Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit opens in Belgrade

The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit, which will gather over 1,000 participants, 100 experts from over 45 countries of the world, has been opened at a ceremony.

As the director of the Office for IT and eGovernment, Mihailo Jovanovic, pointed out, “today and tomorrow, Belgrade is the host of one of the most important events in the field of artificial intelligence.”

– This is one of the biggest diplomatic and scientific events in the past few years in our country. At the same time, it is an acknowledgment to Serbia, which became a GPAI member in 2022 and already this year is co-presiding over this prestigious association, for all its results so far in the field of digitization and development of the ICT sector.

He added that the summit was an opportunity for the exchange of knowledge, solving challenges and devising policies which enabled an ethical, responsible and innovative development of AI.

– Leading world experts, representatives of various countries, international organizations, industry leaders and representatives of the academic community will pay special attention at the Summit to the application of AI in various sectors of the society, such as healthcare, agriculture and education. Finally, we expect the adoption of the Belgrade Ministerial Declaration, which should confirm the basic principles which pertain to honoring human rights, democracy and rule of law, as well as the importance of securing that the development of AI is innovative – said Jovanovic, according to the press release.

The summit was officially opened by the prime minister of Serbia, Milos Vucevic, the president of the National Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, and the secretary-general of the OECD, Mathias Cormann.

The Republic of Serbia is the host of this year’s prestigious GPAI Summit, which is jointly organized by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, the Office for IT and eGovernment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with the support of the President of the Republic of Serbia and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Kancelarija za informacione tehnologije i elektronsku upravu Beograd

Office for IT and eGovernment

Mihailo Jovanović

Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit Belgrade

GPAI Summit Belgrade

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Belgrade Ministerial Declaration