It 
En 
Bologna, 6-8 May 2026
Session: Tech-Enabled Peace: Digital Strategies for Transformed Foreign Policy
6 May 2026, h. 9:30-13:00
Working Language: English
This seminar explores the increasing role of AI in foreign policy, with a particularfocus on armed conflicts and peace processes. Examples of the use of AI in foreign policy include enhanced early warning and conflict mediation systems, advanced conflict analysis and forecasting, broader inclusion and more accurate stakeholder mapping and engagement in peace processes, and a resourceful right arm for mediators. Particular attention will be given to understanding both the opportunities and risks that AI presents for actors and institutions already involved in diplomacy and peace processes, as well as discussing the transformative impactthis technology will have on the peacebuilding field as we know it.
This event is part of the project "Foreign Policy and Peace Processes: The Role of Cyberspace" (2025-2026), coordinated by the Agency for Peacebuilding (AP) in partnership with The Peace Research Institute of Oslo PRIO and co-financed by CSF Foundation.
Programme
9:30 – 9:45 | Registration and welcome coffee
9:45 – 10:00 | Welcome address
Bernardo Venturi, President, Agency for Peacebuilding
10:00 – 11:15 | Session I – Digital diplomacy and peace processes: whatrole for AI?
Guy Banim, Build UP
Rashmi Thapa, European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Paola Vesco, Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Moderator: Lorenzo Conti, Senior Policy Officer, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO)
11:15 - 11:45 | CoffeeBreak
11:45 – 13:00 | Session II – Policy needs and implications beyond Western-centric approaches
Emiliano Alessandri, Senior Advisor, Agency for Peacebuilding
Karen Banaa, Project Officer, Digital Conflict, Centerfor Humanitarian Dialogue
Naomi Kilungu, Founder, AIfor Peace Africa
Moderator: Leonardo De Agostini, Visiting Fellow, CSF Foundation
