Geneva E-diplomacy Day

TIME

SESSION

9.00 - 9.30

Coffee and registration

9.30 - 9.40

Welcome by organisers and tour of the day

• Ambassador Fred Tanner (Director, GCSP)
• Dr. Jovan Kurbalija (Director, DiploFoundation)

9.40 - 10.25

Digital competences –  the five C’s (Curate, Critique, Collaborate, Create, Communicate) by

Pete Cranston, DiploFoundation

(Presentation in Slideshare)

10.25 - 10.40

Coffee break

10.40 - 12.10

Online learning for diplomatic services and international organisations

By the very nature of their professions, diplomats and international officials are scattered all over the world. E-learning is often the only feasible way to provide continuous training. HEID, IFRC, GCSP and Diplo will present their experiences in engaging their learning communities around the world.

Speakers:

• HEID: Michaela Told and Pascale Wyss
• IFRC: Ariel Kestens and Tore Svenning
• GCSP: Dr. Barbara Zanchetta

Moderator: Dejan Dinčić (DiploFoundation)

12.10 – 13.00

Refreshments and canapés

13.00 – 14.00

E-diplomacy: Challenges for multilateral diplomacy

High-level panel with the following speakers:

• Ambassador Alexandre Fasel (Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and other IOs in Geneva)
• Richard Boly (Director of the Office of eDiplomacy, US State Department)
• Anders Norsker (Chief of the Information Services Department, ITU)

Moderator: Dr Jovan Kurbalija (Director, DiploFoundation)

14.00 – 14.45

Speakers available for informal discussion.

14.45 – 15.30

E-diplomacy labs (Technical discussions in small groups. Participants will select theme of their interest.)

• E-diplomacy in diplomatic services (Richard Boly, US State Department)
• Remote participation (Anders Norsker, ITU)
• Social media (Pete Cranston, DiploFoundation)
• Diplomatic aspects: protection of digital archives, immunities and protection of diplomatic communication (Jovan Kurbalija, DiploFoundation)

15.30 – 15.45

Coffee break

15.45 - 16.30

The Internet as a new topic on the diplomatic agenda: Summary of the approaches and current developments

Speakers:

• Paul Charlton (First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN) (tbc)
• Peter Major (Special Advisor, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the UN)
• Dr. Gustav Lindstrom (Senior Fellow, GCSP)

16.30 – 17.30

Individual consultations: hints, tips, and lessons learned 

This session could be described as: ‘everything you always wanted to know about e-diplomacy, but were afraid to ask.’ Individually or in small groups, participants will have the opportunity to discuss e-diplomacy tools (information aggregators, Twitter, Facebook, blogs) with Diplo team members.