Raul Villamarin Rodriguez
Vice President
Woxsen University
Dr. Raul V. Rodriguez is Vice President of Woxsen University and Sir Cary Cooper Professor of Organizational Behaviour. He is an internationally recognized researcher specializing in AI, computational social science, leadership, and complex systems. He has published 70+ peer-reviewed articles and 30+ books and serves on international advisory boards, editorial boards, and academic committees. His work bridges AI governance, organizational behavior, and public policy. Recognized among Poets & Quants' Best 40 Under 40 Business Professors (2026), Dr. Rodriguez advises global institutions, speaks at leading international forums, and advances research on AI, decision-making, and institutional resilience.
Speaker sessions
The Human is The Attack Surface: Why AI is Rewiring The Psychology of Cybersecurity
Can humans still distinguish truth from engineered deception?Deepfakes, cloned voices, synthetic identities and AI-generated communications increasingly attack perception itself.Is cybersecurity training fundamentally broken?Annual awareness modules assume people can be trained into compliance�but sophisticated attacks exploit stress, authority, urgency, cognitive overload and organizational hierarchy.What happens when AI attacks human cognition rather than infrastructure?The next generation of attacks may deliberately induce decision errors, not merely steal passwords.Can organizations measure �behavioral resilience� like they measure technical resilience?Introduce metrics around recovery time after deception, susceptibility to authority manipulation, escalation behavior, verification discipline and decision quality under pressure.Should organizations deliberately design environments that make humans harder to manipulate?Move from �train the employee� ? �design the organization.�
- 14:50
- Thu
- 03 Dec
Stage:
Briefing Stage 2
Sessions Type:
Keynote