Artificial Intelligence - How can humanity make AI a force for good?

11:27 - 12:44, 20 September
Presentation

Speakers

Lord Michael Hastings

Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Lord Michael Hastings

Counsellor

Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom
House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Lord Dr Michael Hastings CBE is an independent Member & Cross Bench Peer in the House of Lords and the Chairman of SOAS, University of London and Professor of Leadership at the Huntsman Business School, USA; he is a NED at Saxton Bampfylde, a leading Executive Search Firm and sits on the Board of Cornerstone VC and is the Patron of the Cornerstone Syndicate Fund and a strategic advisor to Lendoe and Harambe Entrepreneurs. Lord Hastings is also Chair of the London Chamber of Commerce Black Business Association; he is a Governor of the Vodafone/ Safaricom MPESA Academy in Nairobi, Kenya and a VP of UNICEF, Ambassador for TEAR FUND and Chairman of the Council of ZANE – the leading Zimbabwe Aid Agency. He was formerly the Global Head of Citizenship at KPMG International and before that the Head of Public Affairs at the BBC. He served as Chancellor of Regents University London from 2017 to 2021. He is President of UK Community Foundations, founder and VP of Catch22 and co-founder of My Brothers Keeper, a unique prisoner support commitment.
Kimberly Bryant

Founder and CEO, The Black Innovation Lab, Ascend Ventures

Kimberly Bryant

Counsellor

Founder and CEO, The Black Innovation Lab, Ascend Ventures
Ascend Ventures

Kimberly is a renowned technology industry leader, visionary and founder and CEO of The Black Innovation Lab by Ascend Ventures. As the CEO of ASCEND Ventures, Kimberly is committed to creating opportunities for marginalized founders building impact-driven companies. With her flagship Black Innovation Lab, she cultivates and invests in a pipeline of leaders who use technology to make a societal impact while creating pathways to equity and generational wealth through entrepreneurship and ownership. Before ASCEND Ventures, Kimberly founded Black Girls CODE, a social-change organization aimed at introducing girls of color aged 6-18 to technology and computer science, with a focus on entrepreneurship. Under her leadership, Black Girls CODE grew from a grassroots initiative to an international organization with chapters across the U.S. and South Africa and more than 100,000 students. Kimberly is dedicated to changing the face of technology by investing in opportunities for women, girls and all, using technology as a lever for progress.
Ronan Dunne

Chair, Six Nations Rugby and Non-executive Director, Marks & Spencer

Ronan Dunne

Counsellor

Chair, Six Nations Rugby and Non-executive Director, Marks & Spencer

Ronan Dunne is a Chairman, CEO, Board Strategic Advisor and independent non-executive director. He serves as Chair of Six Nations Rugby, the organising body of the Six Nations Championships and Autumn Nations Series. Six Nations Rugby is committed to the development of rugby at all levels, with its vision to make rugby the most engaging, entertaining and inclusive sporting experience. Ronan also serves as a non-executive director of British multinational retailer, Marks & Spencer, and strategic advisor to a number of companies in the telecom & technology sector. Ronan’s charitable work focuses on education and providing opportunities for the next generation of leaders. Ronan serves on the Advisory Board of the Kairos Society and is a counsellor for One Young World, which promotes positive change and social impact at its annual One Young World Summit. He also served as a Trustee of Step Up to Serve, a UK social action charity.
Fabrice Beaulieu

Chief Marketing, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer, Reckitt

Fabrice Beaulieu

Chief Marketing, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer, Reckitt
Reckitt

Fabrice was appointed Chief Marketing, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer in April 2022. He is responsible for the Corporate Affairs & Sustainability function as well the oversight of the Marketing Excellence Teams.

Fabrice joined Reckitt in 1999. He brings a wealth of experience, having served in several senior management roles in France, United Kingdom, Benelux and Russia. Fabrice was a member of the Global Leadership team of the Hygiene Business Unit between January 2018 and March 2022, as EVP for its Global Category Development Organisation. In October 2020, he created Reckitt’s Marketing Centre of Excellence, designed to accelerate the performance of Reckitt brands globally, with a strong focus on data driven & digital marketing, as well as purpose led growth.

Fabrice is a graduate of EM Lyon Business School, France.
Abideen Opeyemi Olasupo

Global Director of Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative

Abideen Opeyemi Olasupo

Global Director of Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative

Amidst development, innovation, and strategy consultation, a name shines brightly — Abideen Opeyemi OLASUPO. This professional and technology consultant has carved his path to success, honing his expertise through Harvard Business School and Lagos Business School courses.
He stands tall as a tri-sector entrepreneur, venturing into oil and gas, consulting, catering, technology, and social enterprise. As co-founder of the dHub Innovation Centre and a published researcher, he embodies innovation and progress.
On an international scale, Abideen's contributions to a sustainable world have not gone unnoticed. His collaboration with others to publish a Sustainable Development Goals article on Wikipedia captured readers’ attention across 100 countries spanning six continents. This, coupled with his participation in prestigious programs such as the Africa Presidential Leadership Program in Egypt, his role as one of the 10 Steering Committee members working with CIVICUS and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and his positions as a Global Leader with Restless Development, a Youth Power Panel alumnus in the United Kingdom, and a One.org Champion, solidify his impact.
Furthermore, he is a distinguished public speaker. Recently, he captivated audiences at COP26 in Glasgow, leaving an indelible mark on the 2021 Africa Student for Liberty Conference, and representing Nigeria at both John Hopkins University and the United Nations Anti-Corruption Forum and ECOSOC Youth Forum as a Speaker.
María Juliana Ruiz

Former First Lady of Colombia

María Juliana Ruiz

Former First Lady of Colombia

Mrs. Ruiz is National Good Will Ambassador for the SDG 17 and as First Lady has committed her efforts to these priority subjects: nourishment in early childhood (strengthening the most important infrastructures for children, THEIR BRAINS and THEIR SOULS); the Sacúdete (“Shake Yourself”) Strategy, a network designed to inspire young people to develop talents, abilities and leadership skills, contributing to social and productive change in the country; and zero tolerance to violence against children.
Jose Zea

CEO of Arkangel AI

Jose Zea

CEO of Arkangel AI

Jose Zea is the CEO and Co-founder of Arkangel AI, a company dedicated to transforming medical data into AI solutions. Through Arkangel AI, he aims to enable healthcare organizations to harness the potential of AI, impacting 68 million patients to date, with a goal of helping 1 billion people by 2030. Jose has collaborated with major institutions such as Google, McGill University, and Novartis and has been recognized as an MIT Latam Innovator Under 35. He holds postgraduate studies from MIT Sloan School of Management and graduated from McGill University. He is a self-taught data scientist, passionate about education and sharing techniques and strategies to transform healthcare through AI.
Adrianna Pinzariu

Founder of SKIIP

Adrianna Pinzariu

Founder of SKIIP

Adrianna Pinzariu is a Romanian-American social entrepreneur and AI researcher dedicated to leveraging technology to address the world’s most challenging issues. She is the Founder of SKIIP, an organization using nationally award-winning AI technology developed at one of the nation's top computing schools to combat human trafficking. Adrianna has been developing various AI tools to detect human trafficking cases since she was 14. She has been recognized by the Obama Foundation as an Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholar, honored by the Obamas and Brian Chesky, Co-Founder and CEO of Airbnb.

Her work in the technology industry is extensive, having served 14 fellowship and internships from the world’s leading organizations such as D.E. Shaw, (2x) NASA L'SPACE, Motorola Solutions, Meta & MLH. She has expanded her advocacy work by leading Google’s Women Techmakers (WTM) as an Ambassador, organizing programs for a community of over 84,000 women in technology. As a 31-time award winner, Adrianna has built products recognized by organizations such as Google, IEEE, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Notably, she is one of the few undergraduates to publish her machine learning research on lung cancer subtype discovery in ACTS, a Cambridge Press Journal.
Jahnnobi Rahman

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Relaxy

Jahnnobi Rahman

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Relaxy

Jahnnobi Rahman is a visionary leader in the mental health space. Recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in 2023, she spearheads Relaxy, a data-driven platform promoting self-care and mental well-being.

Relaxy empowers users through a suite of features including emotional expression tools, mindfulness practices, and accessible therapy sessions. The platform leverages data to personalize the experience, offering guided meditations, social activities, and one-on-one support based on mood, habits, and user interaction.

Jahnnobi's passion for mental health stems from her own experience with anxiety. This personal drive translates into her leadership at Relaxy, where she fosters a collaborative environment focused on building a sustainable and accessible self-care solution.

Jahnnobi brings a strong background in product development and leadership to the table. Her experience spans diverse fields like e-commerce, gamification, and AI, honed through freelance and corporate roles. Notably, she led a team of engineers at an ed-tech startup, maximizing product lifecycle efficiency by 80% within six months.

Jahnnobi's commitment extends beyond Relaxy. She actively contributes to social good initiatives, having volunteered with Generation Unlimited, a UN SDG Action Campaign.

Jahnnobi holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Technology and demonstrates a dedication to using technology to empower individuals and foster a culture of mental well-being.
Ethan Waisberg

Doctor/Researcher, University of Cambridge

Ethan Waisberg

Doctor/Researcher, University of Cambridge

Ethan Waisberg is an Academic Foundation Programme Doctor at the University of Cambridge, and Member of NASA’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Working Group.

His lifelong goal is to improve quality of life through vision research and clinical ophthalmology. Ethan helped develop a virtual-reality (VR) headset to perform various visual assessments on NASA astronauts during long-duration spaceflight that will be used on future NASA missions. Ethan's research has led to massive developments in the understanding of Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS), a condition that affects nearly 75% of astronauts, and is crucial to fully understand this condition prior to the mission to Mars. Ethan's research has been presented at The White House, United Nations, and World Health Organization. Ethan's research has been featured on international news such as the BBC, NY Post and The Times.

Ethan is also responsible for the Cambridge spin-out company AngioGenius, an App currently in development where anyone can take a photo of their eye at home to help detect and monitor eye disease progression. Using generative AI technology that Ethan's team previously developed to detect changes in the eyes of NASA astronauts, this simple photo of the eye can be turned into another imaging type that provides more rich data, allowing for the detection and monitoring of eye disease at home. This technology has already been scouted by the innovation arm of the UK's National Health Service.

Ethan is also currently writing the first textbook on space medicine technologies, which will be published with Elsevier and is titled: "Fundamentals of Space Medicine and Clinical Technology".

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