Miriam Stankovich is a Senior Principal Digital Policy Specialist at the Center for Digital Acceleration, DAI. She has 25 years of experience leading complex projects in data protection and governance, intellectual property and technology law, regulatory impact assessment of emerging technologies (AI, Blockchain, IoT, Virtual/Augmented Reality, and 3D Printing), and technology transfer. Miriam has served as a senior legal and policy advisor for major international organizations such as the ITU, the World Bank, WIPO, the IFC, UNIDO, UNESCO, UNDP, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, African Union, and the European Union. She was a Fulbright Scholar in intellectual property and technology law at Duke University School of Law and a World Bank McNamara Scholar in development economics, intellectual property rights, and tech transfer at Duke University School of Public Policy. Miriam is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, books, monographs, book chapters, laws, and government reports on international intellectual property, technology transfer, innovation, public policy, and regulation of emerging technologies.