Agenda

Dr. Clara Neppel is Senior Director at IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity. She is involved in efforts related to emerging technologies, standardization, entrepreneurship, as well as societal and environmental implications of technology. Dr. Neppel is also an Independent Director of the Supervisory Board of 28Digital, Co-Chair of the OECD Expert Group on AI, Data and Privacy, Member of Austria's AI Advisory Board, Member of the Expert Forum on Frontier AI of the European Commission and the EY. ai Global AI Advisory Council. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich and a Master in Intellectual Property Law and Management from the University of Strasbourg.

Ms. Yu Ping Chan leads the Positioning, Engagement and Strategic Advocacy team at the Digital, AI and Innovation Hub of UNDP, the United Nations’ development agency. There, Yu Ping drives global thought leadership and builds partnerships to support UNDP’s digital development and innovation work. She concurrently serves as the interim Coordinator heading the UNDP Global Center on Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development in Singapore.

Yu Ping previously headed the Rising Nations Initiative Secretariat at the Global Center for Climate Mobility. She has extensive experience with multilateral diplomacy and the United Nations system, having also previously led the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, as well as the Policy and Regional Support teams in the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism. Prior to this, she worked in the UN’s Department of Political Affairs, and in the New York Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 

Before joining the UN Secretariat, Yu Ping was a diplomat in the Singaporean Foreign Service. She served at the Singapore Mission to the United Nations in New York as well as at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, overseeing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 

Yu Ping has a Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from Harvard University, and a Masters of Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. 

Dr. Peter Slattery is a research scientist at MIT FutureTech, an interdisciplinary group based at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and the Initiative on the Digital Economy that studies how advances in computing and AI shape scientific progress and economic outcomes. At MIT FutureTech, he works on the MIT AI Risk Initiative which aims to provide authoritative data and frameworks to help identify, prioritize, and manage the risks from AI.

Ms. Hao Ji Zhu is the Founder of Zhu Consulting, with a core mandate on driving responsible AI, including sociotechnical alignment literacy, implementation of value expectations, and partnerships across geographical, sectoral, and conceptual boundaries. Coming from the United Nations, public, private, and non-profit sectors, she worked on areas including humanitarian assistance, international development, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, governance, human rights, education, and youth empowerment in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.