Global Summit

AI for Good

Accelerating progress
towards the SDGs

28-31 May 2019
Geneva, Switzerland

AI for Good

Global Summit

Accelerating progress
towards the SDGs

28-31 May 2019
Geneva, Switzerland

SUMMIT PROGRAMME

A multi-stakeholder, inter-disciplinary approach…

Government

Industry

UN Agencies

Civil Society

International Organizations

Academia

Summit Goals

Connect AI innovators with problem owners, to identify practical applications of AI to accelerate progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Ensure trusted, safe and inclusive development of AI technologies and equitable access to their benefits

Organized by

In partnership with

Summit Speakers

Ray Kurzweil

Inventor, Futurist & Best-selling author of ‘The Singularity is Near’

Anousheh Ansari

CEO, Space Ambassador. AI for Gender Inclusivity Breakthrough Co-Chair

XPRIZE Foundation

Vicki Hanson

Chief Executive Officer

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Jean-Philippe Courtois

Executive Vice President and President, National Transformation Partnerships

Microsoft

Jo Ann Stonier

Chief Data Officer

Mastercard

Jim Hagemann Snabe

Chairman

Siemens

Cécile Cabanis

EVP, CFO, Information Systems, Procurement and Strategic Resources Cycles, Member of the Board of Directors

Danone

Timnit Gebru

Lead, Ethical Artificial Intelligence

Google

Yan Huang

Senior Director AI Innovation and AI Health Lead

Baidu

Vladimir Kramnik

World Chess Champion

Chess Player

Yves Daccord

Director-General

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Amir Banifatemi

CO-Founder and Director

AI Commons

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Summit Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor & Strategic Partner

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Exhibits and Demos

Narciss, Waltz Binaire

Narciss is an uncovered robot, exposed to describe his thoughts while looking at himself

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Unfinished, Roman Lipski & Birds on Mars

The first digital muse for artists

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Jeffrey Rovner Photography

Artificial Intelligence portfolio

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When Van Gogh bought a Microscope

AI+Art installations

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FUSION

Full Body Surrogacy for Collaborative Communicationclients

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ROBORACE

The world’s first autonomous, electric high performance racing car

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PROJECT DEBATER

The first AI system that can debate humans on complex topics

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SIMON PIERRO

The World’s Leading AI & iPad Magician

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ROBOT BARTENDER YANU

Fully autonomous AI and robot empowered bartending unit

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AIRA

AI powered remote assistance for the blind

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League of Nations in the Digital Age

United Nations digitalization of the official documents collection using a model for language prediction

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OCEAN PROTOCOL

Unlocking data for AI and empowering the new data economy

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Join us in Geneva, Switzerland

The Summit will take place at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG) on Rue de Varembé 17, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland. You may discover general information about travelling to Geneva below, via the International Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI).

Practical Information

Travel Preparation

Budget Preparation

Preferential ITU Hotel Rates

Arrival in Geneva

Useful Information

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The Summit has done a stellar job in enhancing the participants awareness of AI, and more importantly, helped them on the path to generate ideas on how to fulfill the SDGs. I’m looking forward to seeing how these ideas get developed and transform into the solutions we need.

Neil Sahota

World Wide Business Development Leader at IBM Watson

AI for Good provides an outstanding mix of world class presentations and discussion topics from an eminent line-up of global researchers and scientists. It is an important must-attend event for any organization or individual interested in demonstrating the possibilities of AI for societal benefit

Monash Data Futures Institute

Sponsor

As the UN specialized agency for information and communication technologies, ITU is well placed to guide AI innovation towards the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We are providing a neutralplatform for international dialogue aimed at building a common understanding of the capabilities of emerging AI technologies.

Houlin Zhao

Secretary-General, ITU (2015-2022)

It is wonderful to be with everybody in virtual space. […]. These are some of the most enjoyable and inspiring meetings that I have ever been to.

Stuart Russell

Professor, Author of “Human Compatible”

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Wallis and Futuna Islands	WF	WLF	Developing

A multi-stakeholder, inter-disciplinary approach…

Government

Industry

UN Agencies

Civil Society

International Organizations

Academia

Summit Goals

Organized by

In partnership with

Summit Speakers

Install the APP and start networking with your peers today!

Install the APP and start networking with your peers today!

Summit Sponsors

Exhibits and Demos

Narciss, Waltz Binaire

Unfinished, Roman Lipski & Birds on Mars

Jeffrey Rovner Photography

When Van Gogh bought a Microscope

FUSION

ROBORACE

PROJECT DEBATER

SIMON PIERRO

ROBOT BARTENDER YANU

AIRA

League of Nations in the Digital Age

OCEAN PROTOCOL

Join us in Geneva, Switzerland

Neil Sahota

Monash Data Futures Institute

Houlin Zhao

Stuart Russell

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