What is tech diplomacy?

Over the last decade, the global tech industry has emerged as a new actor in international relations. Frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and biotechnology, as well as digital global platforms have not only transformed our lives. They have also had a profound impact on our values, institutions, and norms. Some of these disruptions have a global reach. They have also changed the geopolitical landscape. In Silicon Valley, tech diplomacy has emerged as a nascent field for practitioners representing governments, civil society, and global tech companies. Tech diplomacy promises to be a useful tool in tackling planetary challenges. 

The Tech Diplomacy Network

The Tech Diplomacy Network was launched in 2023 to foster collaboration and dialogue between the diplomatic community, civil society, and the tech industry in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We organize events, workshops, and provide a resource for diplomats looking to navigate the complex and rapidly-changing world of technology. The network aims to become a hub for the diplomatic community to exchange ideas and share best practices. By fostering collaboration between communities, the network will help to promote international collaboration and understanding in an interconnected world.

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Who we are

Meet our experts at the Tech Diplomacy Network from Silicon Valley and beyond covering a broad range of topics such as digital human rights, cyber security, investment, e-governance, and others.

  • Ziyaad Bhorat
    Tech Governance & Africa

  • Samira G-Curtis
    Startups & Innovation Ecosystem

  • Eugenio V. Garcia
    Tech Diplomacy & Latin America

  • Patricia Gruver
    Co-Director & Founder, Science Diplomacy

  • Ann Hänni
    Digital Society, E-Governance

  • Yannick Heiniger
    Tech for Humanitarian Action

  • Sarah Hesterman
    Communications, Gender Equality

  • Katharina E. Höne
    Research & Capacity Building

  • Florian Hulan
    Creative Officer

  • Pavlina Ittelson
    Inclusive Internet Governance

  • Kurokawa Noritoshi
    Tech Diplomacy & Asia

  • Martin Rauchbauer
    Co-Director & Founder, Geopolitics

  • Ute Stadlbauer
    FDI, Strategic Investment Policies

  • Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt
    CEO

  • Isabella Tomás
    Austrian Tech Envoy, Playground Initiative

  • Kate Walter
    Digital Human Rights & Freedom Online Coalition

  • Anna Weichselbraun
    Decentralized Governance, Academic Advisor

  • Şerife (Sherry) Wong
    Cultural Tech Diplomacy & AI Governance

Who we are

Meet our experts at the Tech Diplomacy Network from Silicon Valley and beyond covering a broad range of topics such as digital human rights, cyber security, investment, e-governance, and others.

  • Ziyaad Bhorat
    Tech Governance & Africa

  • Samira G-Curtis
    Startups & Innovation Ecosystem

  • Eugenio V. Garcia
    Tech Diplomacy & Latin America

  • Patricia Gruver
    Co-Director & Founder, Science Diplomacy

  • Ann Hänni
    Digital Society, E-Governance

  • Yannick Heiniger
    Tech for Humanitarian Action

  • Sarah Hesterman
    Communications, Gender Equality

  • Katharina E. Höne
    Research & Capacity Building

  • Florian Hulan
    Creative Officer

  • Pavlina Ittelson
    Inclusive Internet Governance

  • Kurokawa Noritoshi
    Tech Diplomacy & Asia

  • Martin Rauchbauer
    Co-Director & Founder, Geopolitics

  • Ute Stadlbauer
    FDI, Strategic Investment Policies

  • Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt
    CEO

  • Isabella Tomás
    Austrian Tech Envoy, Playground Initiative

  • Kate Walter
    Digital Human Rights & Freedom Online Coalition

  • Anna Weichselbraun
    Decentralized Governance, Academic Advisor

  • Şerife (Sherry) Wong
    Cultural Tech Diplomacy & AI Governance

Tech Diplomacy Resources

Several institutions and countries, some of them close partners of the Tech Diplomacy Network, engage in tech diplomacy. Explore how they shape this new emerging field.


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