Rapid innovation with artificial intelligence (AI) – from autonomous AI agents and generative models to brain-machine interfaces, self-driving vehicles, and a growing range of quantum technologies – requires global action to safeguard the future.
AI governance, standards, skills and capacity will be in focus at the AI for Good Global Summit 2025, organized by ITU, the UN agency for digital technologies, supported by over 50 UN partners and co-convened with the federal government of Switzerland.
The summit takes place from 8 to 11 July 2025 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, with 100+ demos showcasing AI innovations to deliver better healthcare and education, reduce disaster risks, ensure water and food security, and bolster economic resilience.
This year's event emphasizes the technical resources and know-how needed among policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, professionals across the workforce, and the next generation of innovators to maximize the social and economic benefits of AI, particularly in developing countries.
Governments, industry, academia, and civil society are all taking part at the global showcase for responsible AI.
Featured speakers
The four-day summit will host talks from prominent AI figures, including:
- Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU
- H.E. Alar Karis, President, Republic of Estonia
- Geoffrey Hinton, Turing Award & Nobel Laureate, AI Pioneer & Deep Learning Visionary (remote)
- Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO, Salesforce
- will.i.am, Founding member, Black Eyed Peas and i.am Angel Foundation (remote or in-person TBC)
- Meredith Whittaker, President, Signal
- Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon
- Abeba Birhane, Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI, Time 100 AI, Mozilla Foundation
- Lan Xue, Distinguished Professor and Dean, Schwarzman College Tsinghua University
- Kate Kallot, Founder & CEO, Amini, Time 100 AI
- Yoshua Bengio, Turing Award winner. Founder and Scientific Director, MILA (remote)
- Yann LeCun, Chief scientist of Meta AI (remote)
- Hiroaki Kitano, CEO, Sony AI
- Michael Nash, Chief Digital Officer, Universal Music Group
- Wang Jian, Founder of Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba Group
See the full list of speakers here.
The AI for Good Global Summit will take place alongside the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, an ITU-led event stemming from the World Summit on the Information Society , bringing a wide range of participants together to advance global digital cooperation that benefits all.
Registration for media accreditation for reporters is open. A single media accreditation will be accepted for both events.
Source: https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/MA-2024-06-16-AI-for-Good-2025.aspx
