Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology which is increasingly being utilised in society and the economy worldwide, and its implementation is planned to become more prevalent in coming years. However, experience with previous digital technologies such as the Internet, and the possibility of highly powerful AI being implemented in sectors such as the military, medicine and criminal justice. AI is increasingly being embedded in our lives, supplementing our pervasive use of digital technologies but this is being accompanied by disquiet over problematic and dangerous implementations of AI, or indeed, even AI itself deciding to do dangerous and problematic actions. These developments have led to concerns about whether and how AI systems adhere, and will adhere, to legal and ethical standards.

This event combines speakers from a variety of countries and stakeholder groups to give their perspectives on how public and private actors in different parts of the world are approaching this issue of AI governance. In the wake of recent events including the release of the OECD Principles on AI and the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI’s Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI, this event will be a timely introduction to developments in the AI governance and ethics discussion and initiatives regionally and internationally.

The event is part of the 2018-2019 Direct Grant for Research “Governing the Future: How are Major Jurisdictions Tackling the Issue of Artificial Intelligence, Law and Ethics?” organized by Prof. Angela Daly, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). 

Date:              21 June 2019 (Friday)

Time:            6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Venue:       The CUHK Graduate Law Centre, 2/F Bank of America Tower, Central

The event will bring together the experts as follows:

Honorable Charles Mok, JP, Hong Kong Legislative Council  
Dr. Monique Mann, Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Law
Mr. Stephen Wong, The HK Privacy Commissioner 
Ms. Vidushi Marda, Article 19
Mr. Jeff Cao, Tencent Research Institute

For the biographies of the speakers, please click here.