Andrey V. Neznamov
Expert in AI & Emerging Technologies Governance
General
- Chair of the Russian National AI Ethics Commission
- Head of the AI Governance group of the Russian AI Alliance association
- Head of the Working Group on AI of the BRICS Business Council
- Managing director of Sber.AI (acting as Russian National Center of excellence for artificial intelligence) for the regulation of AI technologies
- Secretary General of the AI Alliance Network
- Former Chair of Consultation and Outreach Group of the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe
- Founder and head of the public project “Robolaw”
- Winner of the contest “Leaders of Russia: Science” 2020
Education and work experience
- PhD in Law (2010)
- Basic education: Ural State Law Academy (2007), summa cum laude
- Additional education: Professional English translation for legal expert communities (2006)
- Over 20 years of legal practice
Completed legal projects on AI Governance
- Russian National AI Strategy (2019), co-author
- The Governmental Concept of AI and RT Regulation (2020), co-author and head of the working group
- Russian National AI Ethics Code (2021), co-author and head of the working group
- Model Convention on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (2017), co-author
- Research on approaches to the regulation of cyber-physical systems and AI technologies within the framework of the National Program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” (2018), head of the working group and co-author
- Draft law “On the trial operation of innovative vehicles” (2019), head of the author’s group
- Roadmap for the development of end-to-end technology “Artificial Intelligence”; roadmap for the development of end-to-end technology “Components of Robotics and Sensors” (2019), co-author
- Set of federal laws on the experimental test zones and various industrial legislation (2019-2023), contributor
- Global Atlas of AI regulation (2022, 2023, 2024), editor-in-chief
- The White Paper of ethics in AI (2024), editor-in-chief
Scientific activities
- Author of over 70 publications on the regulation of artificial intelligence in Russia and abroad
- Author and editor of a number of monographs, including:
- “World Experience in Regulating Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Technologies”, 2018
- “Legal Aspects of the Development of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Technologies”, 2018
- “State Policy Framework in the Field of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Technologies”, 2019
- Extensive experience in teaching (associate professor of the Ural State Law Academy until 2013, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Higher School of Economics, the AI Research Institute and general presentations at forums and conferences (over a hundred) as an invited lecturer
Confirmation of qualification
- Head of the Expert Council on AI of the Federation Council of the Parliament of the Russian Federation
- Member of the Working Group on AI of the Expert Council for Innovative Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
- Head of the “Regulatory Environment” direction of the expert group developing the federal project “Artificial Intelligence”
- Member of the Russian Association for Artificial Intelligence
- Member of official delegations and / or invited expert of the UN Inland Transport Committee
(WP.1), UNESCO, OSCE, Council of Europe, B20, SCO, BRICS
- Member of the Council on AI of the National Commission for UNESCO
- Representative of the Russian Federation with the right to vote in the Committee for Artificial Intelligence Standardization of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Head of the working group on the AI governance of the Russian AI Alliance (Sberbank, Yandex, Gazpromneft, VK, etc.)
- Secretary General of the AI Alliance Network. The Alliance brought together 17 industry associations from 14 countries (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, China, Cuba, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Russia, Serbia, Chile, Ethiopia, South Africa)