GC REAIM Expert
Nicholas Davis is Industry Professor – Emerging Technology at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
With Prof. Edward Santow, Prof. Davis co-leads the Human Technology Institute, UTS’s new initiative on building Australia’s capability on ethical and responsible artificial intelligence. Prof. Davis’ areas of expertise include innovation policy, technology and regulation, strategic foresight and multistakeholder collaboration processes.
From 2015-2019, Prof. Davis was Head of Society and Innovation and a member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, responsible for developing the theme of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and overseeing the development of cooperative emerging technology policy efforts around the world.
Prof. Davis is an Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School, a Visiting Professor at UCL’s department of science, technology, engineering and public policy (STEaPP), a Visiting Fellow at ANU in the School of Cybernetics, an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and serves on a number of boards and committees. He is also a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Previously, Prof. Davis was the World Economic Forum’s Head of Europe, a Director at Oxford Investment Research and a commercial lawyer.
