Gabriele Mazzini is a pioneer and leading expert in Artificial Intelligence governance and regulation and a sought-after advisor, lecturer and public speaker across the world. Former Team Leader at the European Commission, he designed and led the drafting of the Commission EU AI Act and was the principal advisor during the legislative negotiations with the Parliament and the Council.

He previously worked in New York with a project deploying science and technology-based interventions across sub-Saharan Africa led by economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and with early stage start-ups focused on emergency communications and smart energy solutions. Gabriele holds law degrees from Harvard Law School, the University of Pavia and the Catholic University of Milan and is qualified to practice law in Italy and New York. He is also a researcher at MIT Media Lab and fellow at MIT Connection Science initiative.