Dr. Emilia Tantar is Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer at Black Swan LUX. She is also the Luxembourg Head of Delegation and President of the Luxembourg National Mirror Committee in AI Standardization and convenor of CEN and CENELEC JTC 21 AI WG 2 "Operational aspects". She is the editor of the European Technical Report that provides guidance on AI Conformity Assessment, CEN/CLC TR 17894:2024 "AI Conformity assessment and editor of the upcoming European Norm on AI Conformity assessment framework.
She previously held the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer position at INCERT G.I.E. and led the Artificial Intelligence efforts of PwC Luxembourg as Senior Manager.

Dr. Tantar has over 20 years of experience delivering AI to the business market as a researcher and strategic consultant. She has also authored more than 20 journal papers and scientific articles, collaborating with entities such as Forbes Ignite, the World Economic Forum (WEF), and the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).She holds a PhD in Computer Science, from the University of Lille 1 Science and Technology.

Dr. Tantar is also an Ambassador of the European Digital SME Alliance and an appointed expert representing Small Business Standards (SBS) in AI standardisation. The European Digital SME Alliance is the largest network of ICT small and medium enterprises in Europe, representing more than 45,000 digital SMEs across the EU.