Conference Committees

General Chairs: 

  • Zeynep Engin, Data for Policy CIC, UK
  • Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge and The Alan Turing Institute, UK
  • Stefaan Verhulst, New York University, USA

Imperial Local Chairs:

  • Rossella Arcucci, Imperial College London, UK
  • Mark Kennedy, Imperial College London, UK

Conference Management: 

  • Emily Gardner, Data for Policy CIC, UK
  • Pete Ford, Imperial College London, UK
  • Andrew Hyde, Cambridge University Press, UK

International Committee: 

  • C. Leigh Anderson, University of Washington, USA
  • Maria Axente, PwC, UK
  • Emanuele Baldacci, European Commission, Luxembourg
  • Jennifer Hansen, Microsoft, USA
  • Innar Liiv, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
  • Samia Melhem, The World Bank, USA
  • Gianluca Misuraca, AI4Gov, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Francesco Mureddu, The Lisbon Council, Belgium
  • Peter Quartey, University of Ghana
  • Friederike Schueuer, UNICEF, USA
  • Roger Scott-Douglas, National Research Council of Canada
  • Barbara Ubaldi, OECD, France
  • Albrecht Wirthmann, European Commission
  • Masaru Yarime, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Local Committee

  • Anil A Bharath, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College
  • Rafael A Calvo, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College
  • Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, Department of Computing, Imperial College
  • David J Hand, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College
  • Mirko Kovac, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College
  • Yingzhen Li, Department of Computing, Imperial College
  • Danilo Mandic, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College
  • Mirabelle Muuls, Imperial College Business School
  • Alessandra M Russo, Department of Computing, Imperial College
  • David L Shrier, Imperial College Business School
  • Kai Sun, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College
  • Sanaz Talaifar, Imperial College Business School

Standard Track Committees:

Area 1: Digital & Data-Driven Transformation in Governance

  • Sarah Giest, University of Leiden, Netherlands
  • Sharique Manazir, Bharti Institute of Public Policy, India
  • Keegan McBride, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
  • Francesco Mureddu, Lisbon Council, Belgium
  • Anastasija Nikiforova, University of Tartu, Estonia
  • Sujit Sikder, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Germany

Area 2: Technology & Analytics

  • Omar Isaac Asensio, Georgia Tech, USA
  • Giz Gulnerman, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, Turkey
  • Cigdem Gurgur, Purdue University, USA
  • Jude Dzevela Kong, York University, Canada
  • Catherine Moore, Georgia Tech, USA
  • Emre Simsekler, Khalifa University of Science & Technology, UAE
  • Nicola Ulibarri, University of Calinfornia Irivine, USA

Area 3: Policy & Literacy for Data

  • Feras Batarseh, Virgina Tech, USA
  • Anushri Gupta, London School of Economics, UK
  • Sherman Kong, United Nations Foundation, Spain
  • Mihoko Sumida, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
  • Gaby Umbach, European University Institute, Italy
  • Laura Zoboli, University of Brescia, Italy

Area 4: Ethics, Equity & Trustworthiness

  • Tristan Henderson, University of St Andrews, UK
  • Alexander Monea, George Mason University, USA
  • Mustafa Ozbilgin, Brunel University, UK
  • Jeannie Paterson, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Nydia Remolina Leon, Singapore Management University, Singapore
  • Adrian Weller, The Alan Turing Institute, UK

Area 5: Algorithmic Governance

  • Bram Klievink, Leiden University, Netherlands
  • Itzelle Medina Perea, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Karen Yeung, University of Birmingham, UK
  • Leid Zejnilovic, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal

Area 6: Global Challenges & Dynamic Threats

  • Claire Boine, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, USA
  • Chris Hinnant, Florida State University, USA
  • Jim Jimeno, Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs, Philippines
  • Joni Jupesta, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Japan
  • Wilson Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Data for Policy Advisory Board:

  • Kenneth Benoit, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
  • Anil Bharath, Imperial College London, UK
  • Sir Anthony Finkelstein, City University, UK
  • Rayid Ghani, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • David Hand, Imperial College, UK
  • Lord Holmes of Richmond, UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics, UK
  • Christoph Lütge, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • Helen Margetts, University of Oxford and The Alan Turing Institute, UK
  • Beth Noveck, New York University, USA
  • Alan Penn, University College London, UK
  • Rob Procter, University of Warwick and The Alan Turing Institute, UK
  • John Shawe-Taylor, UCL, UK
  • Peter Smith, University of Southampton, UK
  • Tom Smith, Dept of Levelling up, Housing & Communities, UK
  • John Taysom, Privitar, UK
  • Philip Treleaven, UCL, UK
  • Milan Vojnovic, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
  • Dame Alison Wolf, King’s College London, UK
  • Derek Wyatt, Digital Policy Alliance, UK