This evening session celebrates Wikipedia's 25th birthday and explores the importance of the online commons as digital infrastructure, relied upon by billions of people and most commercial large language models. A panel discussion, led by Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales, convenes high-level thought leaders for a conversation about trustworthy information, the sustainability of the knowledge ecosystem, and the challenges and opportunities for collaboration in the public interest. This session was developed in partnership with Wikipedia.

Speakers

• Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia

• Bill Gross, CEO and founder, ProRata ai

• Kamila Markram, Co-founder and CEO, Frontiers

• Mark-Alexander Doumba, Minister of Digital Economy Innovation, Gabonese Republic