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Interview with Ambassador Amandeep Gill, UN Secretary General Tech Envoy
I interviewed H.E. Ambassador Dr. Amandeep Gill, former Permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament who was just appointed as the new UN Secretary General Tech Envoy, to speak about the platform for research and access to digital health and AI that he is leading, I-DAIR. We also spoke with Dr. Mehdi Snène, who heads the team developing the Global Research Map of Digital Health (GRM) at I-DAIR, the International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative, and who will be taking over the CEO role at IDAIR.
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Dominique Hyde, Director of External Affairs, UNHCR
Ambassador Marc Finaud, Fellow, Geneva Center for Security Policy
ILO Director General: Pensions, Women, and Unpaid Child Care
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Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, UNESCO Assistant Director-General
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Brazil’s First Tech Diplomat in Silicon Valley: Dr. Eugenio Vargas Garcia
UN Leadership Development Programs: The Pandemic Impact
Ambassador Casper Clynge, VP European Affairs, Microsoft, on AI Regulatory Frameworks
Andrew Gilmour, CEO Berghof Foundation, on Climate Change and Conflict
Former Swiss Ambassador to the US, Martin Dahinden, on Switzerland’s Soft Power
Diplomat Alejandro R. Cardoso on the Power of Social Media for Diplomats
Interview with diplomat Alejandro Ramos Cardoso, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Mexico, New Zealand, to discuss digital diplomacy, and the ways that it has changed foreign policy.
Ambassador Jurg Lauber on Peace and Security in Cyberspace
Interview with Ambassador Jurg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland at the UN Office in Geneva, and Chair of the UN Open Ended Working Group for Cybersecurity. We spoke about the OEWG mandate to define the directions to create a framework to establish international technical cooperation.
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