The Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) is a global gathering of leaders and changemakers from governments, international organisations, businesses, civil society, and academia. Together, they co-create innovative solutions for a sustainable and fair future. The next conference is scheduled for 2-3 June 2025.
HSC is organised by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Michael Otto Foundation and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
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The future is not just about technology. It is fundamentally about people. Let us ensure that AI helps all peoples to thrive, not just the fortunate few.
H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, former President of Ghana at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2024
One of the focus areas of the HSC is responsible artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalisation. This initiative promotes responsible and accessible AI that fosters sustainable development, is human-centered, advances gender equality and protects the climate and environment. During the 2024 conference, UNDP, BMZ and partners announced a global platform to harness the potential of responsible AI for sustainable development.
Key milestones included:
The upcoming Hamburg Declaration on Responsible AI for the SDGs represents a collaborative effort to define how AI can create meaningful development outcomes for all. The Declaration promotes an optimistic vision: fostering equal partnerships across all sectors and societies, with a special emphasis on empowering emerging communities. It includes a set of voluntary commitments endorsed by a diverse group of stakeholders and will be finalised at the 2025 HSC.
Looking ahead, we invite you to share your ideas, opinions, and experiences for the Declaration to help guide the future of responsible AI. Specifically, we invite suggestions on core commitments. These should be priority areas of action that all governments, companies, civil society and international organisations, and other stakeholders should strive to uphold, in line with the 5 “Ps” of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, Partnerships).
At a joint side event as part of the AI Action Summit, UNDP and BMZ posed the question of what fair artificial intelligence that serves the well-being of all people could look like. The event in Paris thus marked a further step towards the Hamburg Declaration on Responsible AI for the SDGs.
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Together, we can build a global understanding of how AI can make a difference. Be part of this journey and help us shape the future of responsible AI!
