Cybersecurity meets Hydrodiplomacy | Geneva Cyber week 2025

Crossing perspectives on challenges related to sharing and protecting strategic infrastructures

Date: Thursday, May 15, from 14:00 to 15:00

Venue: Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), room 4, on level -1

Current geopolitical events and tensions have put shared critical infrastructure under a new spotlight with attacks on pipelines, energy lines and underwater communication lines. Likewise, water infrastructures have undergone a worrying trend of weaponisation in armed conflicts.

With water-related tensions globally on the rise, it’s important to recall that water, as a vital and irreplaceable resource, is also a source of peace and cooperation. It has historically been a convening theme, inducing dialogue between stakeholders to agree upon its management. Such a strategic vision has been spearheaded by the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, launched in Geneva 10 years ago to promote a Blue Peace.

The session will explore how the experience of hydrodiplomacy in devising water governance frameworks to share benefits over water could inform current reflections on shared digital infrastructures. It will also dive into challenges in protecting water infrastructures and emerging trends in cybersecurity.

This event is co-hosted by DiploFoundation & the Geneva Water Hub