Ayumi Moore Aoki is an entrepreneur and tech diplomat. She is Founder and President of the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute, and Founder and CEO of Women in Tech® Global. Her doctoral research at École des Ponts Business School examines how states institutionalize tech diplomacy.
Appointments
UNESCO
International Consultative Group of Experts for Closing the Gender Gap in Science
World Economic Forum
Global Future Council on Advanced Manufacturing and Value Chains
Global Center on AI Governance
Advisory Board
Tech Diplomacy
Building the diplomatic capacity of states to shape their digital future, through the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute
Women in Technology
Women in Tech® Global works in more than 70 countries to open the digital economy to women in STEAM fields.
Research
Doctoral research at École des Ponts Business School on how states institutionalize tech diplomacy, published open access.
Perspectives
Moore Aoki, A. (2026). The WAT framework and four pathways to tech diplomacy capacity: The Brazil–EU Digital Partnership as case study. Tech Diplomacy Global Institute Publications. https://doi.org/10.67134/2026.wat
On 12 June 2026, Brazil became the first large emerging market to sign a Digital Partnership with the European Union. This article introduces the WAT framework, diplomacy With, About, and Through technology, and shows how Brazil built tech diplomacy capacity from market scale and regulatory alignment rather than frontier innovation, with direct lessons for India, Indonesia, Mexico, and other Global South states.
Read at TDGI | Open access, CC BY 4.0
News
Praia Hosts the First Women in Tech® Lusophone Summit as Cabo Verde Deepens Its Role as a Digital Crossroads
On 20 July 2026, Praia hosted the first Women in Tech® Lusophone Summit, a gathering that brought the Portuguese speaking world together around a shared agenda for women's participation in the digital economy. Convened by Women in Tech® Global under the leadership of...
Tech Diplomacy as Statecraft: The Second Tech Diplomacy Global Forum Convenes at UNESCO
On 2 July 2026, Room I of UNESCO Headquarters in Paris hosted the second edition of the Tech Diplomacy Global Forum, convened by the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute in collaboration with UNESCO. Under the theme "Tech Diplomacy as Statecraft: Building Trust in a...
North Macedonia Hosts Its First National Women in Tech® Awards at the Presidential Palace
On 27 May 2026, the Presidential Palace in Skopje opened its doors to host the first-ever national Women in Tech® Macedonia Awards — a landmark moment for the country's technology and innovation community, held under the high patronage of President Gordana...
From Ambition to Authorship: What the TDGI Africa Symposium Revealed About the Digital Future
The question the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute brought to Cape Town was deceptively simple: what if the Global South did more than participate in the digital age? What if it co-authored the rules? That question shaped every conversation at the first TDGI Africa...
Cabo Verde Signs Protocol on Membership with the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute
On 13 March in Praia, Cabo Verde and the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute (TDGI) signed a Protocol on Membership, formalising a partnership that places the country among the early movers in the field of tech diplomacy. With this decision, Cabo Verde becomes the second...
Launch of the Global 5X AI Impact Accelerator Program
The World Government Summit 2026 marked the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding to launch the Global 5X AI Impact Accelerator Program, a strategic collaboration between the UAE Government Accelerators, the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute and the Global...
Announcing the Global Technology Diplomacy Report 2026
The Tech Diplomacy Global Institute has released its first flagship publication, The Global Technology Diplomacy Report 2026, marking an important milestone in the institutionalization of technology diplomacy at the global level. Authored by Ayumi Moore Aoki, with...
Power, Capability, and Inclusion: Davos Conversations on Leading the Digital Future
January 21, 2026 | Davos, Switzerland At the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute's gathering in Davos, two parallel conversations converged on a single truth: the future of technology governance depends not just on what we build, but on who gets to shape it, govern it,...
Ayumi Moore Aoki and the French Ambassador Unite in Madrid to Champion Women in Tech Spain
On 1 December 2025, the Residence of France in Madrid hosted a high‑level event at which H.E. Kareen Rispal, Ambassador of France to Spain, formally became the marraine (godmother) of Women in Tech Spain, consolidating a strategic alliance between diplomacy and the...
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