Keynote Speakers

Bio: Francisco is a Research Scientist working at Google DeepMind in the Science Team. His current research is focused on statistical machine learning and its applications to algorithmic discovery in Mathematics and Computer Science. Before joining Google DeepMind, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University and in the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge, where he held a Marie-Sklodowska Curie fellowship in the context of the E.U. Horizon 2020 program. Francisco completed his Ph.D. and M.Sc. from the University Carlos III in Madrid.

Bio: Dr María Pérez-Ortiz is an Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability at University College London, where she co-founded and co-directs the MSc in AI for Sustainable Development. Her research examines the profound impact of AI across society, the economy and the environment. She is also UNESCO Co-Chair in AI, contributing to international policy on responsible AI. 

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Title: AI Must Become Planet-Centered, Not Just Human-Centered

Abstract: In this talk, she argues why contemporary responsible AI paradigms are not enough to support complex global social and environmental challenges, e.g. climate change. She proposes Planet-centered AI as a design philosophy and research agenda that reorients AI toward some of the most complex problems of our time.

The talk will examine AI’s impacts across society, the economy and the environment, showing why the interconnected systems around us require us to think beyond narrow measures of technological performance or individual harm. She will discuss what this means for how we assess the impacts of AI, and highlight foundational research gaps that must be addressed if AI is to genuinely contribute to a more sustainable future.