Beeban Kidron Keynote Speaker

Member of the UK House of Lords (Crossbench Peer)
Founder of 5Rights Foundation
Global Digital Rights Advocate

Beeban Kidron's Biography

Baroness Beeban Kidron is a member of the UK’s House of Lords and a former film director. She is a leading voice on children’s rights in the digital environment and a global authority on digital regulation. She has played a central role in establishing standards for online safety and privacy across the world.

Baroness Kidron sits as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. She is the Honorary President, founder and former Chair of the 5Rights Foundation, a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics, where she chairs the Digital Futures for Children research centre, and a member of the Lancet Psychiatry’s Commission on Global Action on Problematic Usage of the Internet. She holds several roles at the University of Oxford, including as an advisor to the Institute for Ethics in AI, a Fellow at Jesus College, and as a Visiting Fellow to the Department of Computer Science. Until 2024, she was an expert consultant to the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Artificial Intelligence.

Before she became a peer, Baroness Kidron was an award-winning film director. She co-founded the charity Filmclub (now Into Film) in 2006, and was awarded an OBE for services to drama in 2012.

Children’s rights and safety in the digital age

Regulating technology and the future of the internet

AI governance and ethical innovation

Online privacy, data protection and digital wellbeing

Global policy approaches to tech accountability

She has shaped global standards on children’s rights and online safety, influencing legislation and policy at the highest levels including the UK Parliament and United Nations.
She brings deep expertise in digital regulation, advising governments, academia and global institutions on technology, ethics and AI governance.
She translates complex digital policy and ethical challenges into clear insight that helps leaders navigate risk, responsibility and regulation.
She offers a unique perspective bridging technology, policy and society, informed by roles across the House of Lords, LSE and Oxford.
Her insights help organisations build safer digital environments, align with regulation and act responsibly in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.