AI Standards Hub Global Summit: Advancing AI Governance Through Standards

Date: March 17-18, 2025

Time: 9:00 – 6:00 pm GMT

Organised in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Partnership on AI, our two-day event will bring together diverse stakeholders from across the international AI ecosystem to examine the current state of AI standardisation and explore the evolving role of standards in relation to AI governance frameworks and emerging regulation globally.

Day 1 will consider the lay of the land in AI standardisation and explore the role of standards in enabling international regulatory interoperability, strategies for promoting stakeholder diversity and global inclusion in standards development, and pathways to a mature and effective AI assurance ecosystem.

Day 2 will have a thematic focus on key issues in the governance of foundation models and will examine opportunities for alignment and closer collaboration between the AI safety community and the AI standardisation community in addressing these issues.

The Global Summit will be held on 17 and 18 March 2025 in London, with sessions being livestreamed online. In-person attendance will be invitation-based, while the livestreamed will be accessible to everyone.

What themes will it cover?

The Global Summit will feature a dynamic programme of keynote speeches, expert panels, and lightning talks designed to foster deeper alignment, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration among key stakeholder groups and decision-makers in pursuit of robust, equitable, and coordinated approaches to AI governance and standardisation.

The programme will address both current developments and emerging questions in AI standardisation, providing a unique platform to address immediate priorities in making AI standards a robust governance tool for the here and now as well as to explore forward-looking strategies for supporting the governance of advanced AI systems of the future.

Topics will include:

• The interplay between standards, regulation, and global governance frameworks for AI
• Inclusion and equitable participation in AI standards development across stakeholder groups and geographic regions
• Strategies for building a robust AI assurance ecosystem
• Opportunities for cross-fertilisation between the AI safety and AI standards communities
• Governance challenges in the context of foundation models and advanced AI systems and the role of standardisation in addressing them

Who will speak at the event?

The Global Summit will feature leading voices from standards development bodies, national governments, intergovernmental organisations, AI Safety Institutes, the wider AI safety research community, and civil society.