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The advent of powerful, general–purpose AI has dramatically altered the global landscape. These technologies are advancing faster, being deployed more widely, and becoming more deeply embedded in the systems that govern our lives, from politics and the economy to security and the law.
And yet, just as the stakes grow more serious, the momentum for global coordination has stalled. In 2025, the geopolitical climate is tense, divided, and increasingly competitive. Still, the underlying stakes persist. In fact, they are growing more urgent and more complex.
The Athens Roundtable was created for moments like this. As a neutral, credible, and action-oriented forum, it provides space to take on the most pressing governance questions: honestly, directly, and without performative consensus.
Our motto for the year: ignoring what’s at stake is not an option.
If the world fails to build robust AI governance rules, we risk serious incidents that could cross borders, overwhelm safeguards, and impact generations to come. But if we succeed, we can lay the foundations for a safer, fairer, and more resilient future.
This is the moment to act collectively with clarity, urgency, and imagination.
This year’s Roundtable will focus on the questions that often go unasked and unanswered in global AI governance.
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Sessions will be divided in two categories:
Morning Plenaries: Keynotes, panels, and fireside chats, livestreamed to a global audience.
Afternoon Breakout Tracks: Two parallel, closed-door sessions focused on the development of concrete deliverables.
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In-person: approximately 100 national and regional policymakers, AI developers, civil society leaders, and scientists, by invitation only
Online: open registration
More information coming soon
