🕊️ UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, spoke at #DigitalCooperationDay during #UNGA80, calling for guardrails grounded in international human rights standards to ensure safety & accountability in AI.
🔗: un.org/digital-emer...
#GlobalDigitalCompact #AIGovernance
✨ Sally Wentworth, CEO of the @internetsociety.bsky.social, joined the “WSIS+20 Review — What’s Next for #DigitalCooperation?” session at #DigitalCooperationDay last month, highlighting WSIS as a model for inclusive multistakeholder collaboration.
🔗 Revisit the highlights: un.org/digital-emer...
💬 “The GDC puts digital & emerging tech at the top of the agenda for international cooperation. No matter how challenging cooperation gets, we cannot compromise on this.” — USG @gioasempre.bsky.social
#DigitalCooperationDay spotlighted 14 sessions on AI, DPI & digital economies.
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💬 “True digital cooperation only succeeds when everybody—everybody—has a seat at the table.” — Chola Milambo, 🇿🇲 PR to the UN
#DigitalCooperationDay convened 500+ participants from 68+ countries—marking 1 year of the #GlobalDigitalCompact.
📷 www.un.org/digital-emer...
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#DigitalCooperationDay is a powerful illustration of how local leaders are advancing transformation in the digital landscape & beyond in communities. #MayorsforDigitalCooperation 4/5
The @strongcitiesnetwork.org joined the first-ever United Nations #DigitalCooperationDay, where #mayors, civil society representatives & other local leaders gathered to share solutions on localising the Global Digital Compact, closing digital divides & driving #digitalinclusion. ⤵️🧵
Open, inclusive and safe Digital Public Infrastructure for environmental data is a game-changer for #ClimateAction.
On #DigitalCooperationDay, very much welcome 🇧🇷 #COP30 Presidency leadership to push this critical issue ahead of Belém so we can scale sustainable development and climate solutions.
⚡ The morning at #DigitalCooperationDay has been action-packed, from the #GlobalDigitalCompact to #SafeDPI & the digital economy.
📺 More ahead this afternoon resuming at:
- 1:30pm ET: us02web.zoom.us/j/8625107004...
- 2pm ET: un-org.zoom.us/j/93862127772
🔗 Agenda: www.un.org/digital-emer...
🎥 Tune in now — UN #DigitalCooperationDay is live!
The day opens with “The #GlobalDigitalCompact One Year On”, including opening remarks from Under-Secretary-General
@gioasempre.bsky.social.
📡 Join the livestream now: un-org.zoom.us/j/95550932007
🌍 How can the #GlobalDigitalCompact drive change on the ground?
Hear from #DigitalCooperationDay speakers including:
- Dave Amos
- Gina Ortiz Jones
- Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
- Claver Gatete
- Kalpak Gude @projectkuiper.bsky.social
- Rehab Alarfaj
📡 Livestream on 22 Sept: un.org/digital-emer...
🛡️ Data with Dignity – A #DigitalCooperationDay session not to miss
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, joins a timely session on putting dignity, privacy & equality at the heart of data governance.
📍 22 Sept · NYC
🔗 Request an invite: www.un.org/digital-emer...
Just Announced: Voices at #DigitalCooperationDay
@bosuntijani.bsky.social 🇳🇬
Sigmund Freund 🇩🇴
Fred Werner, @itu.int
Marco Rossi, @isostandards.bsky.social
Sami Muqeem, SDAIA
Sally Wentworth, @internetsociety.bsky.social
22 Sept | Invite-only
Discover the speakers: www.un.org/digital-emer...
Esteemed speakers taking the stage at UN #DigitalCooperationDay 📢
Felix Mutati 🇿🇲
@ajmanzueta.bsky.social 🇩🇴
MichaelSchlein, Accion
@vilasdhar.bsky.social, @pjmfdn.bsky.social
Whitney Baird, USCIB
Sangbu Kim, WorldBank
Request an invite: un.org/digital-emer...
#GlobalDigitalCompact
🎤 AI & the Arts – First #DigitalCooperationDay artist announced
Salome Agbaroji, US Youth Poet Laureate 🇳🇬🇺🇸, takes the stage on 22 Sept.
Her viral poem The Unprompted reminds us: tech can’t replicate human compassion.
DCD is invite-only. Learn more: www.un.org/digital-emer...
🌐 Get ready: on 22 Sept, during #UNGA80, ODET welcomes you to UN #DigitalCooperationDay — a full day of curated panels, timely discussions and an evening “AI in the Arts” celebration.
📍 New York City · Invite-only
🔗 Learn more & discover the speakers: un.org/digital-emer...
#GlobalDigitalCompact
Speaker Preview: UN #DigitalCooperationDay is one week away ✨
Tomas Drucker, Slovakia
Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard, Denmark
Rebeca Grynspan, @unctad.bsky.social
@nabiha.bsky.social, @mozilla.org
Andre Bechtold, SAP
Vimal Mahendru, @iecstandards.bsky.social
Learn more: un.org/digital-emer...
Introducing #DigitalCooperationDay 🌐
22 Sept | NYC | hosted by @unodet.bsky.social | Invite-only
Happening during #UNGA80, the first-ever #DigitalCooperation Day will spotlight global progress exactly one year after the adoption of the #GlobalDigitalCompact.
🔗 Learn more: un.org/digital-emer...
