Lee Tiedrich

Lee Tiedrich is a widely recognized leader in AI, data, and emerging technologies. She’s a GPAI/OECD expert, co-chairing GPAI committees on AI and the environment and AI and intellectual property (IP), and a member of the OECD expert group on AI, Data, and Privacy. As GPAI IP co-chair, she successfully led a global GPAI project focused on developing standard contracts to help unlock responsible AI data and model sharing, including for social good. She’s also a Senior Adviser for the International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety led by Yoshua Bengio and a member of the EU AI Office working group developing AI Codes of Practice. With degree in both electrical engineering and law and over 30 years of legal experience, she has a long career helping organizations navigate uncertainty to achieve their objectives. She was a partner at a global AmLaw 50 law firm, where she led the global and multi-disciplinary AI Initiative and advised on regulatory, corporate, and policy matters. She holds three appointments at Duke University.

Prof. Tiedrich is widely published and speaks frequently to government leaders and at prominent institutions globally, including GPAI/OECD, UNESCO, WIPO, and the UN AI High Level Advisory Body. She has held leadership positions with the American Bar Association and has been a peer reviewer for Oxford University Press. Her work has been recognized by Marquis’ Who’s Who and in other forums. She is a member of the CEIMIA Board of Directors and the Editorial Board of the Journal for AI Law and Regulation.