Trump and tech: After 100 days
Date: 30 April 2025
Time: 10.00 EST | 14.00 UTC | 16.00 CEST
Duration: 90 minutes
Location: Online
Join us for a timely discussion on the Trump administration’s tech policy landscape after its first 100 days. From AI and cryptocurrencies to global digital governance and Silicon Valley alliances, this event unpacks the administration’s strategic shifts, emerging tensions, and what lies ahead for the tech sector.
Speakers will address ‘Trump and tech: After 100 days’ from a wide range of topical and regional perspectives.
Panellists (provisional list)
Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor and Director of Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, Elliott School of International Governance | Washington D.C., USA
Katherine Getao, Senior Research Fellow, DiploFoundation | Nairobi, Kenya
Jovan Kurbalija, Director of DiploFoundation and Head of Geneva Internet Platform | Geneva, Switzerland
Xiadong Lee, Adjunct Professor of Tsinghua University and Founder/CEO of Fuxi Institution | Beijing, China
Marilia Maciel, Director of Digital Trade and Economic Security, DiploFoundation | Strasbourg, France
Gabriele Mazzini, Architect and Lead Author of the EU AI Act, MIT Media Lab | Brussels, Belgium
Martin Rauchbauer, Co-Director and Founder of TechDiplomacy Initiative | San Francisco, United States
Parminder Jeeth Singh, Digital governance expert | Bangalore, India
Guiding discussion issues:
- Content regulation and free speech
- TikTok’s negotiations
- AI strategy: From safety to focus on development
- Cryptocurrencies new dynamics
- Digital trade: taxes, tariffs, and regulations
- Internet infrastructure
- Cybersecurity and geopolitics
- Global governance shifts
- Continuity or change in the USA’s pro-business digital diplomacy