Dr. Daniel Araya is Professor of AI and Learning in Shanghai, China and senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Toronto, Canada. His work focuses on human-machine symbiosis and its impact on a multipolar world order. He is a regular contributor to various media outlets and policy organizations including Forbes, The Brookings Institution, The National Post, Futurism and Singularity Hub. He has been invited to speak on news and media programs such as Deutsche Welle (DW) and TRT World, and has given presentations at Harvard University; Stanford University; the American Enterprise Institute; the US Naval Postgraduate School; the Canadian Department of National Defence; the Center for Global Policy Solutions; and Microsoft Research. His most recent books include Augmented Education in the Global Age (2023); Augmented Intelligence: Smart Systems and the Future of Work and Learning (2018) and Smart Cities as Democratic Ecologies (2015). Dr. Araya has a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.