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.
Taking 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.
The 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 António Guterres.
Together 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.
At 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.
The 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.
Featured speakers
The AI for Good Global Summit 2026 will host talks from prominent figures, including:
World leaders and policymakers
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union and host of the AI For Good Global Summit 2026
H.E. Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly
H.E. Paul Kagame, President, Republic of Rwanda
H.E. Alar Karis, President, Republic of Estonia
H.E. Zhaslan Khasenovich Madiev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General for Policy, Office of the UN Secretary-General
Khaled El-Enany, Director-General, UNESCO
Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR
Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety
H.E. Lerato Mataboge, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union
Lacina Koné, Director General and CEO, Smart Africa
H.E. Lavina Ramkissoon, ASRIC Co-Chair, African Union
HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Saud AlSaud, Secretary General and member of the Board of Trustees, Alwaleed Philanthropies
Puyr Tembé, First Secretary of Indigenous Peoples, State of Pará (SEPI)
AI pioneers and leading researchers
Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2021 and Co-Chair, Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2014 and Founder, Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion
Yoshua Bengio, Professor of Computer Science and Operations Research, Université de Montréal, and Co-Chair, Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
Ray Kurzweil, Inventor, Futurist and Best-selling Author
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
Joëlle Barral, Senior Director of Research and Engineering, Google DeepMind
Wang Jian, Founder, Alibaba Cloud and Zhejiang Lab
Roman V. Yampolskiy, Faculty Member, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Louisville
Vukosi Marivate, Director, African Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Professor of Computer Science, University of Pretoria/Lelapa AI
Yutaka Matsuo, Professor, University of Tokyo
Technology and industry leaders
Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO, Salesforce
Will Marshall, Chair, Co-Founder and CEO, Planet
Brad Smith, President, Microsoft
Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon
Serame Taukobong, Group CEO, Telkom
Stephanie Bednarek, VP, Commercial Sales, SpaceX
Avi Saxena, CTO, Global Digital, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
Ali Taha Koç, CEO, Turkcell
Bill Gross, Founder and CEO, ProRata and Gist
Anna Marks, Chair, Deloitte Global Board of Directors
Michael Nash, Chief Digital Officer, Universal Music Group
Prem Akkaraju, CEO, Stability AI
Andrew Sanchez, CEO and Co-Founder, Udio
Kakul Srivastava, CEO, Splice
Chaouki Kasmi, Chief Innovation Officer, Technology Innovation Institute
Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
Thought leaders and creatives
will.i.am, Musician, Technology Founder and Goodwill Ambassador, AI Skills Coalition
Yvonne Chacka Chacka, Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Entrepreneur, Humanitarian, and Educator
John Legend, Singer and Songwriter
Bryan Johnson, Founder, Immortals, and featured in the Netflix documentary Don't Die
Tristan Harris, Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology, and featured in the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma
Nicholas Thompson, CEO, The Atlantic
Michael P. Nash, Filmmaker, Founder, Beverly Hills Productions
Jessica Sibley, CEO, TIME
See the full list of speakers here and programme here.
20,000 m² expo
The 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.
Journalists and visitors will be able to experience:
Humanoid and service robots
Autonomous vehicles and mobility systems
Brain-computer interface technologies
AI-powered healthcare solutions
Space and satellite AI applications
Edge AI and TinyML innovations
Quantum technology demonstrations
AI accessibility tools
AI systems supporting disaster response and humanitarian operations
AI generated art exhibits
The full exhibitor list is available here.
Summit highlights
“Day Zero" 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.
Programme features include:
Multistakeholder dialogue on AI standards and policy – 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.
Global innovation competitions and awards – 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.
Technology demos and interactive expo – featuring cutting-edge systems in AI, robotics, embodied AI, brain-computer interfaces, autonomous vehicles and quantum technologies.
AI skills and capacity-building programmes – with training sessions delivered by AI Skills Coalition partners, hands-on workshops and a dynamic Youth Zone supporting the next generation of innovators.
Creative and cultural programmes – 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.
The AI for Good Global Summit 2026 is supported by its partners and sponsors:
Co-Convener: Swiss Confederation
Diamond Sponsors: Microsoft Corporation, Technology Innovation Institute, Deloitte Consulting AG, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., China Telecommunications Corporation, China Unicom
Gold Sponsors: Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) of the Republic of Korea, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) of Japan, DLA Piper LLP (US), ZTE Corporation,
Silver Sponsors: EY, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Youth Zone Sponsor: The LEGO Group, Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL
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
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
Innovation Factory Local Chapters: Akbank T.A.Ş, Government of Catalonia – Spain, Innovate Australia Ltd
Source: https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/MA-2026-06-23-AI-for-Good-Global-Summit.aspx
