What will 2023 bring for digital geopolitics, AI, data, and cryptocurrencies? Will the ‘1998 deal’ on digital government still hold? What issues will dominate the UN and multilateral agenda in Geneva and beyond? All these, and numerous other questions that will shape the digital landscape in 2023 will be discussed online on 12th January [...]
Join us on Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 7 am - 8:30 am EST (12:00–13:30 UTC), for another edition of the Geneva Engage Awards ceremony. The annual Geneva Engage Awards recognise International Geneva actors in their social media outreach and online engagement. Geneva Engage examines International Geneva’s global footprint by looking at the social media [...]
Event description Reports are the lifeblood of diplomacy. Every day, thousands of reports, also known as diplomatic cables, are produced by diplomats around the world. With the advent of AI, and in particular the release of ChatGPT, we have to ask ourselves: Will AI take over diplomatic reporting? Tuesday, 7th February, 09:00 EST (14:00 [...]
Event description The webinar ‘Digital Geopolitics in the Asia-Europe Space: Issues, Actors, and Divides’ will focus on digital and data flows around and across Eurasia. It will tackle questions about the possible shift of data flows to the East, the geographical distribution of data centres in Europe or Asia, trends in geoeconomics, as well [...]
Event description Diplo’s Dr Stephanie Borg Psaila (Director for Digital Policy) will be speaking during a side event to UNESCO’s Internet for Trust conference, titled Information as a public good: Which platform regulation for a troubled digital era? The side event, organised by #Leplusimportant, Académie des sciences morales et politiques, and RadicalxChange, will discuss [...]
Event description In an international context characterised by the ever-growing US-China economic rivalry and technological competition, states caught in the middle of this competition are increasingly having to determine which side they are on. Digital middle powers are caught in the middle of the power play between competing models, in an emerging multipolar international [...]
Event description Negotiations are one of the central tenants of diplomacy. Some describe diplomacy as the management of international relations by selected officials via negotiation. Given the recent hype around AI tools related to language processing and language generation, we need to ask: What role can AI play in diplomatic negotiations? Tuesday, 7th March, [...]
Event description This session is co-organised by DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform with the Permanent Missions of Djibouti, Kenya and Namibia. The event is taking place during the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum. As Africa’s digital dynamism grows, its participation in global digital governance must increase. The continent’s involvement in global [...]
Event descriptionWednesday, 29 March 20239:00–10:00 EDT (13:00–14:00 UTC), onlineWhat do the SolarWinds hack, the use of Pegasus spyware, and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack have in common? Even though they have different targets, threat actors, and impacts, they all exploit software vulnerabilities.Vulnerabilities in digital products remain an almost indispensable component of cyber attacks, especially high-impact [...]
Event description Tuesday, 4 April 2023 The use of AI tools in everyday life and diplomatic practice is becoming more and more prominent. We need in-depth explorations on the possible applications of these tools and the associated challenges and opportunities. We also need focused discussions on how best to prepare diplomats and policymakers for [...]