Second International Conference on Web-Management in Diplomacy

Event description

This conference was aimed specifically at the special needs of websites of diplomatic services. We believe that websites are too important a tool for public diplomacy to be left in the hands of IT specialists or graphic designers: as the content or information providers, diplomats must be integrated into the process of maintaining diplomatic websites. The problem comes in the communication between three different professional cultures: diplomats, designers and IT specialists. How can this gap be bridged? This conference was aimed specifically at the special needs of websites of diplomatic services. We believe that websites are too important a tool for public diplomacy to be left in the hands of IT specialists or graphic designers: as the content or information providers, diplomats must be integrated into the process of maintaining diplomatic websites. The problem comes in the communication between three different professional cultures: diplomats, designers and IT specialists. How can this gap be bridged?