Tech Diplomacy and Why it Should Matter to Artist Communities.

​Join us at 5:00 PM PST - 7:00 PM CST for a conversation about the intersection of art and technology with Martin Rauchbauer, Executive Director of the Djerassi Resident Artist Program in Woodside, CA.

​Martin Rauchbauer is a senior Austrian diplomat and a tech governance expert. He came to Djerassi after having served for two years as Austria’s first tech ambassador to Silicon Valley, and more than five years as head of Open Austria, and Austrian consul in San Francisco.

​Martin shaped the emerging field of tech diplomacy, and was engaged in transatlantic tech diplomacy and digital human rights. He also developed digital humanism as a strategic focus of Austria’s foreign policy.  Martin initiated Open Austria’s Art + Tech Lab and co-founded the European art + tech + policy initiative The Grid. He is a Berggruen Fellow on Global Governance of Technology, and a Diplo Foundation Fellow on Tech Diplomacy. In 2023, he co-founded the Tech Diplomacy Network with the World Economic Forum in San Francisco.