From Future Risks to Current Incidents: Hub Participation in 7th Athens Roundtable on AI & the Rule of Law

On Thursday, December 4, 2025, Pierre Noro, Advisor to the PSIA Tech & Global Affairs Innovation Hub, represented the Hub as an invited expert in the 7th edition of the Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, organized by The Future Society. This year's edition was held at The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London, under the patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic, and in partnership with the OECD and UNESCO.

Building on the Hub's foundational collaboration with The Future Society during last year's edition—particularly around the global citizen consultation for the AI Action Summit—the Hub's participation reflects the continued evolution of both organizations' engagement with AI governance challenges. Notably, the Roundtable's agenda has expanded from its initial focus on future safety risks to now encompass current AI incidents, mirroring the Hub's sustained positioning on the necessary development multistakeholder standards to observe, register, notify, and coordinate responses to present-day AI impacts.

Pierre contributed to a closed-door dialogue dedicated to "Serious AI Incident Prevention & Preparedness," conducted under Chatham House rules. This session brought together leading policymakers, researchers, and practitioners in the field to develop a shared understanding of what constitutes "AI incidents", what kind of classification and reporting mechanisms must be set up to make sure they can be remediated and inform better policies to avoid broader technical and governance failures, major accidents, and societal crises.

The dialogue examined how AI incidents—already manifesting and accelerating across jurisdictions—reveal systemic vulnerabilities emerging faster than our collective ability to respond. Participants explored how incident monitoring, preparedness, and prevention can be strengthened across jurisdictions, and how voluntary frameworks, such as the OECD Reporting Framework for AI Incidents, can connect to emerging policy and regulatory regimes in the United States, European Union, and beyond.

Since its inception in 2019, the Athens Roundtable has convened thousands of experts from 130 countries, including policymakers, diplomats, regulators, scientists, industry executives, legal professionals, and civil society leaders. This year's convening produced key takeaways and governance recommendations for dissemination ahead of major 2026 milestones, including the AI Impact Summit in India, the G20 Summit in the United States, and the UN's Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva.

The Hub's continued engagement with the Athens Roundtable underscores its commitment to advancing evidence-based, multistakeholder approaches to AI governance—particularly in ensuring that international coordination mechanisms can effectively address the real-time challenges posed by AI systems already deployed across societies worldwide.