We were proud to see our President & Executive Director, Kelly Forbes, represent AI Asia Pacific Institute at GITEX GLOBAL 2025 in Dubai.
On 14 October 2025, Kelly spoke on the AI Stage during the panel “AI Ethics: Building Trust in the Age of Intelligence.” She was joined by Dr. Irina Mirkina (Chief AI Scientist, Fugro), Lyantoniette “Lyan” Chua (Cofounder & Exec. Director for Strategic Futures & Global Affairs, AI Safety Asia), and Wen Sang (Co-Founder & COO, Genspark) at Hall 10, AI Stage. The session focused on how to build and maintain public trust as AI systems scale across sectors and societies.
Key themes from the AI Ethics discussion
- Trust by design: embedding transparency, accountability, and safety into AI products and governance from the outset, rather than bolting them on later.
- Risk and resilience: managing model and infrastructure risks so “the worst outcomes don’t compromise AI investments or critical systems,” a point reflected in broader GITEX coverage of the ethics session.
- Inclusive governance: aligning developers, policymakers, and industry so responsible AI becomes a shared operating norm, not just a compliance checkbox.
Kelly also featured in the fireside chat “Applied AI Innovations for National Scale Digital Transformation” on the same day (14 Oct, Hall 10, AI Stage), appearing alongside Thomas Pramotedham (CEO, Presight) to discuss how data platforms and AI can responsibly modernize public services at national scale.
GITEX 2025 drew a global audience and put ethics and trust at the center of the AI agenda, highlighting how governance, safety, and real-world impact must move in lockstep as AI adoption accelerates.
