Executive Roundtable | Building the Foundations for AI-Ready Economies

​September 20, 2026
Time: 07:30 – 11:30 AM

​Pre-UNGA Week: AI Strategy, Governance and Implementation Boardroom Dialogue

​DS Consortium presents a high-level executive dialogue on moving from AI strategy to AI execution, bringing together policymakers, national AI strategy agencies, technology and data companies, infrastructure leaders, investors and implementation partners.

​Venue: New York
Format: High-level seminar/executive boardroom dialogue, private deal-room and networking (Strictly by invitation)

​3-Hour Strategic Dialogue to examine regional AI strategies and identify the institutional, talent, data-governance, infrastructure and capital foundations required to move from AI ambition to AI execution, including opportunities for cross-market collaboration and investment.

​Objective

• ​Share national AI strategy experiences from participating countries.

• ​Identify common gaps and patterns across governance, talent, data and infrastructure.

• ​Enable cross-regional collaboration on AI policy, talent exchange, trusted data, shared infrastructure and implementation.

• ​Explore the infrastructure, capital and financing mechanisms required to make AI deployment commercially viable and investable.

• ​Facilitate sponsor engagement with government and institutional stakeholders for actionable collaborations.

​Audience: Government ministers or their representative agency heads, AI strategy agencies, C-level executives from finance, tech, and data organisations, and international delegates. Open invitation to other African countries’ ministers and executives to attend.