Past Events

Event date: 2 April 2024, 14:00–17:30 CET A swift green transformation is imperative to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental pressures, necessitating sustainable energy transition and low-carbon solutions. Digital technologies offer avenues for economic growth, policy execution, and enhanced public service management, facilitating natural resource management and the transition to a circular economy. Integrating […]

Event date: 19 March 2024, 14:00–15:30 CET The UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is hosting the second part of the three-part 2024 Cyber Dialogues, convening diplomats, policymakers, and members of the multistakeholder community for a discussion on the developing rules, norms, and principles around responsible state behaviours in the use of information and communication […]

Event date: 13 March 2024, 14:30–16:00 CET The rapid advancement of AI technology presents a challenge to conventional regulatory structures, prompting concerns around transparency and ethical considerations. What strategies can be employed to effectively oversee AI, ensuring its advantages are optimized for humanity while mitigating potential negative impacts? The Geneva Graduate Institute will receive the […]

Event dates: 13–14 March 2024 The 9th WIPO Conversation, themed ‘Training the Machines: Bytes, Rights and the Copyright Conundrum’, will address the ongoing debate faced by AI developers, who rely heavily on publicly available internet data for training, despite the inclusion of copyrighted works. On one hand, excluding copyrighted works from training data would hinder […]

Event date: 6 March 2024, 13:15–14:45 CET The side event, organised by the Permanent Missions of Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Panama and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), focuses on addressing gender glitches in military artificial intelligence (AI) applications. These glitches refer to gender-specific oversights and biases that can occur during […]

Event date: 5 March 2024, 13:00–20:00 CET On 5 March, the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will launch the Open Quantum Institute (OQI) with the support of the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS). The OQI is a three-year CERN-based programme that aims to accelerate quantum computing […]

Event dates: 4 – 8 March 2024 The Group of Governmental Experts on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems (GGE on LAWS) will host its first 2024 meeting from 4 to 8 March. As established by the 2023 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, the GGE is to […]

Event date: 20 February 2024, 14:00–15:30 CET The UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is hosting the first part of the three-part 2024 Cyber Dialogues, convening diplomats, policymakers, and members of the multistakeholder community for a discussion on the developing rules, norms, and principles around responsible state behaviours in the use of information and communication […]

The annual Geneva Engage Awards acknowledge the efforts of actors in International Geneva in digital outreach. The awards evaluate Geneva-based organisations’ social media engagement, web relevance and accessibility, and online meetings. The categories for the 9th Geneva Engage Awards are: International organisations Non-governmental organisations Permanent representations Effective and Innovative Online Meetings Accessibility Award The 9th […]

Event date: 24 January 2024, 13:00–16:00 CET The third event in the ‘Policy meets tech’ series will be dedicated to cryptography. It will focus on unpacking cryptographic technology and discussing its policy implications. The series is organised by Diplo, with the support of the US Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, and is dedicated […]