Plenary Panel 2
AI Governance and Ethics: Asian Countries' Perspectives
Date and time: 11:30 - 12:30 a.m., November 27th, 2023
Venue: Ballroom 1, Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a profound impact on society across various sectors,revolutionizing industries and transforming the way we live and work. It has influenced
areas such as healthcare, transportation, finance, communication, and more. While AI
brings numerous benefits, it also poses potential risks and challenges that need to beaddressed through effective governance and ethical considerations.
To ensure the responsible and ethical use of AI, governments worldwide have
implemented AI policies, guidelines, and regulatory frameworks to promote theapplications of AI while mitigating its negative consequences. For instance, the US
government has formulated AI policies and regulations to guide its development anddeployment. These initiatives focus on areas such as healthcare and transportation. It
has also prioritized consumer protection and fairness by regulating AI applications toprevent discriminatory practices and promote transparency. The EU has developedguidelines for trustworthy AI, emphasizing principles such as transparency,accountability, and fairness. The proposed Artificial Intelligence Act aims to establish
a unified regulatory framework across member states to address the impact of AI onsociety.
In Asia, among forty-eight countries, only a handful of countries belong to theleading group in AI development and utilization. Meanwhile, many Asian countries are
considered followers, each demonstrating varying degrees of commitment tointernational AI policy coordination. In this context, our panelists will share theirobservations regarding AI governance and ethics in four specific countries: China,Japan, South Korea, and Thailand. While it is important to note that the experiences
and practices of these four countries cannot fully represent the entire spectrum ofAsian nations, they do provide valuable insights from an Asian perspective on thiscrucial topic.

Speakers:

Shuya Hayashi, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan
Youngsun Kwon, Professor, School of Business & Technology Management, Collegeof Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Yu-li, Liu, Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai University,China
Pirongrong Ramasoota, Commissioner, NBTC, and Emeritus Professor,
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Moderator:

Hitoshi Mitomo, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda
University, JapanPlenary Panel 2: Participants
Speakers

Shuya Hayashi, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya
University, Japan

Shuya HAYASHI is a professor of law at Nagoya University
Graduate School of Law. Professor Hayashi’s main research area
Portrait
is competition law and telecommunications / Broadcasting law.
Professor Hayashi is a director, Japan Society of InfoCommunication Research. He is also a director of the Japan
Society of Economic Law, the Japan Society of International
Economic Law and the Japan Society of Community Disaster
Management Plan (SCDMP). He is also an advisory board member of American
Antitrust Institute.
Professor Hayashi is also actively engaged in making policy recommendations anddeliberations in the area of competition and telecommunication/ law and policy. For
example, he is a Commissioner of the Radio Regulatory Council, and Deputy Chair ofTelecommunications Market Review Board, Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications of Japan（MIC）. He is also a member of the Science Council of Japan.
Youngsun Kwon, Professor, School of Business & Technology
Management, College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute ofScience and Technology, Korea
Dr. Youngsun Kwon is a professor of the School of Business &Technology Management, College of Business at the Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He iscurrently in charge of the Graduate School of Bio Innovation
Management at the KAIST Business School. His research topics
center around platform and network businesses and artificial
general intelligence (AGI). He served as the program chair of
the 22nd Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society in2018 and will do it again in 2024 in Seoul. He is an international editorial board
member of Telecommunications Policy.
Yu-li, Liu, Professor, School of Journalism and Communication,Shanghai University, China
Dr. Yu-li Liu is Distinguished Professor of School of Journalism &Communication, Shanghai University (SU). Before she joined SU
in July 2023, she served as Head and Professor of theDepartment of Media and Communication at City University ofHong Kong, the Distinguished Professor and the Vice President
for R&D at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. In 2006, she
served as the first term National Communication Commissioner
in Taiwan. Currently, she is the Associate Editor of Telecommunications Policy andeditorial board member of 5 other notable international journals. Her researchinterests include AI ethics and governance, media business strategies, etc.

Pirongrong Ramasoota, Commisssioner, NBTC, and Emeritus
Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Dr. Prof. Emeritus Pirongrong Ramasoot is commissioner at
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications
Commission (NBTC). Prior to joining NBTC, Dr. Ramasoota wasvice president of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
As professor of Communication at the university, she researchedand taught in media policy and regulation and social
implications of information and communication technologies(ICTs) with a special focus on Thailand and ASEAN.
At the NBTC, she aims to promote a sustainable communication ecosystem thatenhances content quality as well as social role of the media, while boosting innovationand economic viability of the industry.

Moderator

Hitoshi Mitomo, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-PacificStudies, Waseda University, Japan

Dr. Hitoshi Mitomo is a Professor of Digital Economy andSustainability at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies andDirector of the Institute of Digital Society at Waseda University,Japan. He has served as President of the Japan Society of InfoCommunication Research and a Vice-Chair of the International
Telecommunications Society (ITS). Professor Mitomo’s researchspans a wide range of socioeconomic and regulatory issues
related to ICT and media deployment.
Professor Mitomo has recently published a series of books: Telecommunications
Policies of Japan (2021, Springer), Policies and Challenges of the Broadband Ecosystem
in Japan (2022, Springer), and Broadcasting in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities(2022, Springer).