Anjali Bhimani
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Divya Siddarth
AI Governance & Democracy Expert; Co-Founder, Collective Intelligence Project
Speaker Divya Siddarth is a political economist and social technologist pioneering new ways to govern artificial intelligence and collective decision-making. As Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Collective Intelligence Project, she designs democratic frameworks that align technology with human values. Through her work at the intersection of innovation, governance, and ethics, Divya inspires global audiences to imagine a more participatory and equitable digital future.
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Divya Siddarth biography
Speaker Divya Siddarth brings a bold, systems-thinking perspective to the governance of artificial intelligence, combining deep technical expertise with a strong commitment to democracy and social impact. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Collective Intelligence Project (CIP), where she designs new governance models that harness collective human wisdom to guide the development and oversight of transformative technologies. Before founding CIP, she worked as a political economist and social technologist in Microsoft’s Office of the CTO and led AI and Democracy initiatives at the UK’s AI Safety Institute.
Divya holds a B.S. in Computational Decision Analysis from Stanford University and is pursuing doctoral research at the Oxford Internet Institute, focusing on governance, collective intelligence, and the design of public goods. She has held affiliations with leading research institutions, including Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI, the Ostrom Workshop, and Harvard’s Plurality Lab.
Her work bridges theory and practice through collaborations with organizations such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and government agencies including the UK Frontier AI Task Force and Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs. Through these initiatives, she explores how public participation can shape the direction of advanced AI systems and democratize decision-making in technology governance.
On stage, speaker Divya Siddarth speaks with clarity, rigor, and optimism. She challenges audiences to view AI not as a force beyond control but as a space for collective design and shared values. Whether addressing innovation, governance, or the future of intelligence, she inspires audiences to imagine and build a world where technology strengthens democracy rather than undermines it.
Divya Siddarth Speaking Videos
Divya Siddarth - How AI and Democracy Can Fix Each Other
Divya Siddarth - Collective Intelligence
Divya Siddarth Keynote Topics
In this visionary keynote, Divya Siddarth explores how artificial intelligence and democracy—often seen as opposites—can actually strengthen one another. She argues that democratic values like participation, transparency, and collective oversight are essential to governing powerful technologies. At the same time, she shows how AI can enhance civic engagement, support deliberation, and expand access to decision-making. Audiences come away with a bold and hopeful framework for building AI systems that serve humanity through democratic design.
Divya Siddarth invites audiences to rethink how societies fund innovation, knowledge, and public goods. Drawing from her work in collective intelligence and economic design, she outlines new models—beyond zero-sum competition—that reward collaboration and long-term value creation. This talk challenges business leaders, policymakers, and technologists to imagine economies built around shared prosperity, where progress and inclusion reinforce each other instead of competing for resources.
In this inspiring keynote, Divya Siddarth explains how the power of many minds—amplified by technology—can solve complex global challenges. She introduces the concept of collective intelligence: systems that blend human insight, institutional wisdom, and machine learning to guide better decisions. Through real-world examples, she demonstrates how collective intelligence can reshape governance, science, and innovation, creating a future where collaboration scales as effectively as computation.
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