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Niki Iliadis

As of October 2026, Niki Iliadis is Director, Global AI Governance at The Future Society, and she oversees the Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, a platform for international coordination. Her research interests include AI's impact on the SDGs and on children. From October 2023 to November 2024, she co-wrote OECD.AI essays on the Athens Roundtable and the AI Safety Institute Network. In February 2025 she co-wrote an essay on three steps for global AI collaboration beyond the AI Action Summit. In September 2025 she co-wrote an essay on how global red lines can help prevent unacceptable AI risks.

Timeline

  1. October 2023

    A 2023 Athens Roundtable essay

    She co-writes an essay on the Athens Roundtable 2023 with Amanda Leal and Nicolas Miailhe, which OECD.AI publishes in October 2023.

  2. November 2024

    AI Safety Institute network essay

    In November 2024 she co-writes an OECD.AI essay with Frank Ryan and George Gor on how governments can enhance the AI Safety Institute Network.

  3. November 2024

    The sixth Athens Roundtable

    She and Mai Lynn Miller Nguyen announce the sixth Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, with accountability as its theme, in an OECD.AI post from November 2024.

  4. February 2025

    Steps beyond the AI Action Summit

    The essay she co-writes in February 2025 with Constance de Leusse, Kevin Luca Zandermann and Tereza Zoumpalova looks beyond the AI Action Summit and sets out three steps for global AI collaboration.

  5. September 2025

    Global red lines for AI

    Her September 2025 essay with Stuart Russell, Charbel-Raphael Segerie and Tereza Zoumpalova explores how global red lines can help prevent unacceptable AI risks.

  6. As of October 2026

    Director of global AI governance

    In November 2025 she describes the effort to build an international consensus around AI red lines at a UC Berkeley event. She is Director, Global AI Governance at The Future Society, and she oversees the Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, a platform for international coordination. Her research interests include AI's impact on the SDGs and on children.

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  1. Bridging the gap in AI governance and the rule of law: The Athens Roundtable 2023 - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Safer together: How governments can enhance the AI Safety Institute Network’s role in global AI governance - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. A collective effort for accountability in AI governance: The Sixth Edition of the Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. The AI Action Summit and beyond: 3 Steps to strengthen global AI collaboration - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. AI governance through global red lines can help prevent unacceptable risks - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Niki Iliadis : AI Expert - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Event Recap - Establishing AI Risk Thresholds and Red Lines: A Critical Global Policy Priority - CLTC UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity cltc.berkeley.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Niki Iliadis - Federation of American Scientists fas.org. Checked 15 October 2026.