WEF 2026 | Davos-Klosters, Switzerland
Liz NGONZI @ Davos 2026
Originator, Editor-in-Chief, and Lead Architect, AI for Humanity Platform & Anthology
Board Member and Founding Ethics Chair, American Society for Artificial Intelligence
AI for Humanity: Platform Launch & Live Global Synthesis
Live synthesis translating Davos conversations into decision-grade, human-centered insight on AI, governance, leadership, and workforce transformation
At Davos 2026, I launched AI for Humanity as a living digital platform for human-centered AI, designed to translate global conversations on artificial intelligence, governance, and workforce transformation into shared understanding and decision-grade insight.
Throughout Davos week, I engaged in curated discussions, private convenings, and cross-sector dialogue, using those conversations to activate live synthesis through the platform. Selected reflections drawn from across the AI for Humanity anthology served as illustrative inputs, offering early windows into the thinking of a global collaboration of 39 authors working across ethics, education, policy, and finance.
These reflections emerged through a mix of in-person and remote contributions and were not intended as a fixed program or a full release. Davos functioned as a real-time activation point, demonstrating how human-guided AI can support listening, sense-making, and accountability in complex global systems.
The platform and anthology continue to evolve beyond Davos, with new chapters, interactive experiences, and applied use cases released over time. What is shared here reflects an ongoing body of practice, curated and hosted by me as Editor-in-Chief of the AI for Humanity platform and anthology.

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AI for Humanity: Launching Human‑Centered AI at Davos 2026 | Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi | 21 comments

American Society for AI (ASFAI) is at Davos this week, alongside partners and peers who are committed to ensuring AI works together for everyone. Today we are introducing Phase Zero of AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact, a living anthology and platform developed with ASFAI to co-create what human-centered AI leadership should look like in practice. We were honored to launch it at Goals House Davos in the presence of Dr. Hossein Rahnama, Distinguished Member o

Shared during Davos 2026, the post above, introduced AI for Humanity as a living platform for human-centered AI and real-time synthesis.
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AI for Humanity: A Living Anthology and Human-Guided Platform
AI for Humanity is a global anthology and interactive platform that brings together 39 authors across ethics, education, policy, finance, and technology to explore how people and AI can work together responsibly.
Grounded in ethical, human-guided use of AI, the platform uses synthesis, storytelling, and interdisciplinary insight to translate complex global conversations into clarity leaders and institutions can act on.
Rather than publishing a static book, AI for Humanity is designed as a living, evolving resource. Chapters, reflections, and interactive experiences are introduced over time and remain adaptable as AI, policy, and practice continue to change.
Explore the platform→

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#aiforhumanity #asfai #humancenteredai #ethicalai #futureofwork #aigovernance #fintech #educationinnovation #aiandsociety | Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi

Phase Zero of AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact continues. Last week at Davos, the American Society for AI (ASFAI) introduced the leadership and vision behind this living anthology and platform. Today we are opening up the four core parts that 35+ contributors are building together, so you can see exactly where your own questions and work fit in. 𝑨𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒊

Phase Zero continued launch of AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact, shared on LinkedIn to introduce the four core parts and invite public input through AskHumans.
Author insights shared in and around Davos serve as curated entry points into the AI for Humanity platform, previewing the questions, domains, and real-world applications explored across the anthology.
Davos 2026 Engagements and Editor-in-Chief Reflections
AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact was developed prior to Davos 2026. The convenings in Davos served as a live listening lab that helped refine how we introduce and activate the platform in Phase Zero, and how we emphasize the voices of leaders, practitioners, and communities in the rollout.
To see how these signals were translated into AI for Humanity, explore this LinkedIn reflections series:

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Day 1 Insights from Davos: Human‑Centered AI in Practice | Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi

On Day 1 in Davos, I was grateful to attend powerful sessions and participate in conversations at AI House Davos, World Woman Davos and The FQ Lounge™ @ Davos. What particularly stood out, given our impending launch of the collaborative AI for Humanity initiative at American Society for AI (ASFAI), was a moment in an AI House discussion on open source AI with Stanford computer science professor and MacArthur Fellow Yejin Choi .​ She reminded us that hiding powerful models behind closed doors d

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Day 2 Insights from Davos: Agentic AI & CMOs | Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi

Day 2 in Davos took me into Marketing Vanguard conversations at The FQ Lounge™ @ Davos with leaders from Adobe, Microsoft, and global brands. These conversations directly mirror the questions we’re exploring through AI for Humanity. It was especially meaningful to be in these sessions alongside fellow American Society for AI (ASFAI) members Erika Beaumier, Don McAllister, and Dr. Sherry McAllister, who is also an AI for Humanity author. In a session on agentic AI, Rachel Thornton, CMO of Adobe

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Day 3 Insights from Davos: Human-Centered AI in Practice | Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi

Day 3 in Davos took me into conversations at the Axios House about what it will really take to close the AI access and trust gaps across sectors, from enterprise platforms to frontier labs to long term retirement security.​ In three fireside chats, leaders from ServiceNow.org, Google DeepMind, and TIAA described a future in which AI either powers a new human Renaissance or deepens existing divides, depending on whether humans stay at the center of design and governance.​ Vanessa Smith, Preside

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Day 3 Part 2 Insights fom Davos: From Humanoid Robots to Quantum Space | Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi

The afternoon of Day 3 in Davos took me from interacting with a humanoid robot to listening to a debate about quantum‑secured satellites and orbital data centers, all within the WISeKey SA / WiseQ Davos 2026 program. I attended “Embedding Human Values into AI and Robotics – A Roadmap for a Human‑Centric Future,” where the WiseQ humanoid robot shared the stage with a panel presenting the Human‑AI‑T Davos 2026 Manifesto. WiseQ was described as an “iPhone with limbs,” making it clear that the real

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AI Jam at Davos: Bridging Disciplinary Divides | Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi

One of my very favorite sessions in Davos this week was at GOALS HOUSE: “Bridging Disciplinary Divides,” hosted by WorldQuant University and the MIT Media Lab sAIpien Program. Three years ago, this group met in the same room to talk about AI as a concept. This time, they came back with a hackathon and working prototypes that showed how cross‑sector teams can use GenAI to tackle real‑world challenges in days, not years. American Society for AI (ASFAI) Distinguished Member Dr. Hossein Rahnama, w

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Davos 2026 | Carrying Conversations Into AI for Humanity | Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi

Back in New York and reflecting on my first Davos. I’m starting this post with a moment that stayed with me: a powerful conversation with Amb Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the 31st U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former President of the UN Security Council, at a Pinterest gathering. It was one of those exchanges that felt immediately familiar. I grew up in a diplomatic and UN household, and in 2015 I was invited to serve as a member of the U.S. Speaker Program with the United States Depart

Each post traces how conversations on the ground informed the platform’s architecture, the Phase Zero “listening before scaling” approach, and the focus on clearly identified primary and secondary audiences for every part and chapter (leaders, professionals, students/educators, communities and families), making the anthology more immediately usable for different stakeholders.
Key engagements and venues included:…
  • Women Political Leaders (WPL) @ Davos
  • World Woman Davos
  • AI House Davos
  • AI Jam at Davos
  • Open Forum Davos
  • The FQ Lounge at Davos
  • The TPC House at Davos
  • Pinterest Platz
  • Economist Impact
  • Axios House in Davos
  • WISeKey, SEALSQ & WISeS at Davos Roundtable 2026
Together, these spaces surfaced recurring questions about human-centered AI, governance, institutional accountability, and workforce transformation that now run through the anthology’s four parts.
For context on my background and institutional roles:
About Liz Ngonzi
Liz Ngonzi is a human-centered AI innovator, executive advisor, and educator focused on how artificial intelligence reshapes leadership, governance, and institutional decision-making. She holds a master’s degree from Cornell University and works at the intersection of academia, policy, and practice.
She is the Originator, Editor-in-Chief, and Lead Architect of AI for Humanity, a launched AI-powered global platform and living anthology developed in collaboration with the American Society for Artificial Intelligence, where she serves as a Board Member and Founding Chair of the Ethics & Responsible AI Committee. The initiative brings together 39 authors across ethics, education, policy, finance, and technology to explore how human judgment and AI can work together responsibly at scale.
Liz is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs and serves as an Industry Advisor to the Product Studio at Cornell Tech, contributing practitioner insight at the intersection of AI, leadership, and applied innovation.
Her work is defined not only by what she studies, but by how she works. Through AI for Humanity, Liz demonstrates ethical, human-guided use of AI as a tool for synthesis, sense-making, and collective intelligence. The platform itself serves as a living demonstration of this approach, combining human-curated insight with AI-assisted storytelling to translate institutional complexity into clarity leaders and institutions can act on.
At Davos 2026, Liz applied this editorial and synthesis lens in real time—connecting conversations across convenings, disciplines, and perspectives, and translating what was emerging into shared insight through Liz Ngonzi @ Davos.
Her work bridges technology, education, and leadership, drawing on more than 25 years of cross-sector experience helping institutions move from complexity to clarity, and from innovation to accountability.
Current Work & Applied Practice
AI-Powered Professional Learning at NYU
At New York University’s Center for Global Affairs, Liz designs and teaches AI-powered professional development courses for practitioners navigating leadership, governance, and workforce transformation.
Her work integrates human-centered AI, narrative strategy, and applied experimentation—helping professionals move beyond theoretical understanding to responsible, real-world application.
Rather than teaching AI as a technical skill alone, Liz focuses on how leaders use AI to clarify judgment, communicate effectively, and make accountable decisions within complex institutional environments.
This work demonstrates how professional education can model ethical, human-guided AI in practice—preparing practitioners to lead thoughtfully in rapidly evolving systems.
Cornell Tech — From Live Dialogue to Policy-Relevant Insight
At Cornell Tech’s Disability and Access in Tech and AI Summit, Liz served as facilitator and strategic storytelling architect for a multi-stakeholder conversation on accessibility, ethics, and public policy.
The work extended beyond the live panel. A nuanced, multi-perspective dialogue was intentionally captured, synthesized, and translated into an accessible, enduring artifact—without losing human voice, context, or intent.
Rather than producing a static recap, the engagement resulted in a living, AI-augmented narrative designed to support learning, policy conversations, and broader access to insight.
This approach demonstrates how convenings can evolve from isolated moments into shared intelligence—using human-guided AI to support clarity, continuity, and public accountability.
An AI-augmented, multimedia synthesis experience.
Mensa Foundation — From Research to Live AI Practice
Through her work with the Mensa Foundation, Liz bridges research, live experimentation, and public-facing dialogue on human intelligence in the age of AI.
She contributed original thought leadership to the Mensa Research Journal on how human expertise, collective insight, and AI can be intentionally combined to amplify human potential—then demonstrated these ideas live at the Mensa Foundation Colloquium through a transparent, real-time AI experience with a highly rigorous audience.
Together, this work shows how human-centered AI can move fluidly from theory to practice—preserving voice, agency, and intellectual integrity while enabling faster insight and deeper engagement.
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