On July 22nd, speaking at the opening ceremony of the World Internet Conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum, John Higgins CBE, Chair of IAGA, highlighted the parallels between the historic Silk Road and the rapidly developing world of artificial intelligence.

Higgins noted that the original Silk Road depended on complex networks of intermediaries who had to earn the trust of those whose goods they carried. Today, increasingly capable AI agents are beginning to perform tasks on behalf of individuals and organisations, creating a similar need for mechanisms that allow users to assess their capability, reliability and trustworthiness. Developing such mechanisms is becoming an important part of practical AI governance…

Jointly organised by the International AI Governance Association (IAGA), the Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua University (I-AIIG) and the UNU Hub for the Project of Promoting Ethical and Responsible Artificial Intelligence, this forum took place on the 18th July as a side event of WAIC 2026 in Shanghai…

IAGA’s chair John Higgins delivered an opening key note at a Symposium on Coordinated Governance of Frontier AI Safety Risks organised by the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance…

IAGA were represented at the AI for Good Global Summit 2026, and at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026. These events took place in Geneva 6th - 10th July. Rob Wortham, Executive Director of IAGA, together with John Higgins CBE, Chair IAGA, participated …

John Higgins CBE, Chair of the International AI Governance Association, addressed the opening ceremony of the World Internet Conference Asia Pacific Summit in Hong Kong, calling for stronger global cooperation on artificial intelligence governance and digital development.

The 2nd AutoSec Europe conference took place in Frankfurt 19-20th March 2026. The event was organised by TAAS Labs with IAGA co-hosting alongside Shanghai V2X Association.

Over two days this growing conference covered many topics, from secure boot loading of on-board automotive devices, through post quantum encryption, to the management of automative cybersecurity.

IAGA took an active role at MWC Barcelona, 2-5th March 2026. We facilitated a panel discussion on embodied AI, and also contributed to the annual Global Industry Organisations forum, speaking about the role of AI Governance and launching two new papers resulting from collaborative projects on AI Transparency and Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Era. For full details click ‘Read More’ below.

The International Multilateral Cooperation Forum on Artificial Intelligence Governance took place on 27th July, as part of World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2025, Shanghai.

A key message from the forum is that we must seek harmonisation at higher AI governance levels to facilitate AI governance at organisation level, particularly for multi-national product and service organisations operating in multiple international markets. Currently these companies have to negotiate a complex web of regulations and standards. We must make efforts to reduce fragmentation and reduce the cost of compliance. IAGA is committed to taking this mission forwards.

Representing IAGA at last week’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, John Higgins spoke about effective and efficient AI governance through international cooperation. He described the challenges that organisations face, trying to implement AI systems in a responsible way…

Rob Wortham represented the International AI Governance Association (IAGA) at the recent ATxSummit in Singapore. This included joining a small group of invited guests to participate in a workshop day hosted by Resaro and Temasek, in conjunction with IMDA, the Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority….

John Higgins represented Global Digital Foundation and AI Assurance Club at the recent launch of Huawei’s SME cybersecurity guide at MWC Barcelona …

Representing the AI Assurance Club, John Higgins spoke this month at a World AI Expo in Suzhou China on the subject of AI governance…

On 4th November, the University of Bath annual CDT conference for AI took place at the M-Shed in Bristol. Rob Wortham delivered the keynote talk ‘AI Governance: The State of Play’. In his talk, Rob presented the work of the AI Assurance Club and outlined some of its recent achievements.

John Higgins addressed delegates at the World AI Conference in Shanghai in July 2024 on the subject of global trends in AI governance and assurance. John talked about developments in the underlying AI standards and about the challenges organisations are facing integrating the compliance requirements of horizontal regulation with long established sector-specific vertical requirements.