The Organizers

Vicky Charisi is a research affiliate at the UCL, Institute of Education, UK. For the last six years, Vicky was a research scientist at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission supporting Science for Policy with a focus on the impact of Artificial Intelligence and robots on child development and well-being. She is particularly interested in designing systems that adhere and promote children’s fundamental rights and works at the intersection of policy, research and industry. She currently serves as a Chair at the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Cognitive and Developmental Systems, TF on Human-Robot Interaction.

Shuli Gilutz is a program officer at the Child Rights and Digital Business group at UNICEF. She leads projects with industry to promote children’s rights and well-being in the digital world, including the RITEC project focusing on digital play, and in collaboration with the LEGO group. Previously she has been a teaching fellow at Tel-Aviv University, a UX research mentor at Google for Startups, a consultant for children’s technology design, strategy and research, and a cofounder of the digital play startup UGlabs. She was a founding board member of the Designing for Children’s Rights Association and is a global speaker and advocate for child-centered design.

Shyamli Suneesh is a Research Associate at the University of Bristol, UK. Her research interests lie in the areas of Social Robotics, Child Robot Interaction and Assistive Technologies. She is particularly interested in designing interactive technologies for children's wellbeing, creativity, learning and development. Her recent publications focus on robots and learning aids for special education and inclusivity. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Diana Award, 2023 for her social and humanitarian works contributing to empowering education and wellbeing through technology.