Agenda
December 18th -19th, 2020
December 18th, 2020, 9:00am-10:00pm (GMT+8)
09:00-10:12
Opening Remarks
Host: Yang Bin, Vice President of Tsinghua University, Board Director of I-AIIG
09:00-09:05
Introduction of guest speakers
Yang Bin, Vice President of Tsinghua University, Board Director of I-AIIG
09:05-09:10
Welcome remarks
Qiu Yong, President of Tsinghua University (TBC)
09:10-09:15
Welcome remarks
Beate Trankmann, Resident Representative, UNDP China
09:15-09:30
Opening speech
Wang Qinmin, Vice-chairman of the 12h CPPCC National Committee and Director of the National Committee of E-government Experts
09:30-09:40
Keynote speech #1
Li Meng, Vice Minister for Science and Technology (TBC)
09:40-9:48
Keynote speech #2
Fabrizio Hochschild, UN Under Secretary-General, Special Adviser for the UN Secretary-General on digital cooperation
09:48-09:56
Keynote speech #3
Zhao Houlin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union
09:56-10:04
Keynote speech #4
Wang Xiaolong, Director General, The Department of International Economic Affairs , Ministry of Foreign Affairs
10:04-10:12
Keynote speech #5
Zhu Xiumei, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Main Plenary
Post-COVID International AI governance for a resilient future
Part I: Keynote speeches
Host: Xue Lan, Executive President of I-AIIG
10:15-10:20
Introduction of guest speakers
Xue Lan, Executive President of I-AIIG
10:20-10:30
Keynote speech #1
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, Turing Award Winner, Dean of Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua
10:30-10:40
Keynote speech #2
Zhang Bo, Director of Tsinghua Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences
10:40-10:50
Keynote speech #3
Yolanda Gil, AAAI Conference Chair
10:50-11:00
Keynote speech #4
Chaesub Lee, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
11:00-11:10
Keynote speech #5
Q&A
Part II: Thematic Talks
AI Governance: Current status and Future Prospects
Moderator: Liang Zheng, Vice Dean, I-AIIG
11:10-11:15
Introduction of guest speakers
Liang Zheng, Vice Dean of I-AIIG
11:15-11:25
Themed Talk #1
Fu Ying, Honorary Dean of I-AIIG
11:25-11:35
Themed Talk #2
Ya-Qin Zhang, Dean, AI Industry Research Institute, Tsinghua University
11:35-11:45
Themed Talk #3
Xue Lan, Dean of I-AIIG
11:45-11:55
Themed Talk #4
Wang Lei, Coordinator for Cyber Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China
11:55-12:05
Themed Talk #5
Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum
12:05-12:15
Q&A
13:30-17:00
Thematic session #1
Role of AI in combating Covid-19: what are the lessons?
13:30
Welcome Remarks
Xue Lan, Dean of I-AIIG; Josh Cheng, Executive Director, Stanford Center at Peking University
13:35
Keynotes speech #1
Dr. Yang Yu, I-AIIG
14:05
Keynotes speech #2
Prof. Effy Vayena, Co-chair of the WHO’s expert advisory group on Artificial Intelligence health ethics and governance
14:25
Keynotes speech #3
Xia Huaxia, VP and Chief Scientist, Meituan
14:40
Keynotes speech #4
Yang Fan, Co founder and Vice President of Sensetime
15:00
Panel #1 The innovative technology solutions for fighting COVID-19: what have been done globally?
Moderator: Liang Zheng, Vice Dean of I-AIIG
Panelists:
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Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon, corporate vice president of Microsoft, chairman of Microsoft’s Asia-Pacific R&D Group, and managing director of Microsoft Research Asia
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Dr. Song Jiqiang, managing director of Intel Lab China
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Tang Jian, Chief Scientist of Intelligent Control, DiDi
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Wang Jingjing, vice-director of Institute of Public and Environmental Affaires
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Luo Linfeng, Vice Governor of Xiaoshan District Government, Hangzhou
16:00
Panel #2 The outlook of post-pandemic governance of AI in the globe
Moderator : Sun Maosong, Vice Dean, I-AIIG
Panelists:
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Yin Qi, Co-founder & CEO, Megvii
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Li Ming, Head of Research, Siemens China
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Jenny (Yu) Zeng, Managing Partner, MSA
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Tokuchi Tastsuhito, executive director and research fellow of the Center for Industrial Development and Environment Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua
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Adrian Weller, Programme Director for AI at The Alan Turing Institute
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Rohintion Medhora, president of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
17:00
End of Session
17:00-19:00
Break
19:00-21:00
Thematic session #2
AI governance for Sustainable Development Goals
Moderator: Wei Zhang, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP China
Keynote #1:
Thomas Davin, Director of Innovation, UNICEF
Keynote #2:
Max Tegmark, Co-Founder, Future of Life Institute
Keynote #3:
Yi Zeng, Co-Director, China-UK Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Panelists:
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Christian Guttmann, Executive Director, Nordic Artificial Intelligence Institute
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Zhu Xufeng, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Development Goals, Tsinghua University
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Rohan Samarajiva, Chairman, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka
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Mila Romanoff, Data Privacy Specialist, UN Global Pulse
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Nannan Lundin, Innovation Counselor, Swedish Embassy
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Zheng Zhitai, Chief Strategist, Horizon Robotics
21:00-22:00
Thematic session #3
AI and International Security: Challenges and Opportunities (CISS)
Moderator: Xiao Qian, Deputy Director, CISS
21:00-21:10
Keynote #1
John Allen, President, the Brookings Institution
21:10-21:15
Keynote #2
Fu Ying, Chair, CISS
21:15-21:22
Launch of the Chinese Project Report (Li Bin)
21:22-22:00
Panelists
Nils Gilman, Vice President of Programs, Berggruen Institute
HAO Yinghao, Senior Engineer, Academy of Electronics and Information Technology, China Electronics Technology Group
LI Chijiang, Vice President and Secretary-General, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association
Chris Meserole, Fellow and Director of Research and Policy, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative, the Brookings Institution
Tom Stefanick, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, the Brookings Institution
22:00-22:30
Q&A
December 19th, 2020. 09:00 am-12:30 am (GMT+8)
09:00-10:30
Thematic session #4
International cooperation on AI governance
Moderator: Devanand Ramiah, UNDP China, Deputy Resident Representative
Keynote #1
Zia Khan, Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation
Keynote #2
Yeong Zee Kin, Assistant Chief Executive (Data Innovation & Protection), Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA)
Panelists:
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Jae Moon, Director Institute for Future Government, Yonsei University, Korea
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Cyrus Hodes, Vice President and Chair of the AI Initiative, the Future Society
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Rudradeb Mitra, founder of Omdena, India
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Surina Shukri, CEO Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia
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Wilson Wong, Director of Data Science and Policy Studies Programme (DSPS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Mark Findlay, Professor of Law at Singapore Management University, and Director of its Centre for AI and Data Governance
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Warren Hero, CIO, Webber Wentzel, South Africa (pre-recorded)
10:30-12:00
Thematic session #5
Security and Safety of Data and AI (Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, BAAI)
Moderator: Yi Zeng, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence.
Keynote #1
Danit Gal (Associate Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, UK)
Keynote #2
Vincent Muller (Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands)
Keynote #3
Roman V. Yampolskiy (University of Louisville, USA)
Panelists:
Yafeng Deng (Qihoo 360, China)
Joy Dantong Ma (Data Scientist, USA)
Jianfeng Cao (Tencent, China)
Shenkuo Wu (Beijing Normal University, China)