David Galipeau

Canadian, 35 yrs veteran of a hybrid career in finance, publishing, and tech as a corporate exec, dot-com entrepreneur, and social business innovator. After two successful ‘dot-com’ start-up exits in the EU, David joined the UN in Geneva in 2005 (UNAIDS and UNCTAD). In 2010, was invited to the Asia-Pacific by UNDP Regional Office and founded the UN Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs, the UN Social Impact Fund (UNSIF), and the UN Frontier Technology initiative. David left the UN in 2019 and co-founded SDGx, Singapore (Impact VC), and leads the SDGx Near Future Lab for nextgen technology startups.

With a post graduate background in Neurocognitive Psychology and Social Informatics, David is the Research Director of the Human Technology Lab and lectures at School of Integrated Innovation at Chulalongkorn University, Global Academy @ Siam University, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the UN System Staff College (UNSSC). David supports several start-up accelerators as an innovation/entrepreneur coach, mentor, and advisor in his spare time.

David has just been commissioned to write a new book, "A New Social Contract for Artificial Intelligence" with an expected publishing date of December 2026