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• 16 Nov 2022: IEEE Standards Association Webinar. AI Ethics: How can social responsibility be implemented in autonomous intelligent systems? Webinar. Invited Speaker

• 15 Nov 2022: Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP): Executive Course: Frontiers in the digital domain: the geopolitics of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited Speaker

• 7 Nov 2022: ARCathon Challenge: A world record attempt on Artificial Intelligence, Webinar. Moderator

• 13 Oct 2022: Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) Summit: Session Navigating the NeuroTech Compass, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited Speaker

• 11 Oct 2022: International Conference in preparation for the Ninth Review Conference of the UN Biological Weapons Convention: Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Biosecurity session - Talk Opportunities and risks of Neurotechnologies and Brain-Machine Interfacing, New Dehli, India. Invited Speaker

• 28 Sep 2022: Digitalisation: les challenges et opportunités pour les PME. Workshop Intelligence Artificial pour les PME, Fribourg, Switzerland. Invited Speaker

• 28 Sep 2022: 7th European COST Conference AI in Industry and Finance: Talk Operationalizing AI ethics: Challenges for organizational governance, Winterthur, Switzerland. Invited Speaker

• 27 Sep 2022: Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA): Young global voices workshop: Future norms and principles of neurotechnology, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited Speaker

• 16 Sep 2022: Congreso ACIS 30 años. Trayectorias hacia el conocimiento: Ciencia, Innovación y Tecnología: Panel Cooperación Cientifica: Ciencia de datos, Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited Panelist

• 15 Aug 2022: Digital Breakfast - Digital Hub Winterthur: Responsible AI: From ethical principles to organizational processes, Winterthur, Switzerland, Invited Speaker

• 12 Aug 2022: UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee: Assessing human rights implications of neurotechnologies: towards the recognition of neurorights, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited expert

• 20 July 2022: ZHAW Center for Artificial Intelligence Colloquium: Artificial Intelligence, Game Over?, Winterthur, Switzerland. Moderator

• 15 Jul 2022: Brain Informatics Conference: Panel on BCI-Security and Privacy: Challenges and Solutions, Padova, Italy. Invited Panelist

• 15 Jun 2022: 50th anniversary Dalle Molle Foundation: Public Conference - Between Autonomy and Control: What is the future of Artificial Intelligence?, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited Panelist [Video]

• 21 May 2022: 30th anniversary: Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg: Colloquium Data-Driven Society, Fribourg, Switzerland. Invited Panelist.

• 18 May 2022: Geneva Science and Diplomacy Week: Preventing the Misuse of Emerging Technologies: What can be done and which governance system to put in place?, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited speaker

• 9 May 2022: Pint of Science Geneva: L’Intelligence Artificielle… une amie que vous veut du bien(?), Geneva, Switzerland. Invited speaker

• 27 April 2022: ZHAW Center for Artificial Intelligence Colloquium: Pathways beyond Present AI, Winterthur, Switzerland. Panel Moderator

• 31 March 2022: GCSP Global Staff and Fellows Brief. The Brain: A new Frontier for International Governance (Online event). Invited speaker

• 14 March 2022: EU AI Week: Unleashing the power of AI & Data for Good – Case studies & Learnings (Online event). Panel Moderator

2021

• 16 Dec 2021: ICT-48 Vision Theme Development Workshop: AI and Future Healthcare (Online event). Co-chair

• 7 Dec 2021: GCSP Virtual Event: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Emerging technologies and their risks, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited panelist [Video]

• 1 Dec 2021: EPFL Innovation Forum NeuroTalks Series - Closing the Regulatory Gap, Geneva, Switzerland (Online event). Invited speaker

• 17 Nov 2021: AI Conference Lithuania - AI Boost, Vilnius, Lithuania (Online event). Invited Speaker [Video]

• 16 Nov: Geneva Center for Security Polify (GCSP). Executive Course: “Looking at the Edge: Understanding the Frontiers of Geopolitical Risk”, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited speaker

• 12 Nov 2021: AI for sustainable agriculture, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Organizer

• 10 Nov 2021: NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC). Panel: Developing Trustworthy AI Principles (Online event). Invited panelist

• 4 Nov 2021: Annual meeting of the International Neuroethics Society (INS). Panel: Minding the Gap: Equity and Justice in AI & Neurotechnologies. Invited panelist

• 17 Oct 2021: AiiA-Artificial Intelligence International Arts Festival, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited panelist

• 30 Oct 2021: La Dispute: Sur les Chemins de la Haine. Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited speaker

• 30 Oct 2021: IEEE Conference Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBC). Workshop: Accelerating Innovation: from Ideas to Standards. Invited speaker

• 15 Sep 2021: International Neuroergonomics Conference. Expert Panel: Ethics of AI for Neurotechnologies. Organizer

• 15 Jun 2021: ZHAW digital series “Digital tools against Covid-19 - Addressing ethical challenges, public trust and acceptance”. Moderator

• 14 June 2021: Virtual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting. Workshop: Perspectives on the complexities of improving neuroethics engagement among writers, neuroethicists, and scientists in academia and industry. Moderator. [Report]

• 26 May 2021: Claire Office Switzerland launch event: “AI4Good: Building a Nexus between Research, Innovation and Society”. Organizer. [Video]

• 19-20 May 2021: OECD Workshop “Neurotechnology in and for society – deliberation, stewardship and trust”. Invited panelist

• May 6 2021: AI & Data: How To Make The Marriage Work”, Swiscognitive virtual Global AI stage, Switzerland. Opening Keynote. [Video]

• May 6 2021: How cutting-edge technologies could be exploited and applied in a responsible way? The role for an NGO, Terre des Hommes Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited talk

• April 27 2021: WSIS-World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021. Session: Global Trends in Assistive Technology. Invited panelist. [Video]

• March 23 2021: WIPO Technology Trends Report (WITT): Launch of the Second WITT on Global Trends in Assistive Technology. Invited Panelist

• Mar 4 2021: International BCI Meeting, Workshop “On the need of good practices and standards for Benchmarking Brain-Machine Interfaces”, Online event. Workshop organizer

• Jan 14 2021: IN-FET Workshop on Communication and Responsible Research and Innovation. Free online workshop. Invited speaker [Video]

• Jan 14 2021: Workshop on Brain-Computer Interfaces. “Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control”. German Federal Foreign Office. Invited speaker

2020

• Dec 11 2020: Université Sorbonne. Master Neuroscience. Invited Lecture. Paris, France

• Dec 3 2020: NeurotechX Zurich, Panel on Neuroethics. Invited Panelist. Zurich, Switzerland

• Nov 27 2020: Nuit Européene de Chercheurs, Toulouse, France [Video]

• Nov 12 2020: IGF 2020, Best practices Forum: Data and New Technologies in an Internet Context. Invited presenter. Virtual event

• Nov 11 2020: Université de Lausanne. Séminaire: Innovations technologiques et optimisation en APA 2020. Invited Lecture, Lausanne, Switzerland

• Nov 25 2020: Geneva Center for Security Policy - 25th Year Anniversary World Cafe: The Role of Technology in Security, Online Conference

• Nov 10 2020: DEFTECH DAYS - Human-machine interface & Interaction, Online Conference

• Nov 6, 2020: Panel: At the interface of AI, Neuroscience and Policy. Marie Curie Alumni Association, Online Conference. [Video]

• Nov 3 2020: European Big Data Value Forum, Berlin. Moderator Focus Track: Technology Platforms and Trust

• Oct 26 2020: Swiss National Parliament, Security Commission, Bern, Switzerland

• Oct 14 2020: IEEE SMC Conference, Panel: A decade of BMI research, Online Event

• Oct 22 2020: International Neuroethics Society Meeting. Panel: Science Communication and Outreach, Online event

• Oct 6-7 2020: Workshop on the Ethics, Security and Governance of Emerging Technologies. Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva

• Sept 7-9 2020: 1st IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, Rome, Italy. Invited speaker

• Sep 8 2020: Women in AI Global Summit 2020: Swiss AI Landscape: : Research, Education, Practice, Online Event. Invited speaker [Video]

• Sep 4 2020: SIDO event, Lyon, France. Plenary speaker

• July 23 2020: 1st Brain-Computer Interface Un-Conference, Digital Conference. Invited speaker. [Event recording]

• July 19 2020: IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Digital Conference. Invited speaker, workshop: Bridging the gap Bridging the gap between Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience in BCI

• July 15 2020: IEEE COMPSAC, Digital Conference. Invited speaker

• June 25-26 2020: Workshop Global Perspectives on Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Freiburg, Germany. Invited panelist

• June 8-9 2020: AI Governance Forum 2020 - From the governance of AI to the governance via AI, Digital Conference. Moderator panel: “Healthcare and AI”

• April 16 2020: CodeVsCOVID19 Videoconference: Covid19 and Artificial Intelligence”, Zürich, Switzerland

• April 16 2020: Webinar: Global Crisis, Global Risk and Global Consequences: The uses and misuses of technology during the Covid-19 crisis, Geneva, Switzerland

• March 12 2020: Public discussion: Kann KI uns helfen, globale Herausforderungen zu meistern?, Winterthur, Switzerland. [Video]

• 28 Janvier 2020: Geneva center for Security Policy (GCSP), Geneva, Switzerland Invited lecture: Leadership in international security course. Invited Lecturer

2019

• Nov 26 2019: Symposium Closing the regulatory gap for consumer neurotechnology, Brocher Foundation, Geneva

• Oct 29 2019: SwissAI-Digital strategy meetup Brain & Machine: Neuroscience and Technology, Geneva, Switzerland

• Oct 23 2019: Congreso Tecnología y Turismo para la Diversidad. Málaga, Spain. Press release (In Spanish)

• Sept 16 2019: Workshop on Standards for neurotechnologies and brain-machine interfacing). Graz BCI Conference. Graz, Austria.

• June 13 2019: Geneva Center for Security Policy Alumni connections & conversations. Geneva, Switzerland. Keynote talk

• May 27 2019: Workshop on Intelligent Prostheses and Brain-Computer Interfaces. TU Munich, Germany

• May 10 2019: Colloque international: ”Le Cyborg face au handicap”, Maison d’Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

• April 29 2019: French-Swiss-Hungarian Workshop “Research in Hybrid Control of Neuro-Prosthetics”. Pázmány Péter University, Budapest, Hungary. Invited talk

• April 17 2019: Haute Ecole d’Ingénieurs du Canton de Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Invited talk

• March 19 2019: Open Geneva Festival. Cyber-Nexus Conference, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited talk: Brain-machine interfaces: state of the art and societal implications Links: [Video: Talk]. [Video: Panel]

2018

• Dec 7 2018: Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. Brain-machine interfaces. Invited lecture

• November 28 2018: Cyborg days, Zurich, Switzerland

• Nov 22 2018: Séminaire santé de l’Association Suisse de Journalisme Scientifique (ASJS), Thun, Switzerland. Mental Work, bringing brain-machine interfaces to the public. Invited speaker

• Nov 8 2018: Samsung Developer’s Conference, SDC18, San Francisco, USA. Project Pontis: Accessibility beyond - Use your brain to control your TV. Invited talk

• Oct 9 2018: Meeting of the Global Brain Initiatives, IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Miyazaki Japan. Invited panelist

• Sep 20 2018: 1st joint Congress of the European Chapters of the International Neuromodulation Society, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Decoding the brain through brain-computer interfaces: where are we in 2018?. Plenary Speaker

• Sep 6 2018: OECD Workshop “Minding Neurotechnology: delivering responsible innovation for health and well-being”, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Invited panelist

• Jul 13 2018: X Conference on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects, Palma, Mallorca, Spain. {\em Plenary talk: Symbiotic interaction through brain-machine interfacing, machine learning and VR. Plenary Speaker

• Jun 28 2018: 2nd International Neuroergonomics Conference, Philadelphia, USA. Symbiotic Brain-Machine interaction: Beyond control and monitoring. Plenary Speaker

• May 23 2018: Seventh International BCI meeting, Asilomar, USA. How to train ErrP-based BMIs: A speller application. Oral presentation

• Mar 2018: South by Southwest festival (SXSW), Austin USA. Mental Works: Moving Beyond Our Carbon Based Minds. Invited panelist [Recording]