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AI Standards for Global Impact: From Governance to Action

3 Role of International standards in AI

The AI Standards Exchange Database was announced and showcased on 11 July 2025 at the AI
for Good Global Summit during a High-Level Panel on the Role of International Standards in AI. AI Part 1: International

The High-Level Panel was moderated by Bilel Jamoussi, Deputy Director of the ITU
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, and the panelists were:

• Amandeep Singh Gill, Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and
Emerging Technologies, Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies, United Nations
• Sung Hwan Cho, President, ISO
• Seizo Onoe, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
• Philippe Metzger, Secretary-General and CEO, IEC
• Kathleen A. Kramer, President and CEO, IEEE
• Paul Gaskell, Deputy Director of Digital Trade, Internet Governance & Digital Standards
at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, UK

Figure 6: Left to right: Bilel Jamoussi, Amandeep Singh Gill, Sung Hwan Cho, Seizo
Onoe, Kathleen A� Kramer, Philippe Metzger, Paul Gaskell

Panelists highlighted the importance of inclusive standards processes, building AI standards
capacity around the world, strong connections among standards developers and their growing
range of stakeholders, and promoting a human-centred AI ecosystem where standards address
societal as well as technical challenges.

The AI standards exchange database forms part of broader collaboration to ensure standards
provide practical tools to better shape AI. It will help standards bodies to coordinate their
work and empower companies, policymakers, and regulators with comprehensive suites of AI
standards.

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