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How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Digital Embassies for Sovereign AI

January 20, 2026
17:00–17:30 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Digital embassies offer an emerging model that allows nations to extend sovereign digital infrastructure beyond their borders while maintaining control over data, compute and governance. However, establishing such arrangements requires political alignment, legal clarity and robust technical and operational safeguards. The Digital Embassy Framework, spearheaded by the World Economic Forum and...
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Speakers

AF
Alexandre Fasel
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
State Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
GD
Gobind Singh Deo
Minister of Digital
Malaysia Government
CL
Cathy Li
Head, Centre for AI Excellence; Member of the Executive Committee
World Economic Forum

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