Munich 2024: Protecting Elections in the Age of AI

Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media

Ian Bremmer is a political scientist who helps business leaders, policy makers, and the general public make sense of the world around them. He is president and founder of Eurasia Group, the world's leading political risk research and consulting firm, and GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs. Ian is an independent voice on critical issues around the globe, offering clearheaded insights through speeches, written commentary, and even satirical puppets (really!). Ian is the host of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, a weekly show airing on US public television.

Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings

Fiona Hill is a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe within the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. She also holds the prestigious position of chancellor at Durham University in the United Kingdom and was recently elected to the Harvard University Board of Overseers. Hill served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the U.S. National Security Council from 2017 to 2019, as well as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the U.S. National Intelligence Council from 2006 to 2009. She gained further prominence through her testimonies before Congress in 2019 during the first impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

Kersti Kaljulaid, former President of Estonia

Kersti Kaljulaid was the first female President of Estonia, having been elected into office in 2016. In 2017, Kaljulaid became the first Estonian to be featured in the Forbes magazine's list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Since 2022, she has been co-chairing – alongside Keith J. Krach – the nonpartisan Global Tech Security Commission to safeguard freedom from technological authoritarianism, which was jointly established by the Atlantic Council and the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University. In 2023, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres appointed Kaljulaid as co-chair of the United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession, alongside Paula-Mae Weekes.

Eva Maydell, Member of the European Parliament and lead negotiator, EU Chips Act and Artificial Intelligence Act

Eva Maydell is a Member of the European Parliament and one of the lead negotiators on the EU’s Chips Act and Artificial Intelligence Act. Maydell is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Her policy priorities include innovation and the use of new technologies to support European competitiveness and fostering cooperation among global likeminded partners in the tech and democracy space. In the European Parliament, Maydell is Vice-Chair of the Delegation for Relations with Japan as well as part of the Delegation for relations with the US.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is the current Prime Minister of Greece at the head of the New Democracy party since 2019. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Mitsotakis was the Minister of Administrative Reform and pursued national reforms and widespread reorganization for government institutions. Prior to entering the political sphere, he served as the CEO of NBG Venture Capital for the National Bank of Greece and was recognized as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the 2003 World Economic Forum.

Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft

As Microsoft’s vice chair and president, Brad Smith is responsible for spearheading the company’s work and representing it publicly on a wide variety of critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy, environmental sustainability, human rights, digital safety, immigration, philanthropy, and products and business for non-profit customers. He leads a team of roughly 2,000 business, legal and corporate affairs professionals located in 54 countries and operating in more than 120 nations.

Maria Tadeo, (moderator) European Correspondent

Maria Tadeo is a Brussels-based correspondent where she follows European politics and the European Union. She has covered numerous elections, interviewed notable European figures, and reported live from across Europe while covering major news events - from the G7 meetings to the most recent NATO summit. She graduated with honors in journalism and speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian.