Ana Catarina De Alencar

Ana Catarina de Alencar is an international lawyer and ethicist based in Paris, working at the intersection of AI governance, regulation, and philosophy. She is the Resident Philosopher at The AI Collective, a San Francisco–based organization dedicated to shaping responsible AI futures. Ana is also a PhD researcher at Université de Lille, where she develops an interdisciplinary project on emotional AI, bridging law, philosophy, and neurobiology. She holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy and Technology of Law and is the author of several publications, including Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Law (2022).