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G7/8 Digital Ministers Meetings
(formerly ICT Ministers)

May 29, 2026

Digital ministerial conference, Paris

February 3, 2026

Press conference on France's finance and digital economy priorities with Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Energy Sovereignty; Anne Le Hénanff, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence; and Franç;cois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of Canada, Paris: [PDF in French]

December 8-9, 2025, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

G7 industry, digital and technology ministers

• G7 2025 Industry, Digital and Technology Ministerial Declaration, December 9, 2025
• G7 Industry, Digital and Technology Ministerial Statement on the SME AI Adoption Blueprint, December 9, 2025
• Implementing the G7 AI Adoption Roadmap, December 9, 2025
• SME AI Adoption Blueprint, December 9, 2025
• Toolkit for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Deploying Artificial Intelligence [pdf], December 9, 2025
• Artificial Intelligence Adoption by Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Insights from G7 Case Studies and Canada’s Experience [pdf], Mila, Vector Institute and AMII, December 9, 2025

October 15, 2024, Cernobbio-Como, Italy

G7 digital and technology ministers' meeting

• Ministerial Meeting on Technology and Digital: G7 Joint Statement
• Overview of the OECD Pilot of the Hiroshima Artificial Intelligence Process Reporting Framework

Reports prepared for the 2024 Italian G7 presidency and the G7 Digital and Tech Working Group:

• G7 Mapping Exercise of Digital Identity Approaches October 15, 2024 [PDF]
• G7 Compendium of Digital Services, October 15, 2024 [PDF]
• G7 Toolkit for Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector, October 15, 2024 [PDF]

 

October 10, 2024, Rome, Italy

• G7 Industry and Technology Ministers Convene in Rome to Advance Industrial Competitiveness, Digital Innovation, and Sustainable Digital Transformation: Chair's Summary
• G7 Report on Driving Factors and Challenges of AI Adoption and Development among Companies, Especially Micro and Small Enterprises [PDF]

March 14-15, 2024, Verona and Trento, Italy

• G7 industry, tech and digital (see also G7 science and technology ministers)
• Ministerial declaration, March 15, 2024

December 1, 2023

G7 digital and tech ministers, virtual

• G7 Hiroshima AI Process: G7 Digital and Tech Ministers' Statement
• G7 Digital and Tech Ministers' Statement on Operationalisation of Data Free Flow with Trust
• Annex: Concept Paper on Establishing an Institutional Arrangement for Partnership (IAP) on Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) and Note on G7 Expectation

October 30, 2023

• G7 Leaders' Statement on the Hiroshima AI Process
• Hiroshima Process International Guiding Principles for Organizations Developing Advanced AI system
• Hiroshima Process International Code of Conduct for Organizations Developing Advanced AI Systems

September 7, 2023

G7 digital and tech ministers, virtual: Statement

April 29-30, 2023

G7 digital and tech ministers, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan

• Ministerial Declaration The G7 Digital and Tech Ministers' Meeting, April 30, 2023
• Annex 1: Priorities and Operationalisation of the DFFT, April 30, 2023
• Annex 2: G7 Vision for future networks in the Beyond 5G/6G era, April 30, 2023
• Annex 3: G7 Action Plan for Building a Secure and Resilient Network Infrastructure, April 30, 2023
• Annex 4: G7 Action Plan for Open, Free, Global, Interoperable, Reliable, and Secure Internet, April 30, 2023
• Annex 5: G7 Action Plan for promoting global interoperability between tools for trustworthy AI , April 30, 2023

May 10-11, 2022

G7 digital affairs ministers, hosted by Germany

• Ministerial Declaration: G7 Digital Ministers' Meeting, May 11, 2022
• Joint Declaration on Cyber Resilience of Digital Infrastructure in Response to the Russian War against Ukraine, May 10, 2022

December 17, 2021

UK G7 presidency publishes Roadmap to Reform for Electronic Transfer Records

November 30, 2021

UK G7 Presidency Statement, Digital and Tech

April 28, 2021, UK Virtual

• G7 Digital and Technology Ministerial Declaration
• Annex 1: Framework for G7 Collaboration on Digital Technical Standards
• Annex 2: A G7 Roadmap for Cooperation on Data Free Flow with Trust
• Annex 3: G7 Internet Safety Principles
• Annex 4: Framework for G7 Collaboration on Electronic Transferable Records
• Press release, April 28, 2021
• News story, April 30, 2021

September 26-27, 2017, Turin

G7 ministers of industry and information and communications technologies

• G7 ICT and Industry Ministers' Declaration: Making the Next Production Revolution Inclusive, Open and Secure, September 26
• Annex 1: G7 Common Policy Approaches for SMEs' Competitiveness and Inclusiveness in the NPR, September 26
• Annex 2: G7 Multistakeholder Exchange on Human Centric AI for Our Societies, September 26
• Annex 3: G7 Actions for Enhancing Cybersecurity for Businesses, September 26

April 29-30, 2016, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan

G7 ICT Ministers (official website)

• G7 Joint Declaration by G7 ICT Ministers: Action Plan on implementing the Charter, April 30, 2016
• Charter for the Digitally Conected World, April 30, 2016
• Annex: G7 Opportunities for Collaboration, April 30, 2016

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