AI and Trust a “love-hate” relationship

Leader Digital Assurance & Trust Switzerland • PwC Switzerland

As the National Leader of Digital Assurance & Trust in Switzerland and Regional Leader of Cybersecurity Services in Western Switzerland (Romandie) at PwC, I manage a team of over 150 experts focused on helping organizations handle digital risks effectively to leverage the opportunities technology offers. With over 20 years of experience, I provide advice to banks and international companies on Digital Trust and Cybersecurity, assisting them in areas such as Responsible AI, Finance Transformation, outsourcing, and regulatory compliance. Since joining PwC Switzerland in 2011 and becoming a partner in 2015, I have been actively involved in helping organizations managing inherent risks while unlocking the potential of new technologies. I help them creating a "safety net" with processes, governance, and controls that mitigate risk and allow opportunities to emerge. In addition to client engagements, I represent PwC as a speaker at industry events and serve as a part-time lecturer at the University of Lausanne on Digital Trust, contributing to discussions on cybersecurity and digital assurance.

Ambassador, Deputy Director, Directorate of International Law • EDA - DFAE - FDFA

Managing Director • Tech Hub

Professor • EPFL

Anne-Marie Kermarrec is Professor at EPFL since January 2020. Before that she was the CEO of the Mediego startup that she founded in April 2015. Mediego provides content personalization services for online publishers. She was a Research Director at Inria, France from 2004 to 2015. She got a Ph.D. thesis from University of Rennes (France), and has been with Vrije Universiteit, NL and Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK. Anne-Marie received an ERC grant in 2008 and an ERC Proof of Concept in 2013. She received the Montpetit Award in 2011 and the Innovation Award in 2017 from the French Academy of Science. She has been elected to the European Academy in 2013 and named ACM Fellow in 2016. Her research interests are in large-scale distributed systems, epidemic algorithms, peer to peer networks and system support for machine learning.

Chief Architect & CEO • ImmuniWeb

Dr. Ilia Kolochenko is a Swiss cybersecurity expert with over 15 years of practice in security auditing and digital forensics. He is a Chief Architect & CEO at ImmuniWeb, a global application security company serving over 1,000 customers from 50 countries. Dr. Kolochenko is also an Adjunct Professor of Cybersecurity Practice & Cyber Law at Capitol Technology University.