Global Dialogue on AI Governance inaugural meeting
The Global Dialogue on AI Governance (AI Dialogue) will hold its inaugural meeting on 6-7 July 2026. The AI Dialogue was established in 2025, to involve governments and all relevant stakeholders, and is envisioned as a platform ‘to discuss international cooperation, share best practices and lessons learned, and to facilitate open, transparent and inclusive discussions on AI governance with a view to enabling AI to contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and to closing the digital divides between and within countries.’
The programme of the Global Dialogue will include high-level governmental plenary segments, multistakeholder exchanges, and the presentation of the report of the multidisciplinary
Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, thematic discussions
across four clusters, and side events.
The four thematic clusters are:
- AI opportunities and implications: social, economic, ethical, cultural, linguistic and
technical dimensions; - Bridging AI divides: capacity-building, access and digital foundations;
- Safe, secure and trustworthy AI: interoperability and compatibility of approaches; and
- Respecting, protecting and promoting human rights: transparency, accountability and
human oversight.
The Dialogue is open to a broad range of participants, including all UN member states and observers, intergovernmental organisations with observer status at the UN, UN entities and specialised agencies, as well as representatives of NGOs, civil society organisations, academia, the private sector, and other relevant stakeholder groups. Participation by non-governmental stakeholders is subject to the accreditation and registration process. However, the Dialogue does not permit attendance by individuals acting solely in a personal capacity. Registration for the event is open until 25 June, 2026.
The Dialogue will be streamed on UN Web TV:
The event will be convened back-to-back in the margins of the AI for Good Global
Summit and during the same week as the annual World Summit on the Information Society
meetings in Geneva.