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Digital Policy Leadership Summit

Portsmouth, NH, US

24-25 June

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Competing Models, Converging Risks: China’s Role in Global Data and AI Governance

Thursday, 25 June

11:15 - 12:15 EDT

The Lounge

BREAKOUT SESSIONAI GOVERNANCEAI AND MACHINE LEARNINGDATA SECURITYRISK MANAGEMENTSTRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE

Discussants:

Rui Guo, Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School

Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

Facilitator: Leah Plunkett, Meyer Research Lecturer on Law, Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

 

As governments race to set the rules of the digital economy, China has rapidly built a far reaching framework for data, platforms, and AI. This session will explore how those developments intersect with other approaches, and how organizations are recalibrating their strategies in a world where China is both a critical market and a regulatory outlier.

 

What you will learn:

  • Assess China’s AI and data governance model with other global approaches.
  • Identify risks and opportunities in operating across divergent regulatory systems.

Featured in this session

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Rui Guo

Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School

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Mark Wu

Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Faculty Co-Director

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

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Leah Plunkett

Meyer Research Lecturer on Law, Faculty Associate

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University