Speaker Bio
Prof. Idoia Salazar (PhD), Founder and president of the Observatory of the Social and Ethical Impact of Artificial Intelligence (OdiseIA). Specialist in Ethics and legislation in Artificial Intelligence. She is in the list of experts to assist the European Parliament´s Artificial Intelligence Observatory (EPAIO). She´s currently working on the Official Certification on AI in Spain and in the configuration and development of the Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Sandbox. Principal Investigator of the SIMPAIR Research Group (Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) , focusing mainly on the need for a multicultural approach to Ethics in AI. Professor in international degrees at CEU San Pablo University. Author of 4 books about AI and it´s impact. The last one: ‘The Algorithm and I: guide to coexistence between human and artificial beings’; (written in spanish), as well as scientific and informative articles oriented to investigate and raise awareness about the impact of Artificial Intelligence. She is founding member of Springer ‘AI and Ethics’ journal and member of the Global AI Ethics Consortium. (GAIEC). She is advisor for Spain in the Advisory Council of the International Group of Artificial Intelligence (IGOAI).