Program

June 2, 2019

NTU Institute of Applied Mechanics | 1 Section 4, Roosevelt Road | Da’an District 106 | Taipei, Taiwan

Time Session
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome and morning session opening remarks
09:45 – 10:45 Plenary: The rise and challenge of digital authoritarianism in the Asia Pacific

Feature speakers: Professor Shih-Hung Lo, National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan); Mong Palatino, Southeast Asia Editor, Global Voices (Philippines)

10:45 – 11:45 Panel discussion

Feature speakers: Lotus Ruan, CitizenLab, University of Toronto; Subhashish Panigrahi, Internet Society Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau (India); Pongpan Chumjai, Prachatai (Thailand); Cédric Alvani, Reporters Without Borders East Asia Bureau.

11:45 – 12:15 Open floor
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch break
13:45 – 14:00 Afternoon session opening remarks
14:00 – 15:00 Plenary: Citizens’ response to digital authoritarianism

Feature speakers: Andrew Lowenthal, EngageMedia; Jie Ping Zhang, Matters Lab (Hong Kong)

15:00 – 16:00 Panel discussion

Feature speakers: Hyekyeong Kim, journalist (South Korea), Thant Sin, Global Voices (Myanmar), Hong-Wen Tseng, Green Citizens’ Action Alliance (Taiwan), Prasanth Sugathan, Software Freedom Law Center (India)

16:00 – 16:30 Open floor
16:30 – 17:00 Closing