Event recording
Date: 30 April 2025
Time: 10.00 EST | 14.00 UTC | 16.00 CEST
Duration: 90 minutes
Location: Online
A detailed report from the online discussion is available here.
For background information, you can consult Jovan Kurbalija’s background analysis of Trump and Tech.
Panellists (provisional list)
Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor and Director of Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, Elliott School of International Governance | Washington D.C., USA
Katherine Getao, Senior Research Fellow, DiploFoundation | Nairobi, Kenya
Liu Hao, Executive Chair of the School of Global Governance at Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Michael Kende, Senior Advisor for Analysys Mason and Chair of the Board of the Datasphere Initiative |
Jovan Kurbalija, Director of DiploFoundation and Head of Geneva Internet Platform | Geneva, Switzerland
Marilia Maciel, Director of Digital Trade and Economic Security, DiploFoundation | Strasbourg, France
Gabriele Mazzini, Architect and Lead Author of the EU AI Act, MIT Media Lab | Brussels, Belgium
Martin Rauchbauer, Co-Director and Founder of TechDiplomacy Initiative | San Francisco, United States
Guiding discussion issues:
- AI: from focus on safety to free development
- Content policy and governance
- TikTok negotiations
- Digital economy: trade, taxes, and tariffs
- Internet governance and infrastructure
- Cybersecurity and geopolitics
- Cryptocurrencies
- USA’s digital and tech diplomacy
