Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee

Champion of Plurality: Allison Stanger, Co-director of the GETTING-Plurality Research Network, explores diverse perspectives and societal plurality in the digital age.

Internet & Society Scholar: As a professor at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, she examinesthe intersection of technology, democracy, and public policy.

Thought Leader in Digital Ethics: Stanger’s work offers profound insights into how technology shapes and challenges democratic values and governance.

Self-Organization enthusiast: Carlos Gershenson, a SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, decodes the mysteries of complex systems, focusing on how self-organizing phenomena shape our world.

Architect of Smarter Cities: Through pioneering self-organizing traffic systems, he brings order to urban chaos, adapting traffic flows in real-time to ease congestion and improve city life.

Thought Leader in Digital Ethics: Editor of Complexity Digest and advisor to Scientific American, Gershenson bridges disciplines, illuminating the intricate dance of systems that govern both nature and technology.

Collective Learning Leader: César Hidalgo heads the Center for Collective Learning at ANITI, exploring how societies evolve knowledge.

Economic Complexity Pioneer: Former MIT Media Lab professor, he created tools to map global trade networks.

Insightful Author: His book Why Information Grows unpacks the evolution of information from atoms to economies.

Champion of Trustworthy AI: Prof. Evangelos Pournaras specializes in distributed intelligence, designing AI systems that uphold trust, ethics, and privacy.

Expert in Distributed Systems: At the University of Leeds, he develops autonomous, transparent systems to tackle societal and technological challenges.

Leader in AI Ethics and Governance: His research advocates for ethical AI that serves societal welfare, particularly in autonomous applications.

Design Innovator: Gianni Giacomelli leads Design Innovation at MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence, shaping how people and AI collaborate.

Architect of Collective Intelligence: His work focuses on optimizing human-machine interactions to harness collective insight effectively.

Pioneer of Human-Centered AI: Giacomelli drives innovation that bridges technology and human-centered design, enhancing collaborative decision-making.

Director of Collective Behavior: Ian Couzin leads the Collective Behavior Department at the Max Planck Institute, uncovering the rules that govern group dynamics across species.

Scholar of Swarms: As a Professor at Konstanz University, he decodes the mysteries of collective movement, from schools of fish to flocks of birds.

Global Thought Leader: Through his research, Couzin provides insights into how individual actions drive collective outcomes, influencing fields from ecology to robotics.

Foresight Navigator: As Principal Researcher at GDI, Karin Frick deciphers business and societal trends, guiding us toward the future.

Insight Architect: With an economics background, she shapes understanding of shifts in people and markets, specializing in innovation and change.

Consumer Pulse: Former GDI IMPULS editor, she provides insights on consumer behavior, steering companies through evolving demands.

Collective Insight Leader: Professor at Santa Fe Institute, Mirta Galesic studies how individual cognition and social structures shape complex societal patterns.

Belief Dynamics Expert: Galesic’s models reveal insights on social judgments and opinion formation,rooted in her psychology background.

Decision-Making Advocate: Her work enhances understanding of risk and uncertainty, guiding informed choices in daily life.

Pioneer of Transformation: Senior MIT Lecturer and Founding Chair of the Presencing Institute, Otto Scharmer has spent 20 years guiding leaders in cross-sector systems change.

Global Impact: Co-creator of Action Learning Labs and SDG Leadership Labs across 26 countries, shaping pathways for UN agencies and Country Teams.

Thought Leader: Author of Theory U and member of the UN Learning Advisory Council, Otto is a driving force in sustainable leadership and future-oriented economic thought.

Cognitive Explorer: Uri Hertz, Lecturer at the University of Haifa, delves into the intricacies of cognitive sciences, exploring how our minds perceive and interact with the world.

Research Connector: As a Visiting Researcher at Princeton, he bridges academic insights across borders, deepening our understanding of cognition.

Shaper of Thought: Through his work, Hertz contributes to the evolving study of howhumans process complex information, influencing fields from psychology to artificial intelligence.