All Episodes

Inside the 2026 AI for Humanity Report with Fast Forward’s Kevin Barenblat

IATI Director Yemesrach Workie on Making Open Data Sharing a Priority in the AI Era

Lily Qiu from China’s Peaceland Foundation on AI for Good in Action

Michael Tjalve on AI Governance and the SAFE AI Framework with Jennifer Wilde

Theodora Skeadas on Red Teaming Humanitarian AI Applications

Priyank Hirani from Data.org on Scaling Inclusive AI for Social Impact

Jarrod Goentzel on MIT’s Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab, AI and System Level Thinking

Ruben Lozano Aguilera from Ai2 on Asta's AutoDiscovery Tool for Scientific Discovery

Renaissance Philanthropy’s Ethna Ghosh on Partnership Building in India, AI and Unlocking Scientific and Technological Advancement

Federico Pierucci on Multi-Agent Risks in Humanitarian Aid at The Inference Layer

Zineb Bhaby on NRC's CLEAR Initiative and Building a Digital Backbone for Humanitarian AI

Lukas Borkowski on Building Voice-First Humanitarian AI on a National Scale

Javan Van Gronigen on Fundraising and Building an Engagement OS for the Modern Nonprofit

Golestan Radwan and Panagiotis Moutis Discuss AI, The Environment and The Sustainability Paradox

Yarissa Matos-Soto on AI Implementation and Bridging the Connectivity Gap

Olena Shevchenko on Experimenting with Neo4j to Build a Personal Knowledge Agent

Ali Al-Mokdad on Creating the First AI-Native Humanitarian Podcast

David Schoeller-Diaz on Cybersecurity as a Public Good

Thomas Byrnes on Addressing Shadow AI in Humanitarian Operations

Humanitarian Technology Under Siege, A Conversation with Catalina Rebollo from Wired en Español

Radek Wierzbicki from Unsung Heroes on Advancing Digital Entrepreneurship, AI and Building Trust and Credibility

Siem Vaessen from Zimmerman on IATI, AI and the Development Aid Landscape

Jessie Pechmann on AI, Satellite Imagery, Transparency, and Building Damage Assessments

Yuriy Boyechko on Hope for Ukraine’s New Mobile App and Digital Inclusion

Olivier Mills from Baobab Tech on the Need for Deeper Technical Collaboration on Humanitarian AI

Cole Leng on the State and Future of On-Device Machine Learning for Humanitarian Action

Neha Bajwa from Neo4j Unveils New Tools to Build, Test, and Deploy AI Agents

Lindsey Moore on Agentic AI, Transformative Philanthropy and Investing in Humanitarian AI

Chelsea McMurray on AI Security and the Threat Landscape Facing Humanitarian Actors

Annie Brown from Humane Intelligence on their Bias Bounty Program

Petya Kangalova Introduces Humanitarian OpenStreetMap’s Tech and Innovation Working Group

Erica Gralla on a New Study Mapping the Impact of Funding Cuts on Humanitarian Aid

Rich Woods from Tech To The Rescue on AI and the Future of Fundraising

Bill Greer from Common Space on Building Dedicated Satellites for the Humanitarian Community

Shannon Farley on Fast Forward's 2025 AI for Humanity Report

Philippe Stoll on AI Techplomacy, IT Challenges and the 'Do-No-Harm' Imperative

Eric Talbert on Building Hyper-Local, AI-Powered Supply Chains for Medical Surplus

Perry Hewitt from Data.org on Accelerating What's Possible in Social Impact

Pam Boiros on Women Advancing AI with Sandra Uwantege Hart

Sandra Uwantege Hart on Engaging with New Technology in Humanitarian Aid

Suzy Madigan on AI, Aid Reform and UN General Assembly Discussions

Sergio Coronado on Blind Spots in AI Safety and International Humanitarian Law

Matthew Brown from Profound on Agentic Search Engine Optimization

Pradyumna Chari Introduces Project NANDA to Humanitarian Organizations

Andre Heller and Mala Kumar Discuss Signpost’s Pilot AI Assistant

Beyond the Summit: A Push for Real AI Collaboration from Blaise Robert

Giulio Coppi on Defending Digital and Human Rights in the AI Age

Aral Surmeli on HERA’s Frontline Experimentation with AI

A New Ethical AI Adoption Toolkit for Humanitarian Actors

André Heller on Piloting Agentic AI and Client-facing Applications at Signpost

Till Trojer and Rory Crew on Cash Assistance and AI Strategy: Insights from HEKS and CALP

A Critical Discussion on Assessing Humanitarian AI Use Cases

Valentine Pistorozzi on Advances in AI and Boldcode’s Reporter AI Project

Luke Marsden from HelixML on the Past, Present, and Future of Generative AI and MLOps

The New Commons Challenge: Advancing AI for Public Good through Data Commons

Ali Al Mokdad on the Aid Funding Crisis: The World Didn’t Fall When Help Left

AI Voices: The Machine Race by Suzy Madigan

Kai Hopkins on the Aid Funding Crisis and Difficult Choices Facing the Humanitarian Community

Payal Dalal & Deval Sanghavi: Mastercard's Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Inclusion Challenge

AI Governance in Humanitarian Action

Humanitarian Principles in Discussion

Assessing Evidence on AI Use Cases and their Impact on Humanitarian Action

Abdallah El Ali and Ahmad Tafti on Human Machine Interaction and AI Transparency

Affected Populations in Discussion: Vulnerable Populations and the Rollout of AI Applications

Transparency in Discussion: Improving Transparency and Accountability in AI Implementations

Sian White, Dan Amias and Daniela Weber Introduce Elrha and UKHIH's new AI Newsletter

Lindsey Moore from DevelopMetrics on their AI for Development Summit and on Funding for AI Research

Karin Maasel and Doug Smith from Data Friendly Space on the Evolving Humanitarian AI Landscape

Vanessa Parli on how Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered AI Evaluates Research Proposals

Kate Behncken: How Microsoft Philanthropies Supports AI for Inclusion, Social Impact, and Innovation

Rolf Kleef on IATI, Open Data and the Integration of AI into Humanitarian Operations

Payal Dalal with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Stefaan Verhulst and Andrew Schroeder on Meta's Llama Impact Grants Program

Lindsey Moore with DevelopMetrics

Jakob Harbo and Roberto Vila_Sexto, Ukraine Country Managers, discuss Humanitarian AI

Shadrock Roberts from Mercy Corps

André Heller Pérache from Signpost

Suzy Madigan Founder of the Machine Race

John Adams formerly with the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Claudia Von Vacano from the D-lab at the University of California, Berkeley

Ximena Contla with Data Friendly Space

Aaron Margolis on ChatGPT

Liam Nicoll with IRC's Signpost Initiative

Bret Kinsella from Voicebot.ai and Synthedia on ChatGPT

Kyrylo Lapko with SpivDiia and NeedsList

Gaurav Nemade on LaMDA and ChatGPT

Gerd Buta with the World Food Program

Larissa Doroshenko with Northeastern University

Scott Ciment with the University of South Carolina Rule of Law Collaborative

Heather Leson and Paola Yela from the IFRC

Preeti Adhikary and Ahmad Tafti on AI Education

Tyler Radford from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

Laura McGorman from Meta's Data for Good Program

Juan Lavista Ferres from Microsoft's AI for Good Research Lab

Jakub Parusinski from The Fix Media

Allison Fine and Beth Kanter Authors of The Smart Nonprofit

Jennifer Chan and Andrew Schroeder from CrisisReady

Joanna van der Merwe from The Center for European Policy Analysis

Natasha Freidus from NeedsList

Ewan Oglethorpe from Data Friendly Space