Safe, secure, and trustworthy AI: Bridging global evidence and local realities through scientific collaboration

📅 Monday 6 July, 14:15 – 15:00
📍 Room F at Palexpo International Exhibition and Convention Centre

Event description

How can the global scientific community help shape AI that is safe, secure, and trustworthy? Bringing together leading scientists, policymakers, and international organizations, we’ll explore how evidence-based research can strengthen AI governance, bridge global and regional perspectives, and identify practical opportunities for international collaboration.

Questions under discussion

• Is a shared understanding emerging on AI safety opportunities, risks and impacts?
• What are priority policy issues and critical research gaps for scientists, governments, industry, and civil society in different parts of the world? 
• What’s the scope for common ground and practical collaboration, and what might an interoperable AI safety and governance agenda look like? 
• How can the Global Dialogue help expand the interface between AI policy and scientific communities? What practical priorities can be pursued between the first and second Global Dialogue (May 2027)?

Speakers

• H.E. Ambassador Philip Thigo, Special Envoy on Technology, Republic of Kenya
• H.E. Ambassador Shen Jian, Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs of China and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva
• Maria Ressa, Co-chair, UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI; Journalist; Co-Founder of Rappler; 2021 Nobel Peace Prize recipient 
• Prof. Stuart Russell, Senior Adviser, International AI Safety Report 2026; Member of the Academic Committee of I-AIIG; Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
• Urvashi Aneja, Co-chair, Global South Network on Trustworthy AI; Founding Director of Digital Futures Lab
• Stephen Clare, Lead writer, International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI
• Song Haitao, Member, UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI; President of the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research Institute
• Prof. Xue Lan, Distinguished Professor and Dean, The Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University (I-AIIG)

Organizers

The Simon Institute for Longterm Governance, Tsinghua University AIIG, The International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI), AI Safety Connect (AISC), Office of the Envoy on Technology, Kenya, and, Global South Network on Trustworthy AI, University of Geneva, University of Zurich, Globalethics, World Federation of Engineering Organizations – Engineering Capacity Building for Africa, Programme (WFEO ECBAP), International AI Governance Association, UNU Hub for Promoting Ethical and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Development, UNU AI Network, Natural, Artificial and Organisational Intelligence Institute, University of Auckland, China Internet Governance Forum, CAST UN Consultative Committee on Science Diplomacy, Colégio Brasileiro de Altos Estudos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Minderoo Foundation, and the UN Foundation.

Global Dialogue

This event is an official side event of the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance. Committed to the Global Digital Compact and established by the UN General Assembly, the AI Dialogue is the United Nations platform where all governments and stakeholders will convene to discuss international cooperation, share best practices and lessons learned, and facilitate open, transparent, and inclusive discussions on artificial intelligence governance. Learn more about the Global Dialogue here.