Julia Stamm

Julia Stamm is an award-winning founder and tech-for-impact leader with nearly 20 years of experience ensuring innovation and technology are anchored in ethics and human values and help build a better future for people and planet. As founder and CEO of She Shapes AI, she spotlights and amplifies responsible female-led AI innovation, demonstrating the potential of AI done well.

Julia combines a strong academic track record with a pronounced entrepreneurial mindset. Trained as a sociologist and political scientist with a PhD and an Executive Master in Public Management, she has spent her career at the intersection of science, policy, innovation and technology for impact. Having held senior positions in organisations such as the European Cooperation in Science and Technology and the European Commission, she specialises in strategy, governance and impact-driven leadership, bridging silos to create systemic change.

Prior to founding She Shapes AI, Julia was the inaugural CEO of The Data Tank, a non-profit data-for-good startup in Brussels that harnesses data for societal benefit. She was also the inaugural director of the Global Solutions Initiative in Berlin, supporting the think tank work of the G20 to address global challenges through policy recommendations.

In 2019, Julia founded The Futures Project to ensure that future-focused innovation and technology meet real societal needs. She received the Digital Female Leader Award in the Global Hero category for her pioneering work in innovation and technology for impact.

She is a frequent keynote speaker and regularly serves as a trusted advisor to impact-driven leaders and organisations in both the public and private sectors. Julia is a Fellow of the RSA, London, a Founding Committee Member of the AI in Media Institute (AIMI). London, and a Fellow at the Centre for Digital Governance of the Hertie School, Berlin.