AI-Augmented Collective Intelligence SIG Lab
Better decisions. Innovative solutions. Real-world impact.
Bring your expertise and lived experience to the No Peace Without Women global Petition, and gain exclusive access to the AI-Augmented Collective Intelligence Social – Impact – Global (SIG) Lab, created and facilitated by Valerie Won Lee.
Join a carefully selected cross-regional cohort bringing together perspectives from diplomacy, technology, advocacy and the creative sector. Combine diverse human experience, responsible AI and collective intelligence to address a real-world social-impact challenge.
An institutional-level experience, offered as a sponsored opportunity
Valerie Won Lee’s Social–Impact–Global Framework and AI-augmented collective intelligence approach are ordinarily delivered to global audiences, including businesses and university audiences, and presented at global events.
For this special initiative, access is being offered to just 24 selected participants. Together, they will apply institutional-level learning through a focused cross-sector collaboration supporting the No Peace Without Women Global Petition.
There is no fee to apply or participate. Each selected place is sponsored. Participants need only provide their own internet access, AI account and active commitment to the programme.
Bring your expertise and lived experience. Learn from perspectives beyond your field. Expand what is possible with AI, and apply it to something that matters.
An institutional-level experience, offered as a sponsored opportunity
Valerie Won Lee’s Social–Impact–Global Framework and AI-augmented collective intelligence approach are ordinarily delivered to corporate and university audiences and presented at global events.
For this special initiative, access is being offered to just 24 selected participants. Together, they will apply institutional-level learning through a focused cross-sector collaboration supporting the No Peace Without Women Global Petition.
There is no fee to apply or participate. Each selected place is sponsored. Participants need only provide their own internet access, AI account and active commitment to the programme.
Bring your expertise and lived experience. Learn from perspectives beyond your field. Expand what is possible with AI—and apply it to something that matters.
A workshop that produces more than notes
Most workshops end when the call ends.
The Social Impact Global (SIG) Lab is different.
You will move from learning to application, working with a small, multidisciplinary team to investigate a live challenge, test ideas and develop a practical contribution to an active global social-impact campaign.
This is not a passive webinar or a demonstration of AI tools. It is a structured opportunity to:
- Learn a practical social-impact methodology.
- Apply it to a real-world challenge.
- Use AI responsibly and critically.
- Collaborate with people outside your usual sector.
- Develop work with genuine relevance.
- Present your contribution and receive high-level feedback.
- Be considered for recognition for an outstanding contribution to the Petition.
Supporting a global Petition
The SIG Lab supports the No Peace Without Women Global Petition, initiated by Patricia Elias.
The petition highlights the essential role of women in peacebuilding, international decision-making, and the creation of more inclusive and sustainable solutions.
Organisations supporting the petition include:
- International Alliance of Women
- Women’s Federation for World Peace International
- International Women’s Peace Group
- NGO CSW Geneva, NGO CSW New York, NGO CSW Vienna
- NGO CSW Africa, NGO CSW Asia Pacific, NGO CSW Latin America
- CSR Dialogforum – Kompetenzzentrum für integrierte Nachhaltigkeit in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (Linz-Austria)
- International Alliance of Women (IAW) (Global- Switzerland)
- International Association of First Ladies for Peace (Global)
- National Human Rights Commission of Democratic Republic of Congo
- Regard de Femmes (France)
- 2GAP – Gender and Governance Action Platform (France)
- UAP-ZLECAF (Île Maurice)
- PAXAFRICA (Yaoundé Cameroon)
- Peace Women Partners International (Philippines)
- Le Cercle Mandela (France)
- Solidarité Active France (SAF) (France)
- Réseau Afrique-Europe (France)
- International Women’s Peace Group, IWPG (Global, South Korea)
- Mouvement Mondial des Femmes Leaders Panafricaines MMFLP, (Global, Guinea)
- Association Lakota Nouvelle Vision (Côte d’Ivoire)
- Universal Truth CIC (Scotland, UK)
- Loubnaniyoun ( Lebanon)
- Peace Partner & Miracle “T”s Movement, LLC (TAPN2U)(Global- USA)
- International Network for Liberal Women, INLW (Global, UK)
- Chirico Consulting Brx (Belgium)
- Alyn Ware, Global coordinator, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament
A rare cross-sector experience
The No Peace Without Women SIG Lab creates space for people from different professional worlds to think and work together.
The cohort may include:
- Diplomats and public leaders
- Lawyers and policy professionals
- Advocates and civil-society leaders
- Technologists and AI practitioners
- Strategists and systems thinkers
- Communicators and campaign leaders
- Artists, designers and creative professionals
- Social-impact and sustainability specialists
Participants are selected not only for their expertise, but for the perspective, curiosity and lived experience they can bring to the group.
The cohort is intentionally small. This allows every participant to contribute, every voice to be heard and every team to receive meaningful attention.
We will use collective intelligence
The strongest social-impact campaigns are rarely created by one individual, organisation or discipline.
They are built collectively—through the meeting of professional expertise, cultural perspectives, lived experience, creativity and shared purpose.
AI can make that collective process more powerful.
It can help teams examine complex issues, identify patterns, challenge assumptions, explore alternatives and move more efficiently from information to insight.
But AI cannot replace lived experience, human judgement, ethical responsibility or critical thinking.
Used responsibly, it can strengthen them.
The SIG Lab brings these capabilities together:
Human intelligence. Diverse perspectives. Responsible AI. Practical action.
What you will gain
A practical framework
Learn Valerie Won Lee’s Social–Impact–Global Framework—a methodology for approaching social-impact challenges strategically, collectively and globally.
Responsible AI capability
Learn how to use AI to support research, synthesis, analysis and ideation while maintaining verification, source evaluation, bias awareness, ethical judgement and human oversight.
Stronger critical thinking
Practise questioning assumptions, evaluating AI-generated conclusions and considering issues from multiple perspectives before acting.
Real-world experience
Apply your learning to a live social-impact campaign rather than working only with hypothetical exercises.
Cross-sector collaboration
Work with people from diplomacy, technology, advocacy and the arts—professionals you may never otherwise have the opportunity to meet.
An international network
Build meaningful relationships with purpose-driven peers from different countries, cultures and professional backgrounds.
High-level feedback
Present your team’s work, explain your decisions and receive feedback on its relevance, originality and potential impact.
An opportunity for recognition
Outstanding contributions may be recognised by the No Peace Without Women Global Petition.
Recognition is based on the quality and relevance of the contribution and is not guaranteed.
The programme
01 — Masterclass and Innovation Sprint
22 August 2026
2:00 PM Central Europe
90 minutes online
Valerie Won Lee will introduce the Social–Impact–Global Framework and demonstrate how it can be combined with AI-augmented collective intelligence.
You will explore how to:
- Frame complex social-impact challenges more effectively.
- Understand systems, stakeholders and competing perspectives.
- Bring professional knowledge and lived experience into the process.
- Use AI to support research, analysis and creative exploration.
- Recognise bias, weak assumptions and unreliable conclusions.
- Maintain ethical judgement and meaningful human oversight.
- Move from discussion towards practical action.
Participants will then form small, cross-sector teams for a facilitated innovation sprint.
Each team will examine a real-world challenge connected to the No Peace Without Women Global Petition and begin shaping a practical response.
02 — Flexible Two-Week Action Challenge
Over the following two weeks, your team will put the framework into practice.
This part of the programme is designed to be flexible and manageable alongside professional commitments. Each team will decide how to organise its time, divide responsibilities and move its contribution forward.
Every group will receive a dedicated WhatsApp space for exchanging research, discussing ideas and collaborating across locations and time zones.
Teams may use the challenge to:
- Investigate and define a selected issue.
- Identify relevant stakeholders.
- Gather perspectives and evidence.
- Challenge assumptions.
- Explore alternative approaches.
- Use AI for research, synthesis and ideation.
- Evaluate sources and AI-generated outputs critically.
- Develop a proposal, prototype, campaign concept or practical intervention.
- Document their decisions, process and learning.
The objective is not simply to produce an idea. It is to practise a rigorous, collaborative process that can be transferred to future professional and social-impact work.
03 — Final Review, Reflection and Recognition
5 September 2026
2:00 PM Central Europe
60 minutes online
Each team will present its contribution, explain the thinking behind its decisions and reflect on what it learned.
The final session is an opportunity to:
- Present your team’s work.
- Receive constructive, high-level feedback.
- Consider its relevance and potential impact.
- Reflect on how AI supported or challenged the process.
- Identify lessons that can be transferred to future work.
- Recognise meaningful collaboration and achievement.
- Be considered for recognition by the No Peace Without Women Global Campaign for an outstanding contribution to the campaign.
The people behind the programme
Valerie Won Lee
Creator and Facilitator
Valerie Won Lee is the creator of the Social–Impact–Global Framework and the AI-Augmented Collective Intelligence SIG Lab.
She is the Founder of World Citizen Artists, a former UN Global Platform Head of Communications, a member of the G100 Global Advisory Council, APAC Leader for WomenTech Network, an author and an international keynote speaker.
Her work connects social impact, systems thinking, communications, collective intelligence and responsible innovation.
Patricia Elias
International Law and Advocacy
Patricia Elias is a lawyer in international law, G100 Global Chair for Government and Ministerial Advocacy, former Chief of Global Diplomatic Campaign and former UN Women Senior Advisor.
She is the initiator of the No Peace Without Women Global Petition.
Who can apply?
The Global Cross-Sector Cohort for Social Impact is open exclusively to members of, or individuals invited by:
- G100
- WomenTech Network
- World Citizen Artists
Applicants should:
- Bring relevant professional expertise, academic knowledge or lived experience.
- Be open to collaborating across disciplines, sectors and cultures.
- Participate actively, respectfully and constructively.
- Be available for both live online sessions.
- Contribute meaningfully throughout the flexible two-week action challenge.
- Have reliable internet access and their own AI account.
- Use AI responsibly, critically and transparently, with appropriate human oversight.
Selection Process
Only 24 participants worldwide will be selected.
The SIG Lab is designed to bring together participants with a broad range of relevant academic knowledge, professional expertise and lived experience.
Applicants are not expected to demonstrate all three; each may contribute through a different combination of knowledge, skills and experience.
Applications will be assessed consistently against the stated selection criteria, including:
- Relevance to the Lab’s purpose and activities
- Motivation for participating
- Potential contribution to collaborative learning
- Willingness to engage constructively with different perspectives
- Ability to meet the participation requirements
Seniority, formal qualifications and technical expertise will not determine selection on their own.
Applicants are not required to disclose sensitive personal information or protected characteristics. Selection decisions will be made in accordance with applicable equality and non-discrimination requirements.
Places are limited, and meeting the eligibility criteria does not guarantee selection. Because applications are considered comparatively in forming the cohort, we are unable to provide individual feedback or disclose details of the selection panel’s deliberations. All applicants will be notified of the outcome.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a webinar?
No. It is a participatory learning and collaboration experience.
The first session combines a masterclass with an innovation sprint. Participants then work in small teams during a flexible two-week challenge before presenting their contributions in the final session.
Do I need technical AI expertise?
No.
You should have access to your own AI account, but no technical AI expertise is required. The value of the cohort comes from combining different forms of expertise and experience.
How much time will the two-week challenge require?
The challenge is flexible.
Each team will agree on a manageable way of working around participants’ schedules. The emphasis is on thoughtful participation and collaboration, not on a fixed number of hours.
How will teams collaborate?
Each team will receive a dedicated WhatsApp group for sharing research, discussing ideas, coordinating responsibilities and collaborating across time zones.
Is recognition guaranteed?
No.
All participants will have the opportunity to present their work and receive feedback. Outstanding contributions may be recognised by No Peace Without Women Global Petition based on their relevance, originality and potential value to the campaign.
Is the programme free?
Yes. There is no fee to apply or participate. Each selected programme place is sponsored. Participants are responsible for their own internet access, AI account, equipment and personal costs.
Bring what only you can bring
Your expertise matters.
Your lived experience matters.
The questions you ask, the assumptions you challenge and the perspective you contribute may help a team see possibilities that would otherwise remain invisible.
Bring what you know.
Learn from what others know.
Expand what is possible with responsible AI.
Apply it to something that matters.
Global Cross-Sector Cohort for Social Impact
Limited to 24 participants worldwide
Application deadline: 15 August 2026 · 23:00 Central European Summer Time
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