AI, Rights and Democracy

Carles Planas Bou is a journalist. He holds a degree in Journalism and Corporate Communication from Ramon Llull University and has a master's degree in International Relations, Security, and Development from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since 2019, he has been in charge of the technology section at El Periódico, where he analyzes the digital world and its sociopolitical intersection. Previously, he was a correspondent for the same newspaper in Germany for four years. He has collaborated with media outlets such as TV3, Catalunya Ràdio, TVE, and Deutsche Welle.

Carlos Castillo (pron. él) es un Profesor ICREA en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra en Barcelona, donde dirige el grupo de Ciencia Web y Computación Social. Actualmente, trabaja en equidad algorítmica e informática de crisis.

Assistant director of L'Ara, degree in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and in Journalism from Pompeu Fabra University. He started working as a journalist in 2004 and has worked in the newsrooms of VilaWeb, El Punt, dBalears, ARA Balears and, of course, ARA, where he has developed most of his professional career. He has specialized, above all, in events, courts, technology and cyber security and is also president of the Ramon Barnils Group of Journalists.

Judith combines university teaching in the field of design and philosophy of technology with her work as a digitalization impact technician at Lafede.cat. She has professional experience in the world of technological consulting and innovation, and is strongly connected to grassroots hacktivist movements and the associative fabric of her town.

On an academic level, she has been independently researching the relationship between power, technology, and their narratives for over 4 years, and she is currently preparing a doctoral research on AI. She holds a Master's degree in Contemporary Philosophy with a specialization in Technoscientific Studies, and she graduated in Communication with a specialization in User Experience Research and Multimedia Design, after completing three years of her Philosophy degree.

Responsible for research at the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia (IDHC). PhD in Law from Pompeu Fabra University, Castilla has specialized in International Human Rights Law, Constitutional Law and Migrations. He is also an associate professor of International Law at said university.

Maria Vanrell és Catedràtica a la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) on coordina el màster inter-universitari de Visió per Computador que es fa entre 5 universitats catalanes. Es va graduar en Enginyeria Informàtica per la UAB l’any 1990 i es va doctorar a la mateixa universitat l’any 1996. És investigadora adscrita al Centre de Visió per Computador on treballa principalment en models computacionals bio-inspirats per a la percepció del color i en la seva explicabilitat. Com a docent se centra en cursos d’introducció a la Intel·ligència Artificial en dos graus diferents.

Patricia Ventura Pocino. PhD in Media, Communication and Culture, cum laude (Autonomous University of Barcelona) with a thesis on ethics, artificial intelligence and communication that exposes and examines the main ethical disquisitions around the uses of AI, analyzes the effects of algorithmic mediation in the digital information ecosystem and proposes solutions to provide algorithms with the principles that govern ethical communication and thus put them at the service of a digital public sphere governed by democratic values. She is author of the first report on ethics, artificial intelligence and journalism (published by the Catalan Media Council). She is a communications consultant for organizations specializing in the digital transformation of communications. He also teaches and develops dissemination projects for institutions and Public Administration.

Paula Boet coordina projectes de drets digitals, IA ètica i inclusió digital a l’Ajuntament de Barcelona i coordina la els projectes de la Coalició de Ciutats pels Drets Digitals, una xarxa de més de 50 ciutats i organitzacions de tot el món que treballen per una transició digital basada en drets. És graduada en Filosofia, Política i Economia i especialitzada en ciutadania, drets humans, ètica i en l'impacte social de les noves tecnologies.

Paula Guerra Cáceres es expresidenta de SOS Racismo Madrid (2018 – 2020). Licenciada en Comunicación Social, Máster en Acción Solidaria Internacional y de Inclusión Social por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Analiza e investiga el racismo estructural y sus consecuencias. Realiza talleres de formación en Pensamiento decolonial. Columnista en medios como Público, eldiario.es y Pikara Magazine.