Global Forum 2026: Speakers
Meet the speakers that took part in the Global Forum for AI and the Social Sciences 2026 | AI and Labour Markets
Science Journalist and MC
Director of Socioeconomic Research
Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
Director, Social Development Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Director, Economic and Social Policy
International Trade Union Confederation
Research Fellow
Korea Labor Institute
Director, Development Policy Research Unit
University of Cape Town
Senior Economist
OECD
Chief Executive
Windfall Trust
Managing Director, International
Partnership on AI
General Secretary
Prospect Trade Union
Chief Executive
Resolution Foundation
Chief Economist
Google
Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department
International Monetary Fund
President and Executive Director
JustJobs Network
Director-General, Digital, Work, Society
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Germany
Associate Professor
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Business School, Chile
Chief, Macroeconomic Policies and Jobs
International Labour Organization
Head of Research
Cohere Labs
Director-General
Spanish Artificial Intelligence Supervision Agency
Director-General, New Forms of Employment
Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
Director, Research and Statistics Department
International Labour Organization
Director of Human Capital, Social and Institutional Development
African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa's Development
Deputy Director-General, Economics Department
European Central Bank
Director, Thematic and Special Procedures Division
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
General Secretary
UNI Global Union
Chair, Committee on Labor-Management Coexistence in the AI Transition
South Korea's Economic, Social and Labor Council
Vice Dean, School of International and Public Affairs
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT, and Chair of the UK AI Economics Institute
MIT, UK AI Economics Institute
Assistant General Counsel, AI Economy Institute
Microsoft
Head of Digital Governance and Sport Department
Council of Europe
Program Manager
World Bank
President and Vice Chancellor
LSE
Head of Public Policy and Economic Graph, UK
LinkedIn
Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
Political Coordinator
Trade Union Confederation of the Americas
Director, Social Policies and Inclusion
UNESCO
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Research Fellow
Korea Information Society Development Institute
Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science
Institute for Advanced Study
Head of Programme, Future of Work
Centre for European Policy Studies
President
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Director, Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy Management
South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre
Acting Director, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
OECD
Research Director
OpenResearch
International Director
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
Deputy General Secretary
European Trade Union Confederation
Chief Executive, British Academy
Global Lead, AI Policy Research and Partnerships
Amazon Web Services
Senior Director at AI Singapore, and member of the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
AI Singapore, UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
Founder and CEO
The Collaborative for AI in the Public Interest
Director of Economic and Social Policy
International Trade Union Confederation - Asia Pacific
Dean, School of Public Policy and Management
Tsinghua University
