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Global Launch
Bangkok · Tuesday 1 December 2026
Centara Grand at CentralWorld, co-hosted with the Global Digital Health Forum.
Enquiries: globaledgeailab@lums.edu.pk
until the launch opens (Bangkok time)
Launch details
The launch takes place at the Centara Grand at CentralWorld, Bangkok, co-hosted with the Global Digital Health Forum.
The launch will help shape the testbed, the device cohort and the certification protocol, giving the partners and communities the Lab is meant to serve a voice in how it is built.
Date and venue
- Tuesday 1 December 2026
Global Edge AI Lab launch, Centara Grand at CentralWorld, Bangkok
Agenda
A morning introducing the Lab, followed by an afternoon of facilitated discussion on what it should build first. All times are Bangkok time (ICT, UTC+7).
- Opening remarksDr. Maryam Mustafa and the Gates Foundation
- The lab as one systemEdge AI Lab leads
How a model moves through the lab, from submission and device testing to optimization, certification and field pilots.
- Use cases: the pipeline in practiceHealth and education use-case leads
Pregnancy risk stratification and on-device reading fluency assessment, walked through the lab step by step.
- Nodes and use casesAfrican AI Hubs: Rwanda, Nigeria and Senegal
Each hub presents its priority use cases and where the lab can support them.
- Discussion groups: “How would this serve you?”Three facilitated groups in parallel
Participants choose a group at registration.
- Group AImplementers and system owners
- Group BAI developers in low- and middle-income countries
- Group CDevice and connectivity partners
- Live synthesisGroup facilitators and Dr. Maryam Mustafa
Key points from each group, feeding into the lab’s Year 1 roadmap.
- Closing: what happens to this feedbackDr. Maryam Mustafa and the Gates Foundation
How the day’s input will be used and how participants can stay involved.