Aaron Balick

Co-chair

Aaron Balick, PhD, is a psychotherapist, author, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, and a founding member and former chair of The Relational School, UK. His book The Psychodynamics of Social Networking was among the first to apply psychoanalytic theory to social media, establishing him as an international voice on the psychodynamics of digital life. Committed to widening public understanding of psychology, he has contributed widely to broadcast and print media, including as resident psychotherapist on BBC Radio 1's The Surgery and as a columnist for GQ. He now writes the Substack Depth Psychology in the Digital Age. An associate of The Balint Consultancy, he runs a private practice in London.

Lisa Marchiano

Co-chair

Lisa Marchiano, LSCW, is a Jungian analyst and the author of Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself, The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire, and the forthcoming The Dreamwork Deck: 63 Jungian Key to Unlock the Meaning of Your Dreams. She is the coauthor of Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams. Lisa's writing has been published in peer reviewed journals including Psychological Perspectives and the Journal of Analytical Psychology.

Lisa is on the faculty of the C. G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia, where she teaches and supervises analytic training candidates. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Boston Graduate School for Psychoanalysis where she is studying social media and mental health.

Sherry Turkle

Panelist

Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. A leading expert in humans’ relationship with digital objects, she continues to revolutionize our understanding of the role of technology on psychology and culture. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Alone Together, Reclaiming Conversation, and The Empathy Diaries. Turkle’s most recent book is Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk To Machines (Little Brown, September, 2026)

Todd Essig

Panelist

Todd Essig, Ph.D. is Faculty and Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at the William Alanson White Institute, Faculty at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, and inaugural member of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN) Advisory Board. He founded and currently chairs the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) Presidential Commission on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) where he created CAI Conversations, CAI Currents, and the CAI Report. He also serves on the International Psychoanalytical Association’s (IPA) AI subcommittee. Previously, he co-authored the IPA Task Force report on technology and psychoanalytic education and during the pandemic he co-chaired APsA’s Covid-19 Advisory Team. Widely acknowledged as a pioneer in the creative uses of mental health technologies, he publishes, lectures, and consults internationally at the intersections of mental health, psychoanalysis, and technology. For 10 years, until the pandemic hit, he wrote "Managing Mental Wealth" for Forbes. Dr. Essig maintains a private practice in New York where he treats individuals and couples.

Alessandra Lemma

Panelist

Alessandra Lemma is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society and a Chartered Clinical and Counselling Psychologist with extensive experience as a clinician, academic, and author. Currently Visiting Professor in the Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London, Consultant, Clinical Psychologist, DIT at the Anna Freud Centre, and Visiting Professor at Centro Winnicott, Rome. Formerly Head of Psychology and Professor of Psychological Therapies at the Tavistock Clinic. She is the recipient of several awards including the 2022 Sigourney Award and the British Psychoanalytic Council’s 2025 Bernard Rattigan Award for Psychoanalysis and Diversity.
Her most recent books are First Principles: Applied Ethics for Psychoanalytic Practice (OUP, 2023) and Psychotechnical Becomings; Psychoanalysis, Identity, Desire and Mourning in Times of AI and Digital Mediation (Routledge, 2026) and forthcoming is: Journeying Through Psychoanalysis: Lessons from the Couch (Wiley, 2027).

James Muldoon

Panelist

James Muldoon is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute and author of Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming our Relationships.

Glen Slater

Panelist

Glen Slater, Ph.D. has been a long time member of the core faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute and is currently Associate Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Psychology Program. He is the author of Jung vs Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age (2024), winner of the International Association of Jungian Studies (IAJS) 2025 Book of the Year Award. He is also the editor of the third volume of James Hillman’s Uniform Edition, Senex and Puer (2005), the co-editor of the essay collection, Varieties of Mythic Experience (2007), and has written a number of articles and book chapters for Jungian publications. His research and writing interests concern Jung and film, the psychology of religion, and depth psychology and technology.

Zak Stein

Panelist

Dr. Zachary Stein was trained at the interface of philosophy, psychology, and education, and now works in fields related to mitigating global catastrophic risk. He is considered a leading authority on the future of education and contemporary issues in human development. Co-founder of three non-profits, Dr. Stein is currently the founder and executive director of the AI Psychological Research Coalition.

Dr. Stein is the author of dozens of peer-reviewed papers and several books, including the widely acclaimed Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society. He is a sought-after and award-winning speaker, addressing audiences across diverse sectors, disciplines, and worldviews.