Events

UN OEWG, Second substantive session

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Freedom Online Coalition 2020

The annual freedom online conference is the flagship event of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), bringing together governments and stakeholders from around the world to discuss the most urgent challenges to the realization of human rights online. This year, the Conference will take place at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra from 6-7 February 2020.

ITASEC

ITASEC: Invitation to participate in a panel on Cyber Diplomacy on Friday 7th

Bringing the GFCE Working Groups Together

The formal focus of the GFCE Working Group Meetings, was to further strengthen an ecosystem for international cooperation on cyber capacity building and to bring the GFCE forward in 2019.

One of the main outcomes of the Working Group sessions was for the different GFCE Working Groups to agree on the work plans and expected deliverables for 2019, that will be presented during the GFCE Annual Meeting 2019 in October. Kindly find the work plans for each of the respective Working Groups in the online report.

Chatham House: Cyber 2023

Chatham House has played a longstanding role in regional and global multilateralism. As an independent policy institute they have created a trusted forum for open dialogue.

Their Cyber event will highlight the impact of cyberthreats and cybercrime on the economic functioning and wellbeing of states, businesses and individuals.

They have gathered international experts to speak on cyber resilience and safeguards against cybercrime to foster further international collaboration against cybercrime.

Georgia Cybersecurity Forum 2023

At the Georgian Cybersecurity Forum, ministers, partners, and international expert panelists will come together to discuss regional considerations on:

1) Cyber Capacity Building
2) Challenges for Cyber Resilience Development
3) Global Cyber Threat Landscape
4) Cyber Diplomacy and International Cooperation
5) Black Sea Vision on Cybersecurity
6) Emerging Technologies and Cybersecurity

ITU Digital World 2021

The 2021 edition of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World will take place physically between 12 and 15 October in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The event is being hosted under the auspices of the government of Viet Nam.

The event will bring together policymakers, government officials, regulators, the corporate sector, NGOs, the tech sector, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to exhibit innovative solutions, network, share knowledge and debate with experts.

CyberSec Forum/Expo 2023

The European Cybersecurity Forum is hosting an on-site only Conference in Poland with attendees from the public sector, civil society, and the private sector.

The event aims to expand networks and foster relationships. It will cover cybersecurity trends and shed light on up-to-date industry standards and best practices on cyberattack response mechanisms. Attendees will hear from actors involved in the development and deployment of solutions and state-of-the-art tools to counter cyberattacks.

Tallinn Summer School of Cyber Diplomacy 2023

The European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission, in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, the e-Governance Academy, and the Estonian Centre for International Development, are organising a fourth high-level training programme for outstanding junior officials from EU member states.

This opportunity provides training to government officials, as well as young professionals and diplomats interested or in involved in cyber foreign policy-making.

Five-days of full programme in Tallinn are offered wherein attendees can expect to develop their cyber diplomacy skills as well as gain insight from practitioners on: digitalization and cybersecurity; international cybersecurity and responsible state behaviour; enforcing cybersecurity frameworks; cyber capacity-building, and how to improve cyber resilience; table-top cybersecurity exercises

Fifth Intersessional Consultation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime

As part of resolution 75/282, the United Nations General Assembly has encouraged the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes to organize intersessional consultations to gather inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders on the elaboration of the draft convention.

The meeting will be made available live and can be watched on demand and will be stored temporarily on the UN Web TV site.