This talk is co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing and Yale Center Beijing. This talk is part of the Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium.

Event Time

Monday, November 25, 2024

Registration

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Presentation and Q&A

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

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Ticket
Free for Yale alumni; RMB 30 for regular admission.

LANGUAGE

The language of the event will be Chinese.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

Many governments in the Asia Pacific region are racing to develop their own regulatory frameworks for promoting, integrating, and governing Artificial Intelligence (AI). The resulting fragmentation of regulatory standards will present significant operational and compliance challenges for firms focused on AI and AI-adjacent businesses, including digital services. So far, there are two main schools of thought: a more pro-innovation approach to AI as some governments—Japan and Singapore, for example—bet on AI’s economic benefits, while others are more concerned about cybersecurity issues (as part of their broader national security concerns), and therefore prefer tighter control of AI development.

George Chen, Yale World Fellow '14—with his first-hand experience in dealing with various digital policy issues in the APAC region for some of the world’s most important internet and AI companies—will give a brief history of AI development and then explore why there is no “one size fits all” regulatory model for the diverse and vast APAC region (unlike the European Union AI Act for the EU, a single internal market). This talk will also focus on how China and the U.S. will compete against each other beyond just AI technologies as the two are set to clash on how to set international standards on AI through the UN networks and other channels.

The Speaker

George Chen
Yale World Fellow '14
Managing Director and Co-Chair of Digital Practice, The Asia Group

George Chen is a practitioner/scholar with over two decades of expertise across media, technology, and public policy. Currently, he is Managing Director and Co-Chair of Digital Practice for policy consultancy The Asia Group (TAG), headquartered in Washington, DC. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Centre of Civil Society and Governance of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), where he teaches "Digital Society and Governance" to Master students. Prior to his roles at TAG and HKU, he was Meta’s (Facebook) first-ever and most senior policy leader for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia for more than seven years (2016-2023). Earlier in his career, George held various editorial and management roles at leading media organizations, including the South China Morning Post and Reuters. In 2014, George was appointed a Yale World Fellow.

Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium

Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Starr Insurance Companies, and a member of Yale Center Beijing’s Advisory Committee, Yale Center Beijing is pleased to host the Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium, which convenes thought leaders from all sectors who, in the spirit of Mr. Greenberg, play pivotal roles in building bridges among China, the U.S., and the rest of the world.