Event description The fourts event in the ‘Policy meets tech’ series will be dedicated to augmented and virtual reality. It will focus on unpacking the technology and discussing its policy implications. The series is organised by Diplo, with the support of the US Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, and is dedicated to [...]
Event description The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event, co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD and co-hosted by ITU and the Swiss Confederation, will serve as a platform to review the progress, achievements, challenges, and opportunities of the WSIS follow-up process since the two phases of the Summit – Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. [...]
Event description The 3rd Antalya Diplomacy Forum, where regional, global and thematic issues will be discussed, will be held in Antalya on 1-3 March 2024, under the title of “Advancing Diplomacy in Times of Turmoil”. Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) is a high-level dialogue platform bringing together prominent figures in the field of diplomacy. The [...]
Event description The DataFocus conference brings together law enforcement investigators, prosecutors, judges, court expert witnesses, and other experts, and lets them talk about their experiences with digital evidence and digital forensic investigations. Bojana Kovač (Researcher, DiploFoundation) will take part with her keynote lecture Hurdles to negotiating a first-ever UN cybercrime convention. DataFocus 2024 (International [...]
Event descriptionOn 9 April, Diplo and the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) will welcome Geneva diplomats to a briefing and discussion on the recently released Zero Draft of the Global Digital Compact (GDC).The event is part of a series of regular briefings the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) is delivering for staff at permanent missions in Geneva [...]
Event description The fifth event in the ‘Policy Meets Tech’ series will be dedicated to quantum computing. Today’s computing systems, although having significantly improved decade after decade, can only solve problems up to a certain size and complexity. More complex issues require advanced computational power, and quantum computing promises to deliver such power. But [...]
Event description Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm (Nairobi time) Overview: In the digital age, social media platforms have become integral parts of daily life, facilitating communication, networking, and information sharing on a global scale. However, alongside the benefits, these platforms also pose significant cybersecurity risks, ranging from privacy breaches and data theft to identity fraud [...]
Event description Online Anniversary Symposium (14:00 – 15.00 CEST / 12:00 – 13.00 UTC) This message was given by Madam Hu Qiheng, a computer scientist who connected China to the internet on 20 April 1994. Compared with 30 years ago, the progress is so fast now, and for those who are hurrying to catch [...]
Event description New digital technologies have had, and will continue to have, a profound impact on both the practice and content of diplomacy. The digital ecosystem in which diplomats operate nowadays offers new opportunities but also challenges traditional organisational structures. The in situ Executive Training in Diplomatic Negotiations and AI and Diplomacy for the [...]
Event description Neha Mishra’s (Assistant Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute) book International Trade Law and Global Data Governance examines how international trade agreements apply to domestic regulations on cross-border data flows and then proposes a multilayered framework to align international trade law with evolving norms and practices in global data governance. This event will be co-hosted [...]
