Consul General of Kazakhstan in San Francisco, Azamat Abdraimov, took part in the official launch of the new Tech Diplomacy Network (TDN) platform at the World Economic Forum's Fourth Industrial Revolution Center in San Francisco, El.kz cites MFA.
Over the past decade, the global technology industry has become a new player in international relations and "technodiplomacy" is an independent field for practitioners representing governments, civil society and global technology companies.
TDN will be a hub for sharing ideas and best practices in dealing with global challenges. The platform aims to enhance cooperation between communities and will help promote international cooperation and understanding in the global world.
The Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) is a World Economic Forum initiative launched in 2017 to help governments and companies adapt to the challenges and opportunities associated with the transition to new technologies and innovations such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, quantum computing, blockchain and others that change not only the ways of production and economic activity, but also the social organization of society.