AI for Financial Inclusion: Insights and Action

Event Description

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping access to financial services and economic opportunities on a global scale. From banking and housing to employment, AI systems are increasingly influential in determining who gets access to critical resources—and how. While AI offers immense potential to foster fairness and innovation, it also poses risks of perpetuating systemic biases, particularly for vulnerable groups.

The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE), through its Scientific Panel on AI and Financial Inclusion, is pleased to invite you to a special event exploring the transformative role of AI in promoting financial inclusion. This discussion will focus on how AI can be designed and deployed to ensure equitable access to financial services, opportunities, and markets while mitigating risks of discrimination and exclusion.

Why Financial Inclusion in AI Matters

Access to financial services is a cornerstone of sustainable development, empowering individuals and reducing inequality. This event highlights how AI can address barriers to financial inclusion and foster equitable economic systems, particularly in underserved communities. Insights from applied research, such as AI system audits and policy trials, will offer practical strategies for harnessing AI in innovative and trustworthy ways.

Who Should Attend?

This event is tailored for policymakers, financial institutions, AI developers, researchers, and civil society leaders committed to leveraging AI for inclusive economic growth and fairness.

Please register on this Eventbrite to attend.

What to Expect:

• Expert Insights: Perspectives from leading voices in AI, financial inclusion, and policy innovation.
• Actionable Strategies: Practical solutions for addressing biases in AI and promoting equitable financial systems.
• Collaborative Dialogue: A unique platform to exchange ideas and inform future research and policymaking.

Event Registration

This event is free, but all in-person attendees must register for the event via this Eventbrite page.

About the IPIE

The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) is an independent and global science organization providing scientific knowledge about the health of the world's information environment. Based in Switzerland, the IPIE offers policymakers, industry, and civil society actionable scientific assessments about threats to the information environment, including AI bias, algorithmic manipulation, and disinformation. The IPIE is the only scientific body systematically organizing, evaluating, and elevating research with the broad aim of improving the global information environment. Hundreds of researchers worldwide contribute to the IPIE's reports.

Host or Publisher International Panel on the Information Environment