Shaping the Future of AI Governance: Standards, Risk Management, and Responsible Practices
These official side events of the AI Action Summit were co-organised by the UN Human Rights B-Tech Project, AI Standards Hub, SaferAI and the OECD.
This event was part of a broader half-day programme at the OECD Headquarters, which brought together three official side events of the AI Action Summit under one roof 11 February 2025 at OECD Headquarters, Paris.
Through a multi-stakeholder collaboration, the UN Human Rights B-Tech Project, OECD, AI Standards Hub, and Safer AI joined forces to advance critical discussions on AI governance and drive meaningful progress on issues that shape the future of AI.
In panel and roundtable discussions, participants discussed key aspects of AI governance, including risk management frameworks, standardisation, responsible business conduct and human rights.
The Harvard Carr Center and Partnership on AI were official event partners.
Stream the event sessions
| 🎥 Opening remarks and first panelAdvancing responsible business conduct in AI: Strengthening policy, investor engagement, and corporate practices This panel explored how investors and policymakers can safeguard human rights within AI companies when designing, developing and deploying AI technologies. Specifically, the panel examined the roles of oversight bodies and investors in promoting responsible AI. The panel pinpointed the crucial role different types of investors play for incentivizing responsible AI development. Speakers: • Jerry Sheehan, OECD Director, Science, Technology and Innovation • Ambassador Christina Kokkinakis, Permanent Representative of the European Union to the OECD and UNESCO EU • Scott Campbell, United Nations Human Rights• Florian Ostmann, AI Standards Hub • Florian Ostmann, AI Standards Hub • Oscar Hjelde, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) • Ditte Bjerregaard, Acting Tech Ambassador of Denmark • Sebastian Hallensleben, CEN-CENELEC • Anna Mazgal, Wikimedia • Hannah Leach, Antler/VentureESG • Benjamin Chekroun, Candriam Moderator: Isabel Ebert, United Nations, B-Tech Project |
| 🎥 Towards auditable risk management frameworks for advanced AI developers This high-level panel identified good practices and key features for developers’ safety frameworks. By convening stakeholders in AI risk management, it promoted a coordinated global approach to auditing and regulation of advanced AI systems. The panel advanced conversations towards a coordinated global approach to AI risk management and auditing. Speakers: • Zaheed Kara, Frontier Model Forum • Henry Papadatos, SaferAI • Kilian Gross, AI Policy Development and Coordination, European Commission • Agnès Delaborde, LNE • Hamish Hobbs, OECD Strategic Foresight Unit • Eunseo Dana Choi, OECD AI Unit • Shameek Kundu, AI Verify Foundation, Moderator: Chloé Touzet, SaferAI |
| 🎥 The current landscape of global AI standardisation This panel explored the global state of AI standardisation and its relationship with governance tools like regulation, metrology, and certification to ensure the international development and deployment of trustworthy, safe, and secure AI internationally. Speakers: • Adam Leon Smith, AIQI Consortium • David Cuckow, British Standards Institution (BSI) • Clara Neppel, IEEE • Karine Perset, OECD AI and Emerging Digital Technologies Division Moderator: Stacie Hoffmann, National Physical Laboratory (NPL) |
| 🎥 Inclusive governance and human rights in global AI standardisation and closing remarks This panel examined the intersection of human rights, technological innovation, and AI governance, focusing on strategies to promote stakeholder inclusion in AI standards development. It explored ways for diverse stakeholders to contribute meaningfully to AI standards and highlight initiatives to support these efforts. Opening remarks: • Peggy Hicks, United Nations Human Rights Speakers: • Dinah van der Geest, ARTICLE 19 • Olivier Alais, The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) • Sonam Jindal, Partnership on AI • Franco Giandana Gigena, Access Now Moderator: Ana Alania, The Alan Turing Institute Closing remarks Speaker: • Siméon Campos, SaferAI |