Geneva, Switzerland – This July, VIEWS Senior Researcher Simon Polichinel von der Maase and Operations & Outreach Manager Angelica Lindqvist-McGowan travelled to Geneva for a week of vital discussions on the future of AI for global good.
At the AI for Good Global Summit 2025, which brought together over 11,000 participants from 169 countries, they joined a growing movement to ensure that peace and conflict prevention are not overlooked in the rush to apply AI to pressing global challenges.
On the sidelines of the summit, they participated in the Crisis Computing Workshop, organized by Dr. Martin Wählisch (University of Birmingham), Dr. Sumie Nakaya (Hitotsubashi University), and Muhammad Imran (Hamad Bin Khalifa University). The workshop brought together scholars and practitioners pushing the boundaries of humanitarian AI – showcasing innovative work on conflict forecasting, displacement prediction, local knowledge integration, and ethical system design. It was co-hosted with support from the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF’d), and the Data Innovation Lab, held at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
VIEWS also had the pleasure to take part in a fireside chat with Branka Panic, Dr. Martin Waehlisch and Peggy Hicks addressing a crucial gap in the week’s discussions: “The Missing Link at AI for Good: Why Peace Matters”. Co-organized by United Nations Human Rights, the Data Innovation Lab, and the CyberPeace Institute at Palais Wilson, the session spotlighted how the promise of AI remains incomplete unless it includes applications that support peacebuilding and violence prevention – core to VIEWS’ mission of producing actionable, evidence-based forecasts of armed conflict globally.
As the AI for Good community looks ahead, VIEWS continues to advocate for responsible AI – guided by the A.C.T.S. principles to ensure that conflict and crisis forecasting remains auditable, controllable, transparent, and secure.
Learn more:
- AI for Good Global Summit: Homepage for the 2025 Summit
- Crisis Computing: Homepage
- Take-aways from the fireside chat by Branka Panic: Is AI Coming in Peace? (LinkedIn newsletter)
- “A.C.T.S. Now: Why MLOps Must Govern AI in Critical Systems and High-Stakes Domains”: VIEWS presentation at the UNIDIR Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 2025
VIEWS Senior Research Simon Polichinel von der Maase and Operations & Outreach Manager Angelica Lindqvist-McGowan at the AI for Good Global Summit in July 2025 
Session at the AI for Good Global Summit, July 2025 
Fireside chat with Dr. Martin Waehlisch, Peggy Hicks, and Branka Panic at Palais Wilson on “The Missing Link at AI for Good: Why Peace Matters”, July 2025. 
Hosts of the Crisis Computing workshop. From left to right: Dr. Muhammad Imran (Hamad Bin Khalifa University), Dr. Sumie Nakaya (Hitotsubashi University), and Dr. Martin Wählisch (University of Birmingham).