Past Events

Update Missed the event? Watch the recording here.   Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely used in various internet services. Search engines use AI to provide better search results, social media platforms rely on AI to automatically detect hate speech and other forms of harmful content, and online stores use AI to suggest products you are likely […]

[Update] The event report is now available. Read it on the GIP Digital Watch observatory. The Department of Security and Economy of the Republic and Canton of Geneva will organise an event on cybersecurity and small and medium enterprises, on 6 March 2018, in Geneva, at the UBS Auditorium. The event will be dedicated to raising the awareness of local enterprises […]

The 12th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is taking place on 18-21 December 2017, in Geneva, Switzerland, with the overarching theme ‘Shaping your digital future’. As in previous years, the IGF meeting will include a large number of workshops, open forums, dynamic coalition meetings, and other events that will give participants the opportunity to engage in open discussions on […]

        [Update] The event report is available. Organised as part of the Geneva Digital Talks event series, the session ‘Where and how to protect legal interests in the digital era. Jurisdiction and dispute resolution in Internet-related cases’ will be held on 28 November 2017, between 15:00 – 16:30 CET, at the WMO building (De Mello conference room, 2nd […]

      Join us for a session on ‘Preventing Cyber Conflicts: Do We Need a Cyber Treaty?’, on 9 November 2017, from 09.30 – 11.00 CET, at the Geneva Internet Platform, WMO building, 2nd floor (Kruzel Hall), 7 bis Avenue de la Paix, Geneva. In early 2017, Microsoft’s president Brad Smith called for a Digital […]

[Update] Reports from the event are now available. Organised as part of the Geneva Digital Talks series, the event ‘How can technological solutions advance cybersecurity?‘ will be held on 3 November 2017, from 10:00 – 16:30 CEST, at the WMO building (De Mello conference room, 2nd floor), Avenue de la Paix 7bis, 1202 Geneva. The design of digital technology impacts […]

[Update] The United Nations Office at Geneva and CERN co-hosted a one-day symposium on 2 November 2015 exploring the value of applying the CERN model of cooperation to the international community’s work towards realising the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Bringing together policy makers, representatives of civil society and scientists, it sought to spark a debate over […]