Dimitri Lorenzani is an economist (M.Sc. in economics and finance) and political scientist (M.Sc. in European Studies) . Member of the Competitiveness Task Force in the European Commission’s Secretariat General who previously served as Member of the competitiveness Team of Professor Mario Draghi, former ECB President and special advisor to the President of the European Commission for competitiveness.

Previously, he was Cabinet Member of Maroš Šefčovič (2021-2024), European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Inter-institutional Relations, and Foresight. Lorenzani was in charge of strategic foresight, industrial policy, including coordination of the European Battery Alliance and issues related to critical raw materials, as well as economic affairs. Before that, he was team leader at the European Commission, in the strategic communication and foresight unit of the Secretariat-General (2020-2021) where he coordinated the implementation of the institution’s foresight strategy, and in the Italy’s desk of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (2014-2020).

Lindsay Gorman is the Managing Director & Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Technology Program. Her work focuses on US-China technology competition, including AI policy, quantum information, advanced telecommunications, cybersecurity, transatlantic information, and democratic responses to autocratic technology interference. Most recently, Lindsay served as a senior adviser in the Biden White House, where she crafted and led US technology initiatives and national security strategy. Lindsay currently serves as a member on the Council on Foreign Relations and the Truman National Security Project. She regularly delivers briefs and keynote addresses across the Atlantic on China’s digital technologies and how to build democratic approaches to emerging technologies.

Sofia Romansky is a Strategic Analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Project Coordinator for the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain (GC REAIM). Her research focuses on the implications and applications artificial intelligence (AI) in military and societal domains, particularly the hardware and software enabling AI in autonomous systems and the impact of post-2018 generative AI.

Sofia also examines hybrid threats like disinformation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has contributed to studies on the green transition in the military through the Centre for European Policy Studies’ Young Thinkers program, during which she spoke at the NATO Youth Summit.

She holds a bachelor’s (cum laude) in Politics, Psychology, Law, and Economics from the University of Amsterdam and a master’s (cum laude) in International Relations and Diplomacy from Leiden University and Clingendael.

Shane Tews is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in digital economy issues, including artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, 5G, the Internet of Things, and international internet governance. She is also the president of Logan Circle Strategies, a strategic advisory firm. Tews contributes to shaping policies on emerging technologies, digital privacy, broadband, and spectrum management.

She serves as vice chair of the board of directors of the Internet Education Foundation, vice-chair of the Internet Society’s Washington, DC chapter, and chair of the board of TechFreedom. Tews has held leadership roles in organizations like the Internet Governance Forum USA and Verisign, where she managed internet security and digital commerce issues. Her career began in the George H. W. Bush White House and continued on Capitol Hill as a legislative director.

Szymon Zaręba is the Head of the Global Issues Programme at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). His research focuses on regulatory issues in international and EU law, with a particular emphasis on the activities of the Council of Europe, the United Nations, and its specialized agencies. He also researches on the opportunities and challenges posed by emerging technologies; member of a research project on the risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence by public and private institutions carried out within the international JuLIA consortium (Justice, Fundamental Rights and Artificial Intelligence) under the Justice Programme of the European Union. He is also co-author of publications on transatlantic relations in the field of trade, new technologies and investment. He holds a PhD in Law and an MA in International Relations from the University of Warsaw, as well as a PhD in Law from the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Zaręba further expanded his expertise during his studies at the University of Manchester. His work bridges legal scholarship and international policymaking, providing in-depth insights into complex global issues.

Migle Laukyte is an Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Law, focusing on the legal and ethical challenges posed by AI, robotics, and other disruptive technologies. Her research explores the impact of these technologies on human rights, the evolution of legal frameworks, and philosophical questions surrounding agency, personhood, and autonomy.

Migle is a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) and the European Blockchain Partnership’s Expert Group on Blockchain Ethics (EGBE). She also serves on the Directive Board of the “Gregorio Peces-Barba” Institute of Human Rights at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

At Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), she contributes to the ARTEMISA project on cybersecurity and female participation and coordinates the PhD program in Law, fostering innovation and interdisciplinary research.

Javier Borràs is a researcher in technology, democracy and geopolitics in Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), focused on the impact of emerging technologies on democracy and geopolitics. He also researches relations between the European Union and China. He has worked on research at IESE Business School’s PPP for Cities, as an external consultant for the European Commission, and as a researcher at the Center for the Study of Democracy in Bulgaria. He also worked as a correspondent for the EFE Agency in Beijing and has collaborated as a columnist for newspapers such as El País, Diario ARA, El Mundo or La Vanguardia. He has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from University College London and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, with a year of academic exchange at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Judith Arnal is a Senior Researcher at the Real Instituto Elcano, an independent director of the Banco de España and a member of its Comisión de Auditoría. She is also a Senior Research Associate in Financial Regulation at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and the European Credit Research Institute (ECRI).  She has extensive professional experience. She has been a director of the Instituto de Crédito Oficial, of the Spanish public company in charge of promoting the Red.es Digital Agenda and of the Spanish public company for the promotion of start-ups, ENISA.  She worked for 10 years at the Spanish Public Treasury, becoming director of the Technical and Financial Analysis Office and chairing the Financial Sandbox Coordination Commission, as well as a Subcommittee of the Spanish Macroprudential Authority (AMCESFI). She has also been Director of the Cabinet of the First Vice-President and Ministry of Economía y Transformación Digital of the Government of Spain. At the European level, he chaired the Eurogroup Working Group Task Force on Coordinated Action for more than three years. Under her presidency, the technical details of the reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) were prepared.