Mihalis Kritikos is the new Scientific Secretary of the European Commission’s High-Level Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) and Senior Policy Analyst at DG Research and Innovation working on the responsible development of new and emerging technologies with a special emphasis on AI Ethics and Value Alignment. He is also a Senior Reseach Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) on digital ethics and rights, AI Governance and Values, author of several books and articles in the field of disruptive technologies.