The United Nations University Institute in Macau is pleased to announce that Dr. Girmaw Abebe Tadesse will join the UNU Macau AI Conference 2025 as a keynote speaker. The conference will take place on 24 October 2025 in Macau, marking both the 80th anniversary of the United Nations and the 50th anniversary of the United Nations University under the theme “AI for Humanity: Building an Equitable Digital Future.”
Dr. Girmaw Abebe Tadesse is a Principal Research Scientist and Manager at Microsoft's AI for Good Research Lab, where he leads the Africa team in developing AI solutions for agriculture, healthcare, biodiversity, and more. He collaborates with a diverse range of partners, including governments, non-profits, academic institutions, and startups.
Dr. Tadesse holds over 20 U.S. patents, and his work has received Best Paper Awards at conferences, been published in leading journals such as Nature Magazine, and featured by media outlets including the BBC.
He is an active program committee member and speaker at global AI conferences, including ICLR 2023 (Kigali), ICLR 2024 (Vienna), IJCAI 2024 (Jeju), and ICCV 2024 (Paris). He previously worked as a Staff Research Scientist at IBM Research Africa and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford. He earned his PhD from Queen Mary University of London through the Erasmus Mundus Double Doctorate Program.
The UNU Macau AI Conference invites researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to contribute to the ongoing global dialogue on AI for sustainable development. For more information about the conference, please Click Here.
