Regius Professor of Computer Science, Director Web Science Institute, University of Southampton Dame Wendy Hall, DBE, FRS, FREng is Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International), and is the Executive Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. Dame Wendy was co-Chair of the UK governments AI Review, which was published in October 2017, and has recently been announced by the UK government as the first Skills Champion for AI in the UK. With Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt she co-founded the Web Science Research Initiative in 2006 and is the Managing Director of the Web Science Trust, which has a global mission to support the development of research, education and thought leadership in Web Science. She becamea Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2009 UK New Years Honours list, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society. She has previously been President of the ACM, Senior Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a member of the UK Prime Ministers Council for Science and Technology, was a founding member of the European Research Council and Chair of the European Commissions ISTAG 2010-2012, was a member of the Global Commission on Internet Governance, and until June 2018, was a member of the World Economic Forums Global Futures Council on the Digital Economy.