AI for Good - Indicators, Trends, Opportunities & Impacts
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) / FG-AI4H secretariat
Session 316
The session will explore the evolution of 4th Industrial Revolution to Society 5.0 and the 5th Machine Age: Surprising indicators, Trends, Opportunities, Impacts -- Shaping all of our Futures with a spotlight on AI with examples and demonstrations.
What's upcoming from the 5th Machine Age, what are the leading technologies and game changers for 2019, what technologies will be adopted in three years, what are the job and skill trends, what are the top innovators saying, how will this impact our lives and enterprises in the immediate future? The talk will cross several dimensions of innovation and change with a particular focus on AI.
The session will also explore how practical applications of AI can be used to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, concluding with an overview of the upcoming AI for Good Global Summit.
Speakers/Panellists
Stephen Ibaraki, Social Entrepreneur, Futurist, Venture Capitalist
Fred Werner, Head, Strategic Engagement Division, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
Bastiaan Quast, ITU
Session's link to WSIS Action Lines
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C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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C2. Information and communication infrastructure
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C3. Access to information and knowledge
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C4. Capacity building
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C5. Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
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C6. Enabling environment
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C7. ICT Applications: E-government
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C7. ICT Applications: E-business
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C7. ICT Applications: E-learning
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C7. ICT Applications: E-health
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C7. ICT Applications: E-employment
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C7. ICT Applications: E-environment
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C7. ICT Applications: E-agriculture
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C7. ICT Applications: E-science
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C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
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C9. Media
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C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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C11. International and regional cooperation
This is a cross-cutting topic and the themes explored in this session will be essential to the implementation of all the WSIS Action Lines
Session's link to Sustainable Development Process
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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
AI is expected to play a critical role in accelerating progress towards each one of the 17 SDGs. It has the potential to help address many of humanity’s most critical social, economic and environmental issues.