#Twiplomacy conference: the rise of #ediplomacy - #ItalianEmbassy in DC, Oct22 at 10:30am (RSVP to @andreas212nyc)

eDiplomacy is changing the way governments interact with each other, with their citizens, and with the public. It is also changing the way foreign policy is actuated to respond to new challenges. Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero and our panel of experts will examine where ediplomacy is heading and the future of communications. A follow up to Turin’s Twiplomacy conference in June 2012, the round table is organized by the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC.


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The conference is organized by:
Embassy of Italy in
Washington DC:

3000 Whitehaven Street, NW
@ Massachusetts Avenue, NW
[click here for a map]

Download here background info or watch videos from Twiplomacy conference in Turin

Press clippings and news


Claudio Bisogniero		Ahmed Shihab-Eldim


Alec Ross		Deborah Seaward


David Ignatius		Q&A Session

Claudio Bisogniero

@CBisogniero

Ambassador of Italy to the United States

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

@ASE

Host & Producer of @HuffPostLive

Alec Ross

@AlecJRoss

Senior Advisor for Innovation to the U.S. Secretary of State

Deborah Seward

@UN

Director of Strategic Communications at the United Nations

David Ignatius

@IgnatiusPost

Associate Editor & Columnist, The Washington Post

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:: Antonelli, Carlo, Terzi: "I social media sono un'opportunità unica", Wired Italia (September 27, 2012) -- Available in English and Italian

:: Virtual relations: Foreign ministries are getting the hang of social media, The Economist (September 22, 2012)

:: Glassman, James, Keep on Tweetin', Foreign Policy (September 17, 2012)

:: Yakovenko, Alexander, Russian digital diplomacy: clicking through, Russia Beyond the Headlines (September 7, 2012)

:: Barton, Chris, Chris Barton: Twitter diplomacy, The New Zealand Herald (August 24, 2012)

:: Sandre, Andreas, Twiplomacy Is Bringing Diplomacy Back to Relevancy, DiploFoundation (August 4, 2012)

:: Freeland, Chrystia, Statecraft via Twitter, Reuters (also in The New York Time as Way of the World: Blending Governance and Twitter) (April 5, 2012)

:: Slaughter, Anne-Marie, Pivoting to the people, Al Jazeera (March 25, 2012)

:: Hanson, Fergus, Revolution at State: the spread of ediplomacy, Lowy Institute for International Policy (March 2012)

:: Multimedia background files on diplomacy and social media

VIDEO :: Social Media: Terzi, grande veicolo di libertà, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (September 27, 2012) -- in Italian

VIDEO :: U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice: Twitter Crucial to Her Mission, Mashable (September 24, 2012)

VIDEO :: What's Fueling the Arab Uprising? The role of Social Media, Thnkr TV (September 12, 2012)

VIDEO :: The UN's Helen Clark on Social Media, Waywire (September 2012)

VIDEO :: Richard Boly: eDiplomacy at the State Department, The Center for The Business of Government (July 11, 2012)

VIDEO :: Twiplomacy - Terzi: la e-diplomacy è una realtà, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (June 14, 2012)

VIDEO :: The Guardian Interviews for Social Media Week: Alec Ross, The Guardian (March 1, 2012)

VIDEO :: Hanson, Fergus, Internet Freedom and The Future of eDiplomacy: interview to Alec Ross, The Brookings Institution (April 2012)

MEDIA CENTER:

	Twiplomacy: Diplomacy in the Twitter age [English - Italiano] -- or visit twiplomacy.it/turin

	Remarks by Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the Twiplomacy conference in June 2012 [or click here to access Minister Terzi's slideshow]

	Press clippings [under construction]

	Twiplomacy on Storify: #Twiplomacy: #Italy steps up as a key player in #digitaldiplomacy

	Multimedia [under construction]