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.
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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.
United Nations
The Secretary General’s Tech Envoy & the Global Digital Compact
AI and Diplomacy
Research and analysis on AI policy and diplomacy by DiploFoundation
United States
The US Approach: Digital diplomacy and responsible state behavior
European Union
European Union: A human-centric regulatory framework
Digital Human Rights
The Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) in Silicon Valley
Techplomacy
Denmark: Office of the Danish Tech Ambassador
Podcast
Norway: Expert conversations on tech diplomacy
Open Austria
Austria: Engaging Silicon Valley on tech diplomacy
Partners
News
- Tech Diplomacy Has a Home
On February 21, 2023, diplomats of 25 countries in the San Francisco Bay Area, international organizations, and private tech companies gathered at the World Economic Forum in San Francisco and launched the Tech Diplomacy Network, a new platform for informal exchange, trust building, and collaboration. The network will be home to a community of tech diplomats based in Silicon Valley, sharing best practices and facilitating dialogue on technology strategy, governance, and policy. - Tech Diplomacy: A Very Short Definition
Eugenio V. Garcia, Deputy Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco and Latin America expert at the Tech Diplomacy Network, compares tech diplomacy to related terms, such as e-diplomacy, cyber diplomacy, and digital diplomacy. In his view, tech diplomacy is a new umbrella term in international relations, relevant for tech companies, nation states, and civil society. - Tech Diplomacy: Tech companies as power brokers in the digital age
In this report by the Pacific Council and the Korea Foundation, Patricia Gruver, Co-Director of the Tech Diplomacy Network makes the case for tech companies being the powerbrokers in the digital age.
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