The Annual Assembly

Each summer, the Tech Diplomacy Global Forum convenes the world at UNESCO. Each December, the Tech Diplomacy Global Assembly will convene the community itself: the moment when the Institute’s councils are seated, its graduates celebrated, and its year’s work given to the next.

The inaugural Assembly takes place in Paris on 11 December 2026, at 3 Mazarium. It marks a founding moment for the Institute and for the field it serves.

It closes a year in which the Institute launched the Global Technology Diplomacy Report at Davos, convened 500 leaders at the Tech Diplomacy Africa Symposium in Cape Town, brought 1,200 participants from over 100 economies to the second Tech Diplomacy Global Forum at UNESCO Headquarters, and carried a three-part conversation on AI governance from New York to the Tech Diplomacy Asia Symposium in Tashkent. Paris is where that year is handed on.

The Founding

Four councils begin their first mandate

The centerpiece of the day is the founding of the four Expert Councils of the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute:

• The AI Diplomacy Council, building the frameworks through which nations govern artificial intelligence together.
• The Cybersecurity Diplomacy Council, strengthening how states cooperate, negotiate, and build trust in cyberspace.
• The Quantum Diplomacy Council, preparing governments for the diplomatic consequences of the quantum age.
• The Space Diplomacy Council, shaping how nations govern an increasingly congested and contested orbit.

Selected from applications received worldwide, the founding members of the 2027 to 2028 mandate will be presented at the Assembly as their councils are formally constituted. From this evening, the councils begin the work described in their mandates: anticipating how frontier technologies are reshaping international relations, and giving governments the frameworks they need to respond.

Explore the Expert Councils →

Attending

The Assembly is held by invitation. Council members, participants of the Tech Diplomacy Global Executive Program, Tech Ambassadors, partners of the Institute, and representatives of governments and international organizations are invited directly. If you would like to be considered, or you are enquiring about media accreditation, please write to the Secretariat.

Places can also be requested directly through our registration page. All registrations are confirmed by the Secretariat.