Post by Jawad Ali

Day 1 AI FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FORUM — Bangkok, Feb 4, 2026 @United Nations Conference Center. United Nations ESCAP A powerful kick‑off to a summit that’s shaping the future of AI in the Global South — from governance to energy, indigenous capabilities to strategic partnerships. Key topics of discussion included with the warm opening and welcome by Tianze Z., Joy-Marie King, and Juan Kanggrawan: 🔹 What Economic Sovereignty Means in the Age of AI (Speakers: Simon Kriss, Derrick D., Juan Kanggrawan, Tandi Kolbe, Georg Zangl ) 🔹 How Can AI Banking Reach the Unbanked in Developing Nations? (Speakers: Nobuyuki Ota, Yelena Sedykh, Hammad Ali Nasir, Tshepo Machethe, Serena Nyamowala) 🔹 AI Policy & Standards: Key discussions on shaping AI governance, with Nobuyuki Ota, Erin (Baker) Black, Yuji Develle, Loren Leung, Vibhav Mithal, FHCA, Ashey Sawalkar, Serena Nyamowala. 🔹 AI Energy: Addressing AI's growing energy demand, with leaders like Georg Zangl, Tandi Kolbe 🔹 How Can Developing Countries Build AI That’s Truly Ours? (Speakers: @Dip Nandi, Mojisola OLOGE, Sary Alkayyali, Sebastian Werner, Sven Soomuste) 🔹 AI Education: Key discussions on shaping AI in Education (Speakers: Kashif Ul Haq, Daniel Ojdanic) 🔹 AI Education: Key discussions on Employment in AI Era (Speakers: Hesti Aryani, Stefan W., Anand Wong, Gigs P. Patanao, SPHRi, SHRM-SCP) The conversations yesterday made it clear: AI sovereignty and inclusive development are essential for shaping a future where no one is left behind. Looking forward to more insights in the coming 2 days! 🚀 #AI #DevelopingCountries #SustainableDevelopment #AIFOD #AIInclusion #FutureOfAI #GlobalSouth #JFF #OfficeFlowAI #TheDisruptLabs #ProAiGlobal JFF Consultants , The Disrupt Labs, OfficeFlowAi, Pro AI Global - Global AI Community