AI Safety Summit
The people defining AI safety standards globally
10+ confirmed AI safety experts from Yale, IEEE, Bristol Robotics Lab, UT Austin, Sorbonne, and beyond. Every Better Societies program is shaped by the people doing the work.
Featured Experts
Roman Yampolskiy
Associate Professor of Computer Science
University of Louisville
Tenured professor at Louisville's Speed School of Engineering and author of over 100 publications on AI safety, including the books "Artificial Superintelligence" and "AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable." Pioneer of AI-completeness theory and boxing techniques for advanced AI systems.
Wendell Wallach
Research Scholar
Yale / Carnegie Council
Former chair of the Technology and Ethics group at Yale's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow at the Carnegie Council. Co-author of Moral Machines, a foundational book in machine ethics, and frequent speaker at the United Nations.
Alan Winfield
Professor of Robot Ethics
UWE Bristol / Bristol Robotics Lab
Professor of Robot Ethics at UWE Bristol and co-founder of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, one of Europe's largest robotics research centers. A leading contributor to UNESCO, IEEE, and European Commission frameworks for trustworthy AI.
Raja Chatila
Professor Emeritus of AI, Robotics & Ethics
Sorbonne / IEEE
Professor Emeritus at Sorbonne University, IEEE Fellow, and former Director of the Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics. Chaired the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems and co-chaired the GPAI Responsible AI Working Group.
Risto Miikkulainen
Professor of Computer Science
UT Austin / Cognizant AI Labs
Professor at UT Austin and VP of AI Research at Cognizant AI Labs. AAAI, IEEE, and INNS Fellow with 500+ publications and author of the first-ever book on neuroevolution (MIT Press, 2025).
Toby Walsh
ARC Laureate Fellow, Scientia Professor of AI
UNSW Sydney
Chief Scientist of UNSW.ai and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Advised governments and the United Nations on AI risks; his advocacy against autonomous weapons earned him a ban from Russia.
John C. Havens
Global Director
IEEE Planet Positive 2030
Founding Executive Director of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems and creator of "Ethically Aligned Design," adopted by the UN, OECD, and IBM to develop their AI principles. Author of Heartificial Intelligence.
Alex Polyakov
Co-Founder & CEO
Adversa AI
Over 20 years in cybersecurity and co-lead of the Agentic AI Security workstream at the Coalition for Secure AI. His team at Adversa AI has exposed critical vulnerabilities in Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek.
Kathleen Richardson
Professor of Ethics & Culture of Robots and AI
De Montfort University
Leading authority on how robotics and AI shape human relationships at De Montfort University. Founded the Campaign Against Sex Robots, reshaping global debates on AI, human dignity, and the commodification of intimacy.
Olaf Witkowski
Research Scientist / ISAL President
Cross Labs
President of the International Society for Artificial Life and former Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Founded six deep-tech ventures across three continents and earned a PhD on emergent communication at the University of Tokyo.
Additional Speakers
Adrien Harrison
View →Founder, Better Societies
Founder of Better Societies, the AI Safety Accelerator connecting researchers, founders, policymakers, and investors working on AI's existential risks.
Alexandros Markesinis
View →Maritime Industry
Greek shipping and maritime industry leader bringing AI governance perspectives from critical industrial sectors.
Arvind Jayakumar Iyer
View →Springer Nature Group
Director of Technology AI at Springer Nature Group and Forbes 40 under 40 Data Scientist of 2023. MBA from Oxford's Said Business School.
César Martins
View →ChemiTek
Entrepreneur and AI practitioner at ChemiTek, applying AI to chemical and industrial research.
Daniel Goebel
View →CoCoHub
Co-founder of CoCoHub, building conversational AI infrastructure for social robotics and human-machine interaction.
Dr. Bara Badwan
View →Intelligencia
Senior Data Scientist at Intelligencia focused on AI for drug discovery. Previously a Technology Ventures Fellow at the Yale Office of Cooperative Research.
Dr. Veronica Costa Orvalho
View →Didimo
Founder and CEO of Didimo, automating 3D character creation to unlock human connection in digital environments. Shortlisted for the 2021 EU Prize for Women Innovators.
Fabrice Guerrier
View →Syllble
Founder of Syllble, building AI tools that center cultural identity and community voice in creative expression.
Jorge Boabaid
View →Plantz
Co-founder of Plantz, applying AI to sustainable agriculture and planetary health.
Karla Reyes
View →Anima Interactive / Code Coven
Founder at Anima Interactive and community builder at Code Coven, creating inclusive paths into AI and games for underrepresented groups.
Kunal Gupta
View →Author / AI Advocate
Entrepreneur, investor, and author who studied AI at Oxford and spent 15 years leading a global advertising technology business. Writes on philosophy, AI, and mindful leadership.
Severin Deutschmann
View →OpenTelos
Co-founder of OpenTelos, building open-source frameworks for AI value alignment and responsible deployment.
Vahram Ayvazyan
View →Network State
Network State practitioner exploring how decentralized governance models can apply to AI oversight and digital sovereignty.
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