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Thu, 30 January 2025

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm GMT

Can AI be a Force for Good?

Former Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft Craig Mundie

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Tech visionary Craig Mundie, former Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft, explores AI’s transformative potential and its ability to propel change for a better world.

AI has incredible potential to tackle pressing global challenges like climate change, inequality, and the fragility of democracies. However, it also raises critical questions about trust, ethics, and how societies can adapt to rapid technological transformation. How might we use AI for good—empowering communities, fostering innovation, and driving meaningful progress?

Celebrated technologist and former Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft Craig Mundie joins us live in conversation to delve into how AI could shape solutions for climate resilience, social equity, and more—while grappling with its challenges. Don’t miss this riveting event as we examine how we can harness AI’s opportunities, address its challenges, and unlock its potential to drive AI for Good.

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Craig Mundie

Former Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft

Craig Mundie is President of Mundie & Associates, which counsels CEOs on strategic issues caused by rapidly evolving information technologies. At the end of 2014 Mundie retired after a twenty-two-year career at Microsoft. During his transition year he was the Senior Advisor to the CEO, before which he was Chief Research and Strategy Officer since 2007. Mundie was appointed by President Clinton and subsequently served for Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. President Obama appointed him in 2009 to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.