Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau is the University Research Chair in Technology and Society and the Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa, where he is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section as well as the Director of the AI + Society Initiative. A technologist and creative turned legal scholar, he is an internationally recognized thought leader on technology law, ethics, and policy, engaged in shaping frameworks to build a more secure and inclusive digital context, with a special interest in blockchain, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and cybersecurity.

Prior to joining the University of Ottawa in September 2016, Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau was a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and in the Department of Computer Sciences (DIRO) at Université de Montréal. He was also the coordinator and co-founder of OpenUM and coordinator the L. R. Wilson Chair in Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law. In 2015, he was named an Internet Policy Global Fellow of the Instituto de Technologia e Sociedade (ITS Rio, Brazil), and a Young Scholar of the Jean-Louis-Baudouin Chair in Civil Law at the Université de Montréal.