Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
Responsible development and applications in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for collaboration towards increased global sustainability is my focus. My background is a combination of programming, design, data science and social science. I have experience from commercial retail; operating a coworking space; setting up an international NGO; startup founder; and within advanced international research collaboration as well as supporting bilateral agreements in the field of AI. I realised the possibility of digital communication building a network of 10,000 earthpreneurs from more than 100 countries, youth working towards sustainability. Previously I have built up my understanding of communications through my role as marketing director, and later running a design agency for two years. As a co-founder and board member I helped build two workplaces. After starting up YSI and reaching youth from 170 countries interested in sustainable entrepreneurship I decided to pursue social anthropology with computer science. I then started working in KPMG Norway as an Associate in Risk Consulting, focused on applications of artificial intelligence (AI) as well as international development with United Nations and Red Cross as main clients. I am an avid writer on the topic of climate change and technology. I did a personal project writing one new article about artificial intelligence every day for 500 days. I started pursuing my MSc in Social Data Science at the University of Copenhagen and led the work on AI Policy and Ethics with the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium for five years. For the last year I have worked in Brussel within the European AI Office. The name 莫战 (Mò zhàn) that you intermittently see in my profile was given to me during my Chinese studies by my lecturer. I am currently learning Mandarin Chinese, although I am not at an advanced level yet I enjoy exploring this new language. Also learning French these days.
It has been decided that the Minister of Digitalisation and Public Administration, in consultation with the Minister of Research and Higher Education, will initiate work to map the need for AI compute in the public sector as a result of increased use of artificial intelligence (AI), and how this can be dimensioned and organized as efficiently as possible in the future. I help in the project team coordinating the international engagement towards the report. The co-rapporteurs are Norwegian Digitalisation Agency (Digdir) and Sikt – The Knowledge Sector Service Provider (Sigma2 AS). Digdir leads the coordination overall.
Team leader in a team of seven, focused on Strategic Partnerships. We contribute to development of AI policy initiatives that help improve the Norwegian society and the conditions for the AI sector overall in Norway. Working to build bridges that facilitate the collaborations Norway needs to increase its leadership in the field of AI.
A two year programme at the University of Cambridge with twelve new Fellows elected each term, approved by the board. The Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) Visiting Policy Fellowship is a programme for connecting research with the policy world and across government as an opportunity for problem-solving, professional development, network building and access to expertise. Since its launch in 2011 the programme has brought Fellows to Cambridge and has a wide range of alumni across government leadership. I will stay in my position at the European AI Office while completing this fellowship, and my focus with CSaP will be related to AI policy.
Nominated by Norway and appointed by the OECD secretariat as a Member of the AI Compute, Efficiency and Resilience Expert Group, under the auspices of the AI Policy Observatory and Committee for Digital Economy Policy (CDEP), to help create a basic framework for understanding, measuring and benchmarking domestic AI computing supply by country and region. The group was previously called the Compute and Climate Expert Group.
Working at the European AI Office at the European Commission as a Policy Officer, Seconded National Expert to be located within DG CNECT A2 AI Regulation and Compliance. Sent from the Norwegian Ministry of Digitalisation and Governance, under the special agreement for foreign service, and through the agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) with the EU. I joined on the 17th of June 2024 when the EU AI Office went live, as stated by Director General Roberto Viola. • Prepared and launched the AI Pact pledges signatory process. Proactive work towards the AI Act with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Airbus, IKEA and other large or small companies. More than 100 companies were brought together in the Berlaymont for the launch of the commitments. To date more than 200 companies have signed the AI Pact Pillar II and more than 2000 organisations are part of the broader community. • Contributing to the work on AI Regulatory Sandboxes including overview and background for the implementing act. Shared a 60+ page discussion document for the implementing act with Member States and helping to run the AI Board subgroup on AI regulatory sandboxes. • Helped design the new onboarding process for technical experts joining the A3 AI Safety unit and A2. Helping with recruitment, reading through more than 100 CVs for technical experts. Helping with the interviewing of both technical experts and policy officers. • Policy briefings for a range of leadership in the European Commission. Including Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen, Director General Roberto Viola, previous Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager and more.
Invited as a guest speaker to Jesus College for the annual Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute by Professor Nicole Stremlau and Professor Erik Longo. I held talks about EU AI Policy sharing with the students in lectures, and then afterwards discussing with groups of students.