Inter-Agency Working Group on AI- Bringing together the UN System expertise on AI ( closed session )
The International Telecommunication Union and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Session 368
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
10:00–11:30 (UTC+02:00)
Room G3, ITU Varembé Building (with remote participation)
Special Session
This session will present an overview of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (IAWG-AI). It will introduce current and new workstreams within the IAWG-AI. Colleagues from 40 UN agencies will have the opportunity to present their workstreams.

Mr. Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Mr. Preetam Maloor
Head, Emerging Technologies Division
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Co-Lead of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (IAWG-AI)
Ms. Clare Stark
UN Coordination Officer
UNESCO
Co-lead of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Frederic Werner
Head, Strategic Engagement
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Topics
5G Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Cultural Diversity
Cybersecurity
Digital Divide
Digital Economy
Digital Inclusion
Digital Transformation
Education
Environment
Ethics
Health
Infrastructure
Machine Learning
Smart Cities
WSIS Action Lines
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C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
Sustainable Development Goals
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
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Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
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Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
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Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development