation, and former MAG member of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). She holds a PhD in International Relations with a specialization in Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva and was a Visiting Fellow (Post-Doc) at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS), European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. She has experience in qualitative research and quantitative data analysis (including mixed methodology) and has undertaken extensive field research in Ethiopia, Mexico and India. Apart from academia, she has experience working as an expert and independent consultant for the government (Swiss Parliamentary Services), civil society, and international organizations (such as Unicef). 

Steven is a social entrepreneur deeply passionate about tackling complex issues in fragile contexts. He is the co-founder of SocialTech Lab, an award-winning organization that uses entrepreneurship and innovation in conflict-affected regions to bridge divides, empower local change-makers, solve social and environmental challenges, and cultivate resilient ecosystems. As part of SocialTech Lab, Steven also co-founded CyprusInno, a peacetech platform that connects and empowers entrepreneurs across the divided island of Cyprus via digital tools, live programs, and physical spaces as a path towards peace. He also launched The Base by CyprusInno, a Social Impact Generator™ situated within Cyprus’ Buffer Zone and the first innovation space of its kind in the world located in a military Buffer Zone. In 2022, The Base by CyprusInno was awarded the UN SDG Action Award as a top 3 social enterprise globally tackling the SDGs. Steven is a 2022 European Obama Leader (as part of the Obama Foundation) and a 2019 Yunus & Youth Social Entrepreneurship Fellow (supported by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus).

Dr. Jérôme Duberry is Co-Director, Executive Education, Head of the Tech Hub, and Senior Lecturer at the Geneva Graduate Institute. His research explores the societal and geopolitical implications of artificial intelligence (AI). Since 2022, Jérôme has been co-leading a scientific communication project on AI literacy for youth, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). In his book Artificial Intelligence and Democracy, Jérôme explores the mediation of AI in the citizen-government relation and calls for innovative and human-centered AI governance.

 Ambassador Suela Janina presented her Credentials as Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United Nations, on April 5, 2024.

Prior to her appointment, Ambassador Janina has represented the Republic of Albania to European Union as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of Mission, from October 2014 to February 2024.

She graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana and received the Master degree in Democracy and Human Rights, a diploma accorded jointly by University of Sarajevo and University of Bologna.  Ambassador Janina holds a PhD in international law by the University of Tirana.

Ambassador Janina is a career diplomat. She joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in August 1999, where she started as a legal expert in the Department for Treaties and International Law. From January 2004 to January 2007, she was counsel at the General Consulate of Albania in Milan. From January 2012 to January 2014, she was appointed as Director at the Department for Treaties and International Law. From January to October 2014, she was holding the position of General Director for Multilateral Relations.

Ambassador Janina has a wide experience with international organizations. From May 2011, she has been elected as a member of United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearance where she held for two terms the position of the Vice Chair and for one term the position of  Chair of CED. She is appointed  by the Republic of Albania as an Alternate Arbitror at the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration and as a  Member of the  Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Ambassador Janina speaks English, French and Italian.

She is married and mother of two children.

Innar Liiv is a Professor of Multidisciplinary Big Data and a Member of the Senate at Tallinn University of Technology. His research interests encompass algorithmic governance, data science, network theory, computational international relations, and the transfer of big data technologies to industrial and governmental applications. Additionally, he has interests in diplomatic law, international law, peace technology, the concept of data embassies, digital identity, e-residency, and related political philosophy.