IAC 2021 Mini Conference entitled, “COVID-19, Digital Resilience and Economic Recovery in the Age of AI, Robotics and 5G” is planned for December 7th & 8th, 2021. This is a virtual (online) event.
DATES & TIMES:
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
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- 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
- 9:30 PM – 12:30 AM Japan Time (Tokyo)
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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- 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
- 9:30 PM – 12:30 AM Japan Time (Tokyo)
ABSTRACT:
The International Academy of CIO (IAC) 2021 Mini Conference is set for December 7th & 8th, 2021 with timely topics featuring COVID-19, Digital Resilience and Economic Recovery in the Age of AI, Robotics and 5G. The mini conference will explore technology and country responses to COVID-19, the subsequent and ongoing economic recovery and current industry and supply chain challenges. The mini conference will also consider new opportunities arising from the development of AI, Robotics and 5G in light of COVID-19 and the economic recovery. The IAC 2021 Mini Conference brings together government, private sector and academia speakers and participants.
See below for the full agenda.
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International Academy of CIO
Mini Conference
COVID-19, Digital Resilience and Economic Recovery in the Age of AI, Robotics and 5G
December 7th and December 8th, 2021
7:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Washington Time
9:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Tokyo Time
Tuesday, December 7th
7:30 a.m. – 7:40 a.m. Welcome
7:40 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Opening Address
Jirapon Sunkpho, Ph.D., Vice Rector and CIO, Thammasat University, Thailand
Digital Innovation for Inclusiveness
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. SESSION 1 — COVID-19 and the Way We Live and Work
Samia Melhem, Lead Policy Specialist, Digital Development Global Practice, World Bank
Shaukat Ali Khan, Global CIO, Aga Khan University and Hospitals in Asia, Africa and United Kingdom
How COVID-19 and Technology Changed the Way We Work
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. SESSION 2 — Digital Transformation
Oleg Petrov, Senior Digital Development Specialist, World Bank
Andrew Beklemishev, Vice President, CIS Region, IDC, Kazakhstan
Fengchun Yang, Ph.D., Director, Academy of eGovernment, Peking University, China
Pham Quoc Hoan, Deputy Director General, National E-Authentication Centre, Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam
Digital Transformation in Vietnam
Ken Wang, Deputy Director, National Development Council, Taiwan
Recent and Upcoming Digital Transformation Cases in Taiwan
9:30 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. SESSION 3 — Health, Medicine and COVID-19 Response
Luca Buccoliero, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Marketing, Bocconi University, Italy and
Elena Bellio, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Marketing, Bocconi University, Italy
COVID 19 and the Italian NHS: towards an “onlife” healthcare
Naoko Mizukoshi, Founder and President, Leftright Law and IP, Japan
How Government and People used Apps and Digital Data to Deal with Covid-19 Issues in Japan
Pierre El Haddad, Ph.D., Professor of Management, Saint Joseph University, Faculty of Business and Management; Chair NODE Network of Organization Development, Lebanon
Institutionalizing Healthcare Response through Blockchain: an Organizational Design Perspective
Jim Sullivan, Director, Healthcare, Consultancy & Services Integration, Tata Consultancy Services, USA
10:25 a.m. DAY 1 Closing
Wednesday, December 8th
7:30 a.m. – 7:40 a.m. DAY 1 Recap
7:40 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Opening Address
Hong-Wei Jyan, Director General, Department of Cyber Security, Executive Yuan (Cabinet), Taiwan (ROC)
COVID-19 Response and Cybersecurity Strategy in Taiwan
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. SESSION 4 — AI and ML
Alexander Ryzhov, Ph.D., Professor, Head of Chair, Russia Presidential Academy of Public Administration (RANEPA)
AI and ML in the Post COVID-19 Era: Is It Time for a Shifting Paradigm
8:15 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. SESSION 5 — Smart Cities and Energy
Suhono Supangkat, Ph.D., Director of Smart Cities and Communities Innovation Centre, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
The Role of Smart City in Climate Change Solution
Naoko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of e Government, Waseda University, Japan,
President of IAC Japan
Key success for Digital Silver City in Ageing Society
Michael Curtis, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Center for Energy and Science Policy, George Mason University, USA
Digitalization of Energy in Developing Countries: Why It Matters
8:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. SESSION 6 — COVID-19, Citizens, Society and Resilience
Hiroko Kudo, Ph.D., Professor Public Policy and Management, Chuo University, Japan
COVID-19 Outbreak as a Digital Laboratory and Citizen’s Co-Production – Considering Accountability and Trust
Tomi Dahlberg, Ph.D., Professor, Information Technology, University of Turku, Finland
COVID-19 and ICT Deployment and Management
Sundar Balakrishna, Ph.D., Special Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Electronics, and Communications, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
Narrowing the Digital Divide to Trigger Economic Recovery in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh
Voahangy Rakotonirina, Ph.D., Professor, Economics, Professor, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Madagascar and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hsin Chung Liao, Ph.D., Deputy Director of Taiwan E-governance Research Center, Taiwan
Smart Ageing Society
Serge Adouaka, Director, Technology and ICT Leadership Accelerator, Central African Republic
Central African Republic Technology and ICT Leadership Accelerator
10:00 a.m. DAY 2 Closing
For more information, please contact J.P. Auffret