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.