Benjamin Moore
Ben is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA), formerly the Centre for Data, Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), in the Department for Science Innovation & Technology (DSIT). At RTA, Ben leads the Responsible Data Access programme, which aims to drive innovative approaches to tackle data access barriers and includes a range of projects focused on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs).
Ben has experience working at the intersection of ethics and policy on AI and a wide range of data-driven technologies, including PETs.
The RTA has published an interactive PETs adoption guide and a repository of real-world use-cases, and co-ran the UK-US PETs prize challenges, a world-leading initiative to incentivise novel innovation in PETs.
Claudine Tinsman
Claudine is a Researcher at the Open Data Institute. She is about to complete her DPhil in Cyber Security at the University of Oxford, where she examined how end-users interact with content control features on social media platforms to prevent and mitigate content-related emotional and psychological harm. During her time at Oxford, she contributed to the policy discourse on online harms by submitting evidence to the House of Commons as part of the Online Safety Bill's consultation phase. She also co-created Proving the Negative, a podcast translating cyber security and tech policy research accessible to a general audience.
Claudine also holds a Master of Law from the University of Lausanne, where she researched the legal, philosophical, and societal implications of granting personhood to autonomous AI agents. She is fluent in French and proficient in German.