Head of the Data Science and R&D departments at Quantum Inc company, where high-tech solutions help companies worldwide gain critical predictions through data analytics, significantly reduce costs, and distribute workloads more efficiently through intelligent automation. Michael has in-depth expertise in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and NLP. The main domains of Michael's experience are Healthcare, AgriTech, and Geo Analytics. During Michael's leadership, Quantum's R&D team was among the top 3 winners of the 3rd Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge (Netherlands).
Also, Michael publishes scientific publications and has several patents. Michael regularly performs at technical summits and actively realizes the company's mentoring, internship, and professional growth programs.

Yotam is a skilled data scientist, autodidact, gifted communicator, and machine learning and deep learning expert with extensive hands-on experience in neural network development. Prior to co-founding Tensorleap, Yotam developed and led AI and Big Data projects from research to production for several startups, as well as developing machine learning algorithms at the Soreq Nuclear Research Center (Israel).

Isaac Ben-Israel was born in Israel (Tel-Aviv), 1949. He studied Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy at Tel-Aviv University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1988. He joined the Israel Air Force (IAF) after graduating high school (1967) and has served continuously up to his retirement (2002). During his service, Isaac Ben-Israel has held several posts in operations, intelligence and weapon development units of the IAF. He headed the IAF Operations Research Branch, Analysis and Assessment Division of IAF Intelligence, and was the Head of Military R&D in Israel Defence Forces and Ministry of Defence (1991-1997). In January 1998 he was promoted to Major General and appointed as Director of Defence R&D Directorate in IMOD. During his service he received twice the Israeli Defence Award.

After retirement from the IDF Isaac Ben Israel joined the University of Tel-Aviv as a professor and was the head of Curiel Centre for International Studies (2002-2004), the head of the Program for Security Studies (2004-2007), Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Technological Analysis & Forecasting at Tel-Aviv University (ICTAF) (2010-2013), Deputy Director of the Hartog School of Government and Policy in Tel-Aviv University (2005-2015) and a member of Jaffe Centre for Strategic Studies (2002-2004). In 2002 he founded and headed the Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Ariel University Centre (2009-2011), and a member of the advisory council of Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology at the Technion (2000-2010). In 2002 he founded RAY-TOP (Technology Opportunities) Ltd, consulting governments and industries in technological and strategic issues.

Professor Ben-Israel was a member of the 17th Knesset (Israeli Parliament) between June 2007 and February 2009. During this period he was a member of the Security and Foreign Affairs Committee, the Finance Committee, the Science & Technology committee, the Chairman of the Homeland Security Sub Committee and the Chairman of the Israeli–Indian Parliamentary Friendship Association.

In 2011 he was appointed by the Prime Minister to lead a task force that formulated Israel national cyber policy. Following that he founded the National Cyber Headquarters in the PM Office. In 2014 he was appointed again by the PM to lead another task force which resulted in a government decision (February 2015) to set up a new National Cyber Authority. Isaac Ben Israel was a member of the board of directors of IAI (2000-2002), the board of the Israel Corp. (2004-2007) and the R&D advisory board of TEVA (2003-2007) and Chairman of the Technion Entrepreneurial Incubator (2007). He was the Chairman of Israel National R&D council between 2010-2016.

Professor Ben-Israel has written numerous papers on military and security issues. His book Dialogues on Science and Military Intelligence (1989) won the Itzhak-Sade Award for Military Literature. His book on The Philosophy of Military Intelligence had been published by the Broadcast University (1999) and has been translated into French (2004). His book Science, Technology and Security: From Soldiers in Combat up to Outer Space, was published in 2006. His book on Israel Defence Doctrine was published in 2013.
Isaac is married to Inbal (née Marcus) and they have three sons: Yuval (1981), Roy (1984) and Alon (1988).

Data Science, and in particular Data-driven research (DDR) is proliferating in light of the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, which enables to process enormous amounts of data, redefining research capabilities. Governments and industry are the primary sources of big, structured data, which they commonly generate in the course of their routine activities. Academic institutions, whose research activities were, in the past, largely autonomous given sufficient funding, have become increasingly dependent on such third-party data to fuel their DDR. This development stands to transform the interrelations between the academy-industry- government (AIG) sectors and has far-reaching implications for policies aimed at facilitating scientific research and innovation. In this talk we will review the emerging challenges with respect to the technology transfer between academia and industry when external, 3rd party data is involved, and will point on the potential role of governments in facilitating it for the benefit of society as a whole.

Hagit Messer (Life Fellow, IEEE) received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, USA, and then joined the Faculty of Engineering at TAU, in 1986, where she is currently the Kranzberg Chair Professor of signal processing with the School of Electrical Engineering. During her career, she has held several positions, including the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Science, Israel; the Head of the Porter School of Environmental Studies and then the Vice President for Research and Development at TAU; the President of the Open University; and the Vice Chair of the Council of Higher Education, Israel. She has also Co-Founded ClimaCell, USA, and was its Chief Scientist, until 2017. Since 2005, she has been leading a pioneering multidisciplinary research group on wireless communication for opportunistic environmental monitoring.

Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in
Government of Spain.
Spaniard Executive, Entrepreneur and Expert in Big Data and Artificial
Intelligence
Co-founder and former CEO of Synergic Partners (now Telefónica)
WIDS Ambassador Madrid (Stanford University) 2017-2019

Member of the Think-Tank “Data innovation Network” - Columbia University NYC (Data Science
Institute).

Carme Artigas is a Spaniard Executive and Entrepreneur as well as a recognized Expert in Big Data, Artificial
Intelligence and Technology Innovation. In 2006, she co-founded and was the CEO of Synergic Partners, a
pioneer European Big Data company, which in 2015 was recognized as one of the top 15 leading companies in
Big Data at the international level by the analyst firm 451 Research.
As Founder&CEO of Synergic Partners, Artigas created and led a team of 150 data scientists, with operations
in more than 15 countries. From his company she launched the Synergic Academy division to help develop new
profiles and digital talent both within the Telefónica group and for customers. Also, since 2016 she launched the
initiative Data Science Awards Spain to recognize the best analytical talent in Spain.
In 2016, Carme was recognized by the American business magazine Insight Success as the one among the 30
most influential executives with an international projection. Likewise, the publishing house specialized in
technology O'Reilly Media places her among the top women in the world in the data business (Women in Data
2015). In Spain she has appeared in several rankings among the Top 25 Women in Technology in Spain.
In addition to her work as an executive, Carme is a member of the Data Innovation Network and a member of
the Industry Partners´ Council of the Data Science Institute of Columbia University in New York since 2013.
The company was acquired by the Telefónica group in November 2015 to accelerate the adoption of Big Data
internally and expand the company internationally. Carme continued serving as company CEO until the
company's full integration into the Telefónica Group at the end of 2018.
As of January 2019, she provided high-level strategic advice and served as Board Advisor in several
international companies and institutions, contributing with her knowledge on issues related to digital
transformation, artificial intelligence, big data, robotization, cultural change, industry 4.0, etc. She was
appointed Member of the Advisory Board of the Public Affairs firm LLYC in Spain and also Member of the
Advisory Board of the international group LEONISA based in Colombia.
Carme Artigas Brugal Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in
Government of Spain.
Spaniard Executive, Entrepreneur and Expert in Big Data and Artificial
Intelligence
Co-founder and former CEO of Synergic Partners (now Telefónica)
WIDS Ambassador Madrid (Stanford University) 2017-2019
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She has also was appointed by the University of Stanford (California) as Ambassador in Madrid of the
Conference "Women in Data Science (WIDS)", which organized for 3 years with the aim of making women
visible in the STEM field. She is also a member of the Board of Directors in the Spanish Executives Association
(AED) , has participated as expert in writing the “White Paper on Digitization” of Círculo de Empresarios
association Business Circle and is a collaborator in the Elcano Royal Institute.
She is a renowned speaker and lecturer in various national and international Big Data/AI forums, such as Strata
Hadoop World (London, New York, Singapore), SWIFT Banking Latam (Panama) FW50 Canada, etc.
Artigas also exercises an important teaching role in several Master programs in new technologies , Big Data
and innovation (Esade, IESE, UPC, Universitas Telefónica, Inter-American Development Bank, etc.). She
currently collaborates as a teacher of the MIB and DIBEX masters at ISDI. As of October 2019, she joined the
Instituto de Empresa, IE, as co-chair of his International Academic Council in the area of executive training,
IE Exponential Learning until her appointment as Secretary of State.
With more than 25 years of experience in the technology and telecommunications industry, prior to the founding
of Synergic Partners, Artigas was CEO of Ericsson Innova, Ericsson's first venture capital fund in Europe, and
co-founder and chairman of WIVA (International Wireless Internet Venture Association). In this role she held
Board of Directors positions in 9 unlisted technology companies.
In January 2020 she was approved as Board Member in two IBEX35 listed Spanish companies, but she
resigned to accept the appointment as the first Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial
Intelligence in the Government of Spain.
In her current role she is responsible for designing and implementing the Spain’s Digital Agenda, in particular
the National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence, the Modernization Plan for e-government, the National Plan for
Cybersecurity, the Digitalization Plan for SMBs, the National Plan for Digital Skills, the Data Economy Strategy,
the Spain Charter of Digital Rights, among other responsibilities that include running the Chief Data Office ,
representing Spain in OCDE, D9, G20 and in the Telecom Ministerial meetings of the European Commission .
She is responsible for managing and executing a yearly direct public budget of 3 Billion Euro but coordinating
the execution of 25Billion Euro of the European Recovery Funds for the period 2020-2025.
She is also holding additional responsibilities in different public bodies:
- Chairman of the Public entity RED.ES (www.red.es)
- Chairman of INCIBE ( National Institute for Cybersecurity - www.incibe.es)
- Board member of Barcelona Mobile World Capital Foundation (www.mobileworldcapital.com)
- Board member of the ancient Spanish Cultural and Research Institution RESIDENCIA DE ESTUDIANTES
(www.residencia.csic.es/en)
- Board member of the Royal Patronage of BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA (Spain National Librarywww.
bne.es )
- Board member of the Patronage of ESCUELA SUPERIOR de MUSICA REINA SOFIA (Reina Sofía School of
Music - www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es)
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Carme began his professional career in 1992 at Procter & Gamble where he spent 5 years occupying different
management positions in areas from production to logistics and marketing. Subsequently, she was the Director
of Barcelona City Council Business Incubators, where she pioneered in 1995 the support to start-up
technology-based companies and in the development of new internet-based business models.
Carme is a MSc in Chemical Engineer from IQS, (Instituto Químico de Sarriá) completing her thesis at the Max
Plank Institute in Germany as a researcher on "Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer." Postgraduate in Industrial
Business Management from IQS, MSc in Chemical Sciences from Ramón Llull University . She also owns a
Executive degree on Venture Capital from Berkeley University-Haas School in California.
Within her associative activity, she is a member in the Spanish chapter of the International Women Forum
(IWF).
Carme is an advocate of Ethics in the field of Artificial Intelligence and in future technologies and her interests
revolve around how to guarantee Citizen’s Rights in the Digital world with a special focus on Artificial
Intelligence and Neurotechnologies, as well as Impact Investment as a new way of capitalism.
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Marko Grobelnik is a researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He co-leads AI Department at Jozef Stefan Institute, cofounded UNESCO International Research Center on AI (IRCAI), and is the CEO of Quintelligence. He is co-author of several books, co-founder of several start-ups, is/was involved into over 80 EU funded research projects. Among others, he was general chair of LREC-2016 and WWW/TheWebConf-2021 conferences. Marko is involved in different roles on international AI policy activities in OECD, UNESCO, Council of Europe, Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) and NATO. In 2016 Marko became Digital Champion of Slovenia at European Commission.