Carme Artigas is the former Co-Chair of the AI Advisory Board at the United Nations and co-founder and former CEO of Synergic Partners, which worked with Big Data, data science, IoT Analytics & AI, acquired by Telefonica in 2015. With over 25 years of experience under her belt, Carme has distinguished expertise on matters related to AI, business, technology, innovation, and management. She is a Senior Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Centre and is also an Ambassador of the Women in Data Science conference as appointed by the University of Stanford.
With a degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, an MSc in Chemical Engineering from IQS Barcelona, and a postgraduate in Industrial Management & Administration from IQS Barcelona, she went on to serve as an Entrepreneurship & Business Incubators Director at Barcelona Activa. She became CEO of Ericsson Innova Venture Capital Fund, where she was the youngest CEO in the sector, ascending to the role at the age of 30. She has also been CEO of AOC, where she developed the e-Government strategy for the Regional Government of Catalonia.
She has also been a Member of the Technology Board at Leonisa Europe and served as the Secretary of State for Digitisation & Artificial Intelligence for the Government of Spain. She also serves on the Board of Directors at the Spanish Association of Directors. Through her positions, she has been able to promote AI regulation at an international level. Carme is also the recipient of the Great Cross of Military Merit from the Ministry of Defence in Spain, holding the title of Lady of the Imperial Hispanic Order of Charles V.
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