A Digital@UNGA Affiliate Session convened by UNDP and LinkedIn to explore how privately held data can complement official statistics and generate timely development insights.

• Representatives from the UN system, the World Bank Group, LinkedIn, Ookla, and other Development Data Partnership members
• Focused on labour markets, AI adoption, digital connectivity, climate risks, and crisis response
• High-level discussions on governance, privacy, and legal safeguards for trusted data partnerships, and practical pathways from interest to application
• Presentation of Anima Mundi: The Soul of the World Meets the Machine, extending AI and data governance to the communities whose knowledge it draws on — submissions open until 31 December 2026

The first dialogue of a new forum series in Calabria bringing together leaders from culture, industry, institutions, and the innovation ecosystem on the premise that the most impactful AI is not built for communities but with them.

• 50+ participants around an Aspen-style table with parallel thematic roundtables, including Qualcomm, Microsoft, Cisco Italy, IBM Italia, Deloitte, and the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers
• AI Hub intervention on AI Diffusion Pathways — the partnerships, enabling conditions, and reusable tools that carry locally developed solutions further, including trilateral work on offline voice AI
• Recognition from H.E. Frederick Lusambili Matwang'a, Kenya's Ambassador to Italy, citing the Hub's partnership model beyond the aid-recipient paradigm and USD 3 million+ in compute for African innovators since the Nairobi AI Forum
• Two Hub-led roundtables on reimagining partnerships with the African private sector, grounded in DeepLeaf's experience of the Hub and the partnerships built through it
• Announcement of Anima Mundi: The Soul of the World Meets the Machine in the afternoon plenary, in dialogue with the Vatican — submissions open until 31 December 2026

Africa's premier digital infrastructure and connectivity event, bringing together telecom operators, cloud providers, investors, policymakers, and technology leaders to accelerate digital infrastructure development across the continent.

• 1,800+ decision-makers from 80+ countries across telecom, cloud, data centre, and investment sectors
• High-level summits on fibre connectivity, data centres, digital infrastructure, energy, and investment
• Focused on subsea cables, cross-border connectivity, sovereign data, and public-private partnerships
• Featured executive networking, business matchmaking, and investment opportunities to advance Africa's digital infrastructure ecosystem

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Africa's leading machine learning and AI gathering, bringing together researchers, students, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders under the theme "Sovereign Intelligence. African Scale."

• 1,000+ attendees from 45+ African countries
• Research talks, workshops, tutorials, and startup showcases
• Networking with AI leaders, researchers, and industry partners
• Platform for African innovation, datasets, and entrepreneurship

AI Hub/UNDP at AI for Good 2026 in Geneva brings together governments, multilateral organisations, industry leaders, and innovators to turn AI diffusion from concept into concrete action. Across closed‑door strategy sessions and public convenings, the Geneva engagements will carry forward the momentum of the India AI Impact Summit under the Swiss AI Presidency, showcase live AI use‑cases with measurable impact in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, voice and skills, and advance the “100 Pathways for AI Diffusion by 2030” campaign as a practical vehicle for government‑backed AI diffusion across the Global South.‍

Hosted at Bologna— home of the CINECA Leonardo supercomputer. A focused two-day working session bringing together African innovators, European research institutions, and private sector partners to translate research ambitions into deployment pathways.

• Co-hosted by MIMIT, MAECI, UNDP, University of Bologna / AlmaAI, Bi-Rex, Metropolitan City of Bologna
• Keynote by Prof. Rotolo, AlmaAI
• 15 African AI innovators presenting real deployment architectures
• Hybrid format — in-person and online

Italy's leading public administration and digital government event, bringing together government leaders, public institutions, technology companies, and policymakers to advance digital transformation, AI adoption, and the future of public services.

• Thousands of attendees from government, industry, and academia across Italy's public administration ecosystem
• High-level discussions on generative AI, anticipatory governance, digital public services, and the post-PNRR transformation agenda
• Featured major public institutions, technology providers, and cross-sector collaboration to accelerate public sector innovation
• Showcased award-winning public initiatives and practical models for AI-enabled, citizen-centred, and data-driven governance

The inaugural edition of East Africa's largest AI and technology event, bringing together global leaders, innovators, startups, investors, and policymakers to accelerate AI adoption, digital transformation, and innovation across Africa.

• 15,000+ attendees, 500+ exhibitors and startups, from 75+ countries
• High-level AI summit alongside a major technology exhibition and B2B networking platform
• Showcased AI, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, and emerging technologies
• Featured startup competitions, investment opportunities, and international public-private partnerships driving Africa's digital future

An ecosystem event convened on the heels of the Nairobi AI Forum and the AI Impact Summit in Delhi. African startups, European companies, research centres, and institutions building new collaborations in AI for sustainable development.

• Grounded Africa-Europe AI collaboration pathways on sustainable infrastructure
• Climate and energy systems, education and skills agenda advanced
• Co-organised by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, UNDP, the International Training Centre of the ILO, the City of Turin, the House of Emerging Technologies, AI4Industry, and the Industrial Union of Turin

Co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya, Italy and UNDP to advance AI adoption, infrastructure and inclusive impact across Africa. Africa Science News

• 1.5 million GPU hours announced for 130 innovators across Africa Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
• AI 10 Billion Initiative launched with the African Development Bank and partners, targeting up to $10 billion mobilised and 40 million jobs by 2035 Citizen Digital
• Harmonic Africa Startup Acceleration Programme launched, providing AI startups with capital, technical support, and market access

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A first-of-its-kind collaborative platform designed to accelerate AI-driven industrial growth with Africa, officially launched in Rome by MIMIT and UNDP.

• Endorsed by G7 Leaders in Borgo Egnazia and co-designed with UNDP and African partners
• 25 transformative private-sector and Africa-based partnerships announced webflow
• First programmes launched across energy-aware compute, data, talent, and partnerships

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A two-day G7 Presidency conference at INNOVIT San Francisco bringing together global technology companies, Silicon Valley investors, development finance institutions, and African research partners to harness AI and emerging technologies for competitiveness, innovation, and growth.

• Google, Cisco, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, HP, and AWS alongside venture capital, development banks, and G7 Consuls General
• Introduction of the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, co-designed with UNDP, in a dedicated working session on mobilising industry partnerships
• Demo Day for African startups from the Startup Acceleration Pilot, which engaged 380+ startups across nine Mattei Plan countries
• Focused on AI adoption among MSMEs and a collaborative investment framework across G7 members, public development banks, and DFIs

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