Anna Abramova

Anna Abramova has more than 15 years of experience in research and lecturing on AI, digital trade developments, as well as official development assistance in ICT sector. Along with being a Director of the MGIMO AI Centre, she is also Head of the Department of Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence at MGIMO-University.
Anna has worked as a consultant for UNCTAD and World Bank, contributed to UNCTAD Information economy report (UNCTAD 2012), UNCTAD Digital economy report (UNCTAD 2019, UNCTAD 2021), publishes articles in peer reviewed journals and conference books.
For the past several years, Anna has also been a member of national delegations to UNESCO and Council of Europe, OECD ONE AI expert group on AI classification, a member of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, National Committee for AI. Currently, she is a member of the Commission for AI Ethics Code where she leads the working group on developing and monitoring the methodology of risk assessment and humanitarian impact of AI systems.
Since 2023 she is a member of the UN High-Level Advisory Body on AI.