Lama Saouma — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Senior Technical Program Manager for Responsible AI at Microsoft AI
Contributes to AI Risk Management and Standardization at Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
Co-leads the Agentic AI Risk and Reliability Workstream at MLCommons
Served as Senior Consultant for AI Strategy and Adoption in the Public Sector at the World Bank Group
Provided expertise for the EU AI Act General-Purpose AI Code of Practice at the European Commission
Acts as an Expert Member of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial Intelligence Standards Committee
Served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Canadian AI Safety Institute for the Government of Canada

Biography

Lama Saouma is a Senior Technical Program Manager for Responsible AI at Microsoft AI. Her work focuses on the critical areas of artificial intelligence risk management, safety, and strategy.

Saouma contributes significantly to the development of AI policy and standardization globally. She is an Affiliate for AI Risk Management and Standardization at the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative and co-leads the Agentic AI Risk and Reliability Workstream at MLCommons.