re:publica 25
26.-28. Mai 2025
STATION Berlin
Rebecca MacKinnon, Jens Matthias Lorentz, Jeanette Hofmann
The role of an UN Envoy on Technology is a fairly recent innovation based on a recommendation in a UN report from 2019. Indian diplomat and digital transformation expert Amandeep Singh Gill has been developing this role since 2022 in increasingly exciting times for global digital policy. He is a driving force behind the UN Secretary-General's new AI Advisory Board, which will publish a final report this year after extensive consultations. And he is a driving force of the process towards the UN Global Digital Compact, which is due to be adopted in September 2024 after almost two years of stakeholder consultations and intergovernmental negotiations.
This session will beginn with an interview with Amandeep Singh Gill and will then merge into a panel to discuss around the hopes and expectations for these globally relevant processes for a sustainable and inclusive digital policy worldwide. The discussion will include a critical view onto Germany's role and responsibilites in this global forum and its contributions to it.