10/07/2026
🎉 What an incredible two days in Budapest!🎉
The 2026 IEEE Tech Summit: Ethical AI brought together global leaders, researchers, innovators, industry experts, and practitioners for meaningful conversations about one of the defining challengesof our time: How do we harness the transformative power of AI while ensuring it
is developed and deployed responsibly?
Across two days of keynote presentations, thought-provoking panels, interactive breakout sessions, and networking, participants moved the conversation from principles to practice—exploring how AI can be designed, governed, and implemented in ways that prioritize transparency, fairness, accountability, safety, and societal benefit.
A special thank you to the IEEE leaders whose support, active participation, and unwavering commitment were instrumental in making this event a success: 2025 IEEE Past President Kathleen Kramer; 2026 IEEE President and CEO Mary Ellen Randall; and 2026 IEEE President-Elect Jill Gostin. And a heartfelt thank you to Tech Summit Chair, Dalma Novak, for her exceptional leadership, vision, and commitment in bringing the Tech Summit from an idea to a successful global gathering in Budapest!
And thank you to all of the members of the Tech Summit Organizing Committees for the tremendous work, effort and dedication that helped make this event such a memorable and impactful experience:
Tech Summit Steering Committee: Dalma Novak, Mojdeh Bahar, Jennifer Charnecky, Cynthia (Cindy) Nell, PMP®, Crystel Edwards, CMP, Charlie Jackson, Ryan O'Connor.
Program Committee: Nina Shamsi, S.P.D. Anuraj, Georgio S., Daswin de Silva, Professor Eleni Mangina, Pal Varga, Murty Polavarapu, Mariela Machado Fantacchiotti, Dr. Clara Neppel, Chris Miyachi, Arnold Pears, Milos Manic.
Local and Regional Outreach: Daniel Drexler, Meng Lu, Peter Nagy, Tiziana Tambosso, Dr. Clara Neppel.
The Global Founders Showcase and Awards Committee: Mohamed El Dallal, Polat Goktas, Ph.D., Susana Lau Hou, Mohammad Zidan and Caitlin E. Zubrowski.
And a very tremendous thank you to everyone who helped make the 2026 IEEE Tech Summit: Ethical AI possible—our distinguished Speakers, Moderators, Tech Summit Organizing Committee members, Sponsors, Partners, volunteers, attendees, and everyone behind the scenes who contributed to its success.
The Summit may have ended, but the conversation—and the work—continues. Together, we can help shape an AI future that is not only more intelligent, but more responsible, equitable, trustworthy, and human-centered. ✨🌍