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Photo 1 Power and Diplomacy in a Technological World (Luxembourg) - 10/03/22
Beirut Institute Summit - Oct 2019
Panel at the Beirut Institute Summit on challenges for Arab world in 2020s. Short version: there are lots. Mix of anger, fear, hope. Region needs to ‘take back control’, to borrow a slogan. And many answers lie in greater involvement of women and youth than in this photo.
INSEAD UAE Alumni Leadership Forum - 31 Oct 2019
Reforming the International Architecture with Helen Clark at the Dubai Future Foundation - 5 NOV 2019
Helen Clark joins Tom at EDA - 17 Nov 2019
Helen Clark at EDA (17 Nov 2019) talking to diplomats from around the world about how to overcome challenges to peace & sustainable development.
My Year with Helen - Film Screening at EDA - 8 May 2018
Fascinating discussion and inspirational for future diplomats (and, ahem, those of us less young).
My Year with Helen - Film Screening at EDA - 8 May 2018
Masterclass on leadership, commitment and global service.
Meeting the world's first Minister for AI in the UAE - 3 May 2018
Witness to a piece of history as the world’s first Minister for Artificial Intelligence @OmarSAlolama meets world’s first Tech Ambassador @DKTechAmb. Creative sparks flew.
Guest appearance form the Danish Ambassador - 21st Century Skills Class, EDA - 1 May 2018
Meeting EDA's next generation of digital ambassadors.
Tom in Iceland talking to the MFA about The Future of Diplomacy - 16 March 2018
EDA Class "Preparing for 21st Century Diplomacy"
The course, now in its second year, kicked off with an exercise on Soft Power.
The Naked Diplomat in Brussels
The discerning Waterstones Brussels bucks the downward trend in UK/Brussels relations.
Silver Torch Community Day with the UAE Diplomatic Community (cont'd) - 28.02.17
Tom with Dr. Adnan Pachachi, Al Bloom & Eric Hilgerndorf.
Silver Torch Community Day with the UAE Diplomatic Community - 28.02.17
Dr. Adnan Pachachi, former Minister of State, Member of the Executive Council and representative to the UN, talks to Tom about the early beginnings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE.
Photo credit: Photo House
ODI Event - 24.03.17
Photo credit: Patrick Gorman
ODI Event - 24.03.17 - Paperback now on sale
Photo credit: Patrick Gorman
ODI event - 24.03.17
'Diplomacy in a changing world' - Tom joins journalist Samira Ahmed in conversation.
Photo credit: Patrick Gorman
A book signing ceremony of @TFletcher
Dubai Communication Forum - 12.03.17
The Naked Diplomat - paperback
Excited that first copy of Naked Diplomat paperback has arrived. It is very red, and will hopefully be very read. *ducks*
#Futuredkplomacy - Tom delivering a keynote
MFA hosting Tom in Copenhagen at 'The Future Foreign Service' Conference.
Photo credit: Bjarke Ørsted
#Futuredkplomacy - 2
MFA hosting Tom in Copenhagen at 'The Future Foreign Service' Conference.
Photo credit: Bjarke Ørsted
#FutureDKplomacy
MFA hosting Tom in Copenhagen at 'The Future Foreign Service' Conference.
Photo credit: Bjarke Ørsted
Tom speaking at the dfatconf16, Dublin
Fascinating fireside chat between Tom & SG Niall Burgess on the Future of the Foreign Ministry looking at how foreign ministries of the future can best use new technologies & social media
The Times Literary Supplement - 3 June Edition
Featuring Digital Diplomacy by Tom Fletcher
Front cover credit: Axel Scheffler
Hosting event with Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kailash Satyarthi
Kailash Satyarthi joined GBC-Ed's breakfast in New York in 2015.
With HRH Prince Charles and Lebanese Mufti, 2014
The Lebanese mufti visited the UK to promote coexistence. Prince Charles impressed him with his knowledge of Islamic theology.
Tom with PM Zapatero at EDA
Great debate with PM Zapatero @ Dip Academy 19/04/16. He gave masterclass in creative communication and open diplomacy.
Meeting with President Higgins of Ireland, 2015
During the President's visit to Middle East. Ireland plays a crucial role in UN peacekeeping on the Southern border of Lebanon.
Opening UK/Lebanon Tech Hub, 2015
With the brilliant Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh. The hub is now generating the ideas that we don't yet understand but we will find we cannot live without.
Tom with Lebanese Education Minister Elias Bou Saab, 2014
At a school now more than half Syrian refugees. EBS pulled together the international effort to respond to this huge challenge.
Visiting UK training facility for Lebanese Army, 2015.
They didn't sign me up ...
Supporting the Lebanese Army, 2015
Supporting the Lebanese Army's effort to protect its borders, 2015. Part of UK's Backing Stability programme.
Visiting Lebanese border troops, 2015
Visiting the Lebanese army working to keep ISIL out of Lebanon, 2015, backed by UK kit and training.
Tom and Paul Wood at Harvard University, 2015
With BBC journalist Paul Wood at a discussion of Syria at Harvard University, 2015. Paul was one of the journalists who best captured the unraveling of Syria.
Future of the FCO
Hosting a discussion on the future of the FCO in the Locarno Suite at the Foreign Office, as part of the 2016 review.
Q&A Session: “Digital diplomacy: Breaking barriers one tweet at a time”
Hosted by The National in Dubai.
