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SUMMARY:Europe-China AI Forum | Can Europe and China Cooperate on AI?
DESCRIPTION:Co-organized by the Oxford Global Society (OXGS)\, Center for International Security and Strategy (Tsinghua University) and Institute for AI International Governance (Tsinghua University). \nOnline registration (for October 3):\nhttps://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ca34b3e6-ab07-40e4-8c68-1f69d3bc6083@cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91 \nIn-person event venue (for October 3 & 4): Gillis Lecture Theatre\, Balliol College\, Oxford University (limited capacity\, please email us for attendance: oxgsociety@gmail.com) \nThe great potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has ignited worldwide competition\, intensified by geopolitical tensions. China and many countries in Europe\, home of some world-leading or promising AI companies\, share the aspiration of becoming global leaders in AI and face many similar issues regarding AI development and governance. \nThis Forum brings together Europe- and China-based academics\, researchers\, and representatives of leading or promising AI and internet companies\, and other stakeholders\, to examine issues of importance and common interest in the areas of AI development\, governance\, and research\, aiming to promote dialogue\, cooperation and mutual learning. \nThis forum will have both open and closed-door sessions. For open sessions (October 3)\, we will adopt the hybrid format and invite global audience to join. For closed-door sessions (October 4)\, we will adopt the Chatham House rule. \nList of confirmed speakers/chairs (to be updated): \n(The event agenda/programme with bios of speakers will be sent to participants/registrants later.) \nChairs: \nProf. Ralph Shroeder (Oxford Internet Institute\, Oxford University\, OXGS Fellow) \nProf. Robert Wade (Professor of Global Political Economy\, London School of Economics and Political Science\, OXGS Fellow) \nMr. Sam Daws (Senior Advisor\, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative\, Oxford University; Director of Multilateral AI) \nProf. Denis Galligan (Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies\, Oxford University\, OXGS Director) \nMs. Claire Milne (Independent ICT consultant\, OXGS senior advisor\, former LSE Visiting Senior Fellow and guest teacher\, MBE) \nSpeakers for first day (open session): \nProf. Qian XIAO (Deputy Director of Center for International Security and Strategy\, Tsinghua University\, former diplomat) \nProf. Roxana Radu (Blavatnik School of Government\, Oxford University\, serving on the Advisory Group of the EU Cybersecurity Agency) \nProf. Zheng LIANG (Deputy Director at Institute for AI International Governance\, Tsinghua University) \nMs. Rebecca Arcesati (Lead Analyst\, Mercator institute for China Studies) \nDr. Jufang WANG (Deputy Director\, Oxford Global Society) \nDr. Raymond Forbes (Chair of ETSI ISG ENI (Experiential Networked intelligence)\, The European Telecommunications Standards Institute) \nProf. Jinghan ZENG (Lancaster University\, OXGS Fellow\, author of “Artificial Intelligence with Chinese Characteristics”) \nProf. Hongyu FU (Director of the AI Governance Center and the Data Economy Center of Alibaba Research Institute) \nDr. Keegan McBride (Oxford Internet Institute\, Oxford University) \nDr. Brian Wong (Assistant Professor at Hong Kong University\, OXGS Fellow) \nMs. Nan ZHENG (General Counsel\, Minimax) \nMs. Harriet Moynihan (Associate Fellow\, International Law Programme\, Chatham House) \nDr. Hui ZHOU (Deputy Director of Faculty of Cyber and Information Law\, Chinese Academy \nof Social Sciences) \nMr. Huw Roberts (Associate Fellow at RUSI\, Oxford Internet Institute DPhil\, former UK government official on technology policies) \nDr. Pari Esfandiari (President of Global TechnoPolitics Forum\, TBC) \nClosed-door session participants: \nMr. Jiaqi LIU (Chief expert of AI governance\, Huawei Strategic Research Institute) \nDr. Zhongtian SUN (Research Associate\, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics\, Cambridge University) \n\n\n\n\nDr. Yukun Shi (Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance with Data Analytics\, University of Glasgow\, President-Elect\, Chinese Economics Association UK/Europe) \n\n\n\nMs. Jiao HU (Senior Business Development Manager at Lightspeed Studios\, Tencent) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Chenghao SUN (Fellow at CISS\, Tsinghua University) \nMr. Xinghui TAO (Machine learning research and development consultant\, Head of AI and digital twins at hyperTunnel\, Cambridge DPhil) \nDr. Yik Chan Chin (Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University\, OXGS Associate Fellow\, China IGF member) \nProf. Jinghan Zeng (Lancaster University\, OXGS Fellow) \nMr. Xiangyu AN (AI Project Manager\, Afnor of France) \n\n\n\nMs. Oyuna Baldakova (Research Associate\, King’s College London) \n\n\n\nMr. Huw Roberts (Associate Fellow at RUSI\, OII DPhil) \n\n\n\nProf. Hongyu Fu (Director of the AI Governance Center and the Data Economy Center of Alibaba Research Institute)
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SUMMARY:Navigating Geopolitics in AI Governance Implementation
DESCRIPTION:Event recording links: \nNavigating Geopolitics in AI Governance Implementation (Panel 1) \n \nNavigating Geopolitics in AI Governance Implementation (Panel 2) \n \nEvent description: \nCountries worldwide are eager to harness the promises of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As discussions on AI governance gain momentum\, we see a substantial gap between the rhetoric and the implementation. One major factor hindering the implementation of AI governance is geopolitics\, which may pressure countries to prioritize national competitiveness over safety concerns and discourage cooperation among countries. Geopolitical tensions also have an adverse impact on the AI industry by disrupting the supply chain and forcing companies to navigate fragmented AI regulatory frameworks. \nThis two-panel seminar aims to shed light on the interactions between geopolitics and the implementation of AI governance. We bring together leading professionals from various countries/regions (e.g.\, the US\, China\, Europe) and from different sectors (academia\, industry\, policy makers\, civil society) to better understand the interactions and explore ideas for an implementable global AI governance framework despite geopolitical tensions. \nPanel 1: Understanding the landscape: Geopolitical influences on AI governance \nModerator \n \nProf. Robin Mansell FAcSS\, FBA is Professor Emerita\, London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on media and communications regulation and policy\, data governance\, privacy and surveillance\, digital platforms\, socio-technical features of data and information systems\, and the social\, political and economic impacts of innovation in digital networks and applications. She has published numerous books and peer-reviewed papers. She holds a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Fribourg and received the Outstanding Alumni Award for Academic Achievement from Simon Fraser University and the International Communication Association’s C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of Scholarship on Media\, Markets and Democracy. She is a Fellow of the Oxford Global Society. \nSpeakers \n \nProf. Robert Trager is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative\, International Governance Lead at the Centre for the Governance of AI\, and Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. He is a recognized expert in the international governance of emerging technologies\, diplomatic practice\, institutional design\, and technology regulation. He regularly advises government and industry leaders on these topics. Dr. Trager has written two books and numerous articles in leading social science journals. His award-winning research has been covered in many leading press outlets. Before moving to Oxford\, he was Professor of Political Science at the University of California\, Los Angeles and held faculty positions at Yale University and an Olin Fellowship at Harvard University. \n \nProf. Angela Huyue Zhang is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Phillip K. H. Wong Center for Chinese Law.  Zhang is widely recognized as a leading authority on Chinese tech regulation.  She is the author of Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation (Oxford\, 2021)\, which was named one of the Best Political Economy Books of 2021 by ProMarket. Her second book\, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs its Economy is scheduled to be released by the OUP in April this year.  In fall this year\, Zhang will join the University of Southern California as a Professor of Law. \n \nProf. Milton Mueller is Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta\, USA) in the School of Public Policy. He directs GT’s Master of Science program in Cybersecurity Policy. Professor Mueller is an internationally prominent scholar specializing in the political economy of information and communication. He is the co-founder and director of Georgia Tech’s Internet Governance Project (IGP)\, which has played an important role in shaping global Internet policies. The author of seven books and scores of journal articles\, Dr Mueller’s work informs science and technology studies\, law\, economics\, communications\, and international studies. \n \nDr Gry Hasselbalch is Co-founder and Director of academic research of the think tank DataEthics.eu. She is also the Research Lead and Senior Key Expert for the EU’s International Outreach for a Human-Centric Approach to Artificial Intelligence initiative (InTouchAI.eu). She was a member of the EU’s High-Level Expert Group on AI. Dr Hasselbalch is also a member of the working group that developed the EU-US Technology & Trade Council Joint Roadmap on Trustworthy AI and Risk Assessment and a member of the Nordic Ethical AI Group. She also leads the Data Pollution & Power initiative at the Institute for Science and Ethics\, University of Bonn. \nPanel 2: Towards globally consistent AI governance: Cooperation despite geopolitical tensions \nModerator \n \nMs Claire Milne is a Visiting Senior Fellow and former Guest Teacher at the LSE\, and a Senior Advisor to the OXGS. Claire has had a long and varied career with ICT policy as its central theme. After a spell in British Telecom\, from 1989 she became an independent consultant\, providing policy and regulatory advice in dozens of countries on all continents. She has also served on several bodies in the UK\, including the Internet Watch Foundation\, Nominet’s Dispute Resolution Expert Panel\, the Internet Commission\, and the British Standards Institution’s Consumer and Public Interest Network. In 2015 she was awarded an MBE for services to the telecommunications sector. \nSpeakers \nDr Stephen Pattison is Vice President of ARM’s Public Affairs. His focus is London\, Brussels\, Washington and\, increasingly\, China. Key issues on which he is working include Internet of Things\, Smart Cities\, Data Protection\, Energy Efficiency\, and Security. He also oversees ARM’s Corporate Responsibility Programme. Prior to joining ARM\, Stephen was CEO\, International Chamber of Commerce UK. He was once a British Diplomat and worked at the British Embassy in Washington\, and on UN issues in London\, New York and Geneva. He holds a Doctorate from Oxford University and spent a year at Harvard as Fellow in International Affairs at the Weatherhead Center. \n  \nMr Wendell Wallach is the Carnegie/Uehiro Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (CCEIA)  where he founded and co-directs (with Anja Kaspersen) the AI and Equality Initiative. He is also senior advisor to The Hastings Center and a scholar at the Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics where he chaired Technology and Ethics studies for eleven years. Wallach’s  latest book\, a primer on ethics and governance of emerging technologies\, is entitled\, A Dangerous Master: How to keep technology from slipping beyond our control (BASIC Book).  In addition\, he co-authored (with Colin Allen) Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong (OUP).  He received the World Technology Award for Ethics in 2014 and for Journalism and Media in 2015\, as well as a Fulbright Research Chair at the University of Ottawa in 2015-2016. The World Economic Forum appointed Mr. Wallach co-chair of its Global Future Council on Technology\, Values\, and Policy for the 2016-2018 term. \nMs Kayla Blomquist is the Co-founder and Director of the Oxford China Policy Lab and currently pursuing a DPhil at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her current work focuses on China’s AI governance strategies as well as the role of third countries’ in US-China technology competition. She was recently a researcher at the University of Oxford China Centre\, producing the Oxford China Briefing Book\, as well as a fellow at the Centre for Governance of AI. Previously\, she worked as a diplomat in the U.S. Mission to China\, where she specialized in the governance of emerging technologies\, human rights\, and improving the use of new technology within government services. \nMr Maxime Ricard is Policy Manager at Allied for Startups\, which is a worldwide network of advocacy organisations focused on improving the policy environment for startups\, in the European Union and worldwide. He is based in Brussels and manages Allied for Startups’ advocacy work regarding EU policies that affect the startup ecosystem. Amongst those\, he primarily covers EU digital policies such as artificial intelligence\, liability\, and data. Before he joined Allied for Startups\, he has worked since 2019 as a consultant in EU public affairs\, focusing on digital policies such as artificial intelligence\, data\, product liability\, cybersecurity\, consumer policy\, intellectual property and content moderation. \nMs Raquel Jorge works as Policy Analyst at Elcano Royal Institute think tank and is responsible for the international affairs and technology policy agenda. She will complement her activity at Elcano with a new position as Project Lead for the implementation of the first project on EU’s foreign policy of technology at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence since February 2024\, a project jointly funded by the European External Action Service and DG CONNECT. As a former Fulbright Fellow granted by the U.S. State Department\, she holds a Master’s in Security Policy\, specialized in technology policy\, from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University.
URL:https://oxgs.org/event/navigating-geopolitics-in-ai-governance-implementation/
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SUMMARY:Governing cross-border data flows: International trade agreements and their limits
DESCRIPTION:Registration Link \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZX51qhyWQlCKbzyxS1VAIA \n\nModerator:\nDr. Christopher Decker (Research Fellow at Oxford University\, OXGS Fellow) \nSpeakers:\nProf. Susan Ariel Aaronson (Research Professor and the Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub at George Washington University\, USA) \nProf. Mira Burri (Professor of International Economic and Internet Law\, University of Lucerne\, Switzerland) \nDr. Yik Chan Chin (Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University\, China; OXGS Associate Fellow) \nDr. Mansi Kedia (Senior Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations\, India) \n\nEvent description:\nThe increasing digitisation of the economy and the emergence of global e-commerce have focused attention on the rules governing the cross-border flow of data. Currently\, the rules for cross-border data sharing in different jurisdictions reflect a balancing of various rights\, interest\, and wider policy considerations (such as privacy\, security and economic integration). The US has chosen to actively promote the free flow of data across borders. The EU has adopted more stringent rules that prioritise the protection of personal data rights through the GDPR. China’s cross-border data flow policy is closely tied with data sovereignty\, national security and increasingly personal data protection. The rules in developing countries can often reflect industry policy considerations. \nThe different approaches to cross-border data flows raises two fundamental questions for international trade agreements. First\, is the different data governance paradigms of major trading countries such as the US\, China and the EU creating a new “digital divide” and restricting trade\, including between developed and developing economies? Second\, can (or should) any form of international cooperation on cross-border data sharing rules emerge through bilateral or regional trade agreements or is it possible for a multilateral and uniform international agreement on cross-border data flows? \nAmong the main topics that will be discussed in the webinar are: \n\nWhat are the main considerations that have shaped the rules for cross-border data sharing in major economies such as the US/EU/China and elsewhere?\nWhat are the areas of difference/divergence between the cross-border data rules in US/EU/China and elsewhere?\nHow feasible is the idea of developing a common international approach to cross-border data sharing\, and what would need to happen to enable some convergence of the rules or to develop a common approach?\nWhat institutional arrangements would need to be created to monitor and implement such common approach?\nWhat are the risks of not developing a common international approach: will it lead to a digital divide? Would bilateral or regional trade agreements be adequate?\n\n\nBios of moderator/speakers \n \nChristopher Decker has over 20 years’ experience as a professional economist during which time he has combined an academic career with practical advisory work for government bodies\, regulators and private clients. He is currently a Research Fellow specialising in law and economics and regulation at Oxford University. Christopher sits on a number of advisory panels including the UK Competition and Markets Authority academic panel; the UK Better Regulation Executive Network of Experts; an Expert Group of the United Nations Global Water Programme; and the Expert Panel of the Solicitors Regulation Authority. \n \nSusan Ariel Aaronson is a Research Professor and the Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub at the George Washington University. The Hub maps the governance of personal\, public and proprietary data around the world and examines how it affects data driven tech\, human autonomy and human rights.  The Hub also trains policymakers in data-governance\, digital trade and emerging tech such as XR.  She is also a Senior Fellow at CIGI. She is the author of  6 books and numerous articles on digital trade\, data governance\, human rights\, corruption\, and good governance. \n \nMira Burri is Professor of International Economic and Internet Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lucerne\, Switzerland. She teaches international intellectual property\, media\, internet and trade law. Mira’s current research interests are in the areas of digital trade\, culture\, copyright\, data protection and data governance. Mira is the principal investigator of the project ‘Trade Law 4.0’ (ERC Consolidator Grant 2021–2026). She consults the European Parliament\, UNESCO\, the WEF and others on issues of digital innovation and cultural diversity. Mira has co-edited the publications Trade Governance in the Digital Age (Cambridge University Press 2012) and Big Data and Global Trade Law (Cambridge University Press 2021). She is the author of Public Service Broadcasting 3.0: Legal Design for the Digital Present (Routledge 2015). \n \nYik Chan Chin  is Associate Professor at School of Journalism and Communication of Beijing Normal University. She teaches cyberspace governance\, digital media law and ethics. Her current research areas include  comparative data governance\,  digital platform governance\, and digital media regulations and law.  She participates in the UN’s Open-ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security (OWEG)\, and is also individual member of ICANN’s APRALO and MSG member of the Asian Pacific Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) and China IGF. Her major interdisciplinary research papers are published in Political Science\, Communication and Law journals.  Her latest article is on “Governing Cross-Border Data Flows: International Trade Agreements and Their Limits” (Laws\, 2022).  She is the author of  Television Regulation and Media Policy in China (Routledge\, 2016&7). \n \nMansi Kedia is Senior Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. She has over 12 years of experience in policy research. Her areas of research include digital and telecommunication policy\, tax and industrial policy. She has published papers/ reports on telecom and Internet regulations\, impact of information technology including emerging technologies such as AI in India. She was appointed as a member of the Task Force rewriting the Direct Tax Code for India (2017). She is currently a Mid-Career Fellow of the Internet Society. She also has a background in management consulting and financial services with close to four years of experience in the private sector. She received her B.Sc. in Economics from St. Xavier’s\, Kolkata and an MBA from the Indian School of Business\, Hyderabad. Her PhD is from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade\, New Delhi.
URL:https://oxgs.org/event/governing-cross-border-data-flows-international-trade-agreements-and-their-limits/
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CATEGORIES:Digital Technologies & Governance,Political Economy
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SUMMARY:The era of digital surveillance: Authoritarianism vs. Democracy?
DESCRIPTION:Registration Link \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BBNstHr1TmyczDYdf7Lcrw \n  \nEvent description \nDigital surveillance\, carried out by both governments and technology companies\, has become common practice around the world. Surveillance technologies\, such as facial recognition\, are widely used for many purposes including making online payment\, verifying identity\, and public security. During the Covid-19 pandemic\, many countries have used surveillance technologies to track the spread of the virus. As in other areas of international affairs\, there is an increasing tendency in the West to frame\, analyse\, and discuss digital surveillance as authoritarianism vs. democracy. Oxford Global Society (OXGS) brings together leading analysts to examine the following issues: \n(1) How are governments around the world using and relying on surveillance technologies? What are the roles of technology companies in governments’ surveillance schemes? \n(2) What are the main factors (such as culture\, state-society relations) that shape the public’s views about digital surveillance in their daily lives in different countries? \n(3) When it comes to “digital authoritarianism”\, China is often the focus of discussion. How different are the practices of the Chinese government from that of Western world? \n(4) Does the division between authoritarianism vs. democracy help in understanding the practices of digital surveillance? \n  \nModerator:  \nDenis Galligan  OXGS Director; Emeritus Professor at Oxford University \nSpeakers: \nRalph Schroeder    Professor at Oxford Internet Institute (OII\, Oxford University); Programme Director of the MSc in Social Science of the Internet and Senior Research Fellow at OII. \nRalph Schroeder was formerly Professor in the School of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University in Gothenburg (Sweden). He completed his PhD about Max Weber at the LSE in 1988. His publications include Rethinking Science\, Technology and Social Change (Stanford University Press\, 2007) and Being There Together: Social Interaction in Virtual Environments (Oxford University Press\, 2010). He is also the author of ‘An Age of Limits: Social Theory for the 21st Century’ (Palgrave Macmillan 2013) and\, with Eric T. Meyer\, of ‘Knowledge Machines: Digital Transformations of the Sciences and Humanities’ (MIT Press 2015). His most recent book is ‘Social Theory after the Internet‘ and he is also working on big data in the social sciences. \nJinghan Zeng    Professor of China and International Studies at Lancaster University (UK); Academic Director of China Engagement and Director of Lancaster University Confucius Institute; OXGS Fellow. \n \nProfessor Zeng’s research lies in the field of China’s domestic and international politics. He is the author of Artificial Intelligence with Chinese Characteristics: National Strategy\, Security and Authoritarian Governance (2022)\, Slogan Politics: Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy Concepts (2020) and The Chinese Communist Party’s Capacity to Rule: Ideology\, Legitimacy and Party Cohesion (2015). He is also the co-editor of One Belt\, One Road\, One Story? Towards an EU-China Strategic Narrative (2021). He has published over twenty refereed articles in leading journals of politics\, international relations and area studies including The Pacific Review\, Journal of Contemporary China\, International Affairs\, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies\, and Third World Quarterly. \nHe draws on his research to connect with audiences beyond academia. He frequently appears in TV and radio broadcasts including the BBC\, ABC Australia\, Al Jazeera\, Voice of America\, DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)\, Russia Today (RT)\, China Central Television (CCTV) and China Global Television Network (CGTN). He has been quoted in print/online publications including Financial Times\, Forbes\, South China Morning Post\, PULSO and TODAY. He has written op-ed articles for The Diplomat\, BBC(Chinese)\, The Conversation\, Policy Forum among others. Before his academic career\, he worked for the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York City. \nDaniel Smilov   Associate professor of Political Theory at the Political Science Department\, University of Sofia (Bulgaria); OXGS Fellow. \nDr. Daniel Smilov is a comparative constitutional lawyer and political scientist.  He is also programme director at the Centre for Liberal Strategies\, Sofia\, and recurrent Visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the Central European University\, Budapest/Vienna. He holds doctorates from the University of Oxford (DPhil\, 2003) and the Central European University\, Budapest (SJD\, 1999). Daniel has held research positions and fellowships at the Centre for Policy Studies at the Central European University and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute\, Florence. Dr. Smilov is author of numerous academic publications on topics of comparative constitutional law\, party and campaign finance and the politics of contemporary populists. He has weekly columns in the Bulgarian press and is a regular commentator on Bulgarian politics in the media.
URL:https://oxgs.org/event/digital-surveillance-authoritarianism-vs-democracy/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Digital Technologies & Governance,Global Politics
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SUMMARY:The geopolitics of global high-tech standards: Key issues and debates
DESCRIPTION:Event description\nGlobal standards for critical and emerging digital technologies (CETs\, such as 5G and AI) will play an increasingly crucial role in the adoption and governance of these technologies. In recent years\, many countries/regions such as the US\, China\, and the EU have laid down standards strategies or industry policies\, aiming to maintain or pursue global leadership in international standards-setting for CETs. Among them\, China has stepped up its efforts in participating in the negotiation of global technology standards since around 2015. The US and the EU have enhanced their cooperation in technology standard setting through the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) framework and emphasised partnership with countries (such as Japan and South Korea) in line with shared democratic values. This webinar aims to facilitate dialogue and an exchange of views among leading policy analysts and industry experts from major players in international standards-setting—from the US\, China\, Europe and others. Panellists will discuss challenges to and solutions for international cooperation around global standardisation for selected CETs\, as well as the consequences of non-cooperation in this area. \nRegistration link:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-fz5ScG1RKmq53r-FqDtbA\nChair/moderator \nProf. Robin Mansell FAcSS\, FBA (Professor\, Department of Media and Communications\, LSE) \nSpeakers\nProf. Milton Mueller (Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Public Policy and School of Cybersecurity and Privacy\, United States) \nMr. Thomas Li (President of Industry Standardisation\, Huawei\, China) \nProf. Andrea Renda (Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels & Professor of Digital Policy of the European University Institute in Florence) \nDr. June Park (Fung Global Fellow of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) at Princeton University) \nDr. Scott Kennedy (Senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)) \nDr. Baisheng An (Associate Fellow at the China Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC) & former head of the Chinese delegation for the WTO negotiations on technical barriers and standardisation) \nMs Claire Milne MBE (senior visiting Fellow at the LSE\, independent consultant on telecommunication policies\, senior advisor for OXGS Digital Cluster) \n \nBios of speakers\n \nRobin Mansell\, FAcSS\, FBA\, is Professor of New Media and the Internet in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on media and communications regulation and policy\, internet governance\, privacy and surveillance\, digital platforms\, socio-technical features of data and information systems\, and the social\, political and economic impacts of innovation in digital networks and applications. She has published numerous books and peer-reviewed papers including Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics (Edward Elgar 2020) and Imagining the Internet (Oxford UP\, 2012). \nProfessor Mansell received the 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award for Academic Achievement from Simon Fraser University\, was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the University of Fribourg in 2020 and was recipient of the C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of Scholarship on Media\, Markets and Democracy 2020 by the International Communication Association.  She is Secretary of TPRC and past President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research. \n  \n \nMilton Mueller is Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta\, USA) in the School of Public Policy and School of Cybersecurity and Privacy. He directs GT’s Master of Science program in Cybersecurity Policy. An internationally prominent scholar specializing in the political economy of information and communication\, he is the author of seven books and many journal articles\, including Will the Internet Fragment? Sovereignty\, Globalization and Cyberspace (Polity\, 2017)\, Networks and States: The global politics of Internet governance (MIT Press\, 2010) and Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace (MIT Press\, 2002). His work informs public policy\, science and technology studies\, law\, economics\, communications\, and international studies.   \nDr. Mueller is the co-founder and director of Georgia Tech’s Internet Governance Project (IGP)\, which has played a prominent role in shaping global Internet policies and institutions such as ICANN and the Internet Governance Forum. He has participated in proceedings and policy development activities of ICANN\, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)\, the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the European Commission\, Hong Kong and New Zealand. He has served as an expert witness in prominent legal cases related to domain names and telecommunication policy. He was elected to the Advisory Committee of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) from 2013-2016 and served on the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group during the IANA transition. Dr. Mueller was one of the founders of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)\, an international association of scholars focused on Internet governance. Mueller received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School in 1989. \n  \n \nThomas Li (Li Li) is the President of Industry Standardization of Huawei. He is one of the founders of Huawei’s Standardization & Industry Department. In the past decade\, Mr. Li has distinguished himself as the standard policy-maker and a technology strategist inside the company. He has been a leader on Huawei’s overall standard strategy and standard policies for 4G\, 5G and many other technologies. Mr. Li has participated in/initiated several standards-related international organisations or programmes\, including the NGSON of IEEE\, the oneM2M (international standardisation organisation for Internet of Things). He sat on the boards of IEEE\, WiMAX Forum and oneM2M. \nThomas is also a core member of Huawei’s corporate strategy circle and has taken part in corporate-level technology strategies in recent years. He received his bachelor’s degree in radio technologies from Xi’an Jiaotong University\, and his Master’s in Business Administration from Tsing Hua University. \n  \n \nAndrea Renda is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels\, where he directs the research group on Global Governance\, Regulation\, Innovation and the Digital Economy (GRID). He is Professor of Digital Policy at the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute\, in Florence (Italy)\, where he teaches Courses on AI Policy and on the regulation of emerging technologies. He is also Visiting Professor of Competition Policy and the Digital Economy at the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium). \nAndrea is a Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Science\, a CITI Fellow at Columbia University’s Centre for Tele-Information\, member of the OECD Network of Experts on AI and a member of the European Parliament’s STOA International Advisory Board. Andrea provides regular advice to several institutions\, including the European Commission\, the European Parliament\, the OECD\, the World Bank\, the Inter-American Development Bank\, and many more. He sits on the Editorial Board of the journals Telecommunications Policy (Elsevier)\, and European Journal of Risk Regulation (Cambridge). He was a member of the EU High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence; member of the advisory group on Economic and Societal Impacts of Research (ESIR) for the European Commission\, DG Research and Innovation; and member of the Expert Group on “Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability” (S4) at the European Commission\, DG Joint Research Centre. He is the Co-director of the Brookings/CEPS Forum for Global Cooperation on AI and a former member of the Task Force on AI of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. From May 2022\, Andrea is the Director of the Trade and Technology Dialogue\, a consortium of universities and think tanks that provides support to the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council for the period May 2022-May 2025.    \n  \n \nDr. June Park is a 2021-22 Fung Global Fellow of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) at Princeton University. In 2022\, she was selected as an inaugural International Strategy Forum Asia Fellow by Schmidt Futures. She is a political economist by training and works on trade\, energy\, and tech conflicts\, analyzing different policy outcomes as a response to pressures based on governance structures. Her current work pertains to post-pandemic geoeconomic conflicts in data governance and emerging technology. \nOutside academia\, she advises public and private sectors with analyses at global\, regional\, and domestic levels. She provides expert commentary to various international media outlets and contributes her analysis to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)\, the research and analysis division of Economist Group. She serves as an expert for global consulting firms Duco and Enquire\, while providing analyses to policy think-tanks in Washington\, DC as a member of the ‘Democracy in Asia’ project of the Brookings Institution and as a non-resident fellow of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). Dr. Park received her PhD in Political Science with a focus on international political economy from Boston University as a Fulbright Fellow and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.  \n  \n \nDr. Scott Kennedy is senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His specific areas of expertise include industrial policy\, technology innovation\, business lobbying\, U.S.-China commercial relations\, and global governance. A leading authority on Chinese economic policy\, Scott is the editor of China’s Uneven High-Tech Drive: Implications for the United States (CSIS\, February 2020) and the author of several books includingThe State and the State of the Art on Philanthropy in China (Voluntas\, August 2019) and The Business of Lobbying in China (Harvard University Press\, 2005). His articles have appeared in a wide array of policy\, popular\, and academic venues\, including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, and China Quarterly. He is currently finishing a report\, Beyond Decoupling: Maintaining America’s Hi-Tech Advantages over China (CSIS\, forthcoming Spring 2022). \nFrom 2000 to 2014\, Kennedy was a professor at Indiana University (IU)\, where he established the Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business and was the founding academic director of IU’s China Office. Kennedy received his PhD in political science from George Washington University. \n  \n \nDr. Baisheng An is an Associate Fellow at the China Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC) of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). Before joining the CAITEC\, Dr. An had been a trade negotiator for China’s Commerce Ministry for many years\, acting as the head of the Chinese delegation for the WTO negotiations on technical barriers and standardisation. \nDr. An specialises in standardisation policy\, regulation\, and international trade laws. He has been invited to speak at seminars/conferences organised by Yale\, Stanford\, UNCTAD\, OECD\, APEC\, EU Commission and others. Dr. An obtained his PhD in economics from Renmin University of China and his master’s degree in international law and Economics (MILE) from the World Trade Institute in Bern (Switzerland). \n  \n \nClaire Milne is a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications\, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).  Since 2019 she has worked with the Consumer and Public Interest Network of the British Standards Institution (BSI/CPIN) (she is on its Steering Group). She is also a senior advisor for the digital cluster of Oxford Global Society. \nClaire has had a long and varied career with telecommunications policy as its central theme. Since 1989 she has worked as an independent consultant\, providing policy and regulatory advice in dozens of countries on all continents\, including recently in The Bahamas\, Bhutan\, Myanmar\, Somalia\, and Iraq. In parallel she has served on several public bodies in the UK\, including the premium rate service regulator Phone-paid Services Authority (then ICSTIS) and the Internet Watch Foundation. In 2015 she was awarded an MBE for services to the telecommunications sector. Her early career was with BT\, where her responsibilities included network engineering\, marketing strategy and regulation. She has degrees in Mathematics (Cambridge University) and Statistics (Imperial College).
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