AISA

Lyantoniette Chua

Co-Founder

• Senior Policy Advisor and Fellow at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, Washington DC, and founder of The Ambit.
• Recognized leader in AI governance and listed among 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2024.
• Founding member of the UN University Macau AI Network and OECD.AI Experts Group on AI, Data, and Privacy.

Edward Tsoi

Co-Founder

• Founder of Connecting Myanmar and experienced leader in technology startups and non-profits.
• Led the APAC business of a late-stage startup with over $100M raised.
• Former board member of Amnesty International Hong Kong and advisor to multiple corporate-NGO initiatives.

Melissa Leung

Communication Lead

• Served as International Media Coordinator for one of Taiwan’s Presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election in Taiwan.
• Co-ordinated large-scale regional and global public affairs projects and provided media strategies for multinational companies, and multilateral organisations including COP28, the APEC Secretariat, Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank.
• Integrated communications professional working across public and corporate affairs, corporate communications, brand management and media relations.

Shi Hao Lee

Insight and Technical Lead

• Current MEng Computer Science student at Cornell Tech, specializing in AI policy.
• Former NLP researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's NucScholar team, working on Nuclear Science research papers.
• Led a student organization in ML tech consulting and creative ML projects, driving innovative solutions for real-time data insights.

Prof. Robert Trager

• Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
• International Governance Lead at GovAI
• Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford

Esben Kran

• Founder of Apart Research and Co-founder of the European Network for AI Safety.
• Leads an AI safety lab with more than 80 researchers with collaborations across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.

Dr. Hoda A. Alkhzaimi

• Co-Chair for the Global Future Council for Cyber Security at the World Economic Forum.
• Founder and director of EMARATSEC, leading multiple NGOs supporting women and vulnerable groups in STEAM.

Lucía Velasco

• AI Senior Policy Lead at the UN Office Tech Envoy and Co-Chair for Future of Work at Global Partnership on AI.
• Policy Fellow at the European University Institute and independent expert for the European Commission and OECD.

Alejandro Reyes

• Scholar-in-residence at the Asia Society and former senior policy adviser at Global Affairs Canada.
• Senior fellow at the Centre on Contemporary China and the World at The University of Hong Kong.

Hammam Riza

• President of KORIKA and delegate to the UK AI summit on behalf of Indonesia.
• Former executive positions in Indonesian government agencies and advisor to national and international AI initiatives.

Yonah Harif-Welker

• Technologist and public expert on algorithmic policies and emerging technologies.
• Board member and consultant on European Commission projects and advisor to various tech ventures and public initiatives.