16:00 - 18:00
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a defining driver of economic growth, innovation, and social development. Yet access to AI capabilities remains deeply uneven across countries and populations, creating a growing AI divide.
AI offers unprecedented opportunities to accelerate progress, but, without urgent action, disparities in connectivity, compute infrastructure, digital skills, and local innovation ecosystems could leave too many behind.
This Goals Lounge discussion will explore how governments, international organizations, and the private sector can work together to ensure AI becomes a force for inclusive and sustainable development. Our intention is to move beyond warning and into action, exploring concrete steps to bridge the rapidly growing divide.
Watch the full recording on UN Web TV starting on Wednesday, 25 March at 12:00 PM EST.
Speakers:
Lisa Monaco, President of Global Affairs, Microsoft
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU
Harish Parvathaneni, Permanent Representative of India to the UN
Moderator:
Tony Maciulis, Global Chief Content Officer, GZERO Media