- The UNU Macau AI Conference 2024 offered a unique opportunity to convene the Global North and the Global South, as well as the cultural East and West. This Conference is also UNU’s Contribution to the United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024.
- Nearly 500 participants from governments, business, academia and civil society from more than 30 countries, including 30 Ministers of ICTs and senior officials from 20 countries, participated in the meeting and connected across diverse viewpoints on the AI.
- The conference convened under the theme AI for All: Bridging Divides, Building a Sustainable Future, featuring 26 sessions in 3 thematic tracks.
- The plenary session launched the UNU Policy Guideline: Recommendations on the Use of Synthetic Data to Train AI Models.
- The UNU Global AI Network launched officially under the witness of over 30 members.
UNU Macau AI Conference 2024 took place in Macau SAR, China on April 25. Close to 500 representatives from the academic community, policy-makers, private sectors, international organizations and civil society organizations from around the world came together for this conference under the theme AI for All: Bridging Divides, Building a Sustainable Future.
26 sessions and 4 side events took place over the course of one week, facilitating dialogue, discussion and exchange across 3 main thematic pillars: AI to Accelerate SDGs, AI Governance for the Future, and AI and Capacity Building.
The UNU Global AI Network was officially launched at the UNU Macau AI Conference, embodying a collaborative initiative spearheaded by the United Nations University (UNU) alongside its partners.