The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism: China, AI and Human Rights
Friday, October 9, 20209:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific)
There will be four events, with the first on September 29th; all dates listed below
- September 29th, 9-11am PST
- October 1st, 9-11am PST
- October 6th, 9-11am PST
- October 9th, 9-11am PST
The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism: China, AI and Human Rights
Day 1- September 29, 2020
Welcome Remarks
Larry Diamond | Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and FSI, Principal Investigator, Global Digital Policy Incubator
Glenn Tiffert | Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
Jenny Wang | Strategic Advisor, Human Rights Foundation
Opening Remarks
Condoleezza Rice | Director, Hoover Institution, Former U.S. Secretary of State, Denning Professor in Global Business at the Graduate School of Business
Panel 1: How AI is powering China's Domestic Surveillance State - How is AI exacerbating surveillance risks and enabling digital authoritarianism? This session will examine both state-sponsored applications and Chinese commercial services.
Panelists
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian | China Reporter, Axios
Paul Mozur | Asia Technology Correspondent, New York Times
Glenn Tiffert | Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
Xiao Qiang | UC Berkeley & Editor-in-Chief, China Digital Times
Moderator
Melissa Chan | Foreign Affairs Reporter, Deutsche Welle Asia
Day 2- October 1, 2020
Panel 2: The Ethics of Doing Business with China and Chinese Companies
Panel 2: The Ethics of Doing Business with China and Chinese Companies - What dynamics are at play in China's effort to establish market dominance for Chinese companies, both domestically and globally? What demands are placed on non-Chinese technology companies to participateWhat dynamics are at play in China's effort to establish market dominance for Chinese companies, both domestically and globally? What demands are placed on non-Chinese technology companies to participate in the Chinese marketplace? What framework should U.S.-based companies use to evaluate the risks and opportunities for collaboration and market entry in China? To what extent are Chinese companies (e.g..,TikTok) competing in Western markets required to comply with Chinese government instructions or demands for access to data?
Panelists
Alex Stamos | Director, Stanford Internet Observatory & Former Chief Security Officer, Facebook
Moderator
Casey Newton | Silicon Valley Editor, The Verge
Day 3- October 6, 2020
Panel 3: China as an Emerging Global AI Superpower
Keynote & Conversation
Competing in the Superpower Marathon with China
Mike Brown | Director, Defense Innovation Unit
Conversant: Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and FSI, Principal Investigator, Global Digital Policy Incubator
Panel 3: China as an Emerging Global AI Superpower- How should we think about China's growing influence in the realm of AI and the attendant geopolitical risks and implications? This session will explore China’s bid through Huawei to build and control the world's 5G networks, and what that implies for human rights and national sovereignty and security; China's export of surveillance technology to authoritarian regimes around the world; China's global partnerships to research and develop AI; and the problem of illicit technology transfer/theft.
Panelists
Steven Feldstein | Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Lindsay Gorman | Fellow for Emerging Technologies, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund
Maya Wang | China Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch
Moderator
Dominic Ziegler | Senior Asia Correspondent and Banyan Columnist, The Economist
Day 4- October 9, 2020
Panel 4: How Democracies Should Respond to China’s Emergence as an AI Superpower
Keynote
Digital Social Innovation: Taiwan Can Help
Audrey Tang | Digital Minister, Taiwan
Panel 4: How Democracies Should Respond to China's Emergence as an AI Superpower- How should the rest of the world, and especially the world's democracies, react to China's bid to harness AI for ill as well as good? How do we strike the right balance between vigilance in defense of human rights and national security and xenophobic overreaction?
Panelists
Christopher Balding | Associate Professor, Fulbright University Vietnam
Anja Manuel | Co-Founder, Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel
Chris Meserole | Deputy Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative, Brookings Institution
Moderator
Larry Diamond | Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and FSI, Principal Investigator, Global Digital Policy Incubator
Closing Keynote & Conversation
Strengthening Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Fei-Fei Li | Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) Conversant: Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director of GDPi
Closing Remarks: Alex Gladstein & Eileen Donahoe