WSIS Forum 2026
Leaders TalkX 12 – Co‑Creating Tomorrow: Digital and AI in Partnership
Digital technologies and artificial intelligence are rapidly reshaping economies, public services, and societies, creating new opportunities for innovation, inclusion, and sustainable development. Yet significant challenges remain in ensuring that the benefits of digital transformation and AI are accessible, equitable, and trusted by all. Addressing these challenges requires strong collaboration among governments, the private sector, academia, technical communities, international organizations, and civil society. Aligned with the WSIS process on AI, this session will explore how multi-stakeholder partnerships can help build an inclusive digital future and support the responsible development and use of AI. Participants will discuss approaches to strengthening cooperation, sharing knowledge and best practices, and developing AI capacities. The session will highlight examples of collaboration and examine how collective action can help ensure that digital technologies and AI contribute to sustainable development and shared prosperity for all.
SPEAKERS:
- High-Level Track Facilitator: Caitlin Kraft-BuchmanCEO / Founder Women At The Table / A+ Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms / AI & Equality InitiativeHigh-Level Track Facilitator Moderator
- H.E. William Kabogo Gitau | Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy
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H.E. Lara AL Khateeb | CEO and Chairwoman of the Board of Commissioners
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission TRC, Jordan - H.E. Prof. Muhammadou M. O. Kah | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Gambia to the Swiss Confederation & Permanent Representative to the UN Offices at Geneva (UNOG), World Trade Organization (WTO), and other international organizations in Switzerland
- Margaret Havey | IFIP IP3 Deputy Chair IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing)
- Prof. Christopher S. Yoo | Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology; Professor of Communication; Professor of Computer and Information Science; Founding Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition; Co-Director, Penn Center on Media, Technology & Democracy
- Ms. Jhalak M. Kakkar| Executive Director, Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi
- Mr. Bocar Ba | Chief Executive Officer, the SAMENA Telecommunications Council