Thu, 09 July
|Social Cyber & Tech Academy
Crisis in Tech Diplomacy
No country has the capacity to assess the impact on society, politics or the economy of all the individual technologies flooding global markets or the many creative apps based on them.
Time & Location
09 July 2026, 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Social Cyber & Tech Academy
About
This workshop introduces key concepts, current dilemmas, and practical insights for managing this escalating crisis in technology policy. It is built around the concept and practices of Technology Impact Assessment (TIA). TIA is the systematic analysis of the impacts arising from the use of technologies. This includes both specialist assessment of their technical performance characteristics and cost-benefit considerations as well as consultations across diverse stakeholder groups (such as government, industry, academia, and society) to determine broader social, political, legal or economic consequences.
Learning focus
· Understand the emerging “crisis in technology diplomacy”
· Examine real‑world obstacles to whole‑of‑government tech impact assessment
· Identify new roles for diplomats, regulators and corporate leaders in tech governance