Dr Eric Halford is an Associate Researcher and Assistant Professor working in Research and Development in the United Arab Emirates. Dr Halford served as a police officer for over 20 years within the UK Police Service where his final role was the head of vulnerability and criminal investigation within West division Lancashire, before leaving as a detective chief inspector to pursue. During his policing career Dr Halford was also head of the cyber and digital forensics unit, chair of the National Crime Agencies online child sexual exploitation and abuse user group, and a senior member of the UK evidence-based policing community. Dr Halford has published nearly 30 academic research articles which have a strong focus on using innovative technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning within policing. Most recently he has been exploring the potential application of general-purpose large language models in the law enforcement field. He is also leading a team of international researchers evaluating the efficacy of police virtual reality training within Abu Dhabi Police. 

Hon. A.D. (Dory) Reiling Ph.D. Mag.Iur. (May 24 1950) was a senior judge of the Amsterdam District Court until she retired in 2018. Formerly (2004-2007) a senior judicial reform specialist at the World Bank and IT program manager for the Netherlands judiciary, she was actively involved in designing and building digital procedures for the civil courts in the Netherlands. Dory is the Lead Reporter on the European Law Institute’s project on Digitalisation of Civil Justice in Europe, and section editor of the International Journal for Court Administration. She is a member of the Comité scientifique de l’Institut Européen de l’Expert et de l’Expertise. She acts as an advisor to Dutch startup Visual Contracts, and the Access to Justice project of Universidad Alfonso Ibañez in Santiago de Chile.
She regularly lectures on court Information technology and artificial intelligence (AI) at universities, judicial academies and postgraduate schools and works as an IT adviser to judiciaries around the world. She was the acting expert for the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE, Council of Europe) Opinion 14 on information technologies and the courts. She also contributed to the CEPEJ Cyberjustice guidelines. Her work on artificial intelligence includes advising the Parliament of the Netherlands on artificial intelligence for courts, a study by Amnesty International on AI and human rights, and the Ethical Charter on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Systems for the Commission for the Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe.

Her recent articles, including on Courts and AI, were published by the International Journal for Court Administration. Her publications can be found on Academia, ResearchGate and SSRN, and on www.doryreiling.com, her tweets are on www.twitter.com/doryontour and her Technology for Justice blog is on www.doryreiling.blogspot.nl. She is a co-author of the World Bank Handbook on Justice Sector Assessments. Her 2009 book Technology for Justice, How Information Technology can Support Judicial Reform, is widely available in print, on line and as an e-book.
Contact Dory via email dory@doryreiling.com, Dory’s Linkedin profile or by private twitter message www.twitter.com/doryontour.

David Wells is a global security consultant, an Honorary Research Associate at Swansea University’s Cyber Threat’s Research Centre, and a non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute. His work focuses on emerging terrorism and counter-terrorism challenges, including multiple projects focused on terrorism and technology, mis and disinformation and AI.

Between 2017 and 2022, he was Head of Research and Analysis at the UN Counter-Terrorism Directorate in New York, managing the team responsible for monitoring terrorism trends for the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council. David began his career coordinating investigations into international terrorist networks for UK intelligence agency GCHQ, and worked for multiple agencies in the Australian intelligence community in a variety of practitioner and policy roles.

Dr Ruth McAlister is Head of Research and Intelligence at Harod Associates, a leading global investigation and intelligence company, and an Associate Lecturer in criminology at Ulster University. She specialises in cybercrime offending, victimisation, and the policing of cyberspace, primarily through utilising web scraping, open-source intelligence techniques and social network analysis. Her two central research interests are online recruitment on classified and recruitment websites for the purposes of human trafficking, and offender networking on child abuse forums. In her investigative and intelligence work she digitally profiles individuals, linking them to addresses, websites and companies, establishing patterns of life to aid criminal and civil investigations nationally and internationally.

Chief Philip Lukens began his law enforcement career in Colorado in 1995 as a police explorer, and most recently served as the Chief of Police in Alliance, Nebraska until September 2023. He has garnered multiple certifications, including PERF’s Senior Management Institute for Police, IACP’s Leadership in Police Organizations and a Bachelor of Science in Criminology from Colorado Technical University. An expert in AI and policing, Chief Lukens is at the forefront of utilizing state-of-the-art technology to enhance police operations. He sits on multiple boards for the IACP, an assessor for CALEA, and is a Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholar at the National Institute of Justice.

Melissa Hamilton is a Professor of Law & Criminal Justice at the University of Surrey. She is a Surrey AI Fellow with the Surrey Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Hamilton is also a Fellow with the Royal Statistical Society, a member of the American Psychological Association, and an affiliate of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals. Professor Hamilton has a Juris Doctorate (law) and a PhD in Criminology. Research interests include issues related to algorithmic justice, AI in policing, sentencing practices, and corrections policies. Positions prior to academic include stints as a police officer and a prisons officer.

Professor Paul Taylor became the first Police Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) on 1 May 2021, with a remit to connect science and technology expertise both in the UK and globally to keep policing at the forefront of best practice.

Michael (Mick) O’Connell is an executive with wide international expertise based in the U.K.
As the founder of Critical Insights Consultancy Ltd (UK), he is active working across the globe with clients delivering insight, guidance, and leadership for their ethical use of AI. He has previously worked in a senior executive position in industry with NEC Corporation and has thirty years in policing as a senior officer for the UK including Director at Interpol, leading technical innovation to public safety and national security requirements.
He is recognised for his work in ethics and standards and is a Board member to several advisory and oversight committees, and recipient of many international awards for his service to policing.
He currently supports the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) as a Senior Fellow for law enforcement, assisting in their development with Interpol of new governance capabilities, and their AI toolkit for responsible AI innovation in law enforcement. This initiative aspires to instil a deep knowledge and guiding principles to better enable police and related public safety agencies to adopt a responsible and ethical use framework to their AI policies and operational protocols.

T/ACC Alex Murray grew up around the world as an army child and graduated from Birmingham University.  His partner is a sign language interpreter, and they have three mischievous children.  Initially in West Midlands Police he worked in CID and uniform roles in the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton.

He has been a senior investigating officer for homicide and has extensive experience within Counter Terrorism and Intelligence.  In 2008 he graduated from Cambridge University with a thesis that developed the understanding of police legitimacy within Muslim communities.  He is a firearms and public order commander.  He was temporary ACC Crime in West Midlands for three years leading crime investigations, forensics, criminal justice and intelligence.  He then became Commander, Specialist Crime in the Met, London.  In 2021/2022 he led on violence in London in response to heightened levels of teenage homicide.  He has previously been attached to the Home Office and is now the Chief Constable (Temp) in West Mercia Police.  He is also the UK Police lead for Artificial Intelligence.

He is the founder of the Society of Evidence Based Policing (SEBP) which seeks to use, communicate and produce high quality evidence of what is effective.  SEBPs now operate around the world.  He has collaborated with the Behavioural Insights Team to improve policing outcomes and has worked on police training programmes in India, Cambodia and Europe.  He has received several national and international awards and in 2017 he was awarded an OBE.

Angelika is a specialist in international, high-level economic crime investigations and large-scale commercial disputes. As a multilingual lawyer she represents corporates and conglomerates across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the United States. Her comprehensive experience and thorough understanding of all aspects of white-collar crime have led to her successfully representing corporations in many notable multijurisdictional investigations and in some of the most complex commercial litigation. Her work on cases involving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues has seen her become one of the lawyers at the forefront of this developing area. As part of Rahman Ravelli’s international sanctions team, she assesses the potential impact of all relevant laws and keeps up to speed with the rapidly-evolving rules and regulations to ensure clients adopt the correct approach and do not face prosecution or financial penalty. She coordinates work for international conglomerates in this field; advising them on regulatory matters, producing staff training and compliance programmes and ensuring their worldwide activities are legally compliant. Much of her sanctions practice is particularly focused on enforcement activities and the freezing and seizure of assets. Angelika speaks English, German, Spanish and Arabic; which is an asset in many international cases.

Clare Elford, As CEO, Clare leads Clue to create a safer society by providing an intelligence and investigation management SaaS platform that helps intelligence and investigation professionals achieve better outcomes for users through increased productivity and surfacing insights from ever-increasing volumes of data.

Clare is committed to building a strong and diverse investigator community to tackle pressing industry challenges and is dedicated to technological interoperability and industry collaboration. She drove the development of, and chairs, the techUK Interoperability in Policing Working Group.

Matt served for 30 years in UK policing and national security roles, accomplishing the position of National Crime Agency Deputy Director - Investigations. He is expert in intelligence and investigations, with experience leading complex and high-risk operations at national level.

Matt has worked with a wide range of UK and international law enforcement, national security and government organisations. He has extensive operational expertise in serious and organised crime; major crime; counter corruption; professional standards and security; cyber; fraud; money laundering; and wider economic crime.