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Affiliate Sessions

Schedule of events

Digital@UNGA Affiliate Sessions are independently organized sessions taking place alongside the Digital@UNGA Anchor Event during UN High Level Week 2026. They can be in-person, virtual, or hybrid. Each event is linked to one of three thematic journeys: Digit’all Innovation, Digit’all Inclusion, or Digit’all Future.

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16 – 20 September

21 September

22 – 25 September

November

Affiliate sessions overview
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21 September 2026

Monday, 21 September
09:00

Human Centric Cities in the Age of AI: Connectivity, Inclusion and
Opportunity for All

Organizer(s): ITU Global Initiative on AI
and Virtual Worlds: Discovering the
Citiverse and Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona

Venue: Fully virtual

No registration required, click card to learn more.

Monday, 21 September
11:00 – 12:00

EQUALS Anniversary: 10 Years Closing the Gender Digital Divide

Organizer(s): EQUALS Global Partnership (ITU, UN Women, GSMA, ITC, UNU, and other partners) 

Venue: UN Women Headquarters

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Monday, 21 September
13:00 – 15:00

The Status of Digital Children’s Rights Roundtable

Organizer: Digital Child Rights
Foundation

Venue: TBD (UN Headquarters)

Registration required; email: Peter Joziasse,
info@digitalchildrights.org

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Monday, 21 September
13:00 – 15:00

Powering the Digit’All Future: Girls in Energy Villages for Digital Inclusion in the Global South

Organizer(s): DoTheDream Youth
Development Initiative, Alliance of
Social Transformers for Sustainable
Development, Mactay Consultings, and
Conference of NGOs in Consultative
Relationship with the United Nations


Venue: Hybrid, TBC

Registration required; email: Adebusuyi
Olutayo Olumadewa,
admin@dothedreamydi.org,
energy@dothedreamydi.org,
dodedream@gmail.com

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Monday, 21 September
14:00 – 16:00

Q-Lab: Agentic AI and Youth’s Digital Wellbeing

Organizer(s): NYU GovLab and Sync Digital Wellbeing Program

Venue: TBA


Registration required: Dr. Fahad Al Beyahi, sync@ithra.com. Registration closes 10 September 2026. Selected participants will receive the venue details and agenda upon confirmation.

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Monday, 21 September
15:30 – 16:30

From Connectivity to Opportunity:
Empowering Women and Youth
Through Digital Innovation, AI and
Climate Resilience

Organizer: ADIFEVEA World

Venue: DaVinci Meeting Rooms, 42
Broadway, Floor 12, New York, NY
10004, USA


Registration required; email: Armen Matabishi
Rugereza, armenmath12@gmail.com

Monday, 21 September
13:00 – 15:00

Anchor event: Digital@UNGA 2026
Building a Digit’all Future Together

Organizer(s): ITU, UNDP


Venue: Hybrid, Delegates Dining Room, UNHQ

Registration required.

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22 – 25 September 2025

Tuesday, 22 September
10:00 – 11:30

Learn, Earn, Lead: Building Inclusive AI Opportunity Pathways for African Youth

Organizer: Bankable Wisdom

Venue: Fully virtual

Registration required: Precious Chinedu Azuonwu, azuonwuprecious@gmail.com

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Tuesday, 22 September
10:00 – 11:30

Verifiable and Accountable AI: Trust Infrastructure for an Inclusive Agentic Era

Organizer: Management Company Elixir LLC (Ukraine)

Venue: Fully virtual

Registration required. Click card to register.

Tuesday, 22 September
14:00 – 15:30

Bridging Central Africa’s Digital Divide: Public-Private Partnerships for Youth, Trade, and Inclusive AI in the Sahel

Organizer: Nation Builders University (USA)

Venue: Pending (hybrid event) 

Registration required: Hiroua Goare Bienvenu, info@nationbuilderuniversity.com

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Tuesday, 22 September
18:00 – 18:00

From Principles to Deployment:
Visionaries Building Trusted GenAI for the Digit’all Future

Organizer: WomenInGenAI

Venue: In-person, TBC

Registration required; email Tatyana Kanzaveli,
tkanzaveli@gmail.com

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Tuesday, 22 September
Time TBD

Local Knowledge in the Age of AI: Preparing Communities for the Digital Future

Organizer: Blanchard House Institute

Venue: Hybrid, TBC

Registration required; email: Joan Ai,
joan@blanchardhouseinstitute.org

Wednesday, 23 September
10:00 – 11:30

An AI Powered Human Rights Data
Exchange for Everyone, Everywhere

Organizer: UN Human Rights and Partners

Venue: Hybrid, TBC

Registration required; email: Amy Shelver, amylouise.shelver@un.org

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Wednesday, 23 September
15:00 – 17:00

Global Rights-Based Red Lines and Local Capacity to Enforce Them

Organizer(s): Center for AI and Digital Policy, Minderoo Foundation (Australia), and Co-Lab Fund (Pro-Human AI Coalition)

Venue: The Murdoch Center, 600 Third Ave, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10016, United States

Registration required: Ayca Ariyoruk, ayca.ariyoruk@gmail.com

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Thursday, 24 September
Time TBD

Human Intelligence in the Age of AI: The Power of Words® and Relational Emotional Development as a Framework for Human Flourishing

Organizer: The Power of Words® and Global Esports Federation (GEF)

Venue: Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) at the Celesta Bartose Theater

Registration required; email: Deborah Sawaf,
deborah@thepowerofwords.com

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Tuesday, 25 September
10:00 –17:00

Youth Digital Futures Summit 2026: AI, Inclusion and Ethical Digital Transformation for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Organizer: Sustainable Development Council

Venue:  United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand

Registration required; email: Datchanamoorthy
Ramu, datchana@unsdc.org

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November 2026