Speakers & panelists

Christiane Woopen has been Heinrich Hertz Professor of Life Ethics at the University of Bonn and founding director of the Center for Life Ethics since October 2021.

Elias Zerhouni, M.D., Professor Emeritus Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Dr. Zerhouni was most

Patrick Couvreur, member of the Academy of Sciences, is an Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy at Paris-Saclay University. He is an internationally recognized scientist in nanomedicine.

Thomas is the CEO and Co-Founder at Owkin, leading medical research and business intelligence. He is a former Assistant Professor of Clinical Onco-Hematology at Hopital Henri Mondor in Paris.

Dr. Melissa J. Moore currently serves as Chief Scientific Officer, Scientific Affairs, at Moderna.  She joined Moderna in 2016 from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS),

Patrick Johnson is SrVP Research at 3DS, defining scientific bases and inventing disruptive technologies for the Industry Renaissance. After several R&D positions (head of AI, CATIA Brand),

Sushmita Mitra is Professor HAG at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. She was in the RWTH Aachen, Germany as a DAAD Fellow (1992-1994). She received the National Talent Search

Kristin Lauter is director of West Coast AI Research, Meta. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Honorary Member of the

Egidio d’Angelo is Full Professor of Physiology, co-chair of the Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences and director of the Brain Connectivity Center of IRCCS Mondino.

Denis Le Bihan, MD, PhD, is a widely cited physician and physicist (300+ articles with 70 000 citations including nearly 20 000 for the first top 5). He is especially recognized for pioneering diffusion MRI in

Mathias Fink is the George Charpak Professor at the Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris where he founded In 1990 the Laboratory “Ondes et

Gondi Kondaiah Ananthasuresh, a professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Dean of Mechanical Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science-Bengaluru, earned his bachelor’s

Carmel Hillyard is an experienced director with a life sciences industry background. After a career spanning medical research in London to inventing and developing diagnostics in Brisbane,

Viktor Jirsa is Director of the Inserm Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes at Aix-Marseille-Université and Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Sridevi Sarma received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1994; and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of

I obtained my PhD in psychology and neuroscience, with a minor in statistics. This combination gave me an appreciation for the need to explore the brain from a strong theoretical foundation and

Dr. Zhong Chao Han graduated from Jiangxi Medical College in 1982 and obtained a master’s degree from Fujian Medical University in 1984 in China.

Stéphanie P. Lacour is full professor at the School of Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She received her PhD in

Serge Picaud is the Director of the Paris Vision Institute since January 1rst, 2021. After a PhD in Marseille (France), and studies in Frankfurt

Patrick Couvreur, member of the Academy of Sciences, is an Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy at Paris-Saclay University. He is an internationally recognized scientist in nanomedicine.

Virginia Dignum is Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University, Sweden and director of WASP-HS, the Wallenberg Program on

MD rheumatologist (Hospital Cochin Paris 1984-90), PhD Neurosciences (CNRS (1986-1990)), Astronaut, Politician, CEO of a cultural public establishment.

Thierry Magnin, born in 1953, co-president of UCL, responsible for Humanities at UCL, Professor, catholic priest, Doctor in physics and Doctor in theology, involved in

Professor Alison Noble FRS FREng is the Technikos Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME), University of Oxford.

Jeroen van den Hoven is university professor and full professor of Ethics and Technology at Delft University of Technology. He is founding Editor in Chief of

Christiane Woopen has been Heinrich Hertz Professor of Life Ethics at the University of Bonn and founding director of the Center for Life Ethics since October 2021.