Dr. Ammar Younas is a legal scholar, philosopher, and entrepreneur whose work lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence governance, technology law, and the philosophy of science. He serves as Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for Cultural Governance at the Beijing Institute for AI Safety and Governance (Beijing-AISI), where he leads research on cross-cultural AI ethics, cultural cognition in intelligent systems, epistemic diversity, and the governance of emerging technologies.

He earned his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philosophy of Science and Technology from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) under the supervision of Professor Yi Zeng, a member of the United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence and a TIME100 AI honoree. His doctoral research developed new theoretical frameworks for culturally inclusive AI governance by integrating philosophy, law, and computational ethics. His doctoral research developed new theoretical frameworks for culturally inclusive AI governance by integrating philosophy, law, and computational ethics. Upon graduation, he was selected as an Excellent International Graduate of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of only 30 international graduates to receive the distinction from among hundreds of international students across the UCAS/Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) system, comprising more than 110 national research institutes.

Dr. Ammar is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb, UK) and a Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA). He serves on more than 25 international arbitration panels, with expertise in technology disputes, digital assets, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, and cross-border commercial arbitration. He is also a licensed lawyer in four jurisdictions and has over a decade of academic, legal, and policy experience across South Asia, Central Asia, and China.

As Chief Executive Officer of Ai Mo Innovation Consultants and Founding Partner of Ai Mo Lawyers, Dr. Ammar advises governments, international organizations, corporations, universities, and technology startups on AI governance, technology regulation, digital transformation, responsible innovation, and public policy. He is also the founder of Central Asia Tech Law (CAT Law), an emerging academic discipline dedicated to the study of technology law, AI governance, and digital policy in Central Asia.

Dr. Ammar’s interdisciplinary academic background spans Medicine, Finance, Political Marketing, International Relations, Jurisprudence, Human Rights, Chinese Law, and Philosophy of Science and Technology. Fluent in six languages, he has delivered keynote addresses, advised governments and international organizations, and contributed to global policy dialogues on AI governance, digital sovereignty, cross-cultural ethics, and the future of law in the age of intelligent systems.