Speaker Profile

Phaedra Boinodiris
Global Leader, Trustworthy AI Center of Excellence / IBM Consulting

A fellow with the London-based Royal Society of Arts, Phaedra Boinodiris has focused on inclusion in technology since 1999. She currently leads IBM Consulting’s Trustworthy AI Practice. She is the AI ethics board focal point for all of IBM Consulting and serves on the leadership team of IBM’s Academy of Technology.

In 2019, she won the United Nations Woman of Influence in STEM and Inclusivity Award and was recognized by Women in Games International as one of the Top 100 Women in the Games Industry, as she began one of the first scholarship programs in the United States for women to pursue degrees in game design and development.

Ms. Boinodiris is the co-author of the acclaimed book AI for the Rest of Us. She is a co-founder of the Future World Alliance, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to curating K–12 education in AI ethics. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in AI and Ethics at University College Dublin’s Smart Lab.