Agenda
9:00AM - 9:30AM
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Location: Red Room
9:30AM - 10:00AM
Opening Remarks
Welcome address and overview of the conference objectives
Speaker: Lindsey Moore, CEO & Founder of DevelopMetrics
Location: Town Hall Venue
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Plenary Session
Location: Town Hall Venue
- Keynote I: TBD
- Keynote II: TBD
- Keynote III: Emmanuel Lubanzadio, OpenAI - AI in International Organizations: From Pilots to Public Value
11:30AM - 11:45AM
Networking Break
11:45AM - 1:00PM
Panel Discussion: Advanced Solutions for Development Delivery
Location: Town Hall Venue
- Speakers: Kent Freeze (Gates Foundation); Linxi Wang (World Bank); Ruben Lozano Aguilera (Ai2); David McNair (ONE Campaign); Yemesrach Workie (UNDP); Lindsey Moore (DevelopMetrics)
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Lunch
2:00PM - 2:45PM
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
- Breakout Session 1:Speaker: Emily Janoch, CARE Topic: The Reality of AI in NGOs: Adoption, Capacity, and Change Management Location: Red Room
- Breakout Session 2:TBD
- Breakout Session 3:TBD
- Closed Door Session:Speakers: Robin Nowok and Catherine Vogel, GIZ Data Lab Topic: GIZ Data Lab: Negotiation Intelligence and AI-Enabled Development Decision Support Location: MareNostrum
- Closed Door Session:Speakers: NORAD (The Thanh Nguyen, Marte Lid), FCDO (Phil Outram, Robbie Phillips, Sebastian Mhatre, Olivier Mills, Jenny Prosser), GIZ (Robin Nowok, Catherine Vogel), and Sida (Elina Scheja) Topic: Donor Strategies for Responsible AI in Development Location: MareNostrum
2:45PM - 3:00PM
Networking Break
3:00PM - 3:45PM
Breakout Sessions Continued
- Breakout Session 4:Speakers: Tsito Raharison (Signature Ag, invited), Erik van Ingen (FAO), Rikin Gandhi (Digital Green), Nasim Motalebi (WFP) Topic: Capital for AI for Development: Foundations and Impact Investing Location: Red Room
- Breakout Session 5:Speakers: Attaullah Abbasi and Audrey Lorvo, J-PAL Global Topic: From Evidence to Investment: AI-Enabled Decision Workflows Location: MareNostrum
- Breakout Session 6:Speakers: Elia Gandolfi, The Agency Fund; Precision Development Topic: The Agency Fund Presentation: From Pilot to Evidence Location: Town Hall
3:45PM - 4:00PM
Networking Break
4:00PM - 4:45PM
Breakout Sessions Continued
- Breakout Session:Speaker: Grace Lyn Higdon, BenevAI Topic: Responsible AI, Ethics, and Governance in Practice Location: Town Hall
- Breakout Session 7:Speakers: Catherine Vogel, GIZ Data Lab, plus local speaker; Sasha Dichter, 60 Decibels Topic: Whose Reality Counts? Power, Incentives, and the Missing Local Layer in Development Decisions Location: MareNostrum
- Breakout Session 8:TBD
- Breakout Session 9:Speaker: Steffen Tengesdal, BAO Systems Topic: BAO Systems Session Location: Red Room
5:00PM - 6:30PM
Rooftop Cocktails and Networking
Location: Rooftop Terrace