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Upcoming Talks/Events

• 3 Sep 2025: Workshop Responsible AI: Trust is Earned, Not Given - Assessing Trustworthiness of Health-Oriented Systems, ZHAW Digital Health Day, Winterthur, Switzerland. Organizer.

• 16 Oct 2025: Seminar: AI for Good and for Everyone, Pontifical Academy of Science, Vatican City State. Invited Speaker.

• 12 Nov 2025: European Reference Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EpiCare) Workshop, Rome, Italy. Invited Keynote.

Latest Talks and Events

• 23 Jun 2025: EXXETA Advisory club meeting, Zurich, Switzerland. Invited Speaker.

• 26 Jun 2025: Apéro Digital V: Friends of Foes? Digitalization & Sustainability towards COP30, Zurich, Switzerland. Organizer.

• 27 May 2025: AI Governance Lecture Series - Technical University Munich. Munich, Germany. Invited Speaker.

• 12-16 May 2025: UNESCO Intergovernmental Meeting on the draft Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology. Paris, France. Delegate.

• 16 April 2025: Apéro Digital IV - Algorithm Resistance: Writing the Rules for Social Media and AI in Public Debates. Zurich, Switzerland. Co-organizer.

• 8 April 2025: ZHAW Sustainability Day 2025. ZHAW, Winterthur, Switzerland. Keynote speaker.

• 27 March 2025: Templeton lecture: Our AI Future. ZHAW, Winterthur, Switzerland. Co-organizer.

• 27 March 2025: NLP Expert Group: Responsible and Secure NLP. ZHAW, Winterthur, Switzerland. Invited speaker.

• 6-7 March 2025: Workshop: Human-Centred Machine Learning: Bridging Design, Development, and Social Impact. IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland. Invited speaker.

• 14 Feb 2025: Webinar: Towards Transparent, Safe, and Trustworthy AI: Enhancing Human-AI Collaboration in Critical Infrastructures. Online, Speaker

2024

• 19 Nov 2024: CAIRNE AI Sandbox Summit. Brussels, Belgium. Speaker

• 13-14 Nov 2024: Brain Innovation Days. Panel: Towards responsible development and innovation of neurotechnologies. Brussels, Belgium. Invited panelist

• 4 Nov 2024: Workshop: Bridging the “Wisdom Gap” - Towards Smooth Integration of High-impact Technology in Society. Monte Verità, Switzerland. Keynote speaker

• 31 Oct 2024: Apéro Digital III – Lies, Damned Lies, and Generative AI : Benefits and Threats of Generative AI for Business. Zurich, Switzerland. Organizer

• 30 Oct 2024: Euractiv Panel Neurotechnology’s rapid evolution - What consequences for the EU regulatory landscape? Brussels, Belgium. Panelist

• 24 Oct 2024: Panel: AI, Global & Ecosystems Health: Insights from Colombian Researchers University of St Gallen Latin America Week 2024. Saint Gallen, Switzerland. Invited panelist

• 13 Oct 2024: European Congress of Neurosurgery (EANS). Sofia, Bulgaria. Invited speaker

• 10 Oct 2024: Gesda Summit. Anticipation Observatory workshop . Geneva, Switzerland. Facilitator

• 27 Aug 2024: NeuroLeman summer School 2024: Monitoring and Manipulating the Affective State: New Perspectives on Neurotechnologies and AI Tools, Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited speaker

• 28 Jun 2024: Congress on Brain, Behavior and Emotions. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Invited speaker

• 18 Jun 2024: Unlocking the Potential: How AI, GenAI and Quantum Computing are reshaping NPOs and the UN? Geneva, Switzerland. Invited panellist

• 30 May 2024: IEEE Swiss Data Science Sonference (SDS 2024): Workshop: AI Standards: Navigating Compliance and Regulation for Responsible AI, Zurich, Switzerland. Organizer

• 31 May 2023: AI for Good Global Summit. Panel “AI’s next frontier: The future of Brain-Computer Interfaces for Good”. Geneva, Switzerland. Invited panellist

• 22 May 2024: Apéro Digital: Trust Certified? Certification labels for AI systems, Zurich, Switzerland. Organizer

• 21 May 2024: IEEE Standards in the Digital Transformation Forum, Zurich, Switzerland. Invited speaker

• 22 Apr 2024: Feria Internacional del Libro: Diálogos con la Ciencia en Colombia, Online. Invited speaker.

• 18 Apr 2024: Annual Meeting International Neuroethics Society 2024. Panel “The Challenges of Neuroenhancement: Comparative Legal Perspectives from US, EU, and Japan”. Baltimore, USA. Invited panellist

• 24 Mar 2024: Applied ML Days. Workshop: Regulation and Certification of Trustworthy AI systems, EPFL, Lausanne., Switzerland Organizer

• 20 Mar 2024: Navigating the Path to Global AI Research Excellence Through the European Ecosystem. NVIDIA GTC 2024, Online. Invited speaker

• 6 Feb 2024: Swiss AI Days: Workshop: IA et Innovation responsable – Répondre aux exigences éthiques et de régulation. Lausanne, Switzerland. Organizer

2023

• 13 Dec 2023: AI for Good Webinar: Neurotechnologies, AI and Human Rights. Online. Moderator

• 30 Nov 2023: Digital Futures: AI & Cybersecurity, Zurich, Switzerland. Organizer

• 27 Oct 2023: Brain Innovation Days 2023, Brussels, Belgium. Invited Keynote

• 14 Nov 2023: Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP). Executive Course: Looking at the Edge: Understanding the Frontiers of Geopolitical Risk 2023, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited Speaker

• 16 Nov 2023: Intelligence artificielle responsable : opportunités et risques pour les PME, Fribourg, Switzerland. Organizer

• 13 Oct 2023: AI-X Summit. Workshop: Industrial AI. Zurich, Switzerland. Invited Panelist

• 20 Sep 2023: Trustvalley Forum: AI & Trust. Panel: AI Governance. Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited Panelist

• 14 Sep 2023: Council of Europe: Meeting on the Impact of immersive realities on human rights, rule of law, and democracy. Strassbourg, France. Invited panelist

• 24 Aug 2023: Data Innovation Alliance Experts Day: Machine Learning and Responsible AI, Zurich, Switzerland. Organizer

• 22 Jun 2023: Swiss Data Science Conference Workshop: Responsible AI – Transparency and Fairness of data-based applications in practice, Zurich, Switzerland. Organizer

• 10 May 2023: GESDA Science and Diplomacy Week. Panel: Emerging technologies: What opportunities for International Security? Geneva, Switzerland. Invited Speaker

• 27 Apr 2023: IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering. Panel: Guiding Responsible Neurotechnology Innovation: Opportunities and Challenges of Different Governance Mechanisms. Baltimore, USA. Invited Panelist

• 23 Apr 2023: BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School 2023. Responsible research and innovation in BCI. Online. Invited Speaker

• 5 Apr 2023: GCSP Staff and Fellows Brief. Global efforts in Governance for Brain-related technologies. Online. Invited speaker

• 27 Mar 2023: EU AI Week: Webinar: AI as a tool for Mental Health. Online. Moderator

• 15 Mar Feb 2023: UNIDIR Brain-Computer Interfaces Webinar Series, Part 1: Existing And Near-Term Uses Of BCIs. Online. Invited Speaker

• 28 Feb 2023: Presentations UniverSIT, Laval-Service Innovation et Technologies. Etique et Intelligence artificielle : Défis et opportunités. Laval, Canada. Invited Speaker

• 15 Feb 2023: REAIM Summit on the responsible development, deployment and use of Artificial Intelligence in the military domain. Panel on AI, Swarming and the future of warfare. The Hague, Netherlands. Invited Panelist

2022

• 12 Dec 2022: BCI Mini-Workshop: Inria. Good practices, Standards and Governance for Neurotechnologies. Bordeaux, France. Invited Speaker

• 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]