In recent months, the term ‘metaverse’ has generated much discussion globally, and has become one of the latest tech buzzwords. The term gained even greater prominence with the rebranding of Facebook to Meta. In addition, the Government of Barbados also announced in 2021 that it would establish an embassy in the Metaverse, making it [...]
The annual Geneva Engage Awards recognise International Geneva actors in their social media outreach and online engagement. Geneva Engage examines Geneva’s global footprint by looking at social media engagement of Geneva-based organisations, and Geneva’s web relevance and online meetings. Ultimately, Geneva Engage examines the links between International Geneva and communities from around the world [...]
The Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) is launching the report “Pre-University Cyber Security Education: developing cyber skills amongst children and young people”. The report was written by Krysia Emily Waldock, Vince Miller, Shujun Li and Virginia Franquiera from the University of Kent, and was commissioned through the GFCE Global Cyber Capacity Building Research Agenda [...]
Digital technologies can amplify efforts to mitigate climate change and, as such, are becoming part of environmental and digital policies on the national and international levels. Most global policies from international bodies, the European Union (EU), the US, and Germany substantially reflect on the issues related to the nexus of environmental and digital developments. [...]
Join us for February’s Digital Watch Internet Governance Briefing on Tuesday, 22nd February, at 8 am (14.00 CET). Registrations are open Register Catch up on the major internet governance and digital policy updates from all around the globe and join our experts as they analyse the existing and emerging policy trends. Register [...]
Event date: 22 February 2022, 10:00–11:00 EST, onlineThis event is addressed to stakeholders in the ARIN service region (national and regional standard development organisations, governmental entities, industry, the technical community, academia, and civil society groups with an interest in digital standards.) Registrations are open Register Standards for digital technologies are all around us, enabling devices to interact [...]
Event date: 15 March 2022 | 11:00–11:45 EDT (15:00 - 15:45 UTC), online This event is addressed to stakeholders in the ARIN service region (national and regional standard development organisations, governmental entities, industry, the technical community, academia, and civil society groups with an interest in digital standards.) Registrations are open Register On [...]
Event date: 17 March 2022, 9 am–10:15 am EDT The event, organised by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Geneva office, will serve as Geneva’s official presentation of the UNDP’s special report titled New Threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene: Demanding Greater Solidarity. According to this report, [...]
Event date: 28 March 2022, 4 am–6 am EDT The webinar Global Communications and Audiences: Propaganda, Fake News & AI Censorship, organised by Data To Power, will explore how datafication and platformisation processes, as well as a rise in new disinformation and propaganda tools, might affect museum global communications by disrupting the flow of [...]
Join us for March’s Digital Watch Internet Governance Briefing on Tuesday, 29th March, at 8 am EDT (12.00 UTC).Catch up on the major internet governance and digital policy updates from all around the globe and join our experts as they analyse the existing and emerging policy trends.Register and join the Digital Watch Internet Governance Briefing on Zoom for [...]
