Phaedra Boinodiris is a Fellow
of the RSA and has focused on inclusion in technology since 1999. She holds 5
patents and has served on the leadership team of IBM’s Academy of Technology focusing on kicking
off internal startups that range from IBM’s first Serious Games and Advanced
Simulation program to IBM’s first K-12 program. Phaedra is currently pursuing
her PhD in AI and Ethics due to a generous scholarship from the European Union in
collaboration with NYU. She has founded or
acted as an advisor for multiple digital inclusion programs. She co-founded WomenGamers.Com
where she launched the first national scholarship program for women to pursue
degrees in Game Design and development. She
won the United Nations Woman of Influence in STEM and inclusivity Award in
2019, received the Social Innovator Award by IBM in 2018, received the 2014
Kenan Flagler Young Alumni Award, became a Fellow of the American Democracy
Institute in 2011 and in 2007 was recognized by Women in Games International as
being one of the Top 100 Women in the Games industry. Phaedra is the author of the book Serious
Games for Business and is a regular public speaker and contributor to
articles in Forbes, Fast Company, the National Academy of Engineering Journal, NPR
and other publications. She is on the editorial board for the Journal of Future
Robotic Life and on the board of Marbles Museum. She holds a BA and an MBA from
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.