Golestan (Sally) Radwan (B.Sc., MBA, M.Sc.) is a Computer Scientist with expertise in AI and emerging technologies. Prior to UNEP, Sally served as Advisor to the Egyptian Minister of ICT, where she led the development and implementation of Egypt’s national AI strategy. During this time, she served as an expert and delegate of Egypt to several international organizations working on AI Policy and Regulation, including UNESCO, WIPO, ITU, and OECD. She also championed and led two working groups within the African Union and League of Arab States to unify regional efforts around Responsible AI. Sally previously held several executive positions in the technology industry for over 17 years, working in Germany, Austria, the UK, and the US for companies including Novell GmbH, Avaya Inc., and NTT Data Europe. She earned a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Cairo University, an MBA from London Business School, and an MSc in Clinical Engineering and Healthcare Technology Management from City University of London. She is finalizing her PhD thesis, focusing on AI explainability and its ethical considerations in metagenomics at the Royal Holloway University of London.

Dr. Hendrik F. Hamann is a recent Professor at Stony Brook University (SBU) and AI Chief Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science and Nonproliferation. Before joining BNL and SBU, Hendrik worked for 26 years at IBM Research, most recently in the role of Chief Science Officer at the TJ Watson Research Center, where he was responsible for the development of AI foundation models for accelerated scientific discovery. He has authored more than 260 scientific papers, holds over 180 patents and has won several awards including the 2016 AIP Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the NY Academy of Sciences. Hendrik is also a Visiting Professor at Yamagata University and Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hendrik is a board member and advisor to universities and has served extensively including as a member of the standing committee for Geographical and Geospatial Sciences at the National Academies of Sciences.

Responsible for the European Destination Earth (DestinE) Platform at the European Space Agency (ESA). Former Head of Copernicus Ground Segment Operations and early programme development, with a background in Electronic Engineering.

Bengi Zeybek is a PhD researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR). Her doctoral research explores issues related to the relationship between law, data and digital infrastructures in the context of (quantum) sensing and metrology technologies. Her PhD project is part of the research initiative ‘Law and Governance of Quantum Technologies’. She was previously a Research Associate at the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), KU Leuven (Belgium), where she dealt with the legal aspects of cybersecurity, privacy, data protection, critical infrastructure protection.