Swiss session at the AI Impact Summit | Breaking Barriers: Multilingual AI as a Bridge to Democratic Access
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The promise of artificial intelligence cannot be realized if confined to dominant languages. Today, breakthrough AI systems overwhelmingly serve English speakers, leaving billions behind and reinforcing digital divides. This panel brings together ICAIN (International Computation and AI Network) with leading voices from Africa, Europe, and Asia to demonstrate how multilingual AI democratizes resources. This session showcases Apertus, a fully open-source multilingual AI model developed by ETH Zurich/EPFL, and its real-world applications. By exploring how collaborative networks ensure AI serves all humanity, this event connects the Paris AI Summit's Public Interest AI focus with India's democratization commitment, charting a pathway toward Geneva 2027.
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Conditions of participation
Access Restriction: This session is open only to registered participants of the India AI Impact Summit.
Speakers
- Opening: Swiss Delegate for the Agenda 2030, Mr. Markus Reubi
- Prof. Torsten Schwede, President of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): Announcement of Launch of three new joint calls under the Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme
Panel
- Dr. Amitabh Nag, CEO of Bhashini
- Mr. Martin Tisne, Founder and Chair Current AI
- PD Dr. Alex Ilic, Executive Director ETH AI Center
- Prof. Dr. Petri Myllymäki, Vice-Director of the Finnish Center for AI, Director of External Relations, ELLIS
- Prof. Dr. Annie Hartley, Director LighT, EPFL / Director LigHt
- Prof. Jon Wilson, Dean of CoHASS (College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences), NTU, Singapore.
- Moderation and chair: Ms. Katharina Frey, Executive Director International Computation and AI Network, ICAIN