Dr. Renata Dwan is Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, with over 15 years’ experience in the United Nations. As Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) she led initiatives on digital technology governance and arms control. Renata led UN-wide peace and security policy reforms, as Chief of Policy and Best Practices in the Department of Peace Operations and served with the UN in Afghanistan, DRC, Haiti, Mali and Syria. Renata experience includes Deputy Director of Chatham House (UK) and Programme Director at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sweden). She is an Irish national