Lajla Fetic

Lajla Fetic is a leading expert on public interest technologies, AI governance, and digital policy. As Head of Policy at the appliedAI Institute for Europe, she advises policymakers and government agencies on how to enhance their capacity to act in the AI era, including in her capacity as an expert for the European Parliament and the German Bundestag. She is the author of several studies on digital policy and digital sovereignty. In addition, she is actively involved in the development and implementation of innovative governance tools in the public sector across Europe.

Lajla Fetic has served on various advisory boards. Previously, she developed and led the “reframeTech” and “Ethics of Algorithms” projects at the Bertelsmann Stiftung. As part of the German standardization roadmap for artificial intelligence, she headed the working group on socio-technical systems. Earlier stages of her career include work at think tanks and at an international consulting firm in the public sector, with a focus on digitalization and automation.

As a sought-after speaker and lecturer, she recently gave a TEDx talk on AI and democracy and was honored as one of the “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics.” She holds a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin.

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