Ellen Broad

Senior Fellow with the 3A Institute, Australian National University

Ellen is a Senior Fellow with the 3A Institute, founded by Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell within the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Australian National University. Despite having begun her studies in law and english literature, Ellen’s career has always been in technology, spanning policy, standards and engineering. Previous roles have included Head of Technical Delivery for the Consumer Data Standards program with CSIRO’s Data61, Head of Policy for the Open Data Institute (ODI), ministerial adviser on data to senior UK cabinet minister Elisabeth Truss and Manager of Digital Policy and Projects for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions in the Netherlands. She is a member of the Australian government’s Data Advisory Council and author of Made by Humans: the AI Condition (Melbourne University Publishing, 2018), which has included in The Best Australian Science Writing 2019 and Highly Commended in the ACT’s Book of the Year. She has written for publications including The Guardian, New Scientist, Griffith Review and Inside Story. A board game she created with Jeni Tennison, CEO of the Open Data Institute, is being played in 19 countries.

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