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The world’s leading platform for AI solutions, skills, standards and policy convenes alongside the UN\u2019s inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geneva will become the global focal point for artificial intelligence as world leaders and policymakers, leading AI researchers, technology pioneers, and United Nations agencies meet for the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 and the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
\nTaking place from 7 to 10 July at Geneva’s Palexpo convention centre, the AI for Good Global Summit is organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency for digital technologies, together with more than 50 UN partners and co-convened by the Swiss Confederation.
\nThe Summit follows the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, meeting from 6 to 7 July, convened by the United Nations General Assembly and facilitated by UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres.
\nTogether with the WSIS Forum 2026, taking place throughout the same week, these events create an unprecedented global gathering to advance international cooperation on AI and digital technologies. Discussions at the events will span AI policy, standards, innovation, skills development, and real-world AI deployment.
\nAt a time when countries around the world are developing national AI strategies and deploying increasingly capable AI systems, the AI for Good Global Summit will showcase how AI is already improving healthcare, education, food security, disaster response, accessibility, and public services. It will also explore frontiers including agentic AI, robotics, autonomous systems, quantum technologies, and brain-computer interfaces.
\nThe Summit is expected to welcome thousands of participants from government, industry, academia, civil society, and the UN system, alongside hundreds of speakers and exhibitors from around the world.<\/p>\n

Featured speakers<\/strong>
\nThe AI for Good Global Summit 2026 will host talks from prominent figures, including:<\/p>\n

World leaders and policymakers<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union and host of the AI For Good Global Summit 2026
\n\u2022 H.E. Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly
\n\u2022 H.E. Paul Kagame, President, Republic of Rwanda
\n\u2022 H.E. Alar Karis, President, Republic of Estonia
\n\u2022 H.E. Zhaslan Khasenovich Madiev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
\n\u2022 Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General for Policy, Office of the UN Secretary-General
\n\u2022 Khaled El-Enany, Director-General, UNESCO
\n\u2022 Volker T\u00fcrk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR
\n\u2022 Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety
\n\u2022 H.E. Lerato Mataboge, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union
\n\u2022 Lacina Kon\u00e9, Director General and CEO, Smart Africa
\n\u2022 H.E. Lavina Ramkissoon, ASRIC Co-Chair, African Union
\n\u2022 HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Saud AlSaud, Secretary General and member of the Board of Trustees, Alwaleed Philanthropies
\n\u2022 Puyr Temb\u00e9, First Secretary of Indigenous Peoples, State of Par\u00e1 (SEPI)<\/p>\n

AI pioneers and leading researchers<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2021 and Co-Chair, Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
\n\u2022 Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2014 and Founder, Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion
\n\u2022 Yoshua Bengio, Professor of Computer Science and Operations Research, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, and Co-Chair, Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
\n\u2022 Ray Kurzweil, Inventor, Futurist and Best-selling Author
\n\u2022 Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
\n\u2022 Jo\u00eblle Barral, Senior Director of Research and Engineering, Google DeepMind
\n\u2022 Wang Jian, Founder, Alibaba Cloud and Zhejiang Lab
\n\u2022 Roman V. Yampolskiy, Faculty Member, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Louisville
\n\u2022 Vukosi Marivate, Director, African Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Professor of Computer Science, University of Pretoria\/Lelapa AI
\n\u2022 Yutaka Matsuo, Professor, University of Tokyo<\/p>\n

Technology and industry leaders<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO, Salesforce
\n\u2022 Will Marshall, Chair, Co-Founder and CEO, Planet
\n\u2022 Brad Smith, President, Microsoft
\n\u2022 Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon
\n\u2022 Serame Taukobong, Group CEO, Telkom
\n\u2022 Stephanie Bednarek, VP, Commercial Sales, SpaceX
\n\u2022 Avi Saxena, CTO, Global Digital, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
\n\u2022 Ali Taha Koc\u0327, CEO, Turkcell
\n\u2022 Bill Gross, Founder and CEO, ProRata and Gist
\n\u2022 Anna Marks, Chair, Deloitte Global Board of Directors
\n\u2022 Michael Nash, Chief Digital Officer, Universal Music Group
\n\u2022 Prem Akkaraju, CEO, Stability AI
\n\u2022 Andrew Sanchez, CEO and Co-Founder, Udio
\n\u2022 Kakul Srivastava, CEO, Splice
\n\u2022 Chaouki Kasmi, Chief Innovation Officer, Technology Innovation Institute
\n\u2022 Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University<\/p>\n

Thought leaders and creatives<\/strong>
\n\u2022 will.i.am, Musician, Technology Founder and Goodwill Ambassador, AI Skills Coalition
\n\u2022 Yvonne Chacka Chacka, Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Entrepreneur, Humanitarian, and Educator
\n\u2022 John Legend, Singer and Songwriter
\n\u2022 Bryan Johnson, Founder, Immortals, and featured in the Netflix documentary Don’t Die
\n\u2022 Tristan Harris, Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology, and featured in the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma
\n\u2022 Nicholas Thompson, CEO, The Atlantic
\n\u2022 Michael P. Nash, Filmmaker, Founder, Beverly Hills Productions
\n\u2022 Jessica Sibley, CEO, TIME<\/p>\n

20,000 m\u00b2 expo<\/strong>
\nThe AI and Robotics for Good Expo will feature more than 200 technology demonstrations from startups, universities and research institutes, major tech companies, UN agencies, and innovators from around the world.
\nJournalists and visitors will be able to experience:
\n\u2022 Humanoid and service robots
\n\u2022 Autonomous vehicles and mobility systems
\n\u2022 Brain-computer interface technologies
\n\u2022 AI-powered healthcare solutions
\n\u2022 Space and satellite AI applications
\n\u2022 Edge AI and TinyML innovations
\n\u2022 Quantum technology demonstrations
\n\u2022 AI accessibility tools
\n\u2022 AI systems supporting disaster response and humanitarian operations
\n\u2022 AI generated art exhibits<\/p>\n

Summit highlights<\/strong>
\n\u201cDay Zero\u00bb of the AI for Good Global Summit on 7 July will feature live demos, interactive exhibits, startup competitions and hands-on workshops. The summit’s Centre Stage officially opens on 8 July.<\/p>\n

Programme features include:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Multistakeholder dialogue on AI standards and policy \u2013 bringing together leaders from governments, international organizations, industry, academia and civil society, as well as representatives of major AI processes and initiatives from around the world, to exchange experiences, explore opportunities for greater cooperation, and discuss frontier challenges including agentic AI security, AI testing and benchmarking, misinformation and deepfakes, quantum technology applications and use cases, and AI infrastructure and energy demands.
\n\u2022 Global innovation competitions and awards \u2013 including the AI for Good Innovation Factory Grand Finale and machine-learning challenges on edge AI, TinyML, and space AI computing as well as the AI for Good Impact Awards and Robotics Youth Challenge Grand Finale.
\n\u2022 Technology demos and interactive expo \u2013 featuring cutting-edge systems in AI, robotics, embodied AI, brain-computer interfaces, autonomous vehicles and quantum technologies.
\n\u2022 AI skills and capacity-building programmes \u2013 with training sessions delivered by AI Skills Coalition partners, hands-on workshops and a dynamic Youth Zone supporting the next generation of innovators.
\n\u2022 Creative and cultural programmes \u2013 highlighting the intersection of AI and creativity with the AI for Good Film Festival, the Canvas of the Future AI Art Competition, and AI-enabled artistic performances. The summit will feature the premiere of RAISE, a documentary series executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio exploring how AI is already being used to address humanity’s most urgent challenges.<\/p>\n

The AI for Good Global Summit 2026 is supported by its partners and sponsors:
\n\u2022 Co-Convener: Swiss Confederation
\n\u2022 Diamond Sponsors: Microsoft Corporation, Technology Innovation Institute, Deloitte Consulting AG, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., China Telecommunications Corporation, China Unicom
\n\u2022 Gold Sponsors: Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) of the Republic of Korea, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) of Japan, Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, DLA Piper LLP (US), ZTE Corporation,
\n\u2022 Silver Sponsors: EY, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
\n\u2022 Youth Zone Sponsor: The LEGO Group
\n\u2022 Networking Partners: Lenovo (United States) Inc., TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Zurich Insurance Company Ltd, Human Change Foundation, Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, Giga, HP Inc. UK Limited, Advance Solutions Corp. (ADVANCE), The Observer, IBM, QAI Ventures AG, Google LLC, d-teach online school, UK Mission to the UN, WTO and Other International Organisations in Geneva, UNDP, Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Siemens AG, Special Competitive Studies Project
\n\u2022 Session Partners: Microsoft Corporation, S&P Global UK Limited, GTI, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), World Internet Conference, GTI Alliance Limited, Zhejiang Lab, Access Partnership, Cisco Systems, Inc., EY, FSAB Consulting, Motivai Private Limited, Huawei Technologies Switzerland AG, Shanghai Xinhong Vivid Education Technology Co., Ltd., Eraneos Group AG
\n\u2022 Innovation Factory Local Chapters: Akbank T.A.\u015e, Government of Catalonia \u2013 Spain, Innovate Australia Ltd.<\/p>\n

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