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Var Shankar
Chair,
Council on AI Governance
Var is the Chair of the Council on AI Governance. Var previously led the Responsible AI Institute, practiced law in the Capital Markets and Banking divisions of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and worked on the Clinton Global Initiative. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
Var is a member of the OECD's Network of Experts on AI, the World Economic Forum's AI Governance Alliance and the Brookings Forum for Cooperation on AI. He is a Co-Instructor, along with Alexis Cook, of Kaggle’s AI Ethics course.
Sessions
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11-Dec-2025AI at Scale StageThe AI Governance Triangle: Harmonizing C-Suite, Legal, and Tech