HackTalk: Jaime Yassif - Keynote on AIxBio Governance and Managed Access

​Keynote: Jaime Yassif (Nuclear Threat Initiative)

​AIxBio Governance and Managed Access

​Keynote during the AIxBio Hackathon opening day. Recording available after.

​Dr. Jaime Yassif is Senior Advisor for Global Biological Policy and Programs at NTI | bio, where she focuses on governance and safeguards at the intersection of AI and the life sciences. She previously served as Vice President of NTI | bio, overseeing the organization's work to reduce global catastrophic biological risks, and before that as the inaugural Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Program Officer at Open Philanthropy, where she directed approximately $40 million in grants that helped build the modern biosecurity field. Dr. Yassif holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics from UC Berkeley and has advised the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services on biosecurity policy.

​She'll share her perspective on AIxBio governance and managed-access frameworks, drawing on her work across NTI's biosecurity program.

​Format: 20-30 min talk + Q&A.

​Part of the AIxBio Hackathon opening day.