Kaj Sotala started work on AI safety in 2012 and has since authored several papers on the subject. He has been a Research Fellow at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and a Researcher at the Foundational Research Institute. Kaj has degrees in Cognitive Sciences and Computer Science from University of Helsinki.

Onni Aarne researches compute governance and has done work for the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy and Rethink Priorities, where he worked in the AI Governance and Strategy team. He has a degree in Computer Science and Data Science from University of Helsinki.

Rudolf was the technical team manager on the Situational Awareness Dataset benchmark, published in NeurIPS and used in OpenAI's pre-deployment testing. He has completed a Master's degree in Computer Science at University of Cambridge, and has studied in a machine learning PhD program at University of Oxford.

Katarina Slama was a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI and a Senior Research Scientist at UK AI Security Institute, conducting technical and policy research on AI safety, security, and societal impacts. Her work includes co-authorship on the InstructGPT paper (NeurIPS), research on societally relevant LLM behaviors, and evaluations of LLM behaviors relevant to loss-of-control threat models. She has a PhD in Neuroscience from UC Berkeley.

Olli Järviniemi is researching AI safety with UK AI Security Institute, and has previously completed a PhD in Mathematics at University of Turku. He specializes in AI control and deceptive alignment.

Anna Katariina Wisakanto is a risks from global systems and AI safety researcher. She currently works for Center for AI Risk Management & Alignment. Previously, she worked as a visiting scholar at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge.

Patrik Gayer is the Director of Government Relations at AMD (formerly Silo AI), and has previously worked as a AI & Data Policy Lead at Tesla, and as a Director at Tekir. Patrik has a degree in Political Science from University of Helsinki and in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Joonas Ollila is a technologist leader who has been the CEO of optimization firm Weoptit and the CEO of Vuorox, amongst other roles. He has a degree in Systems Analysis and Operations Research from Aalto University.

Joel Pyykkö is an AI safety researcher with a Doctoral degree in Computer Science from University of Helsinki.

Suvi Auvinen is a journalist, activist, and writer. She leads responsible AI strategy at Ellun Kanat, and has a Bachelor of Arts from Turku University of Applied Sciences and a Master of Arts from University of the Arts Helsinki.

Santeri Koivula is a Master's student in Science, Technology and Policy at ETH Zürich. He has researched AI risks and EU AI policy at Future of Life Institute, and interned at Demos Helsinki and CERN. Santeri was a Pro Forecaster for INFER Public (RAND Forecasting Initiative), and is part of an AI expert panel at Forecasting Research Institute.

Dmitrii Gusev studies Computer Science at Aalto University. He is the lead organizer of the technical reading group "LLMs and Alignment", and he co-organized the 2025 Finnish Alignment Engineering Bootcamp.