"No AI Without Women" Conference at Elysée Palace in Paris

The European Network for Women in Leadership (WIL Europe) and La Villa Numeris are honoured to invite you to register for our high-level conference "No AI Without Women", hosted at the French Presidency, in one of the wings of the Elysée Palace, on the 5th of December from 08:30 to 12:00 CET.

Sponsored by WIL Member Anne Bouverot, President Macron's Special Envoy for AI, the conference is part of the official “Road to the AI Action Summit” programme, a series of events leading up to the international government meet-up AI Action Summit hosted by France in 2025.

Confirmed speakers so far include:

• Anne Bouverot, France’s Special Envoy for AI;
• Sasha Luccioni, AI & Climate Lead at Hugging Face;
• Dara Treseder, Chief Marketing Officer at Autodesk;
• Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff, Chief Investment Officer EMEA at BlackRock;
• Marie-Aude Aufaure, CEO at Datarvest;
• Tammy Haddad, President and CEO of Haddad Media; 
• Gaia Marcus, Director of the Ada Lovelace Institute;
• Nathalie Collin, CEO of the Consumer and Digital Division, La Poste Group;
• Lucilla Sioli, Director for AI and Digital Industry at DG CONNECT, European Commission;
• Ysens de France, Lecturer on Legal, Economic and Cultural Aspects of AI at Panthéon-Sorbonne, AI Project Officer at the National Gendarmerie;
• Omar Al-Nuaimi, International CEO at Osborne Clarke;
• Joëlle Barral, Research & Engineering Senior Director at Google DeepMind;
• Asma Mhalla, Political Scientist and Researcher at the Political Anthropology Laboratory (LAP) at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS)/ National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

This half-day conference will highlight the contribution that women are making to the field of AI, and why their participation is essential for ensuring that AI is ethical, responsible and can be harnessed as a force for good.

As well as celebrating women's achievements in AI, this event will also be an opportunity for women and men in the sector to meet, exchange views and build ideas together. We look forward to seeing you there!