The Hili Forum in Abu Dhabi (8–9 September 2025) has quickly become one of the UAE’s flagship spaces for global dialogue — a place where leaders, experts, and thinkers from around the world debate the big issues shaping our future. Mr Vladimir Radunovic, Diplo’s Director for Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy, will join the panel “Geneva vs Algorithms: Redefining Laws of War and Peace” — a conversation on how algorithmic systems and AI, diplomacy, and international law and norms collide in today’s shifting global security landscape.
With rapid advances in autonomous systems, algorithmic decision-making, and cyberwarfare, the session will explore the applicability and the need to update the global frameworks that govern armed conflict and peacekeeping. We will reflect on the role of international Geneva and the UN overall in shaping rules and norms that can help secure peace in the digital age, while highlighting Geneva’s unique ecosystem of institutions and stakeholders that enables dialogue, negotiation, and the implementation of agreements. Drawing on lessons from initiatives such as the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace, we pointed to what works — and what still needs to be done — in bridging the gap between diplomacy and the algorithmic realities of the modern security environment.
More information is available at: https://hiliforum.ae/en
