Who Owns the Outcome? Accountability in the Age of AI

​Session Description:

​AI ethics frameworks are everywhere. Genuine AI governance is not. In this session, Phaedra Boinodiris — author of AI for the Rest of Us and Global Lead of IBM Consulting's Responsible AI Practice — makes the case that the distance between a principle and an enforceable requirement is where harm lives. Drawing on years of practitioner work, she walks participants through the structural reasons governance fails — liability laundering, automation bias, the exclusion of domain experts, and the architectural decisions that get made before any ethics policy is ever read. Participants leave with a practical mental model for understanding how AI governance works (and doesn't), and a teaching framework they can bring back to their own communities, classrooms, and organizations.

​Speaker Bio:

​Phaedra Boinodiris is global lead of IBM Consulting's Responsible AI Practice. Her work helps organizations do the right AI and do AI right. 

​She authored AI for the Rest of Us (nominated #1 book to read in 2024 by Constellation Research), co-founded the Future World Alliance, and in 2025 was appointed by the Governor of North Carolina to his AI leadership council. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 2030 Responsible AI Leader of the Year, and UN Woman of Influence in STEM and Inclusivity.