Dominique Varela Hermosilla

She holds a degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and a Master’s degree in Management and Public Policy from the University of Chile. To enhance her professional development, she has completed courses in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. With over 13

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Denise Eldemire-Shearer

Denise Eldemire-Shearer (Professor of Ageing and Public Health) has been working in the field of ageing since 1982. Her key areas of interest include healthy ageing and its determinants and community-based long-term care.  Advocacy is a strong component of her work.

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Deepak Maheshwari

Deepak Maheshwari has a keen interest in the interplay of public policy with technological innovation and socio-economic development. He has been closely engaged in the evolution of policies and regulations with respect to India’s digital ecosystem for almost three decades.  Currently, he is Senior Policy Advisor

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Guilherme Canela

Since January 2025, Guilherme Canela is the Director of the Division for Digital Inclusion and Policies and Digital Transformation, and Secretary of the Information for All Programme (IFAP) at UNESCO headquarters, in Paris. He has a B.A. in International Relations from theUniversity of Brasília (UNB) and

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Alyssa Lefaivre Škopac

Director of AI Trust & Safety at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), one of Canada’s leading research institutions for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. In this role, Alyssa bridges the gap between groundbreaking AI research and its responsible real-world application, ensuring that innovations in

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