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AI Standardization Roundtable Report: The future of AI, regulation and industry development

Session overview

The Roundtable included 17 speakers from UN Agencies, Standards Development
Organizations, Governments, Private Sector entities and International Organizations. It was
co-chaired by Bilel Jamoussi, Deputy Director of ITU Standardization Bureaux and Ahmed Riad,
Senior Director of Standards and Industry Development at Huawei.

The roundtable was structured as two panel discussions:

1 Panel discussion on AI standards
• The session featured discussions on the significance of standards in helping all regions
of the world to capitalize on AI for sustainable development. The need for continuous
engagement between AI users and data owners was highlighted as essential for
achieving these goals.
2 Panel discussion on the roles of government and the private sector

• The focus shifted to the interplay between government and private-sector efforts in AI
governance, emphasizing the necessity for collaborative synergy to foster trustworthy
AI systems.

Notable insights from panel discussion on AI standards

Seizo Onoe, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, highlighted that
ITU has published over 100 standards on AI and that over 120 more were under development
at the time of writing. He noted that discussions at the preceding AI Governance Day (29 May
2024) had emphasized that technical standards must provide valuable support to global AI
governance and help ensure that the AI revolution leaves no one behind. He added that ITU’s

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