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Wed 12 Aug · Diagnosis
The state of the world's AI, told by those who use it.
- Opening ceremony, Assembly Hall
- Keynote & plenary on Global South AI
- Country and regional reports
- Working-track launches
500+ delegates from 150+ nations, three days in the Assembly Hall of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Convened by AIFOD, supported by SCLA — and free to the world.
The Summit carries no fee — it is free to the world. But the Assembly Hall holds a finite number of seats, and we select every delegate who fills one.
One form, two minutes. Tell us who you are and what you would contribute.
AIFOD and SCLA review every application. Selection balances region, sector and contribution.
Successful applicants receive the official UN Indico registration link and the accreditation pathway by email.
Badge collection at Pregny Gate from 11 August. Opening ceremony 12 August, 09:30 CEST.
Content moderation trained on English fails in Yoruba. Medical AI trained on North American data misdiagnoses in Nairobi. Model licences drafted in one jurisdiction quietly define what is legal in a hundred others. On 12–14 August 2026, the AI for Developing Countries Forum convenes the room where those frameworks are drawn — a working assembly with the mandate to leave with a document adopted, not merely a communiqué issued.
AIFOD convenes the nations. SCLA — a Geneva-headquartered community of 500+ CEOs, ministers and legal professionals — supports the Summit and carries the legal profession into it.
Public compute infrastructure, cross-border access, and the economics of who trains what, and where.
Seven thousand living languages; fewer than a hundred supported by frontier models. What obligation follows.
AI in health, agriculture, climate and education for contexts the systems were not designed for.
The right to define, deploy and govern AI in the interest of one's own people — made enforceable.
Not a communiqué — a working treaty text, drafted and adopted in the Assembly Hall over three days, then handed forward to Nairobi 2027.
The right of a nation to hold, route and audit the data on which its AI is trained.
Terms under which frontier models must be accessible to public and academic use.
Models deployed at population scale must support the languages of their users.
A South-South and North-South review mechanism, rotating annually between capitals.
A shared, sovereign-managed compute pool for research and public-interest deployment.
Cabinet-level and ministerial representatives, coordinated through permanent missions.
Geneva-based diplomatic corps carrying the Compact into ongoing UN processes.
UNCTAD · ILO · UNESCO · WIPO · ITU · WHO · UNIDO · OHCHR.
Through SCLA, the legal profession, civil society and industry join the working sessions.
Hosting a summit on AI here is a deliberate signal — that the questions of who governs artificial intelligence, and for whom, belong at the same table where states have negotiated the terms they live by since 1929.
Yes — free to the world. There is no registration fee, no ticket, and no charge at any stage. Travel and accommodation are the responsibility of the delegate or their sending organization. An assistance fund exists for delegations from Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States — mention it in your application.
No. The Assembly Hall holds a finite number of seats and admission is by selection only. AIFOD and SCLA review every application and select candidates balancing region, sector and stated contribution. Applying is free; being selected is earned.
Selected candidates receive the official UN Indico registration link and the full accreditation pathway by email: required documents, security-review timeline, and badge collection at Pregny Gate from 11 August.
The Summit is convened by AIFOD (AI for Developing Countries Forum) and supported by SCLA (Swiss Chinese Law Association), held at the UN Office at Geneva under a venue-use arrangement. This page is operated by SCLA and is not an official UN publication. Delegate accreditation is issued through UN Indico following standard security review.
Plenary sessions are simultaneously interpreted into the six official UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Track sessions run primarily in English with regional-language breakout groups.
AIFOD is the convener of the Summit and coordinates the intergovernmental process. SCLA is a partner of AIFOD and supports the Summit — carrying the legal, industry and civil-society communities into the working sessions. This registration page is operated by SCLA on behalf of the partnership.