Mario Hernandez Ramos

Chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, Council of Europe

Mario Hernández Ramos is a Professor of Constitutional Law at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). Previously, he was Professor at the University of Salamanca (Spain), where he obtained his PhD with the Extraordinary Doctorate Award and Doctor Europeus Mention.

Between 2018 and 2021 he worked as a legal advisor at the Ministry of Justice of the Government of Spain in the Cabinet of the Minister, in the Secretariat of State, and in the Directorate General of International Legal Cooperation and Human Rights.

Since its creation in 2019, he has been the head of the Spanish delegation of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe, where he has coordinated several working groups on Artificial Intelligence, human rights, the rule of law, and democracy. On 18 September 2024 was elected Chair of the Committee.

His main lines of research are Constitutional Law and new technologies, especially artificial intelligence; Constitutional Justice and the protection of fundamental rights; Public accountability; and multilevel constitutionalism. Most of these publications are available at https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=2445701


Speakers

Kay Firth-ButterfieldCEO, Good Tech Advisory
George Tilesch Founder & President, PHI Institute for Augmented Intelligence
Adrián Gonzalez Sanchez Data & AI Lead for Public Sector and Health, Microsoft, Spain
Alessio PecorarioCybersecurity & New Tech Expert
Ansgar KoeneGlobal AI Ethics and Regulatory Leader, EY
Brando BenifeiMember of the European Parliament, EU AI Act Co-Rapporteur
Cécile AptelDeputy Director of Global Office of Research and Foresight, UNICEF Innocenti
Erik SlootenPartner, EY AI Confidence
Faisal Mohammed ALShimmariFounding Chairman, UAE Child Protection Association
Ferenc VágujhelyiGovernment Commissioner, Commissioner for National Tax and Customs Administration
Gábor ErdélyiDirector of Applied Data Science, University of Canterbury / Partner, Phi Institute
Gábor SzórádProduct director, SaferAI
Gianluca MisuracaFounder and Vice President on Technology Diplomacy, Inspiring Futures
Grégory HerréFounder and President, Ygdrazil Conseil
Gyula KovácsManaging Director, Co-Founder, Neuron Solutions
Imre PorkolábNational Security Office
Jakub Turowski Public Policy Director for CEE, META
John C. HavensDirector, Planet Positive 2030, Founding Executive Diretor of Global Initiative on AI Ethics, IEEE
László DrajkóFounder & Managing Partner, Cydrill Software Security
Levente SzabadosManaging Director, Co-Founder, Neuron Solutions
Maria Axente Senior research associate, University of Cambridge
Miguel Valle del OlmoDigital Transformation Attaché, Spanish Permanent Representation
Olívia ErdélyiProfessor, University of Bonn & Canterbury / Partner, Phi Institute
Szabolcs SzolnokiDeputy State Secretary for Technology, Ministry for National Economy
Theodore BooneOf Counsel/Faculty Member, Dentons/Corvinus University
Tuan TrinhRegional Director East, EIT Digital