Aug 25
2023
2:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Technological Platforms and National Security in Hong Kong: The Domain of Standards Setting

Date: August 25, 2023 (Friday)

Time: 2:15pm – 6:00pm

Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

 

This event is co-organized by the Law and Technology Centre & the Philip K. H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law.

 

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Hualing Fu, Dean & Warren Chan Professor in Human Rights and Responsibilities, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
  • Marcelo Thompson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
  • Han Zhu, Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

 

Keynote Speech

Larry Catá Backer, W. Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar & Professor of Law and International Affairs, Faculty of Law, The Pennsylvania State University

 

Panel 1: Technology, National Interest, and the Future of Hong Kong – Mainland Relations: Key Questions and Challenges

Chair: Daniel A. Bell, Professor, Chair of Political Theory, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

  • Albert Chen, Cheng Chan Lan Yue Professor and Chair of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
  • Richard Cullen, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
  • Han Zhu, Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

 

Panel 2: Platforms and Governments: The Domain of Standards-Setting – Project’s Interim Conclusions

Marcelo Thompson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

 

Panel 3: Data Security and AI

  • Winnie Yeung, Chief Legal Counsel, Greater China Region, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft
  • Angela Zhang, Director, Philip K. H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
  • Mark Parsons, Partner, Global Regulatory, Hogan Lovells

 

Panel 4: Data Governance and Social Credit

Chair: Giuliano Castellano, Associate Professor & Deputy Director, Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

  • Gabriela Kennedy, Partner, Mayer Brown & Head, Asia IP and TMT group
  • Marianne von Blomberg, Research Associate, Chair of Chinese Legal Culture, University of Cologne
  • Douglas Arner, Kerry Holdings Professor in Law & Associate Dean (Taught Postgraduate), Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

 

Closing Remarks: Further Directions

Marcelo Thompson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

 

For registration, please visit https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=89733.

 

We are in the progress of applying 3 CPD points to the Hong Kong Law Society for this workshop.

 

For inquiries, please contact Ms. Grace Chan at / 3917 4727.

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