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The Future Society advises the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation in its Working Groups on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Public Goods

Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, United Nations Secretary General High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation

June 18, 2020

The Future Society provides expert advisory to the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation in the working groups for ‘Digital Public Goods’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence.’

President Nicolas Miailhe, Chair of the AI Initiative Cyrus Hodes and Head of Research & Advisory Yolanda Lannquist contribute guidance on AI and data governance, frameworks for data access and principles for trustworthy adoption of artificial intelligence.

The work is summarized in a June 2020 United Nations Report of the Secretary General titled ‘Roadmap for Digital Cooperation’ that can be found here: https://www.un.org/en/content/digital-cooperation-roadmap/assets/pdf/Roadmap_for_Digital_Cooperation_EN.pdf

Find the May 29, 2020 report of the Secretary General ‘Road map for digital cooperation: implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation’ here.

Image from report: The age of digital interdependence, Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation June 2019.

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