Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Grand Finale 2025

The Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Grand Finale is the prestigious culminating event of the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge 2024-2025, held at the AI for Good Global Summit 2025. Experience the excitement as teams...

Hands-on AI: How does AI really work?

At the EPFL booth, young adults will be introduced to machine learning, neural networks, and data processing. Through three different experiments, they will explore how AI works today. This hands-on approach puts you at the...

Invisibility cloak: Foundations of computer vision

The Invisibility Cloak Workshop is a hands-on, beginner-friendly introduction to computer vision, a fundamental area of artificial intelligence and robotics. Originally developed as part of a proof-of-concept initiative sponsored by the IEEE, this workshop is...

Games for a different approach to artificial intelligence

Take part in a fun, collaborative workshop to explore artificial intelligence through a selection of serious games designed for students aged 10 to 15. Tested in the classroom, these games tackle AI from a variety...

What do students learn about artificial intelligence at school?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not yet explicitly mentioned in the digital education curriculum, but it is already establishing itself as a key object for understanding the contemporary digital world. This workshop explores how classroom activities...

Candli: How to create video games from students’ drawings

Candli is a platform for learning programming, mathematics, and physics by creating video games from your own drawings. Candli is a unique combination of artistic creation and visual programming. With this tool, a child, without...

Workshops to discover educational tools with AI

The Testbed program offers Swiss public schools in cycles 1-3 the opportunity to test and evaluate digital tools free of charge and without obligation. To date, we offer 16 tools (catalog available here: https://www.edtech-collider.ch/testbed/#tests), and we...

Thymio discovery

Come and discover the Thymio educational robot! In this workshop, you will discover the robot's six pre-programmed modes, learn how to program using the VPL visual language, and take on some fun challenges. No programming...

Prototypes for tomorrow: FuturePitch!

With FuturePitch, we empower students and educators to engage with sustainability, innovation, and product development in a hands-on, creative, and AI-supported way. In this two-level workshop, participants tackle real-world challenges. In the first part of...

The difference between how machines think and how we think

Did you ever go to class without knowing anything and just talk your way through it? Robots do that all the time! And sometimes they do it without even realizing it. In this session, we...

Moon Health Challenge: M.A.R.S Rover

Join a space mission with the M.A.R.S Rover, a mobile, autonomous, robotic system inspired by NASA’s Curiosity rover and the BBC Microbit. Through building, coding, and global challenges-based problem solving, participants will explore robotics and...

Exploring scratch and AI: Possibilities and pitfalls

Dive into creative AI using Scratch Lab’s face detection tools. Participants will design interactive games or stories using the Face Sensing blocks, experiment with AI-generated images, and reflect on the responsible use of generative AI...

How do computers work? (with Turing Tumble)

Experience how computers function without screens or code using Turing Tumble, a mechanical computer powered by marbles. Participants will solve logic puzzles, explore how circuits and logic gates operate, and build a deeper understanding of...

AI in Motion: Machine Learning with Micro:bit

Discover how artificial intelligence and machine learning work by creating your own AI model using the BBC Micro:bit. Participants will train a model using motion data from their own movements, then run it directly on...

Opening performance: Re. imagine – Resonant Augmenta

Nguyen Thien Minh and Fustic Studio, in collaboration with R100Studios, present "Re imagine - Resonant Augmenta”, a piano quintet featuring an Al pianist. The performance explores the dynamic interplay between human expression and artificial intelligence,...

We are the AI Generation

​​Setting the goals and shaping opportunities to identify high-potential AI solutions to solve global challenges.

Welcome remarks from United Nations

Welcome address

Using AI to tackle our planet’s most urgent problems

Information integrity in the age of AI

Startup accelerator programme

UN Leaders roundtable lunch

Powering an inclusive future through AI: Connecting the unconnected

Governments around the world have made it a priority to bridge the digital divide through connectivity. Today, 33% of the global population remains unconnected. That is 2.6 billion people who do not have a voice...

Addressing AI risks to international peace and security at source: Responsible AI education

Many in the civilian AI community don’t realize that today’s AI innovations could have serious consequences for international peace and security. Yet AI practitioners, whether researchers, engineers, product developers, or others, can play critical roles in mitigating risks, especially of misuse of...

AI, religion and humanism: A partnership

AI for Good

AI for human rights: Smarter, faster, fairer monitoring

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies become increasingly embedded in our societies, their potential to solve global challenges is both exciting and complex. AI tools can support faster data analysis, help uncover patterns in large datasets,...

From data to decisions: Using AI to boost productivity and fair wages

This workshop explores the potential of AI to create new job opportunities and ensure economic stability while addressing the challenges of automation. In addition, the workshop also uncovers how AI can help to create more...

Quantum for Good: Industry leadership, innovation and real-world impact

This track will spotlight how quantum technologies can deliver real-world impact, ensuring everyone can participate in and benefit from the second quantum revolution. It will explore how global collaboration can transform quantum breakthroughs into opportunities...

Human-centered AI for disaster risk reduction: Empowering communities through standards

In an era where climate change, urbanization, and population growth amplify the impact and frequency of disasters, Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers transformative potential to enhance resilience and preparedness. This workshop explores how Human-Centered AI can...

Trustworthy AI testing and validation

The main objectives of the workshop are to: a) discuss the research around AI system testing and verification methods, b) provide an overview of the different methodologies that are used to test and verify AI...

AI for social good: the new face of technosolutionism

The growing enthusiasm for applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to humanitarian and development goals has sparked a surge in "AI for Social Good" (AI4SG) initiatives from humanitarian and philanthropic institutions and tech monopolies alike. While these...

Empathy design in the age of AI

As AI becomes more embedded in our homes, cities, and public spaces, it continues to struggle with emotional and social connection. Mainstream systems prioritize speed and logic, but often overlook the subtleties needed to build...

AI as an engine for resilient growth

How to build a mind: Exploring insect-inspired AI for autonomous robots

Contemporary AI-based approaches such as transformers promise a step change for robotic autonomy. However, their hardware, data, training, and inference resource costs are all very substantial, and risk placing an additional burden on our already...

AI for equality: Bridging the innovation gap

Soft robotics for good: From marine species to ocean conservation

Despite their importance for human life, oceans are far less explored than other ecosystems on our planet. The sea bottom, or benthic zone, is largely unexplored, despite being home to 98% of marine species, hosting...

Innovation Factory Pitching competition: Women entrepreneurs shaping the future

Ancient voice: A bio-inspired tool for sentient AI

What if a crucial biological role of voice isn’t speaking? What if voice co-evolved with our vertebrate bodies, not to form language, but to support homeostasis and inform interoception, the sense of being in a body? Leslie...

Innovation into impact: How LG’s EXAONE models advance health, sustainability, and ethics

LG AI Research is committed to “Advancing AI for a Better Life”, developing EXAONE, Korea's only foundation model on Epoch AI's Notable Models list. EXAONE Deep provides PhD-level reasoning, democratizing AI tools for researchers worldwide. Our...

The future of AI-powered scientific breakthroughs

AI for Good

Closing the 100,000 year “data gap” in robotics

AI is rapidly advancing the way we think, but we live in a material world. We still need to move things, make things, and maintain things. We need AI-driven humanoid robots to support an aging...

Truth and power in the age of AI

AI for Good Innovation Factory Grand Finale 2025 pre-final round

After a year-long quest to find the most promising AI for Good startups from across the globe and industries, the AI for Good Innovation Factory is gearing up for its highly anticipated Pre-Finale. This event...

The great AI debate

For the record: AI, creativity, and the future of music

AI for Good Film Festival 2025 screening

The AI for Good Film Festival 2025 will honor four outstanding filmmakers whose creative storytelling and innovative use of AI convey a powerful, positive message about addressing global challenges. During this exciting event, the finalists...

Gala Dinner

AI in Motion: Machine Learning with Micro:bit

Discover how artificial intelligence and machine learning work by creating your own AI model using the BBC Micro:bit. Participants will train a model using motion data from their own movements, then run it directly on...

How do computers work? (with Turing Tumble)

Experience how computers function without screens or code using Turing Tumble, a mechanical computer powered by marbles. Participants will solve logic puzzles, explore how circuits and logic gates operate, and build a deeper understanding of...

Exploring scratch and AI: Possibilities and pitfalls

Dive into creative AI using Scratch Lab’s face detection tools. Participants will design interactive games or stories using the Face Sensing blocks, experiment with AI-generated images, and reflect on the responsible use of generative AI...

Moon Health Challenge: M.A.R.S Rover

Join a space mission with the M.A.R.S Rover, a mobile, autonomous, robotic system inspired by NASA’s Curiosity rover and the BBC Microbit. Through building, coding, and global challenges-based problem solving, participants will explore robotics and...

The difference between how machines think and how we think

Did you ever go to class without knowing anything and just talk your way through it? Robots do that all the time! And sometimes they do it without even realizing it. In this session, we...

Prototypes for tomorrow: FuturePitch!

With FuturePitch, we empower students and educators to engage with sustainability, innovation, and product development in a hands-on, creative, and AI-supported way. In this two-level workshop, participants tackle real-world challenges. In the first part of...

Thymio discovery

Come and discover the Thymio educational robot! In this workshop, you will discover the robot's six pre-programmed modes, learn how to program using the VPL visual language, and take on some fun challenges. No programming...

Workshops to discover educational tools with AI

The Testbed program offers Swiss public schools in cycles 1-3 the opportunity to test and evaluate digital tools free of charge and without obligation. To date, we offer 16 tools (catalog available here: https://www.edtech-collider.ch/testbed/#tests), and we...

Candli: How to create video games from students’ drawings

Candli is a platform for learning programming, mathematics, and physics by creating video games from your own drawings. Candli is a unique combination of artistic creation and visual programming. With this tool, a child, without...

What do students learn about artificial intelligence at school?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not yet explicitly mentioned in the digital education curriculum, but it is already establishing itself as a key object for understanding the contemporary digital world. This workshop explores how classroom activities...

Games for a different approach to artificial intelligence

Take part in a fun, collaborative workshop to explore artificial intelligence through a selection of serious games designed for students aged 10 to 15. Tested in the classroom, these games tackle AI from a variety...

Invisibility cloak: Foundations of computer vision

The Invisibility Cloak Workshop is a hands-on, beginner-friendly introduction to computer vision, a fundamental area of artificial intelligence and robotics. Originally developed as part of a proof-of-concept initiative sponsored by the IEEE, this workshop is...

Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Grand Finale 2025

The Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Grand Finale is the prestigious culminating event of the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge 2024-2025, held at the AI for Good Global Summit 2025. Experience the excitement as teams...

Startup accelerator programme

AI innovation for early warnings for all: Bridging gaps, saving lives

This workshop, hosted by the AI Sub-Group of the Early Warning for All (EW4All) initiative, will serve as a platform to highlight AI driven innovations that enhance early warning systems for disasters and extreme weather...

AI and Machine Learning in communication networks

This workshop marks the 3rd edition of the MLComm series, continuing the exploration of AI/ML in modern communication networks. As networks evolve towards IMT-2030 (6G), AI/ML is transforming telecom architectures, enabling distributed intelligence, AI-native operations,...

Innovate for impact: The winning AI use cases

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great potential to benefit society but realizing the technology’s full potential needs understanding of not only use case specific requirements but also regional preferences. Rapid strides in AI research, brings forth the...

AI and space sustainability

AI & virtual worlds: Building the cities and governments of tomorrow

AI and virtual worlds are transforming how cities and governments operate, deliver services, and connect with people. This workshop brings together leaders, policymakers, and innovators to explore how AI-powered virtual worlds and the citiverse can...

Developing responsible AI: Vision and practice

Amidst accelerating advancements in AI and growing disparities in digital access, the World Internet Conference (WIC) is going to convene a multidisciplinary coalition—including members of WIC Specialized Committee on AI, delegates from International standards bodies,...

Bridging the AI innovation gap

Quantum technology and diplomacy: Why should we care?

The rapid advancement of quantum technology has been so transformative that the United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. From establishing international standards and security frameworks to promoting...

AI and climate change: Balancing innovation and sustainability

The speaker will discuss how to harness AI's immense potential for helping fight the climate crisis while keeping its environmental impacts in mind.

Decoding the global state of implantable brain-computer interfaces

Implanted brain-computer interfaces (iBCI) are progressing quickly, with over 25 years of research on long-term electrode implantation for communication and motor control applications and considerable private investment in recent years. Despite this progress and groundbreaking...

Quantum for all: Innovation, access & impact

With momentum building, the focus now shifts to access and real-world applications. As quantum technology progresses, so does the need to address security, global access, and the direction of its development. The rapid rise of...

Empowering equal access to healthcare with AI

This session, organized by IHCA, highlights the urgent need to address mental health challenges among teenagers in underdeveloped regions. By focusing on inclusivity and affordability, we will discuss how AI can expand access to quality...

AI in Africa: Beyond the algorithm

Building tomorrow’s quantum workforce: Voices from FLIQ

The future of quantum innovation depends on the next generation of talent. In this dynamic closing panel, winners of the FLIQ (Future Leaders in Quantum) hackathon take the stage to share their bold ideas, breakthroughs,...

Agentic AI for regenerative and socially just planetary stewardship

At the AI for Good conference, I’ll be unveiling GaiaGraph—our agentic AI-powered decision intelligence framework designed not for domination, but for regeneration and justice. GaiaGraph isn’t just another knowledge graph. It’s a living, evolving epistemic engine...

AI for global brain health: Scaling non-invasive neuromodulation for Alzheimer’s disease

As neurodegenerative diseases rise worldwide, the need for scalable, accessible, and effective treatments has never been more urgent. This session will explore the possibilities of neuromodulation, specifically activating gamma brainwave activity to develop a new...

Mobility for Good

Agentic AI: Pioneering the future of intelligent autonomy

The future of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces

Quantum for Good: Shaping the future of quantum – What happens next?

Clear policies, strong frameworks, and a skilled workforce are essential for quantum technologies to reach their full potential, but what comes next? This session serves as a strategic wrap-up with key insights on next steps....

AI for global health: Autonomous biomanufacturing for living medicines

In a world striving for healthier lives and longer lifespans, the intersection of AI and regenerative medicine offers unprecedented possibilities. This presentation will showcase how AI-powered, autonomous biomanufacturing technology is poised to transform the production of...

AI Skills Coalition partners lunch

Bridging frontier innovation with non-profit practice

Join the lunch event, "Bridging frontier innovation with non-profit practice," organized by International Health Charity Association, where entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders share insights on leveraging cutting-edge technology to uplift healthcare and education. Gain fresh perspectives,...

Empowering ability through AI-powered assistive technologies

This session will explore how AI is transforming assistive technologies and tools to enhance independence, mobility, and quality of life for people with disabilities. Developed at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), these innovations integrate...

Hands for all: Democratizing the bionic revolution

Imagine a world where advanced bionic hands are not just a luxury for the privileged few, but accessible life-changing tools for everyone. In this keynote, Pranav will shine a spotlight on the urgent need for...

Homo Cyberneticus: Neural embodiment of artificial limbs

To successfully design devices for the human body, engineers often view the body itself as the ideal design template. Similarly, for individuals missing a limb, the development of artificial prosthetic limbs often centres on embodiment...

The third thumb: Rethinking human dexterity

Dani Clode, augmentation designer, explores how wearable technology can move beyond restoration, toward extension, adaptability, and new expressions of the human body. Her work challenges conventional boundaries between prosthetics, tools, and the body, proposing augmentation...

Beyond human: AI, superhumans, and the quest for limitless performance & longevity

The role of GeoAI and Foundational Models in shaping an AI-driven future for all

As the global community works to solve global challenges, innovative geospatial solutions are increasingly recognized as essential tools for addressing complex societal challenges. This workshop will focus on the transformative potential of GeoAI and foundational...

AI futures: Reimagining learning and work in 2035 and beyond

Ready to Imagine the Future, Not Just Predict It? Join this dynamic workshop to explore AI’s transformative impact on learning and work. Engage with experts and explore compelling future scenarios, crowdsourced from students, educators, and...

Brain – Computer Interfaces: Standards for security and diverse application scenarios

As an interdisciplinary field of artificial intelligence and neuroscience, brain - computer interfaces (BCI) are attracting extensive attention from all sectors of the international community. The theme of this conference focuses on the technical safety...

Leading with agents of change: Innovating our way to a better world

Why You’ll Want a Front-Row Seat: Step into a dynamic “AI mission control” experience, where pioneering UN organizations will showcase their best practices and lighthouse use cases of AI agents. These global leaders will demonstrate...

Building the future we want: Scaling inclusive AI solutions through collaboration

The prevailing discussions around AI are filled with optimism, showcasing a future of unprecedented opportunities for growth, innovation, and inclusion. But what if this future does not materialize for all? Despite rapid technological advances, billions...

Global intellects convergence for co-shaping a shared future: Innovative practices and win-win cooperation driven by AI for sustainable development

In order to pool global wisdom and explore technological development and international cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI), China Branch of BRICS Institute of Future Networks (BIFNC) will hold the Seminar on "Converging Global Intellects for Co-shaping a...

Restoring voice and representation through inclusive AI

Join us for a powerful fireside chat with Sophia Noel, Head of the ElevenLabs Impact Program, and Yvonne Johnson, an Afro-Caribbean advocate and ALS patient who uses ElevenLabs to communicate. This conversation will explore the...

Foundation models for autonomous driving

Waymo’s mission is to be the world’s most trusted driver. Our fully autonomous ride-hailing service is currently deployed commercially in four major US cities and expanding rapidly. In this presentation, I will talk about some...

AI for Good

How chess-inspired AI can empower human learning

Can AI truly replace human learning, or can it deepen it? Mark's keynote explores how AI, when trained on human knowledge and values, can become not just a tool of automation, but a collaborative force...