Ezra Eeman is the Director of AI in Media at WAN-IFRA. He previously served as the Strategy and Innovation Director at NPO, the Dutch Public Broadcaster. Ezra writes a weekly industry newsletter, Wayfinder, about media innovation and is the author of the annual “Wayfinder Trends Report”. In the past, he served as Change Director at the international media company Mediahuis, where he was responsible for coordinating newsroom transformations and digital acceleration across a wide range of cross-media brands. Before that, Ezra was the Head of Digital at the EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, and has held positions at VRT (the Flemish public broadcaster) and VTM (the Flemish commercial broadcaster) as innovation lab head and editor-in-chief, respectively.

Title: The Agentic News Map: Six Choices That Will Shape Media Abstract: As AI shifts from a tool inside the newsroom to an interface between publishers and audiences, familiar assumptions about news products and business models are being tested. Through six interactive questions, Ezra will explore possible futures for audience habits, story formats, newsroom workflows, trust, discovery and value capture. For each, the audience will consider both what seems likely by 2030 and which direction publishers should choose to strengthen. Current signals and examples will show where publishers can act now, and what to watch as the landscape changes.

Kayleen Devlin is a Senior Journalist with BBC Verify, specialising in open-source investigations, misinformation and data-led reporting. Her recent work has included investigating the obscuring of sensitive sites in satellite imagery of China, examining the real-world consequences of online misidentification and false claims, and tracking maritime activity and the consequences of conflict in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

Title: Verification in the Age of AI Abstract: What does verification look like when misinformation can have real-world consequences and AI is adding new layers of uncertainty? This talk will explore the practical approach to verification, drawing on real cases where false information has affected real people. It will also look at some of the ways we assess suspected AI material, and the limits and opportunities within this field.

Skander Ben Attia holds a telecommunications engineering degree (Télécoms Tunis) and an MS from Telecom ParisTech (2009). He began his career in 2007 at Orange, where he held various positions (technical architect, functional architect, project manager, and program manager), working on diverse areas such as Voice over IP (VoIP), contactless payment, and identity management.

In 2016, he joined a company specializing in the Defense sector as Head of Project Delivery for governmental clients in Europe and Africa, before joining France Télévisions in 2019 as Deputy Director of Engineering and Process Support within the Technology and Information Systems Department.

On September 10, 2024, he was appointed Director of Engineering, Process Support, and Media Factory and took on the interim role of Director of Technology and Information Systems (CTO) in September 2025, before being confirmed in this position on February 1, 2026.

He also completed the Media Executive Program from the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) in 2023.

Since May 11, 2026, Skander Ben Attia has been Director of Product and Technology.

Johanna Pirker conducts research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, games, virtual and augmented reality, and human-computer interaction. Her work focuses on developing interactive, adaptive, and immersive systems and exploring their applications in education, science, therapy, and industry. In particular, she investigates the potential of games and virtual environments as tools for learning, simulation, and innovation.

Johanna Pirker studied software development at Graz University of Technology, during which she completed a research stay at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After earning her PhD in Computer Science, focusing on immersive worlds, she established a research group dedicated to games and immersive technologies in Graz. Her academic career has also taken her to ETH Zurich and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Since 2025, she has been Professor of N-Dimensional User Experience at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Victorina works at the intersection of data, AI, and strategy at Schibsted, one of the Nordics’ leading media groups. She focuses on how media can harness AI responsibly through strong governance and strategic collaboration, ensuring user trust and the sustainability of independent journalism. Victorina’s work centers on redefining how trusted media engage audiences and navigate the uncertainty that characterizes today’s rapidly evolving information landscape.

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Nicolás Grossman – Project Director of the Global Index on Responsible AI at the Global Center on AI Governance (GCG), a think tank dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Global South in international AI governance. He leads the Index’s development and coordinates a network of more than 150 experts in 138 countries. The Index has influenced national AI strategies and is used by multilateral organizations to guide policies and global debates on responsible AI.

Title: The Global Index on Responsible AI 2026: Insights on Norway in Global and Regional Context   Abstract: The Global Index on Responsible AI (GIRAI) is the most comprehensive research study tracking country commitments and practices towards responsible AI around the world. Now in its second edition, and drawing on a network of more than 135 country-level researchers , GIRAI provides comparable snapshots of responsible AI governance ecosystems to identify global and regional trends. The session will present the Index’s methodology and key global findings, then explore the particularities of Europe and Norway, as leading actors in the field, in their paths towards responsible AI. It will close with a discussion on turning existing good practices into shared lessons for closing the regulatory, institutional, capacity and participation gaps that remain.

Anastasiia Klimashevskaia is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Bergen, Norway. She currently works at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care as a data scientist and engineer in the ERC-funded 5-D project. Her fields of interest and expertise vary greatly from computational linguistics and language technology, to data science and digital media studies. Additionally Anastasiia have researched the topics of fairness, biases and ethics in AI, defending a PhD thesis on Popularity Biases in Recommender Systems.

Title: The Global Index on Responsible AI 2026: Insights on Norway in Global and Regional Context   Abstract: The Global Index on Responsible AI (GIRAI) is the most comprehensive research study tracking country commitments and practices towards responsible AI around the world. Now in its second edition, and drawing on a network of more than 135 country-level researchers , GIRAI provides comparable snapshots of responsible AI governance ecosystems to identify global and regional trends. The session will present the Index’s methodology and key global findings, then explore the particularities of Europe and Norway, as leading actors in the field, in their paths towards responsible AI. It will close with a discussion on turning existing good practices into shared lessons for closing the regulatory, institutional, capacity and participation gaps that remain.

Alex Moltzau is currently setting up the Norwegian Government AI Unit (KI Norge) within the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency. His current work is focused on national AI compute capacity. He returned to this role from Brussels where he worked at the European AI Office as a seconded national expert on a foreign service contract from Norway. Within the AI Office he worked in DG CNECT Directorate A2 Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Compliance.

While working at the European AI Office he helped write implementing acts within the EU AI Act, setting up the new European AI Office, assisting with recruitment, events, and coordinating industrial collaborations. Notably, working directly with the Commissioner’s team, he put together the AI Pact and helped launch the initiative including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Aleph Alpha, InfoSys and collection of the largest international companies working in the field of AI and software more broadly. When he left the AI Office the AI Pact included 3,200+ members spanning industry, civil society, and the public sector. As well as 230+ voluntary pledgers committing to proactive compliance efforts. He also co-wrote the draft implementing act on AI regulatory sandboxes.

Title: International Collaboration on AI Security and Safety: Norway’s New Position.   Abstract: In recent times Norway has taken a proactive position on international AI policy, as shown by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Call for Control of Frontier AI Models to UN Members together with Finnish Leadership. This call was followed up by the government of concrete investments in AI, including a new responsibility for AI Norway to assist in coordination of AI security. What does this look like in the times ahead? How can multilateral collaboration on AI policy within AI security and safety be strengthened?

Lars Nyre is Professor of Media Studies and Deputy Head of the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen (UiB), Norway. His research focuses on media design, emerging technologies, innovation, and the development of new media solutions. He is particularly interested in journalism support tools, immersive media, and climate change communication. Nyre leads TekLab, an initiative that brings together students, researchers, and industry partners to explore and develop innovative media technologies. His work combines research, education, and practical experimentation, with an emphasis on responsible innovation and technological sustainability.

Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen is Professor of Social Anthropology and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bergen (UiB), Norway. Her research focuses on migration, social inequality, marginalization, and inclusion, with particular attention to irregular migration, border policies, and Islam and Muslim communities in Europe. She has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Germany, Norway, and along the Balkan migration route. Her work explores how political structures, social institutions, and migration policies shape people’s everyday lives, identities, and opportunities. She has also contributed to international research projects examining precarious employment, migrant women’s participation in the labour market, and social inequality.