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Sorina Teleanu
Director of Knowledge, Diplo
Sorina has worked in the internet and digital policy field for almost 15 years in roles including policymaking, research, capacity development, and stakeholder engagement. Before joining Diplo, she worked as an advisor in the Parliament of Romania, dealing with ICT-related legislation and policies.
Between 2011 and 2016, Sorina served as the alternate representative of the Romanian Government to ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee. She was also the Chair of the Executive Committee of the South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG) and a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Multistakeholder Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Sorina also worked as a fellow and consultant at the IGF Secretariat. Her educational background is in international relations and European studies, having received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania.
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Diplo at Armenian Internet Governance Forum
Diplo and the Geneva Internet Platform will participate at the second annual meeting of the Armenian Internet Governance Forum (ArmIGF). Sorina Teleanu, Digital Policy Senior Researcher at Diplo, and a Curator for th...
Diplo at EuroDIG 2017
DiploFoundation is co-organising a pre-event workshop on Policy Watch Activities, during this year’s EuroDIG. The workshop is organised by members of the MAPPING project. Over the last couple of years, there have b...
Diplo at Bosnia and Herzegovina IGF
Diplo is participating in the third annual meeting of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Internet Governance Forum (BHIGF), held in Sarajevo, on 11–12 December. Ms Sorina Teleanu, Diplo's Digital Policy Senior Researcher, w...
Diplo at the fourth South Eastern Europe Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG)
DiploFoundation will participate in the fourth annual meeting of the South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG). Held under the theme ‘Digital transformation and digital society in SEE’, the e...
Diplo & GIP at EuroDIG 2018
DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) will participate in the 11th annual meeting of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG). The meeting will be held on 5–6 June 2018, in Tbilisi, Ge...
Digital standards, China, and geopolitics: What is at stake?
Event date: Tuesday, 14th December, 13:00–14:00 CET Our world is made up of standards, sets of rules that tell us how to do something. They exist in every field, including healthcare, aerospace, construction, measu...
International digital standards: Stepping up the engagement of stakeholders from the ARIN region
Event date: 22 February 2022, 15:00–16:00 UTC, online This event is addressed to stakeholders in the ARIN service region (national and regional standard development organisations, governmental entities, industry, t...
Towards a more diverse international standardisation landscape - Motivations and actions for stakeholders in the ARIN region
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Diplo and the Geneva Internet Platform at IGF 2022
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Diplo at IGF 2023
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Launch of Policy Meets Tech initiative
'Policy Meets Tech' initiative was launched at the US Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva. This initiative includes series of briefings for diplomats in Geneva with the aim to: unpack the complex world of digita...
4th AI Policy Summit
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Policy Meets Tech: Internet infrastructure, standards, and protocols
On 17 October 2023, Diplo hosted the first techtalk in the 'Policy Meets Tech' series, dedicated to unpacking the underlying infrastructure and standards of the internet. Following the journey of an internet packe...
Policy Meets Tech: Artificial intelligence
The second event in the 'Policy meets tech' series will be dedicated to artificial intelligence. It will focus on unpacking AI technology and discussing its policy implications. The event will offer participants t...
Policy Meets Tech: Cryptography
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Training on Global Digital Compact and Digital Governance
DiploFoundation, in cooperation with the UN Tech Envoy Office and GIZ, runs the training for diplomats appointed to the UN in New York. The main aims were to increase awareness and knowledge about digital governance a...
Briefing on technical standards for the Netherlands business community
Sorina Teleanu, Diplo's Director of Knowledge, participated in a roundtable on the digital economy organised by the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN on the occasion of the visit of representatives of the...
Meeting in Czech Embassy on NATO and cyber
Prof. Jovan Kurbalija and Ms Sorina Teleanu met a delegation of the Czech Embassy in Bern, which also serves as NATO Contact Point embassy in Switzerland. The discussion focused on issues related to the implications o...
Meeting with Canada on Digital Diplomacy
Prof. Jovan Kurbalija and Ms. Sorina Teleanu welcomed a delegation of the Canadian government for a discussion on developments in the global digital governance landscape. ...
Tech Attaches Briefing: Human genome editing
Every month, Diplo – as operator of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) – hosts briefings on digital tech and policy issues for Geneva-based diplomats. This month, we focused on a topic outside the usual s...
Tech Attaches Briefing: IGF 2023 and related developments
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Tech Attaches Briefing
Every month, Diplo – as operator of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) – hosts briefings on digital tech and policy issues for Geneva-based diplomats. In October, we focused on updates from UNGA78, the SD...
Briefing for co-leads of Global Digital Compact: Ambassadors of Rwanda and Sweden to the UN in New York
Diplo/Geneva Internet Platform hosted a briefing on digital governance issues for the Ambassadors of Rwanda and Sweden to the UN in New York, in their capacities as co-facilitator of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) p...
Meeting with EU's delegation on digital issues
Jovan Kurbalija and Sorina Teleanu met Mr Menno Cox, DG CNECT, European Commission and Ms Radka Sibille, EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva for a discussion on AI and EU regul...
Visit by delegation of the Beijing Institute of Technology
The delegation of the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) visited Diplo and the Geneva Internet Platform for discussions on potential avenues for cooperation. Prof. Zhang Jun, Chair of BIT Council, expressed appreci...
Tech Attaches Briefing: Outer space exploration and governance
Every month, Diplo – as operator of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) – hosts briefings on digital tech and policy issues for Geneva-based diplomats. In the run-up to Summit of the Future, the United Nations...
Principles for our digital future: Simulating the negotiation of a Global Digital Compact
Overview Today, digital technologies are all around us, embedded in our mobile phones, enhancing industrial processes, or powering the growth of economies. We talk about digital economies and societies, digital rig...
Meeting with InFuture Foundation/CyberSmart Botswana
Ms Sorina Teleanu, Director of Knowledge at Diplo, had a bilateral meeting with a representative of InFuture Foundation/CyberSmart Botswana. The discussion focused on capacity development on internet/digital policy is...
Tech Attaches Briefing: IGF, WSIS, GDC
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Tech Attaches Briefing: Unpacking the GDC Policy Brief
Every month, Diplo – as operator of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) – hosts briefings on digital tech and policy issues for Geneva-based diplomats. This briefing was dedicated to unpacking the UN Secre...
Diplo @ UNCTAD eWeek
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Tech Attaches Briefing: Neurotechnology and neurorights
Every month, Diplo – as operator of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) – hosts briefings on digital tech and policy issues for Geneva-based diplomats. On 30 November 2023, our briefing will focus on neurotechnolo...
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