Paris in May • AI Strategy Forum

AI VISIONFORUM

Where humanistic research meets AI strategy

A spring gathering in Paris for humanistic researchers, AI strategists, policymakers, and practitioners to shape responsible innovation through open collaboration, thoughtful governance, and practical action.

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Paris • May 2026
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Forum Themes

Six conversation tracks linking humanities, governance, engineering, education, and applied AI practice.

Ethics & Governance

Developing governance principles, accountability models, and policy guidance for responsible AI deployment.

Policy and governance

Global Digital Infrastructure

Exploring how open infrastructure can support AI as a global digital public good across regions and institutions.

Public-interest infrastructure

AI Maturity

Creating frameworks for capability classification, evaluation, and readiness across sectors.

Evaluation and standards

AI & Education

Examining how AI can strengthen learning, pedagogy, and public understanding without flattening human judgment.

Learning and pedagogy
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Human-AI Synergy

Studying how human expertise and AI systems can work together in ways that preserve agency and trust.

Human-centered design
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Creative Intelligence

Bringing cultural inquiry, creativity, and applied experimentation into the conversation on AI futures.

Culture and practice
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AI VISION FORUM PARIS 2026

Architecting Human-AI Synergy

MAY 4, 2026 (MONDAY)
Paris, France
80-100 Delegates

Intimate one-day forum exploring AI's transformative impact across education, governance, and open source. Join global leaders in shaping the future of human-centric AI.

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Why This Forum

The AI Vision Forum is a global dialogue and research platform dedicated to advancing open-source AI as a public good in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Its mission is to strengthen international collaboration around open-source AI, foster evidence-based research, and explore how AI can enhance human society.

By convening a diverse ecosystem of researchers, policymakers, international agencies, open-source communities (foundations, projects, developers, and users), and industry partners, the Forum creates a trusted space for multi-stakeholder strategy exchange and joint exploration.

Our approach emphasizes fact-based and data-driven inquiry, supported by community participation, including developers, users, local communities, and universities. Through open datasets, use-case studies, and research-friendly methodologies, the Forum ensures that its outputs are rigorous, transparent, and actionable.

We harness the power of AI-generated content (AIGC) to deliver high-quality, multi-modal, and multi-platform publications, ranging from working group reports and expert interviews to white papers, academic research, and reference architectures. These outputs are distributed widely across multilingual channels such as CSDN, UN platforms, UNICC, foundations, and global social media networks.

The Forum is organized annually alongside partner events worldwide, providing a flagship venue for strategic dialogue, knowledge sharing, and collaborative action.

Shared Commitments

Human-Centered

AI should augment and empower human capabilities, not replace them.

Transparency

Open development and clear accountability in AI systems.

Inclusivity

Ensuring AI benefits are accessible to all of humanity.

Collaboration

Global cooperation across cultures, sectors, and disciplines.

Forum Insights

Education must shift from knowledge transmission to fostering critical thinking, creativity, and emotional intelligence.

AI should complement and empower human creativity, not replace it.

Governance requires holistic risk management and international collaboration.

Open source creates pathways for democratizing AI through inclusive participation.

Digital public goods in AI require multi-stakeholder investment and neutral institutions.

Human control and decision-making authority must be maintained in high-stakes AI applications.

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