Miguel Luengo-Oroz
AI expert driving social impact and health. Former UN Chief Data Scientist (2016-2022). Founder & CEO, Spotlab.
- Multifaceted Leader: Dr. Miguel Luengo-Oroz is a scientist, entrepreneur, policy advisor, and engineering professor committed to advancing responsible AI for global impact.
- Innovative Ventures: Founder and CEO of Spotlab.ai, he pioneers AI solutions for clinical research and diagnosis, merging technology with healthcare.
- UN Role and Recognition: As the inaugural Chief Data Scientist at the United Nations, Miguel led global data science initiatives, earning accolades such as the Obama Europe Leader and Ashoka fellow.
- Impactful Research: His pioneering work spans various domains, from generative AI to collective intelligence, shaping policy and innovation worldwide.
- Scientist focused on responsible AI
Full Profile
About Dr. Miguel Luengo-Oroz
Dr. Miguel Luengo-Oroz is a pioneering scientist, entrepreneur, and former Chief Data Scientist at the United Nations, globally recognised for advancing responsible AI and frontier technologies to drive social impact and business transformation. As Founder and CEO of Spotlab.ai, he delivers innovative AI-powered solutions for clinical research, healthcare, and universal medical diagnostics, directly addressing key pain points in digital transformation, trustworthy data strategy, and equitable access to technology.
Miguel is a thought leader at the intersection of AI, data science, and responsible innovation. He is trusted by senior leadership in government, NGOs, and the private sector for his guidance on:
- Harnessing AI for sustainable growth and operational resilience, particularly in highly regulated, high-stakes sectors.
- Navigating the ethical, regulatory, and human rights risks of digital transformation, including disinformation, privacy concerns, and governance challenges.
- Building data-driven, future-ready organisations that respond to macro trends, emergent risks, and opportunities for business model innovation.
Achievements & Impact
- First Chief Data Scientist, United Nations Global Pulse: Shaped global data strategy to foster societal good, leading pioneering international teams across diverse domains, health, conflict prevention, crisis response, food security, and climate action.
- Founder, Spotlab.ai: Developed scalable AI tools to revolutionise clinical research and healthcare delivery, lowering diagnostic costs and expanding universal access to advanced medical analysis.
- Award-Winning Innovator: Honoured as an Obama Europe Leader, MIT TR35 Social Innovator, Ashoka Fellow, and recipient of major awards such as the EU Responsible Research & Innovation and Red Cross Innovation Awards.
- Academic and Policy Thought Leader: Advisor to governments in Europe and the USA, expert to the Global Partnership on AI, and professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Frequent media commentator and policy brief author, with 100+ publications in top scientific journals and global news outlets.
Business Challenges Addressed
Miguel works with clients to:
- De-risk AI adoption in fast-changing regulatory environments by embedding ethics and human rights into every data-driven decision.
- Accelerate digital transformation and improve operational effectiveness by leveraging collective intelligence, real-time data, and advanced analytics.
- Combat disinformation, privacy threats, and cyber risks, with insights from humanitarian and security contexts.
- Foster organisational agility, innovative mindsets, and partnerships that empower leaders to shape sustainable, resilient futures.
Talks
Artificial intelligence is changing the world. The most valuable companies define themselves as AI companies. Internet platforms are driven by AI managing the attention economy. Human creativity and even education have been blown away by generative AI. Chatbots that text with human consistency shake up the job market international geopolitical tensions are rising because of the data and infrastructure needed for AI. Whatever the system was- from democracy to authoritarian regimes – AI plays a key role in its subsistence.
This talk will explain the basics of AI. It will also show how pioneers from around the world are unlocking the potential of AI and what are the challenges, risks and controversies so that in the future AI can serve people and the planet to achieve sustainable prosperity.
Humanity is at the crossroads of deciding whether we want to use the AI revolution for good. AI can unlock some of the mysteries of life on earth, help us find new drugs, respond to natural disasters, map poverty, or search and prepare for life on another planet. It is also time to fight for humanity’s rights with respect to the data we generate: from guaranteeing privacy to preventing genocides triggered by deepfakes. AI can produce massive disinformation, but also tools to catch this disinformation and democratize access to information and freedom of expression. The AI strategies of governments around the world reflect the principles of societies and their ethical values.
This conference will discuss how humanity agrees on principles and practices for responsible AI based on Human Rights. It will also show how pioneers from around the world are unlocking the potential of AI for social impact, to serve people and planet and achieve sustainable prosperity.
In a post-pandemic world, more digital than ever, artificial intelligence applied to healthcare is at a tipping point. AI already passes medical exams like a human and can help unravel some of the mysteries of life on Earth, diagnose diseases, optimize vaccine delivery, detect dyslexia, design new drugs, and many other applications yet to be explored.
This talk will share examples of the advances being made in the field of medicine and AI – as well as their risks to safe and reliable systems, and the challenges of integrating them into healthcare systems. Also the opportunities for a future where healthcare professionals and patients themselves use tools that integrate AI for unprecedented clinical impact.