About us

OdiseIA is a non-profit, independent organisation that provides a platform for debate and action. It was founded in November 2019 by 10 individual professionals who collectively believed in the need for an ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence. OdiseIA is supported by companies, universities, institutions, and individuals.

Meet the board, as well as some of our active members.

Board of Directors

Founder and President

Idoia Salazar

Founder and CEO

Richard Benjamins

Secretary

Jesus Avezuela

Lawyer of the Council of State, General Director of the Pablo VI Foundation.

Board Member

Angel Gomez

Doctor in Organizational Engineering Integrator of knowledge and disciplines.

Board Member

Monica Priefert

Xtart FPTech Innovation Project Director
Alfonso X the Wise University

Board Member

Rosa Romero Soler

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Board Member & Treasurer

Ricardo Palomo

Dean and Full Professor of Finance at CEU San Pablo University. Digital Transformation and Organizational Disruption Advisor

Featured members

Borja Adsuara

Professor, Lawyer and Consultant, Expert in Law, Strategy and Digital Communication. Passionate about disclosure. “Internet Day” 2020 Award for the Best Communicator on Social Networks.

Juan Manuel Belloto

Technologist. Consultant and advisor in strategy and innovation, applying emerging technologies to business. Knowmad with more than 20 years of experience in startups and as an executive in multinationals. Awarded the Fire Hydrant Award from MIT Professional Education.

Coral Calero

Woman, mother, disseminator and researcher of the impact of software on the environment. Professor of computer languages and systems at UCLM

Lorenzo Cotino

Professor of Constitutional Law U. Valencia, coord. www.derechotics.com, Transparency Council C. Val., contentious TSJ C. Val. until 2019.

Anna Danes

Digital ethicist working with organizations to create practical frameworks and methods to ensure ethical AI developments

Juan José Escribano

Professor and researcher interested in the impact of technology as a bridge for social inclusion.

Fabián García Pastor

Senior Advisor for Innovation and Digital Transformation at ENLANZA | Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business Creation at the UPM

Patricia Llaque

Information and Communications Technologies professional, with experience in international companies and organizations. Works at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology

Juan Murillo

Director of Innovation and Business Development at Zubi Cities

Juan Carlos Santamaría

Among the top 25 Twitter healthcare technology influencers across Europe (Financial Times). Communication Director of Inithealth (Init Group).

Monica Villas

Professor of exponential technologies
University of Deusto

Ignacio G. R. Gavilán

Advisor, professor, writer and speaker specialized in innovation and digital transformation of business models, with a focus on robotization. Founder and CEO of Digital Reengineering. Author of the book “Robots in the shadows”.

Institutional members

Educational members

Collaborating organisations

Global AI Ethics Consortium

We collaborate with the “Global AI Ethics Consortium (GAIEC)” based at the University of Munich in Germany, which brings together world leaders in ethics and AI from institutes such as the Oxford Internet Institute, The Alan Turing Institute, The GovLab (US), the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, Imperial College, and the Singapore Management University.

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Founders of the Editorial Board of Springer's “AI Ethics” journal

Idoia Salazar and Richard Benjamins are founding members of the editorial board of Springer's academic journal “AI Ethics.”

Blue Spain

We collaborate with “La España Azul” which seeks to generate an environmental impact through scientific research that will be carried out by collecting data and samples at geo-located points for subsequent analysis in the laboratory.

Alliance with TECNALIA

OdiseIA and TECNALIA Research & Innovation come together to promote the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in companies.

The technological research and development center and OdiseIA will promote, through their collaboration, actions around ethics, responsibility and current legislation regarding this technology.

Diploma in artificial intelligence and its impact on law at the School of Legal Practice.

Course designed for professionals in the legal and other sectors, providing an in-depth understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and its regulation in the European Union.

It covers technical aspects, use cases, ethical and legal regulation, and the impact of AI in various regulatory areas. In addition, the new European Regulation on Artificial Intelligence is analyzed, with a focus on digital literacy and adaptation to existing regulations.

Link to the course here.