Robin Nowok is a data for development expert at the GIZ Data Lab, where he designs and leads experimental approaches to explore and harness innovative technologies for sustainable development. With a background in geosciences and energy systems, he applies digital methods – from Earth observation to natural language processing – to tackle challenges in climate resilience and circular economy. As GIZ's focal point for the Data-Powered Positive Deviance (DPPD) initiative, he is involved in the practical application of the methodology, which uses big data and non-traditional data sets to identify and scale local success stories. He is an active voice in the data-for-development community and spoke at the UN World Data Forum 2024 about an AI-based tool designed to analyze climate policy documents for references to vulnerable groups, helping assess their inclusivity.

Topic: Negotiation Intelligence: How AI Supports Multilateral Negotiations – A Live Demo of Negotiate

Negotiating international treaties is a complex, high-stakes process often under intense time pressure and involving competing interests, legal nuance, and dense technical documentation. NegotiateAI, developed by the GIZ Data Lab, is a digital tool designed to support negotiators, observers, and analysts in this space by providing fast, structured access to treaty texts, country submissions, proposals, and draft decisions.

The tool emerged from real-world challenges due to the vast amount of unstructured text data during the negotiations for a legally-binding global Plastic Treaty, where stakeholders – especially negotiators from smaller, resource-lacking delegations – required a way to navigate evolving text versions, compare positions of delegations, and quickly distil key thematic elements.