Wednesday, March 13, 2024

2024.3.13. Pacific Technology Policy Conference

3/13, a full day event hosted by National Bureau of Asian Research, this time co-lead with Korean Foundation, whose president KIM, Gheewhan gave a speech. A large Korean presence. Most participants are burearates, very few like me. I liked some of the points and questions asked by one of those random folks like me, a business man started out as an F1 student, when immigration was discussed. China is the enemy nowadays, one of the emphasis the Koreans are making is that they cannot sever the economic tie with China. AI is also discussed, which I asked a question (between sessions) to the Microsoft guy, regarding to the licensing of their AI products.

In the afternoon breakout session, I listened to the 2 K&J lawyers (Jamie Jackson, Ryan Carney) discuss technology policy developments in Congress. I'm quite impressed by these two, how young they are, and how familiar they are with the congress in and out. Today's event is held at and sponsored by K &J Gates LLP. Last October, I attended Pacific Security Forum, with similar agenda, at a different location.

Speakers other than I've already mentioned above are (chronically ordered):
Roy Kamphausen   - president, NBR
Tami Overby      - senior advisor, Albright Stonebridge Group
Mireya Solis     - Knight Chair, Japan Studies, Brookings Institution
Lotta Danielsson - VP, US-Taiwan Business Council
Linsay Gorman    - senior fellow for emerging technologies, German Marshall Funds of US
Ahram Moon       - Korea Information Society Development Institute
Owen Larter      - director of public policy, Office of Responsible AI, Microsoft
Jonathan Roberts - founder, Ignition Partners
Nigel Cory       - associate director for Trade Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Jake Bernstein   - partner, K&J Gates
Khalil Gharbieh  - Trade Policy Counsel, Microsoft
Kendra Schaefer  - head of tech policy research, Trivium China
Nelson Dong      - counsel and co-head, National Security Group, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Adam Lysenko     - director of intelligence, Strider Technologies
Jungmin Pak      - partner, Lee & Ko
Carol Anderson   - senior corporate counsel, Global Trade, Microsoft
Michael Wills    - executive VP, NBR