Trustworthy by Design: AI, Content Authenticity, and the Future of Reliable Information

​The challenge of safeguarding reliable information in the age of AI is being approached from many directions at once. Human rights organizations, humanitarian actors, researchers, journalists, standards body participants, companies, and policymakers are working on content authentication, AI transparency regulation, platform accountability, information manipulation, compensation for journalism, and the safety of at-risk communities — each from their own angle, but responding to the underlying problem of realistic, at-scale generative AI.

​Much of this work is happening in parallel, with limited visibility across efforts. There is value in stepping back to map where these efforts intersect, where they diverge, and where working together could amplify impact. This event is a practical opportunity to do that.

​The beginning of July marks a convening moment for stakeholders across the globe on the occasion of the first edition of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, together with the WSIS Forum and the AI For Good Summit. Given the momentum from the wrapping of the Global Dialogue on AI, and ongoing WSIS Forum and AI for Good Summit, as well as the concentration of stakeholders in Geneva, WITNESS and the Forum on Information and Democracy aim to host a convening that capitalizes on these timely discussions.

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Agenda (preliminary)

​8:30 Arrivals, Networking & Coffee

​9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General, IFRC
Mahsa Alimardani, Associate Director, WITNESS

​9:15 The Erosion of Trust: A Cross-Sector View
How the erosion of trust in digital content affects government, humanitarian, civil society, and media work, and what each sector has at stake.
Luc Dockendorf, Ambassador for Cybersecurity and Digitalisation, Luxembourg | Claire Leibowicz, Director of AI, Trust & Society, Partnership on AI | Elonnai Hickock, Managing Director, Global Network Initiative | Charlotte Lindsey Curtet, Lead Author, IFRC World Disasters Report

​10:00 Paper Launch: Balancing Authenticity and Privacy in the AI Era
New research on how content provenance infrastructure creates privacy and rights risks, and what guardrails are needed.
Jacobo Castellanos, AI Infrastructure & Governance Manager, WITNESS

​10:15 Coffee Break & Networking

​10:30 Keynote: João Brant, Secretary of Digital Policies, Secretariat of Social Communication, Government of Brazil

​10:45 Panel & Open Discussion: Safeguarding Reliable Information in the Age of AI
Where cross-sector efforts are converging, where gaps remain, and where collaboration could have the most impact.
Kirsten Olden, UN Global Communications | Phillippe Stoll, Swiss Red Cross | Jan Gerlach, Wikimedia Foundation | Clara Chappaz, French Ambassador for digital technology and artificial intelligence | Irene Liu, International Fund for Public Interest Media

​11:50 Closing Remarks
Camille Grenier, Executive Director, Forum on Information and Democracy