Speaker Bio
Dr Ansgar Koene engages with policy developments around the governance and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He works with policymakers, regulators, industry leaders and other stakeholders to support the trustworthy use of AI for the benefit of people, society and organizations.
Ansgar chaired the IEEE 7003-2024 Standard for Algorithmic Bias Considerations working group and is a co-convener for the work on AI conformity assessment with the European standards body (CEN-CENELEC JTC21) “AI” committee. He is a trustee for the 5Rights foundation for the Rights of Young People Online, and advises on AI and Data Ethics for various NGOs and research consortia.
Ansgar has a multi-disciplinary research background, ranging from Policy and Governance of Algorithmic Systems, data-privacy, AI Ethics, AI Standards, Robotics to Computational Neuroscience. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Computational Neuroscience.