86 days until EU AI Act high-risk obligations enforce on August 2, 2026

Future-proof your AI with the people shaping the field.

Better Societies connects organisations to the BS Summit speaker network: 6 named below plus 20 more, 26 confirmed Summit speakers.

  • Yampolskiy: foundational work on AI risk taxonomy.
  • Wallach: author of Moral Machines, U.N. AI Advisory.
  • Winfield: co-author of IEEE robot ethics standards.
  • Miikkulainen: neuroevolution research predates current AI safety work.
  • Chatila: chair, IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous Systems.
  • Walsh: author of 2062: The World That AI Made.

BS Summit speaker network: 6 named + 20 more = 26 confirmed

  • Roman Yampolskiy headshotRoman YampolskiyDirector, Cyber Security Lab, U Louisville
  • Wendell Wallach headshotWendell WallachYale Hastings Center, U.N. AI Advisory
  • Alan Winfield headshotAlan WinfieldBristol Robotics Lab, IEEE Standards
  • Risto Miikkulainen headshotRisto MiikkulainenUT Austin, Cognizant CTO
  • Raja Chatila headshotRaja ChatilaSorbonne, IEEE Ethics Initiative chair
  • Toby Walsh headshotToby WalshUNSW Sydney, AI Researcher

Aligned with regulatory frameworks

  • EU AI Act
  • NIST AI RMF
  • ISO 42001
  • ISO 27001
  • SOC 2
  • NYC Local Law 144

Find your path

Three paths into Better Societies, mapped to where you are. The full 14-ICP picker is on the qualification form for tighter routing.

Path 1

For Compliance + Risk leaders

Map your AI use cases to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, or ISO 42001 with the BS Summit speaker network behind your roadmap.

2 ICPs: compliance / founder_compliance
Path 2

For Founders + Investors

BS Accelerator cohort, BS Summit speaker advisory, and the curated investor pipeline for AI safety and governance startups.

2 ICPs: founder_accelerator / investor
Path 3

For Network + Public Interest

Speaker access for partners, regulators, researchers, and media. Three motivations, ten ICPs, one routing form.

Channel + Capital: partner, sponsor (2 ICPs)
Public Officials: policymaker, government (2 ICPs)
Academic + Civic + Media: researcher x2, activist x2, media, speaker (6 ICPs)

Booking a call takes one form.

14 ICPs, 11 Cal.com event-types, one qualification form. Fill it once, land on the right calendar.

Pick a time (compliance discovery call, 30 min)

How each path works

Same speaker network, three engagement shapes that match the buyer.

Path 1 - Compliance + Risk

Future-proof your AI under the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001.

BS classifies AI systems by risk tier, builds conformity evidence, and pulls in the BS Summit speaker network for credibility on technical risk and human-oversight design.

Book a compliance discovery call
Path 2 - Founders + Investors

BS Accelerator cohort + speaker access + investor pipeline.

The BS Accelerator pairs AI safety and governance founders with the BS Summit speaker network as advisors and the BS investor pipeline as deal-flow. Cohort intake every quarter. Investors meet graduates pre-launch.

Book an Accelerator or investor intro
Path 3 - Network + Public Interest

BS Summit speaker access for partners, policy, research, media, and speakers.

Co-deliver compliance services. Sponsor the BS Summit. Brief regulators. Quote a speaker for press. Publish a joint paper. Or apply to speak at the next Summit. The 10 ICP paths under "Network + Public Interest" all route to a speaker-aligned briefing.

Find your fit

By the numbers

26
BS Summit speakers confirmed
14
ICP paths covered
86
days to EU AI Act August 2, 2026
3
homepage paths (Compliance / Founders / Network)