Mona Hamdy is a tech ethicist, designer, and inventor whose work bridges the gap between emerging technologies and meaningful, human-centered futures.

As the founder of Anomaly, a design think tank rooted in the (not so) radical belief that human thriving is the ultimate technological innovation, she has pioneered frameworks for ethical, legal, and societal issues (ELSI) in new fields such as AI, blockchain, and digital assets. Mona is an MFA candidate researcher at Savannah College of Art and Design, a teaching fellow at Harvard University and a sought-after advisor to global organizations, including the G20, UN, and World Bank, where her expertise helps shape ethical approaches to innovation.

Her philosophy, The 5 (Very Human) Pillars of the Fifth Industrial Revolution (community, creativity, vitality, story, soul) anchors her work and worldview on the ideal role for technology at the digital frontier of the rest of human history. Her publications, including The Unseen Layers of AI and The Digitalist Papers (Stanford University Press), explore AI transparency, data provenance, and alternative techno-ideologies that prioritize pluralistic datasets and principles of inclusivity and ecological balance for the extension of markets and societies.

A co-founder of Al Baydha, a groundbreaking climate mitigation and heritage reclamation project in Saudi Arabia, Mona designed the world's first mixed-reality educational digital twin and open-source augmented reality literacy tool. Her influence spans academia, global development, and cultural advocacy, including board and advisory roles with Milken Institute’s Milken-Motsepe Prize, Center for Democracy and Technology, UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck AI and Blockchain Accelerator, the Global Blockchain Business Council and Harvard W3D: Women in Defense, Development, and Diplomacy.

Mona’s career is dedicated to harmonizing humanity and technology, advocating for innovation that serves humanity’s highest ideals while fostering dignity, inclusivity, and sustainability.