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Why Faith and Belief Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

A Board Paper on Human Character, Corporate Governance and Long-Term Value

Executive Summary

As artificial intelligence increases organisational power, it is changing the balance between competence and character. AI can perform or augment tasks once carried out by people, but it cannot assume responsibility, determine purpose or exercise judgement on an organisation’s behalf. As AI expands what organisations can do, the character of those deciding what they should do becomes more consequential.

Religion or belief belongs on the Board agenda because, for many people, it is an important and frequently overlooked source of character. Organisations depend on wise judgement, integrity, responsibility, trustworthiness, courage, stewardship and care for others. They do not create these qualities from scratch. They are formed and renewed through families, communities, education, experience, service and traditions of religion or belief.

In this paper, “religion or belief” means religious and non-religious worldviews that shape meaning, purpose, identity and responsibility. Around half the UK population identifies with a religion; major global estimates put affiliation at between three-quarters and nearly nine in ten people worldwide. For many, the influence is lived through belief, behaviour and belonging: frameworks of meaning, repeated practices, and communities that offer example, support and accountability. It is not merely a demographic label or an accommodation issue.

Character is expressed in behaviour, and repeated behaviour becomes culture. Strong cultures support trust, collaboration, adaptability and long-term performance; poor cultures put reputation, trust and enterprise value at risk. Leading companies already declare priorities — especially innovation, integrity and people focus — that depend on character to become real. Character becomes organisational capability when it is translated through leadership, culture, management practice, learning, policies, systems and accountability. The case studies show that this is already happening through multiple pathways.

FTSE 100 practice is established but uneven: 42 companies show emerging, developing or leading practice; 58 show minimal or no visible evidence. The REDI Monitor and REDI Index give Boards ways to benchmark visible practice, assess conditions and set priorities.

Concerns about division, proselytising, competing rights, accommodation, fairness and privacy require capable governance, not avoidance: neutrality, voluntary participation, clear boundaries and protection from coercion. Boards govern conduct, culture and organisational conditions, not employees’ beliefs. No tradition guarantees good conduct. Boards should neither endorse nor assess what people believe.

Immediate Board actions

• Recognise the competencies and qualities of character most material to strategy, culture, risk and responsible technology, and whether religion or belief is an overlooked source.
• Enable employees who wish to do so to bring religion or belief into working life appropriately and voluntarily, including employee experience and managers’ confidence.
• Value the potential contribution of perspectives shaped by religion or belief in leadership, culture, decision-making and the responsible use of technology.
• Review the baseline; how conduct, accommodation, competing rights and privacy are governed; priorities; executive ownership; and Board oversight.

The aim is not to make the workplace religious. It is to recognise an overlooked source of character and govern the conditions in which it can contribute to culture, wise judgement and trusted performance. The first step is not a new programme. It is to ask the question.

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Freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is built in practice, not simply protected in principle. It begins with education that equips young people to understand difference and respect conscience, grows through relationships that can withstand conflict and disagreement, and is strengthened by networks that turn shared commitment into collective action. If it is to be sustainable, it also must reach into economic life, where education, employment and business give people opportunities to participate fully in society without leaving their faith or beliefs at the door. In this sense, FoRB is not only a legal freedom. It is part of the social infrastructure that allows people of different religions and beliefs to live, learn, work and flourish together.

Education creates opportunity. But its promise is fulfilled when opportunity leads to dignified work.

At BYU–Pathway Worldwide, Elder Matt Eyring pioneered social impact employment, creating a practical bridge between education and the global economy.

Its certificate-first model gives students job-ready skills early, while employers around the world provide pathways into meaningful careers. Remote work allows many graduates to remain in their home countries while participating in the global economy and strengthening their communities.

For connecting education with employment and building a scalable bridge from poverty to purpose, Matt Eyring is the 2026 Education to Work Bridge Award recipient of the King Husein Global Business & Interfaith Peace Award.

On Monday, 12 October, Eyring will join Brian Ashton, President of BYU–Pathway Worldwide, for the keynote conversation, From Faith to Education to Employment: A Global Model. Together, they will explore how faith, education and employment can connect to create opportunity at scale, particularly for people whose geography or circumstances might otherwise limit access to higher education and meaningful work.

Eyring and Ashton’s keynote will bring together many of the themes explored throughout the day at the BYU London Centre, where leaders working across freedom of religion or belief, education, interfaith relations and business will examine how these fields connect in practice.

Cecilia Peek of the BYU London Centre, Brian Grim of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Dare to Overcome and Faith@Work, and Matt Downs, CEO of Pearl 27, will open the programme and frame the day around a central idea: freedom of religion or belief is not only a question of rights. It also affects how people learn, participate, build relationships and contribute to society and the economy. In the Age of AI, this human dimension becomes even more important. As technology expands what organisations are capable of doing, the character guiding how that capability is used becomes more consequential. Matt Downs will draw on the new White Paper to explore the human qualities organisations increasingly depend upon, including judgement, integrity, responsibility, trustworthiness, courage, stewardship and care for others, and the often-overlooked role that faith and belief can play in forming them. The discussion will consider what this means for leaders seeking not simply greater technological capability, but the human capability and character needed to use it wisely and responsibly.

That question begins early, with Josh Cass and Brian Grim examining Building Freedom of Religion or Belief in Schools: What Works? Schools are among the first places where young people encounter difference in a sustained way. The session will look at how education can help young people understand religion or belief, navigate differences constructively and build the habits that make plural societies more resilient. One of the case studies will be Dare to Overcome’s Human Rights, Business Skills & Peace programme, which combines human rights education with practical business skills and has been piloted in schools in Pune, India, including lessons on freedom of religion, protection from child labour, marriage and family, and freedom from bullying.

The conversation then moves from local education to global cooperation. Hannah Clayson Smith, from the BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies, will lead a discussion on Building a Global FoRB Network: From Connection to Collective Action. The focus is not simply on bringing advocates and organisations together, but on how relationships can become practical cooperation across countries and sectors.

Joining this conversation will be Tabitha von Kaufmann and Veena O’Sullivan of Good Faith Partnership, who will provide an update on IF20 engagement with the G20. With the United Kingdom preparing to host the G20 in 2027, the discussion will look ahead to opportunities for religion or belief, human dignity and constructive interfaith engagement to contribute to wider conversations about economic and social development.

The morning will also confront a challenge increasingly felt in communities around the world: what happens when international conflicts become local? Mohammed Ibraheem Ahmed of the Woolf Institute, Cambridge, and Matthew Jones of the FoRB Foundation will lead When Global Conflicts Become Local: Building Resilient Interfaith Relations. Their conversation will focus on strengthening relationships capable of withstanding international tensions, polarisation and disagreement without allowing them to fracture communities at home. Matthew will comment on how these tensions and the response to them impact international FoRB.

Together, these sessions form a deliberately connected conversation. Freedom of religion or belief creates space. Education develops capability. Interfaith relationships build trust. Employment turns opportunity into participation and dignity.

That is the journey at the heart of Monday’s programme, and it provides a fitting opening to Dare to Overcome London 2026: Faith, Freedom & the Future.

Monday, 12 October 2026
BYU London Centre
27 Palace Court, London W2 4LP
10.00 a.m. – 2.30 p.m.

Registration required.

What if the most overlooked question in the AI revolution is not technological, but human?

As AI expands organisational capability, qualities such as judgement, integrity, responsibility, courage, trustworthiness and care for others become even more important. Yet technology does not create these qualities. They are formed through families, communities, experience, service and, for many people around the world, through faith and belief.

Business leaders from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh perspectives gathered for a global conversation on Human Capability in the Age of AI: What Faith and Belief Bring to Work. This is a practical conversation about a question every organisation increasingly faces: how do faith and belief help shape the character and human capabilities that good leadership and responsible business require?

Convened by the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Faith@Work UK and Inter Faith Week, the discussion will also explore how organisations around the world can make space for these deeper sources of character, purpose and responsibility to contribute at work.

The conversation comes just ahead of Dare to Overcome: The Economics of Kindness in London and the launch at Mansion House on 13 October 2026 of our new White Paper, The Overlooked Source of Human Capability and Character: Why Faith and Belief Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. A Board Paper on Human Character, Corporate Governance and Long-Term Value.

As AI changes what we are capable of doing, we need a deeper conversation about the kind of people we need to become.

For the first time, Dare to Overcome comes to London, convening global leaders to advance peace and human flourishing. REGISTER TODAY!

Will You Dare to Overcome with Kindness?

12 to 16 October 2026 | London

Thank you for your interest in Dare to Overcome London 2026, a week of leadership, ideas and action bringing together global leaders from business, investment, government, academia and civil society.

The week will explore how organisations can become more human as they become more technologically powerful, with a particular focus on human dignity, responsible leadership and the Economics of Kindness.

At a Glance

When: 12th – 16th October 2026
Where: London, UK
Who: Business, investment, government, academic, civil society and faith leaders
Theme: The Economics of Kindness
Signature event: Dare to Overcome Gala Awards Dinner at Mansion House
Ways to participate: Gala tickets and tables, individual events, invitation-only leadership gatherings, and sponsorship opportunities

By Brian Grim

Ten years ago, I stood with Don and Terri Larson in Rio de Janeiro as we honoured them with the Global Business & Interfaith Peace Award. Their work in Mozambique already offered a compelling example of how business could become an instrument of human dignity, self-reliance and peace. I have been with them on other occasions since. But visiting them recently in Mozambique, walking through the Sunshine Nut Company factory and seeing the Sunshine Houses firsthand, deepened my appreciation for what they have built.

Don came to this work with more than three decades of experience in the global food industry, including as Head of Cocoa Purchasing for Hershey Chocolate. He understood supply chains, purchasing, quality, risk and margins. At Hershey, he helped shift an automated process to a more labour-intensive model in Mexico that improved quality and margins while creating substantially more employment.

That experience helped shape the question at the heart of what Don calls the Sunshine Approach: What if the same business disciplines companies use to protect their margins were deliberately used to protect the dignity, opportunity and future of people at the beginning of the supply chain?

In Mozambique, they have turned that question into practice. Sunshine works with local farmers, purchases their cashews, processes them locally, creates jobs and connects the finished product to markets.

Walking through the factory, I saw much more than cashews. I saw people being given the opportunity to develop skills, earn livelihoods and participate in an enterprise that treats them as contributors to economic growth rather than beneficiaries of charity. This is social impact employment in practical form.

The Sunshine Houses reveal another dimension of this vision. Rather than treating widows and orphaned children as separate groups in need of assistance, Don and Terri bring them together, pairing widows with orphans to form new families. Widows become mothers to children who need the security and love of a home, while the children give these women renewed family, belonging and purpose. These households show that empowerment is also about restoring the human bonds through which people flourish. Those whom society might regard primarily as vulnerable instead become sources of strength for one another.

What makes this especially exciting is the potential synergy with the work of Tzu Chi Foundation in Mozambique. Tzu Chi’s humanitarian presence demonstrates the power of faith-inspired compassion translated into sustained action. Its work helps communities recover from disaster, rebuild livelihoods, strengthen resilience and move towards self-reliance.

Sunshine brings a complementary piece to that journey. Humanitarian assistance can help people survive a crisis and regain their footing. Enterprise can then help create the employment, markets, skills and income that allow recovery to become durable. Tzu Chi and Sunshine therefore represent two powerful parts of a common vision: compassionate service that meets immediate human need, joined with economic opportunity that helps people build a sustainable future.

This matters particularly in communities experiencing poverty, disaster or conflict. Peace is not simply the absence of violence. It is strengthened when people can provide for themselves, see a future for their children, participate meaningfully in their communities and believe that tomorrow can be better than today.

That is why seeing Sunshine firsthand was such an honour. Don and Terri are not merely talking about a more humane economy. They are building one, practically, from the ground up.

Their work also challenges conventional boundaries between business and charity. Communities need compassion and commerce working together. Compassion can identify the person who is being overlooked. Business can help create the structures through which that person’s talent, work and aspirations become economically sustainable.

As we prepare for Dare to Overcome: The Economics of Kindness in London this October, the Sunshine Approach offers a powerful message for global business leaders. Kindness is not the opposite of commercial discipline. It can help determine where that discipline is directed and whose flourishing is included in our definition of success. And that makes their achievement especially relevant to our London gathering.

I was honoured to see what Don and Terri have created. Even more, I left Mozambique convinced that their example deserves to be studied, shared and multiplied. Planting hope practically means helping people move from vulnerability towards agency, from dependence towards self-reliance, and from isolation towards community. Sunshine shows what can happen when business puts its best tools to work for those whom the economy too often leaves behind.

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You can meet Don and Terri Larson and hear the Sunshine story firsthand at Dare to Overcome: The Economics of Kindness in London, 12–16 October 2026. Don will share on 13 October at Salesforce Tower how the Sunshine Approach grew from lessons learned in global business into a practical model for investing in people, creating dignified employment and building pathways from vulnerability to self-reliance. Their ehttps://dto.world/index.php/salesforce-tower-tuesday-13-october-2026/xperience in Mozambique is precisely the kind of example DTO London seeks to bring to the global conversation: proof that kindness, applied with business discipline and human ingenuity, can create prosperity, strengthen communities and help build peace.

Join us for the first annual, London Human Dignity Film Forum.

The Human Dignity Film Forum, part of Dare to Overcome: The Economics of Kindness, brings together diplomats, business leaders, filmmakers, academics, faith leaders, and advocates to explore one of the defining questions of our time: how can storytelling strengthen human dignity in an age of rapid technological, political, and social change?

Through two carefully selected films and conversations with three internationally recognized filmmakers and thought leaders — Dr Judith Richter, Jane Clayson Johnson and Mr Jian Shen— the Forum examines how media can build understanding across cultures, foster empathy, and inspire practical action on issues ranging from peacebuilding and social cohesion to freedom, identity, and human flourishing.

More than a film festival, it is a gathering of global leaders committed to using the power of storytelling to bridge divides and advance the common good.

Experience The Last Twins — Dr Judith Richter’s award-winning story of how her father saved twins from the Holocaust.

The Last Twins is a powerful documentary film directed by Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill that uncovers the true story of Erno “Zvi” Spiegel, an unsung Holocaust hero who secretly risked his life to save dozens of children at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Assigned by Nazi physician Dr. Josef Mengele to oversee a barracks of young twin boys targeted for horrific medical experiments, Spiegel used his position to shield, comfort, and alter the records of the children to protect them from certain death. 

Then discover Pathway to Hope and see the journey of BYU-Pathway students across Africa to self-reliance.

“Pathway to Hope” is an uplifting documentary produced and hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Jane Clayson Johnson. The film spotlights the profound impact of BYU-Pathway Worldwide in Africa, showcasing how affordable, spiritually centered online higher education empowers individuals to overcome poverty and uplift their communities.

The three film makers will lead discussions after the films. This October 15th, film opens a window into courage, hope, and human dignity.

Venue: Hyatt Reagency Blackfriars, , The City of London (ticket required).

Dr. Judith Richter is also a recipient of a King Husein Global Business & Interfaith Peace Award.

Indeed, film can do more than entertain. It can help people see the world through one another’s eyes. Mr Jian Shen, Chairman and CEO of Shinework Media and Shinework Pictures, has spent more than 25 years using film to connect cultures, countries and people.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. | August 2026 — What does leadership look like when human dignity is not simply a by-product of success, but one of its defining purposes?

To explore that question, Brian J. Grim, Ph.D., President of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation and Global Chair of Dare to Overcome, will travel to Mozambique from 12–18 August to visit the work of two recipients of the King Husein Global Business & Interfaith Peace Award: Po-Wen Yen, CEO of the Tzu Chi Foundation and recipient of the 2026 Award, and Don Larson, a previous recipient whose innovative business model is transforming communities through sustainable enterprise.

Though their organisations are very different, both are tackling the same challenge: how leadership, enterprise and deeply held values can be translated into lasting opportunity, restored dignity and stronger communities.

Under Po-Wen Yen’s leadership, the Tzu Chi Foundation has strengthened governance, transparency, sustainability reporting and global engagement while continuing its humanitarian mission across 133 countries and regions. Rooted in Humanistic Buddhism, Tzu Chi combines professional management with compassionate service. Today it mobilises millions of volunteers and invests in education, healthcare, vocational training, environmental stewardship and community rebuilding.

If Tzu Chi demonstrates humanitarian leadership at global scale, Don Larson demonstrates how commercial enterprise itself can become an instrument of human dignity.

After a successful executive career in the global food industry, including senior leadership roles at Hershey, Larson chose to use his business expertise to combat poverty through enterprise. He built Sunshine Nuts, a competitive food-manufacturing business in Mozambique, designed not simply to produce cashews, but to create jobs, strengthen agricultural value chains, invest in farming communities and restore dignity through sustainable economic opportunity. Larson describes the mission simply as providing “jobs and dignity” through a successful company.

“I’m travelling to Mozambique because I want to see what purpose-driven leadership looks like in practice,” said Grim. “These are not abstract ideas. These are leaders creating jobs, restoring dignity, strengthening communities and changing lives. Seeing that work firsthand is invaluable.”

The visit comes at a time when organisations are investing heavily in artificial intelligence while also asking what kinds of leadership, judgement and human capability will become increasingly valuable. These two award recipients demonstrate that commercial excellence, moral conviction and long-term social impact reinforce rather than compete with one another.

While Grim will spend a week in Mozambique learning from these award-winning leaders in their own context, business leaders will not have to travel nearly so far to meet them.

Both Po-Wen Yen and Don Larson will participate in Dare to Overcome London: The Economics of Kindness, taking place 12–16 October 2026. The gathering will bring together leaders from business, finance, education, civil society and government to explore how enterprise can advance human dignity, freedom of religion or belief, cultural understanding, prosperity and peace. The programme will include the presentation of the 2026 King Husein Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards, alongside dialogues on leadership, faith, business and human flourishing.

“The encouraging news is that you don’t have to travel to Mozambique to learn from these leaders,” Grim said. “In October, they’ll be in London sharing what they’ve learned about leadership, enterprise and the practical work of restoring dignity through business.”

Across very different cultures and organisational models, both leaders demonstrate the same enduring truth: business can be one of humanity’s most powerful tools for creating opportunity, restoring dignity and building peace.

“I’m looking forward to seeing that work in Mozambique,” Grim said, “and even more to introducing these remarkable leaders—and what they have to teach us—to audiences in London.”

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About Dare to Overcome London: The Economics of Kindness

Dare to Overcome London: The Economics of Kindness will take place 12–16 October 2026, with events at the Palace of Westminster, Mansion House, the University of Cambridge, St Katharine Cree, and other leading venues across London.

The programme will feature the 2026 King Husein Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards, the inaugural Economics of Kindness Award, and high-level conversations on purpose-driven enterprise, faith-conscious leadership, freedom of religion or belief, responsible artificial intelligence, social impact investment and human dignity.

About Brian J. Grim

Brian J. Grim, Ph.D., is President of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Global Chair of Dare to Overcome, and Associate Director of Faith@Work UK. He is an internationally recognised expert on the relationship between religion, business, economics and human flourishing, and works with leaders across business, government and civil society on faith-friendly workplaces, human dignity, leadership and social impact.

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Media Opportunities

Brian J. Grim is available for interviews before and after his Mozambique visit to discuss values-driven leadership, business as a force for human dignity, the role of faith in shaping ethical leadership, and the upcoming Dare to Overcome London: The Economics of Kindness gathering.

For media enquiries or further information, please contact DTO.

By Brian Grim, PhD

The Age of AI is transforming the way organisations operate. Artificial intelligence can process data faster than humans, automate routine tasks, identify patterns at remarkable speed and optimise decision-making at scale. As illustrated in the framework below, technology excels at efficiency, automation, data processing, optimisation and pattern recognition.

Yet there is a growing recognition that technological capability alone is not enough.

The same image highlights a crucial distinction: while technology can scale capability, people build trust. The qualities that ultimately sustain high-performing organisations remain deeply human—trust, integrity, belonging, ethical judgement, purpose, compassion and courage. These are not capabilities that can be automated. They are developed through culture, relationships, values and leadership.

This creates one of the defining leadership challenges of our time. Many organisations are investing heavily in AI, but far fewer are asking whether they are simultaneously strengthening the human character needed to use these tools wisely. As technology becomes more powerful, human judgement becomes more important. As algorithms become more sophisticated, trust becomes more valuable. As automation expands, purpose and belonging become increasingly essential.

This is why conversations about organisational culture have become strategic rather than optional. The most successful organisations of the future will not simply be those that deploy the most advanced technology. They will be those that combine technological excellence with strong cultures rooted in trust, dignity and responsible leadership.

The Economics of Kindness speaks directly to this reality. Kindness is not sentimentality. It is a leadership discipline that builds trust, strengthens collaboration, improves innovation and creates long-term value. In an AI-enabled world, organisations increasingly depend on human qualities that technology cannot replicate.

The future of work therefore requires both technological capability and human character. The leaders who thrive will be those who recognise that the more powerful technology becomes, the more important human judgement, conscience and trust become. That is not a contradiction. It is the central leadership challenge—and opportunity—of the Age of AI.

Join us at Dare to Overcome to learn more!

On 16 October in London, our Dare to Overcome conversations begins with a simple but profound conviction: technology should serve humanity—not the other way around.

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Workplace Panel A: Building Human Dignity Through Institutions: Religion, Work, and the Future of Inclusion

Drawing on a landmark special issue of the International Journal for Religious Freedom, this panel explores how businesses, civil society organizations, employee networks, trade unions, faith communities, and legal advocates serve as “intermediate actors” that translate human dignity and freedom of belief into everyday workplace realities.

The discussion will examine emerging research on religious accommodation, inclusion, and freedom of conscience across Europe, North America, and Africa, including the role of employee resource groups, civil society organizations, faith leaders, and businesses in navigating diversity in increasingly complex workplaces.

As artificial intelligence reshapes organizations and economies, the panel will ask a broader question central to the future of a human-centred world: which institutions and intermediate actors can ensure that technological progress strengthens rather than diminishes human dignity, belonging, and freedom? And how can these entities support religious minorities who may experience AI-derived human rights violations?

Speakers:

• Alexandra Cosima Budabin, PhD, Senior Researcher, Eurac Research
• Constance Nardocci, Associate Professor, University of Milan
• Adelaide Madera, Associate Professor, University of Messina (TBC)
• Brian Grim, Ph.D., President, Religous Freedom & Business Foundation

On 16 October 2026, leaders from technology, business, finance, government, academia, and faith communities will gather in London for a timely and ambitious conversation: how can artificial intelligence help build a more prosperous world without losing sight of what makes us human?

As part of the Dare to Overcome London 2026 series, the event “AI, Human Dignity, and the Future of a Human-Centred World” will bring together voices that rarely share the same platform. Hosted at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and coordinated by Dr. Tomislav Karačić, Assistant Professor of Information Systems in LSE’s Department of Management, the gathering aims to move beyond the familiar debates of technological disruption toward a deeper question: What kind of society are we building, and for whom?

Artificial intelligence is reshaping everything from healthcare and education to finance, employment, and public policy. Yet many of the most pressing questions facing society are not merely technical. They are profoundly human. How can innovation serve human flourishing? What role should ethics, faith, and conscience play in guiding technological development? How can organizations ensure that efficiency does not come at the expense of dignity?

These questions have become increasingly urgent as governments, businesses, and civil society organizations grapple with the opportunities and risks presented by rapidly advancing AI systems.

The October gathering will explore themes including:

• AI, human dignity, and human flourishing
• Faith, freedom, and the future of work
• Ethical innovation and responsible leadership
• Translating research into practice through human-centred institutions
• Contributing ideas to the United Kingdom’s G20 Presidency in 2027

What makes this event distinctive is its commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue. Contributors are being invited from leading technology companies, major universities, public policy institutions, and faith communities. The goal is not simply to discuss AI, but to examine how technological progress can advance the common good while respecting the diversity of human beliefs, values, and experiences.

Among the perspectives being explored are questions about how technology companies engage religious communities, what it means to bring one’s faith or worldview into the workplace, and how faith traditions might contribute to broader conversations about AI ethics, governance, and social responsibility.

Dr. Karačić and the organizing team are working to create a forum that combines keynote presentations, panel discussions, and interactive conversations among participants. Rather than generating more heat than light, the emphasis will be on practical insights, thoughtful engagement, and identifying opportunities for collaboration across sectors.

The event also reflects a broader vision behind the Dare to Overcome movement. As artificial intelligence transforms economies and institutions, the challenge is not simply to build more powerful technologies, but to foster a world in which innovation strengthens human relationships, expands opportunity, and promotes human dignity.

The future will be shaped not only by the capabilities of machines, but by the values of the people who design, regulate, deploy, and live alongside them.

On 16 October in London, that conversation begins with a simple but profound conviction: technology should serve humanity—not the other way around.

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Dare to Overcome London 2026
Friday, 16 October 2026
London School of Economics and Political Science

Theme: AI, Human Dignity, and the Future of a Human-Centred World

For more information about the Dare to Overcome initiative, visit Dare to Overcome.