NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS
The NCPs are the main structure to provide guidance, practical information and assistance on allaspects of participation with governments interacting with IRCAI. NCPs are across UNESCO member states. As the NCPs are nationalfocal points, the type and level of services offered may differ from country to country. There are currently 23 national contact points at IRCAI.
Lama Arabiat
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Division, Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship
Vladimir Aleksandar Radevski
South East European University, Tetovo
Ljubica Ilić Vojnović
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
NCP of Serbia
Sven Lončarić
Director of Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
Amra Džidić
First Secretary, UN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
NCP of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Markus Schatten
Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb
Josip Mesarić
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Lukas Hatala
CEO, Neuromorphics Europe
Jonatan Lerga
Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, University of Rijeka
Phoukhaoka Sacklokham
Director, ICT Center for Education and Sports, Ministry of Education and Sports
NCP of Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Jordi Ascensi Sala
PMO Manager, Andorra Research and Innovation, Actuatech
NCP of Andorra
Dominik Batorski
Research Professor, University of Warsaw
NCP of Poland
Petri J. Myllymäki
Vice-Director, Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence
NCP of Finland
Marko Perčić
Postodoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Engineering University of Rijeka
NCP of Croatia
Kadir Eren Gülsoy
National Education Expert, Ministry of National Education
NCP of Turkey
Alperen TOSUN
Sector Specialist, Turkish National Commission for UNESCO
NCP of Turkey
Alex Grech
Executive Director, The 3CL Foundation
NCP of Malta
Maxime HINSON
Directeur des Systèmes d'Information, Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique
NCP of Benin
Ernesto Jorge Costa
Professor, University of Coimbra
NCP of Portugal
Eliaz Luf
Director of International Relations, Ministry of Science and Technology
NCP of Israel
Juan Pablo Salazar
Digital Government and Emergent Technologies Adviser, Ministry of Information Communications Technologies
NCP of Colombia
Peter Sinčák
Technical University of Kosice, Research Head of Slovak AI Center
NCP of Slovakia
Taye Girma Debelee
Deputy Director General, Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Center
NCP of Ethiopia
Kristinn R Thorisson
Professor, Reykjavik University and Director, Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines
NCP of Iceland
Fredrik Heintz
Professor, Linköping University
NCP of Sweden
Maria Bielikova
Director-General, Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies
NCP of Slovakia
Muhannad Nasser Al-Naabi
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology
NCP of Oman
Christian BYK
French National Commission for UNESCO
NCP of France
Martina Le Gall Maláková
President, Industry Innovation Cluster
NCP of Slovakia
Joel Abduel Samuel
Deputy Secretary General, National Commision for UNESCO
NCP of Tanzania
Abiodun Ogunbiyi
President/CEO/Founder, Aerospace Palace International
NCP of Nigeria
Hugo Cyr
Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
NCP of Canada
Edson Prestes
Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
NCP of Brazil
ROSA MARIA VICARI
Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
NCP of Brazil
Peter Spyns
Coordinator International R&I Policy & Senior AI Advisor, Flemish Department of Economy, Science and Innovation
NCP of Belgium
Fabio Cozman
Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence, Universidade de Sao Paulo
NCP of Brazil
Noura Nasser Alabri
Assistant Director, Oman National Commission for Education, Culture and Science
NCP of Oman
Aditya Kiran Kaushik
Fellow (Consultant), New Emerging & Strategic Technologies Division (NEST), Ministry of External Affairs, India
NCP of India
Michal Valco
Professor, Department of Church History, Comenius University
NCP of Slovakia
Fatih Sinan Esen
Scientific Programmes Chief Expert,The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
NCP of Turkey
Matthias Grabner
Director of Technology, Advantage Austria
NCP of Austria
Şennur ÇETİN
Head of Department, Ministry of National Education
NCP of Turkey
Vagner Diniz
Manager, NIC.br
NCP of Brazil
Philippe-André Rodriguez
Deputy Director, Centre for International Digital Policy at Global Affairs Canada
NCP of Canada
Alberto Merchante González
Technical Counsellor, Spanish Ministry of Economics and Digital Transformation
NCP of Spain
Antonis Constantinos Kakas
Professor, University of Cyprus
NCP of Cyprus
Ahmed Guessoum
Professor, University of Science and Technology Houari Bouemediene
NCP of Algeria
Mattia Fantinati
Italian Government
NCP of Italy
Guy Aymard Degla
Research Scientist, Institut de Mathematiques et de Sciences Physiques, University of Abomey-Calavi
NCP of Benin
Marike Bontenbal
Senior Policy Advisor Science and Innovation, Netherlands Commission for UNESCO
NCP of Netherlands
Md. Moshiur Rahman
CEO, Brainex Bangladesh
NCP of Bangladesh
MEHMET HAKLIDIR
Head of Cloud Computing and Big Data Research Lab.(B3LAB),TUBITAK BILGEM
NCP of Turkey
Stein van Oosteren
Attaché, Permanent Delegation Netherlands to UNESCO
NCP of France
Rashad Azizov
Head of Department, Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan
NCP of Azerbaijan
Ashley Casovan
Executive Director, Responsible AI Institute
NCP of Canada
Ahmed AlDhanhani
Senior Researcher, Khalifa University
NCP of United Arab Emirates
Yuri Dmitrievich Tsvetkov
Expert for the International Regulation of AI and End-to-End Technologies, Skoltech
NCP of Russia
Anna Alekseevna Zhdanova
Projects Coordinator for AI and Math Modeling, Skoltech
NCP of Russia
Maxim Fedorov
Vice-President for Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling, Skoltech
NCP of Russia
Cezary Mazurek
Director, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
NCP of Poland
Martin Lipinský
Project manager, Industry Innovation Cluster (IIC)
NCP of Slovakia
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