Conference primer: Innovation and Technology: 2024

The AI for Good Global Summit is the leading action-oriented United Nations platform promoting AI to advance health, climate, gender, inclusive prosperity, sustainable infrastructure, and other global development priorities.

Check out the AI for Good programme below and click on “VIEW DETAILS” to register for the upcoming sessions or use the search filters to navigate and replay 100s of past sessions.

The UN compendium provides further details on UN agencies, members of the AI for Good UN Partners, experiments with AI to improve their response to global challenges.

Check out the latest stories, interviews, videos, publications and insights from the AI for Good community. A digital media kit is available for partners, sponsors and media.

Artificial intelligence backgrounder: Links to UN organizations, conference, events, publications and documents

Press releases, news, media accreditation and more.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations established the Advisory Group (now referred to as the Multistakeholder Advisory Group - MAG). Its purpose is to advise the Secretary-General on the programme and schedule of the Internet Governance Forum meetings.

CERN's new flagship project for science education and outreach, opening on 8 October 2023
A place for visitors of all ages to discover CERN’s science and technology
Immersive exhibitions, hands-on learning, events and much more

Quantum technology is an emerging field of physics and engineering that has the potential to revolutionise science and society in the next five to ten years. Knowledge in this rapidly evolving field has advanced considerably, yet still, there are resources required that are not mainstream today.
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CERN can be at the forefront of this revolution. As an international, open, and neutral platform, and building on its collaborative culture and proven track record of innovations, CERN is uniquely positioned to act as an “honest broker” between CERN Member States to foster innovative ideas in the field of high-energy physics and beyond.

Detailed metrics on innovation performance in almost 132 countries and economies.
Released 27 September 2023.
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Multi-lingual, cloud-based platform enables delegates to participate remotely in formal meetings.

To adapt to a changing digital landscape, the eCommerce Week becomes UNCTAD eWeek as of its 2023 edition. Organized by UNCTAD in collaboration with eTrade for all, the UNCTAD eWeek 2023 will be held from 4 to 8 December 2023 in Geneva, at the CICG (International Conference Center of Geneva) under the theme ‘Shaping the future of the digital economy’.

On 26 October 2023, the Secretary-General, at a press conference in New York, announced the creation of a new Artificial Intelligence Advisory Body on risks, opportunities and international governance of artificial intelligence. That body will support the international community’s efforts to govern artificial intelligence.

26 October 2023

The aim of the UN World Data Forum is to spur data innovation, nurture partnerships, mobilize high-level political and financial support for data, and build a pathway to better data for sustainable development.

The Call for Programme Proposals is now open!
Find out how to submit a proposal for the programme of the fifth UN World Data Forum.
The call closes Friday, 12 February 2024

Tracking the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda

The Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) supports the activities of Internet governance (IG) and digital policy actors (in Geneva and beyond), and provides a neutral and inclusive space for digital policy debates.
The Geneva Internet Platform is an initiative of the Swiss authorities (FDFA, OFCOM) and the Canton of Geneva.

The Geneva Digital Watch newsletter is a monthly newsletter on digital policy, published by the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) and DiploFoundation, as part of

The Digital Watch observatory is a comprehensive digital policy observatory, which provides a neutral one-stop shop for the latest developments, overviews, events, actors, instruments, and other resources. The observatory is part of the Geneva Internet Platform, an initiative of the Swiss authorities, operated by DiploFoundation.

​The Geneva Digital Atlas represents the most comprehensive mapping of digital policy actors and Internet governance scene in Geneva.
Launched 8 November 2022

developed in cooperation between the Geneva branch of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the United Nations Library Geneva

Artificial intelligence backgrounder: Links to UN organizations, conference, events, publications and documents

The Technology and Innovation Report 2023 highlights the opportunities that green innovation – goods and services with smaller carbon footprints – offer developing countries to spur economic growth and enhance technological capacities.
UNCTAD, 14 March 2023

February 2023

by the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs’ Innovation Cell and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library