Ethics, Conduct Risk & AI Governance (DIFC Compliance Series 2025)

HE Dr. Saeed Al Dhaheri Commissioner, UNESCO Co-Chair, Director, Center for Futures Studies at University of Dubai LinkedIn Dr. Saeed is a futurist, thought leader, AI ethicist, Author, and global keynote speaker. Currently, He is the director of the Center for Futures Studies at the University of Dubai, a visiting lecturer at Oxford University course: Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI, Cloud and ML Ops (online),President of the UAE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), a commissioner in the Global Commission on Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (GCREAIM), a UNESCO co-Chair on anticipatory systems, and chair of the AI working group of the Global Initiative on Virtual Worlds and AI – Discovering the Citiverse, a global multistakeholder platform launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC), and Digital Dubai. He co-authored the book Digital Nation: How the UAE is building a future based on tech innovation. He has written several articles and reports published in Harvard Business Review Arabia, MIT Technology Review Arabia, Dubai Policy Review Journal, and DIFC Capital Insights. He has been invited to speak at prestigious universities and international platforms including the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University College London, Kings College, the UN, the WEF, and OPEC, and Thomson Reuters. Dr. Saeed is also a ‘Top Voice’ on LinkedIn.

Lori Baker Vice President - Data Protection and Regulatory Compliance at DIFC Authority LinkedIn Lori Baker, FIP, Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Data Protection and Privacy is an experienced attorney with expertise in data protection and regulatory compliance, as well as broad practice in commercial contracting. She is qualified in both the USA (in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania) and the UK, and is a Fellow of Information Privacy as certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Lori now provides data protection and security strategy and support in DIFC, while in her own time she writes and speaks on various data protection and compliance topics. Prior to relocating to Dubai in 2016, Lori was based in London, UK for 10 years, having worked most recently for Fieldfisher LLP in the technology and outsourcing team as a senior privacy and cybersecurity associate. She held in-house roles as Senior Compliance and Privacy Counsel at Dun & Bradstreet, Head of Ethics and Compliance at Orange Business Services and Global Regulatory/Privacy Specialist at BT Global Services. Lori attended DeSales University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in politics with a minor in philosophy, followed by Widener University School of Law (the Delaware Law School), where she was awarded a Juris Doctor with an emphasis in international business transactions. While at Widener, Lori enrolled in the Geneva International Law Institute, directed by instructors from the WTO, the UN and other international organisations