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International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety: expert advisory panel members

Published 1 February 2024

The panel:

  • is an international advisory body who will advise the Chair on the content of the Report.
  • consists of nominated representatives from the 30 nations that were invited to the UK AI Safety Summit, and the UN and the European Union.
  • will share and promote the findings of the report in their own countries.

Panel members

Country Nomination
Australia Professor Bronwyn Fox, Chief Scientist, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Brazil André Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho, Professor, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo
Canada Doctor Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor of Canada.
Chile Raquel Pezoa Rivera, Academic, Federico Santa María Technical University
China Doctor Yi Zeng, Professor, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
European Union Juha Heikkilä, Adviser for Artificial Intelligence, DG Connect
France Guillame Avrin, National Coordinator for AI, General Directorate of Enterprises
Germany Professor Antonio Krüger, CEO, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.
India Professor Balaraman Ravindran, Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Indonesia Professor Hammam Riza, President, KORIKA
Ireland Doctor. Ciarán Seoighe, Deputy Director General, Research Ireland
Israel Doctor Ziv Katzir, Head of the National Plan for Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure, Israel Innovation Authority
Italy Doctor Andrea Monti,Professor of  Digital Law, University of Chieti-Pescara.
Japan Doctor Hiroaki Kitano, Executive Deputy President and CTO, Sony Group
Kenya Nusu Mwamanzi, Deputy Director ICT, Ministry of Information, Communications, and Digital Economy
Mexico Doctor José Ramón López Portillo, Chairman and Co-founder, Q Element
Netherlands Professor Haroon Sheikh, Senior Research Fellow, Netherlands’ Scientific Council for Government Policy
New Zealand Doctor Gill Jolly, Chief Science Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Nigeria Doctor Olubunmi Ajala, Technical Adviser to the Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Jerry Sheehan, Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
Philippines Dominic Ligot, Founder, CEO and CTO, CirroLytix
Republic of Korea Professor Lee Kyoung Mu, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University
Rwanda Crystal Rugege, Managing Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Doctor Fahad Albalawi, Senior AI Advisor, Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence
Singapore Denise Wong, Assistant Chief Executive, Data Innovation and Protection Group, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
Spain Doctor Nuria Oliver, Director of ELLIS Alicante
Switzerland Doctor. Christian Busch, Deputy Head, Innovation, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
Turkey Ahmet Halit Hatip, Director General of European Union and Foreign Relations, Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology
UAE Marwan Alserkal, Senior Research Analyst, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office
Ukraine Oleksii Molchanovskyi, Chair, Expert Committee on the Development of Artificial intelligence in Ukraine
USA Saif M. Khan, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Critical and Emerging Technologies, U.S. Department of Commerce
United Kingdom Dame Angela McLean, Government Chief Scientific Adviser
United Nations Amandeep Gill, UN Tech Envoy