Dr Jovan Kurbalija is the Executive Director of DiploFoundation and Head of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP). A former diplomat and pioneer in cyber diplomacy since the early 1990s, he has advised the United Nations on digital cooperation and Internet governance, founded DiploFoundation to train thousands of diplomats worldwide, and lectures at leading institutions across Europe and the US. Author of numerous works on diplomacy and technology, including the widely translated An Introduction to Internet Governance, his latest book, History of Diplomacy and Technology (2nd ed., 2025), explores the co-evolution of communication tools and diplomatic practice.