We are preparing The Aula Fellowship’s annual report, “Our AI Questions”. Would you consider sponsoring a Hard Question on AI?
Link to support with funding: Sponsoring a Hard Question on AI
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The first part of our sponsorship budget is received! Thank you. Our Director Tammy Mackenzie and Tech Lead François Pelletier, along with 30 Fellows working from their homes around the world will join AI House Davos ’26 and WEF-adjacent conversations, during the week of the World Economic Forum, this January 19th to 24th, 2026.
Why this matters
AI House Davos is a non-profit organization that comes from a history of activism in sustainability. When founders realized that there was value in having intersectional spaces during the WEF that are topic-focused rather than hosted by a specific country or other organization.
Our Fellows have attended and hosted hundreds of convenings on AI. We’ve learned from this. Going to AI House and WEF-adjacent conversations in Davos will empower us to work with AI House Davos community, so that we can participate in connecting decision makers to communities.
Your support goes to travel costs, salaries for the team, and communications materials. This directly supports Aula’s mission to ensure that everyone can access the conversation on AI.
There are several custom sponsorship arrangements, all meant to provide you with information, connections, and the amplification of your work.
- Live conversations with Tammy or François while they are in Davos. See the AI House Davos 2026 Schedule for topic ideas or choose your own.
- For $1000, your organization can sponsor a Hard Question from Society in our Annual report.
- If you are working on getting people access to the conversation on AI, we can present your work in the report section on making connections.
- For $3000, you or your organization can request a Private or Custom Question, with an Executive briefing or Podcast episode.
- 10$ to 300$: Any personal amount is much appreciated to help us support Aula’s mission and teams. You will be treated with the same respect and attention to detail as other Sponsors.
As a sponsor, you can choose your preferred level of visibility, at Davos and in the Report, and for related activities.
This year’s Public Questions are:
Money Question: How can we fund sovereign AI?
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure & SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Power Question: What can we learn from climate policymaking failures, and do more effectively in AI policy?
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities & SDG 17: Partnerships for the SDG goals
Life Question: How can we give nature and communities protection from the pollution and resource extraction of AI data centres?
SDG 13: Climate Action & SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
This is how you can help us.
- Fund: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal.
- Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.
- Participate: This mission can only be done together. Volunteer, bring opportunities, do what you can.
Thank you for supporting the mission to ensure everyone can access the conversation on AI.
Risks and Mitigations
UPDATE: Success for stage 1! our Director Tammy Mackenzie and Technical Lead François Pelletier will be going to Davos 2026, for the whole week. Next step: we need to support the teams. 30 Fellows are participating from home.
Prior version, December 15th 2025:
If we don’t raise the first 2 x 9,000$ quickly enough, we don’t know if our Director and Director of Research can make it to Davos for the full week, and we know we can’t schedule our Impact Team. What we can already confirm is that some Aula Fellows will be in town that week, and that there are usually 25 or more events online. And we know that we will be working to put out our report this coming spring, come what may. Most of all, we know that can only meet this mission together.
Additional information :
- Executive Summary
- Aula Fellow’s Biographies
- Works & News from The Aula Fellowship
- Aula Convening Guidelines
The Aula Fellows on this project are:
Tammy Mackenzie, MBA. Institutionalism and Multidisciplinary AI. Canada.
Branislav Radeljic, Ph.D. Political science. UK.
Francois Pelletier, M.Sc. Data science and civil organization. Canada.
Ley Muller, Ph.D., Standards and Health.
Uloma Okoro, LLM, MBA, Law, Regulation, civil organization. Nigeria.
Hager Hesham, MA, Journalism and human rights, Egypt
Leslie Salgado, Ph.D. Rhetoric, Media, Rights and Health. Canada.
Andrew Ham, MIA, Governance and coordination. USA.
Gwendolyn Alston, Ph.D., Documentarist, USA.
