🌐 On October 8, the 2nd Global Digital Forum (#GDF) opens at the Mechta venue in Moscow’s Gorky Park.

The event is held at the initiative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Its organisers and key participants also include the Presidential Administration, the Government of the Russian Federation, the ministries of Digital Development, Industry and Trade, and Economic Development, the Moscow City Government, as well as leading Russian IT companies, news agencies and media outlets.

#GDF is an international platform for discussing major challenges in information and communications technologies, including the development of artificial intelligence, digital sovereignty and the platform economy.

The Forum aims to strengthen and expand international cooperation with countries of the #GlobalMajority on various aspects of Internet governance and development, and to showcase Russia’s achievements in information and communications technologies.

🤝 Representatives from 120 countries will participate, including ministers and deputy ministers responsible for these areas, senior representatives of international organisations and leading experts.

The Forum’s main plenary session will focus on “Digital Sovereignty: From a Resource to an Export Asset”. The programme will comprise three thematic tracks: “People and Technology”, “Digitalisation and Industry”, and “Media and Creativity”.

One of the Forum’s key events will be a ministerial segment dedicated to countering digital neocolonialism and safeguarding digital sovereignty in the face of sanctions and information attacks.

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The Russian Foreign Ministry is taking an active part in the Forum.

On October 8, the sixth meeting of the #RussiaASEAN Dialogue on ICT security took place on the sidelines of the 2nd Global Digital Forum.

🇷🇺🇲🇲 For the first time, the meeting was held at a high level. It was co-chaired by Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov and Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Communications of Myanmar Min Zeya Hlaing.

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