Carme Artigas 

Carme Artigas is a highly regarded leader in AI, big data, cybersecurity, and technology innovation, with over 30 years of experience. She co-founded Synergic Partners, a pioneering European Big Data company, which was acquired by the Telefonica Group in 2015. From 2020 to 2023, she served as Spain’s first Secretary of State for Digitalization and AI, where she played a crucial role in advancing the EU AI Act during the Spanish Presidency of the EU. She is now Co-Chair of the United Nations AI Advisory Body and a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center. Throughout her career, she has held senior positions at Procter & Gamble, the City of Barcelona, and Ericsson, where she led their European venture capital firm. Artigas holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering and has completed postgraduate programs at Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute. She has been named an ambassador for Stanford’s "Women in Data Science (WIDS)" initiative and is widely recognized as an international expert in AI regulation and governance.