Executive Director Malavika Jayaram was a participant and speaker at the 3-day 2017 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) in Bangkok, Thailand, from 26-29 July, 2017. The theme of the Forum was “Ensuring Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Asia Pacific: A Regional Agenda for Internet Governance”. Malavika Jayaram was a speaker at the workshop ‘Understanding Solutions[…]
Malavika Jayaram, Executive Director, Digital Asia Hub, was a speaker at the RISE Summit in Hong Kong 11 – 13 July, 2017. She was a speaker on the panel ‘Nothing to fear in a connected Internet?’. About RISE RISE is produced by the team behind Web Summit. In 6 short years, Web Summit has become Europe’s[…]
New venture Musicoin uses smart contracts to govern a Pay-Per-Play model for rewarding creators. Co-founder Isaac Mao, who is a Chinese entrepreneur, software architect and social media researcher, will give a lightning talk about Musicoin’s journey so far. This was second of Digital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society[…]
The GES Taipei Workshop 2017 on the theme ‘Addressing Challenges and Seizing Opportunities in the Digital Age’ was held on April 12, 2017, hosted by the Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Researchn in cooperation with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The workshop, held as part of the Germany T20 Think Tank dialogue, brought together[…]
The sixth edition of RightsCon 2017 hosted by Access Now was held in Brussels from March 29-31, 2017. The conference included over 1,200 participants from across industries and the intersection of tech and human rights, and featured more than 180 sessions, meetings and workshops. Digital Asia Hub Executive Director Malavika Jayaram was a speaker at the[…]
Digital Asia Hub Executive Director Malavika Jayaram was a keynote speaker at the launch of Cardiff University’s Data Justice Lab on March 17, 2017, at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC),Cardiff University. The Data Justice Lab is a new space for research and collaboration at Cardiff University that has been established to[…]
AGENDA 6TH MARCH 2017: PUBLIC CONFERENCE 9:15 am Registration commences Chair: Toshie Takahashi, Professor of Waseda University, Local Organiser 9:45 am Welcome remarks Malavika Jayaram, Executive Director, Digital Asia Hub Prof. Kazuaki Ueno, Director, Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University 10:00 am Opening Keynote: Dr. Yutaka Matsuo, University of Tokyo 10:30[…]
Digital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) co-hosted a team from the Center for Internet and Society(CIS), Bangalore, on February 23, 2017 at JMSC, HKU, to share insights from their Pervasive Technologies Project. The Pervasive Technologies project is a 3 year old research collaboration between the Centre for Internet[…]
Through the year we invite scholars and practitioners from the region to we participate in workshops and conferences, or calls for essays and research papers. The best way to follow our announcements is to follow us on Twitter @digitalasiahub.
Digital Asia Hub, in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet and Society, held the second AI in Asia workshop titled ‘AI in Asia: Ethics, Safety and Societal Impact’ on December 16, 2017. Digital Asia Hub invited experts from across Asia, Europe and the U.S., including among them leading lawyers, data scientists, ethicists, engineers,[…]