Prof. Biplav Srivastava is a Professor of Computer Science at the AI Institute and Department of Computer Science at the University of South Carolina which he joined in 2020 after two decades in industrial research. He directs the 'AI for Society' group which is investigating how to enable people to make rational decisions despite the real world complexities of poor data, changing goals and limited resources by augmenting their cognitive limitations with technology. His work in Artificial Intelligence spans the sub-fields of reasoning (planning, scheduling), knowledge extraction and representation (ontology, open data), learning (classification, deep, adversarial) and interaction (collaborative assistants), and extends to their application for Services (process automation, composition) and Sustainability (water, traffic, health, governance). Biplav is an ACM Distinguished Scientist, AAAI Senior Member, IEEE Senior Member and AAAS Leshner Fellow for Public Engagement on AI (2020-2021).

Prof. Anita Nikolich is a Research Scientist and Director of Research and Technology Innovation and co-leads the DEFCON AI Village. She is a AAAS Leshner Fellow for Public Engagement on AI (2020-2021) and serves on the NSF advisory committee of cyberinfrastructure.

Prof. Andrea Hickerson is the Dean of the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi. She works in new media and misinformation.

Dr. Tarmo Koppel is a member of faculty at the Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. Tarmo's work is interdisciplinary including information technologies, risk management, business administration, human factors, health and safety. His focus is on Artificial intelligence applications and digital transformation - how technological advancements affect businesses, workers and the public, and what risks are related.