Opening of the GAIGI programme.
On 27 August 2026, at the Hôtel Royal in Geneva, diplomatic missions and civil society jointly opened the programme leading to the 2027 global AI Summit.
Hôtel Royal, Geneva — 27 August 2026.
- Date
- Thursday 27 August 2026
- Venue
- Hôtel Royal, Geneva
- Format
- Afterwork, from 6 pm
- Audience
- Diplomatic missions and civil society
A question put directly to states.
The programme opened around a deliberately direct question: Geneva AI Summit 2027: What Risks and Opportunities for States? It sets the tone for the series of events leading to the 2027 global AI Summit.
The format was the one the foundation favours: a room small enough for everyone to speak, diverse enough for disagreements to surface. Permanent missions, international organisations, academia and civil society sat around the same table.
Discussion turned to what a state can actually do when technical capacity, standards and markets are decided elsewhere, and to what Geneva can bring to that conversation. These contributions feed the foundation’s work.
Three images.
The programme continues.
The next events in the programme are open to requests to attend.