Committees

Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Inquiry

This inquiry will focus on how the FCDO should be supporting the UK’s response to the opportunities and challenges presented by new and emerging technologies, including through new forms of diplomatic engagement and building globally shared understandings of standards, rules and norms for the responsible development and use of new technologies.

 

Read the call for evidence for more details about the inquiry

Upcoming events

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Past events

Tuesday 1 March 2022
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Tech and the future of UK foreign policy - Oral evidence 1 March 2022
2:30pm
  • Rt Hon Amanda Milling
  • Professor Charlotte Watts (Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Chris Jones (Director, Delivery and Analysis at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 11 January 2022
3:00pm Private
4:30pm Public
Tech and the future of UK foreign policy - Oral evidence 11 January 2022
4:30pm
  • Miranda Sissons (Global Director of Human Rights at Meta)
  • John Hughes (Global Head of Geopolitical and Economic Public Policy Strategy at Twitter)
3:30pm
  • Sarah Spencer (Digital Specialist Consultant and Digital Threats Advisor at International Committee of the Red Cross)
  • Balthasar Staehelin (Director for Digital Transformation and Data at International Committee of the Red Cross)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 2 November 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Tech and the future of UK foreign policy - Oral evidence 2 November 2021
2:30pm
  • Katie O'Donovan (Public Policy Manager at Google UK)
3:30pm
  • Joe Westby (Deputy Director, Amnesty Tech at Amnesty International)
  • David Sullivan (Executive Director at Digital Trust & Safety Partnership)
  • Jason Pielemeier (Deputy Director at Global Network Initiative)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 7 September 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Tech and the future of UK foreign policy - Oral evidence 7 September 2021
2:30pm
  • Anne-Marie Engtoft Larsen (Tech Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark)
  • Tobias Feakin (Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology at Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
3:30pm
  • Martijn Rasser (Director, Technology and National Security Program at Center for a New American Security (CNAS))
  • Ulrike Franke (Senior Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: fac@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 4050 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 2996 or facmedia@parliament.uk (media enquiries)
  • Address: Foreign Affairs Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA