Call for Contributions | Digital Trade Campaign Week 2023 #techUKDigitalTrade
A different theme has been assigned to each day of the week, and through blogs and case studies we want members to explore Digital Trade Policy Leadership, TradeTech, Data Flows; the Backbone of Digital Trade, digital Trade and Sustainability, and Maximising global potential for UK tech SMEs.
If you would like to contribute, we would require a blog piece of around 400-600 words, a blog title, and a 150-character description for the sub-title*. You can read our contributor guidelines in more detail here. The blogs will feature on the techUK website and will be promoted via Twitter and LinkedIn throughout the week. Also note, the team can also re-purpose relevant drafted content and transform them into publishable blogs.
The themes for the week are as follows:
- Digital Trade Policy Leadership: Outlining what excellent looks like in digital trade policy.
- TradeTech: Showcasing innovative tech solutions for the digitisation of trade.
- Data Flows - the Backbone of Digital Trade: Highlighting the latest developments in cross-border data flows and the dangers of the rise in data localisation requirements.
- Digital Trade and Sustainability: Showcasing the role of digital trade in tackling climate change.
- Maximising global potential for UK tech SMEs: Highlighting the international success of the UK digital tech sector, the challenges companies face in exporting abroad and the support required.
Please send your blog to [email protected] with the subject line 'Digital Trade Campaign Week 2023 | Blog Submission' no later than Wednesday 29 March*.
*Also note, we would also require a headshot of each author, the title of the blog, and the logo(s) of your organisation/company, so please ensure this is sent to [email protected] asap.
Sabina Ciofu
Sabina Ciofu
Sabina Ciofu is Associate Director – International, running the International Policy and Trade Programme at techUK.
Based in Brussels, she leads our EU policy and engagement. She is also our lead on international trade policy, with a focus on digital trade chapter in FTAs, regulatory cooperation as well as broader engagement with the G7, G20, WTO and OECD.
As a transatlanticist at heart, Sabina is a GMF Marshall Memorial fellow and issue-lead on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council, within DigitalEurope.
Previously, she worked as Policy Advisor to a Member of the European Parliament for almost a decade, where she specialised in tech regulation, international trade and EU-US relations.
Sabina loves building communities and bringing people together. She is the founder of the Gentlewomen’s Club and co-organiser of the Young Professionals in Digital Policy. Previously, as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, she led several youth civic engagement and gender equality projects.
She sits on the Advisory Board of the University College London European Institute, Café Transatlantique, a network of women in transatlantic technology policy and The Nine, Brussels’ first members-only club designed for women.
Sabina holds an MA in War Studies from King’s College London and a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge.
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