Digital Diplomacy Today: European practice in Japan
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Date: 2022-07-24

This is a dissemination event co-hosted by Waseda University and Sophia University professors, exploring the contemporary practice of digital diplomacy in this age of attention scarcity, remote work and the continuing constraints of the pandemic. It features a number of specialist guests as discussants, including Gustaf Windstrand, First Secretary (Trade & Economy) of the Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo, discussing the Swedish Digital Village initiative and the broader challenges of cultural and trade diplomacy today. Other guests include Sven Palys, co-founder and CEO of Yuzu Kyodai - a marketing strategy and research consultancy firm, design and market researcher Jakob Thestrup, communications consultant Kohei Kanayasu, and Norika Yagi, researching digital diplomacy practice for the REACTIK project which supported event. That project is supported by the EU's Erasmus+ program and Waseda University.