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Agenda
December 2nd -3rd, 2024
December 2nd, 2024 (Monday)
9:00 - 9:30
Opening Ceremony
Moderator: Simon CHESTERMAN, Vice Provost, National University of Singapore
YANG Bin, Vice President, Tsinghua University
GUO Yike, Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
LEW Chuen Hong, Chief Executive of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
Tshilidzi MARWALA, Rector, United Nations University; Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
9:30
Group Photograph
09:30-09:35
Plenary Session
Moderator: GONG Ke, Executive Director, Chinese Institute of New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategies; Director, Haihe Laboratory of Information Technology Application Innovation
09:35-09:55
Plenary Session Keynote #1
Martin HELLMAN, A.M. Turing Award Laureate; Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
09:55-10:15
Plenary Session Keynote #2
XUE Lan, Dean, Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua University
10:15-10:35
Plenary Session Keynote #3
Dame Wendy HALL, Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton; former President of Association for Computing Machinery
10:35-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
Panel 1: International Cooperation on AI Governance: The Global Digital Compact, the Summit of the Future, and Beyond
Moderator: Simon CHESTERMAN, Vice Provost, National University of Singapore
ZHANG Linghan, Professor of China University of Political Science and Law, member of UN AI Advisory Body
Marcus Bartley JOHNS, Senior Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Microsoft Asia
HE Ruimin, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer & Deputy Chief Digital Technology Officer, Government of Singapore, member of UN AI Advisory Body
Ida Maureen Chao KHO, IBM Worldwide Emerging Regulatory Policy Senior Counsel
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00
Panel 2: AI Safety Plenum
Moderator: Brian TSE, Founder and CEO, Concordia AI
LAM Kwok Yan, Director of Singapore AI Safety Institute
XUE Lan, Dean, Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua University
Jade LEUNG, CTO of UK AI Safety Institute
TANG Jie, WeBank Chair Professor of Computer Science, Tsinghua University and Chief Scientist, Zhipu AI
Friederike GROSSE-HOLZ, Technical Officer on AI Safety, EU AI Office
Arthur BARICHARD, Deputy to the Ambassador for Digital Affairs, French Government
15:00-15:20
Plenary Session Keynote #4
GUO Yike, Chair Professor and Provost, HKUST
15:20-15:45
Coffee Break
15:45-17:15
Panel 3: AI Ethics and Governance
Moderator: HAN Sirui, Assistant Professor and Fulbright Scholar, HKUST; Head of Data Science & Data Engineering, HKGAI
Panelists:
GUO Yike, Chair Professor and Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Pascale FUNG[video speech], Senior Director of AI Research at Meta
LEE Wan Sie, Director, Development of Data-Driven Tech, Infocomm Media Development Authority
Jeannie PATERSON, Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, University of Melbourne
Christoph LÜTGE[video speech], Director of the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Munich
Konstantinos KARACHALIOS, Former Managing Director, IEEE Standards Association
Day 1
Day 2
December 3rd, 2024 (Tuesday)
09:00-10:30
Concurrent session
Panel 4A: AI Safety (Performance Hall)
Part 1: Science of AI safety evaluations
Moderator: LEE Wan Sie, Director, Development of Data-Driven Tech, IMDA
Panelists:
Mohan KANKANHALLI, AI Singapore Deputy Executive Chairman, NUS Provost's Chair Professor
HUANG Minlie, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology of Tsinghua University
LI Bo, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Chicago, Founder & CEO, Virtue AI
Part 2: Industry and Regulator Collaboration on AI Safety
Moderator: Shameek KUNDU, Executive Director, AI Verify Foundation
Panelists:
Nitarshan RAJKUMAR, Vice-Chair EU General Purpose AI Code of Practice
April CHIN, Managing Partner and CEO, Resaro AI
Robin WESTON, Head of Engineering SEA, BCG X
Panel 4B: AI and the Future of Work and Education (Tan Chin Tuan Lecture Theatre)
Moderator: Jane LOO, NUS College
Panelists:
Jungpil HAHN, NUS Computer Science
Archan MISRA, Singapore Management University
Trisha SURESH, Head of Public Policy, LinkedIn
Duleesha KULASOORIYA, Managing Director, Deloitte Centre for the Edge
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
Concurrent session
Panel 5A: AI Industry Development and Governance (Performance Hall)
Moderator: WANG Hongning, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology of Tsinghua University
Panelists:
Cyrus HODES, Co-Founder & General Partner, 1infinity Ventures
LEE Shiang Long, Group Chief Technology & Digital Officer, ST Engineering
XIONG Yu, Associate Vice-President (External Engagement), University of Surrey
LAI Yunjie, Senior Researcher, Zhipu AI
TIAN tian, CEO, RealAI
CAO Jianfeng, Senior Researcher, Tencent Research Institute
Panel 5B: The Public Sector and AI (Tan Chin Tuan Lecture Theatre)
Moderator: LIANG Zheng, Vice Dean of Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua University
Panelists:
Christoph STÜCKELBERGER, Honorary President, Globethics & Charru MALHOTRA[video speech], Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration
Simon WOO, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department; Chair at Applied Data Science Department Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence, Sungkyunkwan University
HAN Sirui, Assistant Professor and Fulbright Scholar, HKUST
Alfred Muluan WU, Associate Professor in Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00
Concurrent session
Panel 6A: AI for Law (Performance Hall)
Moderator: Caleb Chen CAO, Applied Scientist, HKGAI
Panelists:
HAN Sirui, Assistant Professor and Fulbright Scholar, HKUST; Head of Data Science & Data Engineering, HKGAI
YI Francine Fangxin, Assistant Professor (Research), HKUST
SHEN Weixing, Director, Institute for Studies on Artificial Intelligence and Law, Tsinghua University
WANG Heng, Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University
Panel 6B: AI for Sustainable Development (Tan Chin Tuan Lecture Theatre)
Moderator: ZHANG Wei, Assistant Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme in China
Panelists:
Ally NYAMAWE, Researcher, United Nations University Institute in Macau
LIANG Guoyong, Economic Affairs Officer at the Investment and Enterprise Division of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
ZHANG Jian, Vice Dean, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University
Joe HOOPER, Director of UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development, Singapore
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