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Iyad Rahwan

Iyad Rahwan

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Director, Center for Humans & Machines, Max Planck

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Verified Gulf Appearances

World Government Summit 2023

Feb 2023 · Dubai, UAE

👥 4,000+

Iyad's Moral Machine research made AI ethics tangible for our policymakers. A bridge between science and governance.

Head of AI Ethics, UAE Ministry of AI Verified

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  • 📹Recording coordination (if applicable)
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  • Review request to your team
  • 🔄Follow-up session available on request

Cancellation: Full refund 21+ days before event · 50% refund 14–21 days · Speaker cancellation: replacement within 48 hours at zero cost to you

💰 Gulf Engagement Fees

🎤 Keynote (60-90 min)$18,000
⏰ Half Day (4 hours)$11,000
🎓 Workshop (Full day)$9,000
💻 Virtual Keynote$5,000

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🏆 Gulf Voice Score

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16 verified Gulf engagements

Cultural Fit93/100
Content Relevance90/100
Audience Engagement91/100
Response Time68/100
Rebooking Rate83/100
Gulf Voice Score by Minbar.ai83% rebook rate
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About

Director of the Center for Humans and Machines at the Max Planck Institute. Born in Aleppo, Iyad is a leading Arab-origin AI researcher whose Moral Machine experiment has shaped global conversations on AI ethics and autonomous decision-making.

🏆 Gulf Experience

World Government Summit2023
ArabNet Digital Summit2023

🎤 Keynote Topics

The Moral Machine: Ethics of Autonomous AI
Machine Behavior
Computational Social Science
AI and Collective Intelligence
Society-in-the-Loop AI

🏆 Recognition

🏆 Max Planck Director🏆 Former MIT Media Lab Faculty🏆 ACM Fellow

📺 Media

📺 Television

TED

TED Talk

🎙️ Podcasts

Lex Fridman

Lex Fridman Podcast

📰 Press

Nature

Nature

🌍 Organizations

Max Planck Institute (Director)
MIT Media Lab (Former Associate Professor)
Masdar Institute (Former Faculty)

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