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
Launch of Women in Tech Japan at French Embassy in Japan Signals Progress in Gender Diversity – Tokyo, Japan
In a significant step towards promoting gender diversity in the tech sector, Women in Tech Japan was officially launched at the French Embassy in Japan. The event, held under the high patronage of Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, featured key...
UN Women and Women in Tech partner to empower women and girls in ICT across Europe and Central Asia
UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Alia El-Yassir, and Ayumi Moore Aoki, Founder, President and CEO of Women in Tech, signed a memorandum of understanding between the 2 entities to advance women and girls in ICT. Photo: Courtesy of Women in...
Women of the Future Top 100
Ayumi Moore Aoki has been chosen as Women of the Future top 100 and will be featured at the Women of the Future book published by Innovations of the world. WOMEN OF THE FUTURE is a project aimed at showcasing and celebrating the top female change-makers in Web3 and...
WOMEN IN TECH® Round Table at the US Ambassador to France’s Residency in Paris on June 1st 2022
Ayumi Moore Aoki lead the WOMEN IN TECH® – Global Movement Round Table at the US Ambassador to France, H.E. Denise Bauer’s Residency in Paris on June 1st 2022. The was made up of Jameka Pankey, Tolulope Oke, Natascia Radice, Selena Souah, Anna Cabeca, DO, FACOG, Joe...
Firesidechat with Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum
Ayumi Moore Aoki was honored to have a fireside chat with Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum during the Women in Tech® Global Summit that took place in Paris on May 31st 2022. Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum is a member of the Royal...
Women in Tech Summit is the first certified gender balance Diversity & Inclusion event by Equilibrium
Ayumi Moore Aoki received the first EQUILIBRIUM certificate from the hand of its founder Natascia Radice, for organising a gender balanced, diverse and inclusive Women in Tech Summit. Find out more about Equilibrium: https://www.equilibriumglobal.world
OCDE Podcast – Eliminating the digital gender divide with Women in Tech’s Ayumi Moore Aoki
The gender equality gap in the tech industry has worsened in the last 40 years. How can we lessen this divide and make the tech industry more welcoming for everyone? OCDE speaks with Ayumi Moore Aoki, founder of Women in Tech, a global organization aiming to eliminate...
How to close the digital gender divide and empower women – World Economic Forum, 8 March 2022
Ayumi Moore Aoki was invited to write an article for the World Economic Forum on "How to close the digital gender divide and empower women". "Our world has undergone a historical moment of change. Since the beginning of the pandemic, our lives and societies are more...
Tahawultech – feb 2022
Nitya Ravi, a contributing Editor at tahawultech.com discussed other pertinent topics in addition to gender inequality in IT, such as digital transformation and FutureTech with Ayumi, in the latest in our series of Women in Tech interviews. Read the full article in...
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