Top Highlights

• Countries are increasingly deploying tech diplomats to Silicon Valley to directly interact with the companies at the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on issues touching on human rights and national security.
• the total number of tech envoys and tech ambassadors has grown to around 20 out of the more than 70 consulates in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Silicon Valley is located.
• In June 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Amandeep Singh Gill as his Envoy on Technology, and he is leading the work towards shared principles in a Global Digital Compact.
• The Tech Diplomacy Network will enable not just this, but will also provide new ways for Silicon Valley’s tech diplomats to collaborate with other stakeholders, allowing them all to work together to shape safe future technologies that benefit us all.

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