Agenda

13:30-16:30

Thematic Session #1: 1 AI Industrial Development and Governance

13:30-14:50  

First-round Discussion

Moderator: ZHOU Bowen, Chair Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University; Founder of Frontis.ai; Fellow of IEEE and CAAI
 
Keynote speech 
ZHANG Wang, Vice President of SenseTime
QIN Yao, Vice President of AI Industry Development of Huawei Strategy Department
SONG Jiqiang, Vice President, Intel Labs, Director of Intel Labs China
XIE Xing, Senior Principal Research Manager of Microsoft Research Asia; IEEE Fellow
 
Panel Discussion

15:00-16:30

Second-round Discussion
Moderator: LI Xiaodong, Founder and CEO of Fuxi Institution, Professor of Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University 
 
Keynote speech 
ZHU Hongru, Vice President in Standardization at Alibaba.com
MEI Tao, Vice President of JD.COM; International Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering; Fellow of IEEE, IAPR, and CAAI
LI Hang, Head of ByteDance research department
ZHANG Qinkun, Secretary General of Tencent Research Institute
 
Panel Discussion

14:00-16:00

Thematic Session #2  AI and Regional Security in Asia
Co-organizer:
Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Center for Humanitarian Dialogue
 
14:00-14:10
Opening Remarks
XIAO Qian, Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Lyu Jinghua, Northeast Asia Programme Director, HD
 
14:10-15:00
Topic 1- Understanding the impact of AI on strategic stability in Asia
Moderator: XIAO Qian, Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University

Speakers:
Lt. General R.S. Panwar, Indian Army 
Farlina Said, Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia
Ronnapong ‘Ron’ Kamnuanthip, MIND AI 
ZHOU Bo，Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University and China Forum expert
 
15:00-15:50
Topic II – Developing regional frameworks to mitigate AI risks

Moderator: Lyu Jinghua, Northeast Asia Programme Director, HD

Theme I: Presentation and Discussion on Defense and Military Artificial Intelligence Principles
Speakers: 
Zeng Yi, Professor and Director at International Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Theme II: Regional Frameworks
Speakers: 
Heigo Sato, Takushoku University
Fitriani Bintang Timur, CSIS Indonesia 
ZHU Qichao, Director and Professor of the Institute for Defense Technology and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology 
LI Ruishen, Vice Dean of the Research Institute of Internet Development at Beijing Normal University
XU Weidi, Former Research Fellow Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University

15:50-16:00 Wrap Up
Adam Cooper,Digital Conflict Programme Director,HD
CHEN Qi, Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University

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16:00 -18:00​

Thematic Session #3  AI and the workplace of the future
Co-organizer:
United Nations Development Programme
International Labour Organization

Moderator: TU Wei, Researcher, Labor Market Research Coordinator at ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

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Keynote Speakers:
ZENG Xiangquan, Director, China Institute for Employment Research, Renmin University of China 
Uma Rani Amara, Senior Economist, Research Department, ILO 
 
Panelists: 
WEN Xiaoyi, Dean, School of Labor Relations and Human Resources, China University of Labour Relations
Ekkehard Ernst, Unit Chief, Research Department, ILO
Kate Sutton, Head of the Innovation Centre, UNDP RBAP 
YU Qingquan, Founder and CEO of Zhonghe Group
Philipp Kolo, Partner and Associate Director, BCG Consulting 
ZHANG Yingli, Head of Research Group in Data Analytics and AI/Head of AI Lab China, Siemens Technology China

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21:00-22:30
Thematic Session #4  Battling Gender Discrimination in AI
Co-organizer:
United Nations Development Programme
UN Women
 

Moderator: ZHANG Wei, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP China
 
Keynote Speakers: 
YU Yang, Assistant Professor, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences at Tsinghua University 

Panelists: 
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO / Founder, Women at the Table; Co-Founder, <A+> Alliance
CAO Jianfeng, Senior Researcher, Tencent Research Institute
MA Leijun, Senior Programme Officer, UN Women China
Sarah Bird, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft
XIN Zhang, Executive Director, Research Center for Digital Economy & Legal Innovation, University of International Business and Economics 
YU Yang, Assistant Professor, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences at Tsinghua University 

20:00-21:30   

Thematic Session #5  The standardization of AI ethics use cases 
Co-organizer:
Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University
Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence of Technical University of Munich
Center for AI Governance (Beijing)
CAST UN Consultative Committee on Ethics of Science and Technology and Responsible Innovation

Moderator: 
LIANG Zheng, Vice Dean of the Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University
Raphael Max, Research Associate and Lecturer at Technical University of Munich

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Keynote Speech #1
Christoph Lütge, Director of the TUM Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence; Professor of Business Ethics at Technical University of Munich
 
Keynote Speech #2
Konstantinos Karachalios, Managing Director of the IEEE Standards Association and a member of the IEEE Management Council
 
Panelists:
WANG Ping, former Deputy Chief Engineer of China National Institute of Standardization
Aisha Naseer, Director of Research at Huawei R&D UK
Alexander Kriebitz, Research Associate and Lecturer at Technical University of Munich
Raphael Max, Research Associate and Lecturer at Technical University of Munich
Auxane Boch, Research Associate & Doctorate Candidate at Technical University of Munich
 

21:00-23:00
Thematic Session #6  Cross-cultural AI Ethics and Governance
Co-organizer:
International Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Moderator: 
ZENG Yi, Director, Center for Long-term AI, and Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Seán S. ÓhÉigeartaigh, Director of Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
 
Speakers:
Eugenio V. Garcia, Tech Diplomat, Deputy Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco, USA; Former Senior Adviser on Peace and Security, United Nations General Assembly
David Leslie, Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research, The Alan Turing Institute
Danit Gal, Research Fellow, Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge; Former AI Lead, UN Secretary General’s Office
Arthur Gwagwa, Research Fellow, Utrecht University; Member of UN Global Pulse Advisory Group on AI and big data
Samuel M. Curtis, Associate at The Future Society
Michael Witbrock, Professor of the University of Auckland; Lead of the Strong AI Lab
Andrey Neznamov, Chairman of Russian Commission on Ethics in AI
TEE WEE ANG, Programme Specialist in Social and Human Sciences - UNESCO Office in Beijing
 

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21:00-22:30 

Thematic Session #7  AI for Developing Countries
Co-organizer:
Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University
Tsinghua Southeast Asia Center
Tsinghua University Latin America Center

Moderator: LIANG Zheng, Vice Dean of the Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University
 
Panelists: 
Benjamin Koo, Technology Advisor to Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment
Mohamed Zahran, Chairman, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Egypt
Swaran Singh, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Rohan Samarajiva, Chairman, LIRNEasia Think Tank
CHEN Taotao, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Álvaro Soto, Head of the National Center for Artificial Intelligence, Chile
Lionel Brossi, Director of International Relations and professor at the Institute of Communication and Image of the University of Chile
Ana Maria Castillo, Co-director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence, Society, Information and Communication of the University of Chile
Mohamed A.E. Abdel Rahman, Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Studies and Land Use, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Egypt
Benson Moyo, Lecturer at the University of Venda