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Claudio Pinhanez

Dr. Craig Ramlal

Debra Berlyn

Prof. Daniel Coore

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About The AI4IA Conference

The UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP) Working Group on Information Accessibility (WGIA) is hosting its sixth online one-day conference on Sunday, September 28, 2025, to commemorate the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). This year’s event is hosted in collaboration with the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Alberta, Canada; The Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS); and the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, all under the auspices of the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa. 

The conference will explore a range of topics under a central theme, “AI Access In Focus,” making the implications of AI (risks and opportunities) understandable and relatable to the broadest cross-section of people and will tackle pressing questions around trust, communication, and the social nature of technical systems, offering a multidimensional view of AI’s role in our lives.

On Demand Sessions

Themes and topics that make the implications of AI (risks and opportunities) understandable and relatable to the widest cross-section of people.

Themes:

  • Artificial Intelligence As a Tool for Access to Justice and preservation of human rights
  • The affordances of Generative AI, devaluation of truth and meaning of ‘vulnerability’ in the digital age
  • Generation Alpha, hyper-personalisation and the divides in information accessibility
  • Mind the Gap: How generative AI is bracketing power and reinventing the value of information, intellectual property and information accessibility
  • The Higher Dimensions of Human Creativity vs AI
  • Access Not Atrophy; Autonomy, Personhood and digital agency
  • ESports: A Tool for upskilling, empowerment, Inclusion and access to science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM)
  • The paradox of Information Access and Carbon Footprint
  • The intersection of AI and Neurotechnology
  • AI Technologies: Risks and  Opportunities for Disabling Disability

Satellite Events

In addition to the main event on September 28, we invite you to participate in any of the satellite events taking place around the globe. You can register for these below.

CanadaSeptember 22, 2025 || 9:30-11:00 (GMT) Registration Open
ChileSeptember 26, 2025Registration Opening Soon
Europe September 23, 2025 || Panel 1: 10:00-11.30 CET | Panel 2: 14.00-15.30 CET Registration Open
IndiaSeptember 25, 2025 || 20:00 - 21:30 IST/ 14:30 -16:00 GMTRegistration Open
Latin AmericaSeptember 25, 2025Registration Opening Soon
JamaicaSeptember 24, 2025 || 10:00 am ESTRegistration Open
South Africa September 19, 2025 || 10:00– 12:30 CATRegistration Open
ZimbabweSeptember 23, 2025 || 10:00– 12:30 CATRegistration Open