From AI Adoption to Workflow Integration
10 January 2027 - ONLINE
A global forum of practitioners and researchers exploring how AI is transforming negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy
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Share your perspective in the Focus Droup discussions
10 January
WHY THIS FORUM?
AI is entering negotiation and diplomacy at high speed
The promise of greater efficiency is compelling, but what happens to human judgement, critical reflexion, and negotiation experience as AI becomes embedded in professional practice?
Are negotiators, mediators, and diplomats ready for the AI transformation?
ABOUT THE FORUM
A global conversation on the future
of negotiation and diplomacy
The AI Negotiation Forum 2027 brings together practitioners and researchers to examine how the growing integration of AI is reshaping negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy.
Building on the 2026 Forum, the second edition combines global research, practitioners' consultation, and collective discussion to understand what is changing in practise and what this means for the future of the craft.
FROM SURVEY TO CONSULTATION
The survey is the first stage of a wider consultation. Selected practitioners will be invited to explore the emerging findings in greater depth through an online qualitative consultation and Focus Group discussions.
1. GLOBAL SURVEY
Share your experience. October - November 2026
2. PRACTITIONER
CONSULTATION
Explore emerging findings
(invited participants)
3. FOCUS GROUPS
In-depth discussions
(9 Janury 2027)
4. AI NEGOTIATION FORUM
Global exchange and panels
(10 January 2027)
Negotiation work
1
Impact of AI on negotiation tasks, processes and ways of working.
Exploring AI integration from everyday
professional practice to its wider implications
for diplomacy and foreign policy.
2
PEOPLE & TEAMS
Impact of AI on human judgment, cognition and collective deliberation.
3
CRAFT & LEARNING
Role of AI in enhancing negotiation experience, skills and professional craft.
SCOPE OF THE FORUM
Five domains of AI transformation
ORGANISATIONS &
INFORMATION FLOW
4
Promoting proper AI integration, governance and organisational change.
5
DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY
Implications of AI integration for decision-making in diplomacy and
foreign policy.
PARTICIPATE IN THE AINF GLOBAL SURVEY 2027
How is AI changing
the way you work?
Share your experience of how AI is entering negotiation and diplomacy workflow, from everyday tasks and professional judgment to teamwork, learning, and organisational practice.
30
QUESTIONS
15
MINUTES
CONFIDENTIAL
Your responses will be anonymized and used for research purposes only.
AINF Steering Committee:
A global community shaping the Forum
Peter Maurer
President
Basel Institute on Governance
Jérôme Duberry
Senior Lecturer
Geneva Graduate Institute
Annie Chaloux
Professor
University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Claude Bruderlein
Director
Frontline Associates, Canada
Yadvinder S. Rana
Professor of Cross-Cultural Negotiation; Bologna Business School, Founder, NegoAI
Bahar Sercin Halefoglu
CEO & Founder of ALSE Data, Istanbul
Martin Wählisch
Associate Professor
University of Birmingham
Leonardo Caporarello
Professor of Practice of Negotiation and Leadership, Associate Dean for Online Learning, SDA Bocconi
Zilin Ma
Post Doctoral Fellow
Laboratory for Innovation Science
Harvard Business School
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Finale Doshi-Velez
Professor of Computer Science
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science
Francesco Marchi
Senior Lecturer
Sciences Po Paris
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Maxime Audinet
Assistant Professor
INALCO Paris
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Sefer Soydar
Director of Research
Enstitü Sosyal, Istanbul
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Miraç Nur Kırma
Project Manager
Enstitü Sosyal, Istanbul
Jérôme Bellion-Jourdan
Project-Lead
Institute for Global Negotiation
Zurich
Jérôme Crettol
CEO
DiploTools, Geneva
Dariha Erketaeva
Senior Instructor
Frontline Associates, Canada
Suzi Jazmati
Senior Instructor
Frontline Associates
Philippe Simard
Lecturer
Universiy of Sherbroole, Canada
Important Dates
1 September 2025 - Contribution Submission Opens
The submission period opens on 1 September 2025. Interested contributors are invited to submit a short summary of their proposed contribution. To start your submission, visit the Forum Online Portal.
20 November 2025 - Contribution Submission Closes
Deadline for submitting the outline and executive summary of the concept papers.
30 November 2025- Selection of Contributions
All contributors will be informed of the status of their application.
12 December 2025 - Audio Submission
All contributors are invited to submit a 2 - 3 minute audio file (MP3) outlining their contrbution.
10 - 11 January 2026 - AI Negotiation Forum Online
10 January 2026 – Practitioner exchanges and interviews.
11 January 2026 – Roundtables and panels with researchers, experts, and practitioners.
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