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29 May 2024
Outcomes of AI Governance breakouts morning session
14:10 - 14:30
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29 May 2024
State of play of major global AI Governance processes
14:30 - 15:15
Roberto Viola (European Commission), H.E. Mr. Hiroshi Yoshida (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan), Thomas Schneider (Swiss Federal Office of Communications)...
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29 May 2024
Leveraging the UN system to advance global AI Governance efforts
15:15 - 15:45
Doreen Bogdan-Martin (ITU), Tshilidzi Marwala (United Nations University), Daren Tang (WIPO)...
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29 May 2024
The Government’s AI dilemma: how to maximize rewards while minimizing risks?
16:00 - 16:30
H.E. Ms. Emma Inamutila Theofelus (Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Namibia), H.E. Dr. Bosun Tijani (Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Nigeria), Mercedes Aramendia Falco (URSEC)
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Connecting AI Innovators with problem owners to solve global challenges

Connecting AI Innovators with problem owners to solve global challenges

We have less than 10 years to solve the UN SDGs and AI holds great promise to advance many of sustainable development goals and targets.

More than a Summit, more than a movement, AI for Good is presented as a year round digital platform where AI innovators and problem owners learn, build and connect to help identify practical AI solutions to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

AI for Good is organized by ITU in partnership with 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland.

Goal

Identify practical applications of AI to advance the SDGs and scale those solutions for global impact.

All Year – Always Online

Learn, build and connect all year via innovative weekly digital programming.

Diverse global audience

Leading minds in AI, business, government, civil society and international cooperation. Global coverage in world-renowned media.

Join the #AIforGood movement

Network with like-minded innovators in search of global impact. Meet your partner for the next wave of innovation in AI.

Connecting AI Innovators with problem owners to solve global challenges

Connecting AI Innovators with problem owners to solve global challenges

We have less than 10 years to solve the UN SDGs and AI holds great promise to advance many of sustainable development goals and targets.

More than a Summit, more than a movement, AI for Good is presented as a year round digital platform where AI innovators and problem owners learn, build and connect to help identify practical AI solutions to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

AI for Good is organized by ITU in partnership with 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland.

Goal

Identify practical applications of AI to advance the SDGs and scale those solutions for global impact.

All Year – Always Online

Learn, build and connect all year via innovative weekly digital programming.

Diverse global audience

Leading minds in AI, business, government, civil society and international cooperation. Global coverage in world-renowned media.

Join the #AIforGood movement

Network with like-minded innovators in search of global impact. Meet your partner for the next wave of innovation in AI.

AI for Good Gateway

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Global Summit Speakers

Hao Li
CEO & Co-Founder & Associate Professor (MBZUAI)
Pinscreen
Renée Cummings
Professor of Practice in Data Science
University of Virginia, School of Data Science
Vincent Vanhoucke
Senior Director of Robotics
Google DeepMind
Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer
Google X
Bestselling author of 'Scary Smart' and 'Solve for Happy'
Ebtesam Almazrouei
Founder and CEO
AIE3
Expert AI Executive and Tech Visionary Leader
Lane Dilg
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Affairs
OpenAI
Marco Tempest
Creative Technologist, Strategy Consultant, Directors Fellow MIT Media Lab; Founder
Pascale Davies
Tech Reporter
Euronews
Brendan Schulman
Vice President of Policy and Government
Boston Dynamics
Jocelyne Bloch
Associate Professor
University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV)
Gregoire Courtine
Professor of Neurosciences
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ramses Alcaide
Chief Executive Officer
Neurable
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20 June 2022
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8 June 2022
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27 May 2022
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18 May 2022
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13 May 2022
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3 May 2022
AI changemakers convene in Cannes
26 April 2022
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21 April 2022
AI-powered exploration of Antarctica: Unlocking imagination in children of all ages
20 April 2022
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8 April 2022
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25 February 2022
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18 February 2022
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14 February 2022
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8 February 2022
New standards steering digital agriculture
4 February 2022
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1 February 2022
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26 January 2022
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20 December 2021
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17 December 2021
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15 December 2021
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18 November 2021
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12 November 2021
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18 October 2021
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15 September 2021
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19 July 2021
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13 July 2021
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7 July 2021
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20 May 2021
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14 May 2021
AI accelerates hybrid learning in Moscow
12 May 2021
How Citibeats is leveraging AI to inform policy
7 May 2021
How US cities are using artificial intelligence to boost vaccine uptake
28 April 2021
Can AI be made trustworthy?
28 April 2021
Cybersecurity challenges in the AI age
13 April 2021
How AI will shape smart cities
8 April 2021
Can drones and AI help tackle litter?
31 March 2021
Autonomous driving systems: A long road ahead
24 March 2021
Using AI to better understand natural hazards and disasters
19 March 2021
Setting the standards for autonomous driving
11 March 2021
How AI is helping uncover modern slavery
10 March 2021
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5 March 2021
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25 February 2021
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19 February 2021
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18 December 2020
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17 December 2020
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21 October 2020
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20 October 2020
A safer, more resilient world: Reducing disaster risks with AI
12 October 2020
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30 September 2020
Helsinki and Amsterdam launch AI registers to detail city systems
30 September 2020
How machine learning is powering collective pandemic intelligence
29 September 2020
Is ‘provably beneficial’ AI possible?
28 September 2020
Feeding the future: How AI can strengthen food security
25 September 2020
Bridging the AI gender gap: Why we need better data for an equal world
22 September 2020
Further and faster: How artificial intelligence can help fix climate change
17 September 2020
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AI for Health: Join new ad-hoc group on digital health technologies to combat COVID-19
24 August 2020
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Secretary-General, United Nations

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