Why Cyberspace Governance depends on a new Multi-stakeholder Diplomacy

An increasingly challenging geopolitical climate is generating a series of new and complex threats from cyberspace. To help keep these threats and conflicts in check, multilateral negotiations are taking place on a continuous basis. Moreover, a new multi-stakeholder digital diplomacy has emerged, whereby experts from industry and civil society and not only diplomats are asked to play a prominent role.

This panel will look at the transformative impact that societal stakeholders have brought to state-centred diplomacy.

Guest speakers:

• Fabian Delcros, Legal Officer (International Data Regulation) for the European Commission
• Florence G'Sell, Professor in private law and holder of the Chair in Digital, Governance and Sovereignty at Sciences Po
• Christian Liflander, Head of the Cyber Section at NATO (joining via zoom).

Moderator: Christian Lequesne, Professor, Sciences Po.

This event is organised by the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po-PSIA), with the support of Microsoft, as part of an event series on Digital Diplomacy and Digital Sovereignty.