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 PhD (UMIST, UK) works at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) in the TransMedia Catalonia Lab. She has written and edited many books, over 100 academic papers and almost the same number of book chapters --all on Media Accessibility. Leader and participant of numerous EU funded research projects focusing on media accessibility. She works in standardisation and participates in the UN ITU IRG-AVA - Intersector Rapporteur Group Audiovisual Media Accessibility. She has been working on Immersive Accessibility for the past 7 years first in a EU project called ImAc, which results are now further developed in TRACTION, MEDIAVERSE, MILE, and GREENSCENT. She led until December 2022 the EU network LEADME on Media Accessibility. She was the Co-Chair of Study Group on Accessibility and Inclusion in the ITU Metaverse Focus Group, and she is leading the Digital Inclusion and Accessibility track of the ITU Virtual Worlds. She is now working on AI and accessibility in four EU funded projects ClearClimate, ALFIE, SPICE and VOPUS.
 
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 Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio is a globally recognized authority on artificial intelligence, behavioral science, and institutional strategy, bringing more than 20 years of experience at the intersection of big data, AI, and governance.  Dr. Cecchi-Dimeglio holds senior faculty appointments at Harvard University, where she has served since 2011 as Faculty Chair of the ELRIWMA Initiative. She serves as Co-Chair of the UN ITU Steering Committee on AI and Big Data and Chair of Sustainability, Accessibility, and Inclusion for AI Governance. She was named an "Influencing Mind" by the Edison Electric Institute and holds several patents, including the I.D.E.A. Platform — a patented people intelligence system tailored to leading financial institutions and Fortune 500 corporations for performance, team strengthening, and decision-making.
As CEO of People Culture Data Consulting Group and the principal investigator for this research, she advises Fortune 10 and Fortune 500 companies, leading financial institutions, and institutional investors on enterprise strategy at the intersection of big data, AI, and governance. Retained by CEOs, boards of directors, and investment committees as both a strategic advisor and board-level resource, she guides institutions on AI strategy, governance oversight, and fiduciary risk.
She is an award-winning author of several MIT Press books: Diversity Dividend (2023) and Building a Thriving Future (2025, Silver Medal, North American Book Awards), and has published more than seventy peer-reviewed articles, regularly contributing to Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Forbes. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Bloomberg Law, Thomson Reuters, and Business Insider.

Marielle Reints is a global legal leader specializing in M&A, corporate governance, and the regulatory complexities of the Search AI industry. Currently serving as VP Legal, AGC & Deputy Corporate Secretary at Elastic , Marielle leads the global corporate and M&A team and provides strategic counsel to the Board and leadership on high-stakes corporate and regulatory issues and cross-border transactions.
Her experience covers a wide spectrum of disciplines, including M&A, corporate governance, capital markets, stock exchange listing rules and ESG. Marielle is a recognized expert at navigating the intersection of Dutch and US securities laws - a skill set that was instrumental in her role guiding Elastic to its 2018 NYSE IPO. Her broader experience also includes regulatory compliance, procurement, government affairs and AI governance.
With an MBA from Emory and a career spanning the US and Europe in both private practice and global companies such as leading food retailer Ahold Delhaize (AD) and cybersecurity company AVG Technologies (AVG), Marielle brings deep experience across scale-ups and large corporates. Having lived in the US for nearly a decade, she plays a key role in navigating the multi-jurisdictional challenges of global organizations. Marielle is known for her analytical yet practical approach, quickly identifying complex regulatory hurdles and developing out-of-the-box solutions that drive strategic business initiatives.

Peter Kamminga is an arbitrator and neutral in cross-border disputes arising from artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and emerging technology. He sits as chair, sole arbitrator, and party-appointed arbitrator under JAMS, ICC, and NAI rules, in proceedings spanning U.S. and European jurisdictions and legal systems.
 
He has chaired a three-member tribunal in a dispute between a global AI services company and an enterprise software platform, and sat as sole arbitrator in matters involving digital-asset custody and settlement, automated auction systems, and data-security and breach-liability standards. His practice also reaches the disputes that surround these technologies — model failures and performance, data-breach and ransomware liability, and privacy and consumer-protection claims that cross several regulatory regimes at once.
 
He holds a Ph.D. and a Columbia LL.M., and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation. He writes on the regulation of emerging financial technology, including stablecoins under the GENIUS Act and how arbitration must adapt to blockchain disputes. He works in English, Dutch, French, and German, and trained with Judge Daniel Weinstein (Ret.), a founder of JAMS.

Johnathan Duffie is an Associate Corporate Counsel at Amazon Web Services, where he supports AWS's AI and machine learning products. He advises on the responsible development, deployment, and governance of AI-driven products, including agentic AI services that help enterprises modernize legacy systems at scale.
Before joining AWS, Johnathan served as Senior Corporate Counsel and Americas AI Legal Lead at Capgemini, where he supported the company's global AI services. He previously served as a General Attorney at the U.S. Department of Education, advising on regulatory obligations and helping secure over $500M in consumer protection relief for students.
Johnathan is a U.S. Army combat veteran, an alum of The Second City Chicago, and previously taught AI and digital literacy at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He volunteers as a Spanish translator at immigration clinics and represents clients in family-based immigration matters. He earned his J.D. and M.S. from Case Western Reserve University and his B.A. from Loyola University Chicago.