VILAS DHAR

Vilas Dhar is a philanthropist, computer scientist, and a globally recognized authority on artificial intelligence policy. He serves as President and Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a 21st-century $1.5 billion philanthropy advancing emerging technologies to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all.

Appointed by Secretary-General António Guterres to the UN High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, Dhar also serves as the US Government Nominated Expert to the Global Partnership on AI, as a member of the OECD Expert Working Group on AI Futures, on the Global Future Council on AI at the World Economic Forum, on the Advisory Council at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), and as Chair of the Center for Trustworthy Technology.