Event date: June 24, 2025
Event time: 4:00 - 6:00 P.M.
AI Sandboxes: Regulatory Learning in Action

As AI technologies evolve at an unprecedented pace, regulators face the challenge of fostering innovation while safeguarding ethical and societal values. AI sandboxes – controlled environments where AI systems can be tested with regulatory support – have emerged as a powerful tool to meet this challenge. This collaborative UNESCO Global Forum side workshop, scheduled for June 24, 2025 from 4.00 - 6.00 p.m. at 22nd Floor, Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at Centralworld and organized in partnership with the AI Governance Center by ETDA and the Global Network of Centers (NoC), will explore how AI sandboxes serve as living laboratories for regulatory learning, policy innovation, and trust-building. It will also examine best practices to accelerate their implementation, strengthen international collaboration around them, and explore their use in shaping AI policies across sectors such as health, education, and the future of work, among others.
Bringing together policymakers, regulators, business representatives, academics, and start-ups, the session will be divided into two interactive parts:
Part I: Concept and Implementation under the EU AI Act
We will begin with a discussion on the concept of AI sandboxes under the EU AI Act, unpacking their objectives, structures, and operational principles. Participants will engage in a dialogue on the core tensions sandboxes must navigate: balancing innovation with accountability, encouraging experimentation while protecting rights, and ensuring that lessons learned are systematically integrated into regulatory frameworks. This segment will set the stage for a broader conversation about how sandboxes enable regulatory learning in practice.
Part II: Global Knowledge Exchange – Experiences Across Regions and Policy Domains
The second part will open the floor to a global knowledge exchange, drawing on country experiences, including the development of AI Sandboxes in Brazil, Chile, the United Kingdom, Singapore and the Dominican Republic. The discussion will also introduce the Regulatory Sandbox Maturity Assessment (RESMA) tool, a framework designed to help countries evaluate their readiness to implement effective sandbox initiatives, which is currently being adopted by authorities around the world.
Participants will share insights not only across different sectors and policy areas — such as financial services, where sandboxes have a longer history — but also across different regions and continents. Experts will reflect on how diverse governance contexts shape sandbox design and implementation, and how sharing experiences across sectors and geographies can accelerate more adaptive, responsible AI governance.
Throughout the session, participants will engage in moderated discussions and active knowledge sharing, exchanging practical lessons from multiple policy fields and regions to enrich the global understanding of AI sandbox design, deployment, and learning.
Register : https://forms.office.com/r/LsuCb1KptP



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