AI for Good Global Summit 2025

Session reports
Note: All listed times are in the CEST time zone.
09:50 - 10:05 We are the AI Generation
10:05 - 10:15 Welcome address
10:15 - 10:45 Using AI to tackle our planet’s most urgent problems
10:45 - 11:05 AI for social good: the new face of technosolutionism
11:35 - 11:45 AI for Good – food and agriculture
12:05 - 12:25 Optimism for AI - Leading with empathy
14:40 - 15:00 AI for equality: Bridging the innovation gap
15:45 - 16:35 Deepfakes for good or bad?
16:45 - 17:15 Steering the future of AI
17:15 - 18:00 For the record: AI, creativity, and the future of music
09:30 - 09:35 Bridging the AI innovation gap
10:40 - 11:00 AI in Africa: Beyond the algorithm
11:00 - 11:20 Embracing AI for Good: Insights and practices
15:40 - 15:50 Upskilling for the AI era: Education’s next revolution
16:20 - 16:50 Are we creating alien beings?
16:50 - 17:20 AI for Good Innovation Factory Grand Finale 2025
17:20 - 18:00 AI for Good Impact Awards
09:40 - 10:10 Laying the foundations for AI governance
10:10 - 10:40 Can we test for trust? The verification challenge in AI
14:30 - 14:45 AI Governance Dialogue: Steering the future of AI
15:00 - 15:30 AI Governance Dialogue: Presidential address
16:00 - 16:45 How to make AI governance fit for purpose?
16:45 - 17:15 What policy levers can bridge the AI divide?
17:15 - 17:45 Leveraging the UN system to advance AI governance
17:45 - 18:00 Closing remarks – Charting the path forward
09:30 - 09:35 The role of standards in shaping an AI-driven future
09:40 - 10:20 High-level AI Standards panel
14:00 - 14:20 Elevating AI skills for all
15:10 - 15:30 AI for food systems
16:10 - 16:30 Challenging the status quo of AI security
17:15 - 17:30 Closing remarks
The AI for Good Global Summit is the main event of the AI for Good platform organised by ITU in partnership with 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland. In 2025, the summit will be held from 8 to 11 July in Geneva, Switzerland and feature 3 events:
- AI for Good Global Summit from 8 to 9 July,
- AI Governance Day on 10 July, and
- International AI Standards Day on 11 July.
The AI for Good platform is a year-round digital platform with weekly sessions where relevant stakeholders learn, build and connect to help identify practical AI solutions to advance the UN SDGs and other global development priorities. The platform aims to encourage cooperative efforts to assure reliable, secure, and inclusive AI technology development and equal access to its advantages.