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Sarah Wynn-Williams
Guides organisations on AI ethics and technology policy with Sarah Wynn-Williams, a global public policy expert and former Facebook policy director. She advises leaders on AI governance and geopolitics, backed by New York Times bestseller Careless People.
Sarah Wynn-Williams is a global public policy expert and former Director of Global Public Policy at Facebook, now working across technology, geopolitics, and artificial intelligence policy.
A near-fatal shark attack early in her career reshaped her sense of purpose, leading her from international law in New Zealand into diplomacy, including postings at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington, DC, and the United Nations, before she joined Facebook as its first geopolitical policy manager. She became the company's Director of Global Public Policy and is the New York Times bestselling author of Careless People, a book Meta attempted to block. She has since testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
Her decade inside one of the world's most influential technology companies gave her an insider's view of how power and policy collide in Silicon Valley. She built Facebook's global public policy strategy from the ground up, navigating juntas, civil unrest, and the demands of world leaders as a critical link between the business and governments worldwide.
Audiences leave with a candid understanding of how ethical compromise takes root inside fast-moving organisations, the realities of policymaking under commercial pressure, and what the growth of the tech giants reveals about the responsible governance of artificial intelligence in the years ahead.
Book Sarah Wynn-Williams for a candid, insider perspective on power, technology, and the ethical stakes of AI.
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Sarah Wynn-Williams draws on first-hand experience from her decade inside Facebook to walk audiences through how ethical compromise develops within fast-moving organisations, grounding her analysis in specific episodes from her time building the company's global public policy strategy.
Sarah Wynn-Williams speaks on technology policy and corporate governance, AI ethics and regulation, geopolitics and diplomacy, and ethical leadership inside large organisations. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Careless People, written from her decade as Facebook's Director of Global Public Policy, a book Meta attempted to block, and she has since testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
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