Convening the Geneva trust agenda for AI governance.
The independent platform of the Geneva ecosystem — five days of closed-door dialogue bringing together the institutions, missions, finance actors and standards bodies that make Geneva the operating system of international trust.
Opening reception · Monday 6 July 2026 · Geneva
The platform of the Geneva ecosystem — built by its institutions, for its institutions
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From principles to implementation.
Geneva is uniquely positioned to advance the global AI trust agenda. It brings together international organizations, diplomatic missions, humanitarian institutions, standards actors, financial expertise, academic excellence, and Switzerland's tradition of neutrality and mediation.
The global AI governance cycle has moved from high-level principles to implementation. The sequence from Bletchley Park to Delhi has created momentum for the next phase: operational trust, institutional capacity, standards, inclusion, and cross-border cooperation. The Geneva AI Trust House 2026 is an independent preparatory platform contributing to Geneva's role in the international cycle toward 2027.
No other city convenes like this.
WTO, ITU, WHO, ILO, WIPO, UNHCR, ICRC, CERN — the institutions that govern trade, telecommunications, health, labour, intellectual property, humanitarian action and fundamental science already operate within a fifteen-minute radius. The trust agenda for AI does not need a new capital. It needs this one to be mobilized.
Five pillars.
Geneva Trust Assets
Mapping Geneva's unique institutional ecosystem and identifying what must be mobilized before 2027.
Swiss AI Trust Stack
Connecting sovereign infrastructure, responsible finance, AI research, innovation, and compliance capacity.
Multilateral Governance
Closing governance gaps and moving from AI principles to implementation.
India Bridge & Global South Voices
Building the Delhi–Geneva corridor and ensuring Global South priorities are reflected across the trust agenda.
Standards, SMEs & Compliance
Making AI trust operational, affordable and usable for companies, regulators and cross-border ecosystems.
Five days, one declaration.
Daily formats include Trust Breakfasts (closed-door strategic dialogue), Salon-Lunches (structured stakeholder discussion), evening receptions, an Innovation Forum and curated bilateral meetings. Programme indicative — sessions, timings and speakers subject to change. The final programme is circulated to confirmed contributors.
In the room.
Further confirmed contributors will be announced progressively.
“Participants are selected for their capacity to contribute — not only to attend.”
Geneva Trust Inputs Report.
Each day produces a concrete output feeding the Geneva Trust Inputs Report: a structured policy document consolidating session insights and stakeholder inputs, prepared for institutional transmission to relevant Swiss federal offices, selected international organizations and multilateral observers — and a public version ahead of the 2027 milestone.
Contribution, not advertising.
The Geneva AI Trust House is made possible by a limited circle of partners who share its commitment to a credible, inclusive and operational AI trust agenda.
Institutional Partner
Supports the convening itself. Visibility in the official programme and the Geneva Trust Inputs Report, participation in dedicated sessions, presence at evening receptions.
Knowledge Partner
Contributes expertise: session co-design, rapporteur support, research input to the Inputs Report, Innovation Forum demonstrations.
Supporting Partner — Global South Participation
Enables the participation of selected Global South contributors (travel, accommodation, fellowships). Recognized in the report's inclusion chapter.
Partnership formats are tailored in direct dialogue with the convening team. Use the form below or write to contact@gaith.ch.
One shared budget, open to all.
The Trust House is funded collectively by the ecosystem it serves. The full cost of the event — the five days in July and their deliverable, the Geneva Trust Inputs Report — is published below. Every contribution is pooled transparently and acknowledged in the report.
Indicate your pledged amount in the application form below. The convening team contacts every contributor personally to arrange the contribution — by invoice or transfer, according to your institution's procedures. No payment is taken online.
Figures are the published planning budget of the event. Consolidated accounts are included in the public version of the Inputs Report — with the list of contributors, unless anonymity is requested. Should contributions exceed the budget, the surplus is allocated in full to Global South participation.
Those who built this house.
Every confirmed contribution is acknowledged here, by circle, in order of arrival — and in the public Geneva Trust Inputs Report. Recognition rewards contribution, never influence: no contribution buys a seat on a panel or a line in the Declaration.
Logo in the ecosystem band · a daily format presented with your support · Trust Deal Room access · full-week passes
Logo on this wall · named acknowledgment in the Inputs Report · passes
Name on this wall and in the Inputs Report
Name listed on this wall
Contributors appear once their contribution is confirmed. Circles reflect ranges, not exact amounts; full accounts are published in the public Inputs Report, with anonymity on request.
Tell us how your institution wishes to contribute.
Every application is reviewed and answered individually. Submitting this form does not constitute registration — participation remains invitation-based.
Speakers & contributors: applications close 1 July 2026 Funding pledges: open until 25 July 2026
The essentials.
- VenueHilton Geneva Airport, Route de l'Aéroport 30, 1215 Geneva
- Dates6–10 July 2026
- LanguageEnglish
- ParticipationInvitation only
- RuleAll substantive sessions under Chatham House Rule
- RecordingNo recording or live streaming
- LogisticsTravel and accommodation not covered
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