7th Annual Global AI4IA Conference

Celebrating
25 Years of UNESCO IFAP

The 7th Annual Global AI4IA Conference brings together people from around the world, including policymakers, researchers, technologists, educators, civil society, digital-rights advocates, communities at risk of exclusion, and members of the public, to examine who is included in the AI revolution and who remains at its edges.

Countdown to the 7th FREE Annual AI4IA Conference

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Shaping an AI future that leaves no one behind.

The Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility Conference (AI4IA) is the flagship initiative of UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP) Working Group on Information Accessibility (WGIA). Each year, it brings together more than seventy presenters and hosts satellite events across the world, creating a truly global dialogue on how artificial intelligence is reshaping access to information.

In 2026, AI4IA marks a defining moment: the 25th anniversary of IFAP and the seventh edition of the conference. This year’s programme builds on six years of archives — nearly 420 speaker contributions and dozens of international events — and transforms them into a continuous “Relay of Ideas.”

3 Hours.
2 Panels.
1 Urgent
Conversation.

The 7th AI4IA Conference is convened under the auspices of the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa, in partnership with the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica.

This years programme moves from global context to practical action through a keynote, pilot launch, fireside exchange and two focused panels.
Welcome & keynote
Opening session

Master of Ceremonies

Samridhi Arora
Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India; Member, UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP) Working Group for Information Accessibility(WGIA)

Keynote Address

In conversation
Fireside chat
Introducing the AI4IA Intelligence Pilot Cordel Green Chairman of UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP) Working Group for Information Accessibility (WGIA); Executive Director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica Ashwini Kotaru Chief Operating  Officer, Mobius by Gaian
Panel one
The Map of Exclusion

Moderator 

Andrea Millwood Hargrave
Principal, Millwood Hargrave Ltd; FRSA

Panel two
Politics of the Pipeline

Moderator 

Trisha Ray
Associate Director and Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center.

Global voices.
Shared responsibility

Meet a selection of the leaders, practitioners and thinkers contributing to the 2026 programme.

Eric Falt

Director, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean

Mr. Cordel Green

Chairman of UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP) Working Group for Information Accessibility (WGIA); Executive Director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica

Ashwini Kotaru

Chief Operating Officer, Mobius by Gaian

Andrea Millwood Hargrave

Principal, Millwood Hargrave Ltd; FRSA

Prof. Martiale Zebaze Kana

Officer in Charge, UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa

Trisha Ray

Associate Director and Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center.

Ket-A Williams

2026/27 Fulbright Scholar to Jamaica; Cyberpsychology, AI, Human Cognition and Relationships

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