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Sparking AI Innovation While Securing Our Safety: Comparing Approaches to AI Regulation in the US, Japan and the EU

Name: Sparking AI Innovation While Securing Our Safety: Comparing Approaches to AI Regulation in the US, Japan and the EU
Start: 2024-03-06T16:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-03-06T17:00:00+00:00

Mar 06 2024, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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Past Event Details: Sparking AI Innovation While Securing Our Safety: Comparing Approaches to AI Regulation in the US, Japan and the EU

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Artificial Intelligence has captured the imaginations and the fears of people – and regulators – around the world. Since its launch just a little over a year ago, ChatGPT sparked a tidal wave of excitement that AI could dramatically change our workplaces and our lives. At the same time, many people (including the founders of AI companies) expressed deep concerns that the powerful new technology immediately could be used for malicious purposes – and possibly develop to the point where people could not control it.

This has caused new concern on the part of regulators, who have had a notoriously difficult time staying ahead of new technologies, especially technologies like AI that seem to be changing overnight. How should countries encourage the development of a possibly world-changing technology while also ensuring that we could develop appropriate safeguards against some of the risks? Meantime, private sector companies are continuing to invest billions of dollars to push the technology forward as fast as possible and gain an advantage against their competitors.

We have invited four distinguished experts from around the world to discuss how different governments (the US, Japan and the EU) are thinking about AI and what sort of regulatory tools they are developing. They will share their thoughts about AI regulation and discuss how different regulatory bodies are approaching the technology, and what this means for businesses and consumers around the world.

Giovanna Cinelli is a partner at Morgan Lewis and the leader of the firm’s international trade and national security practice. Gerard De Graaf is the Senior Envoy for Digital to the U.S. and head of the EU office in San Francisco. Koji Ouchi is Counselor at the Embassy of Japan in the United States. Hiroki Habuka is a research professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Law, and the CEO of Smart Governance Inc. All four experts have been heavily involved in the ongoing debate about how best to regulate this new technology. Come join us for an exciting discussion with implications for all.

▼Event Details

Date & Time:
Wednesday, March 6 at 4:00 PM PST
Thursday, March 7 at 9:00 AM JST
*In-person Registration opens at 3:30 PM PST

Agenda:
4:00 – 4:05 Opening Remarks by:
Larry Greenwood | Board Chair, Japan Society of Northern California & Senior Advisor, BowerGroupAsia
Nancy Yamaguchi | Partner, Morgan Lewis
4:05 – 4:10 Event Introduction by Andrew J. Gray IV | Partner, Morgan Lewis
4:10 – 4:15 Presentation by Gerard de Graaf | Senior Envoy for Digital to the U.S. & Head of the EU Office in San Francisco, European Commission
4:20 – 4:25 Presentation by Giovanna M. Cinelli | Partner, Morgan Lewis
4:25 – 4:30 Presentation by Hiroki Habuka | Research Professor, Kyoto University
4:30 – 4:35 Presentation by Koji Ouchi | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the United States
4:35 – 4:50 Moderated Discussion led by Andrew J. Gray IV
4:50 – 5:05 Audience Q&A
5:05 – 5:10 Closing Remarks by Steve Pollock | President, Japan Society of Northern California

Venue:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | One Market, Spear Street Tower | San Francisco, CA 94105
*Best Entryway: 55 Spear Street

Admission:
FREE!

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Gerard de Graaf | Senior Envoy for Digital to the U.S. & Head of the EU Office in San Francisco, European Commission

Senior Envoy for Digital to the U.S. and Head of the new EU Office in San Francisco as of 1 September, 2022, Gerard de Graaf has worked for more than 30 years in the European Commission across a wide range of policy areas. Until his recent appointment, he was director in DG CNECT, responsible inter alia for the Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts (DSA/DMA), two landmark pieces of legislation which have been recently adopted in the European Union to keep the Internet safe, protect fundamental rights and enhance competition in digital markets.

Previously, Gerard de Graaf was responsible, inter alia, for the EU’s telecommunications and audiovisual policy (including copyright), cyber security, ICT standardisation, Startup Europe, ICT and green, and international relations. He has been co-chairing two of the Trade and Technology (TTC) Council Working Groups, on greentech, and on data governance and technology platforms.

Before joining DG CNECT, he worked in the Secretariat-General of the European Commission, in DG Research and Innovation and in DG Internal Market. From 1997 to 2001, he was trade counsellor at the European Commission’s Delegation to the United States in Washington DC. He joined the European Commission in 1991, having worked for the Benelux Economic Union and the Schengen secretariat on free movement within the EU.

Gerard de Graaf is from the Netherlands. He studied Economic Geography and Regional Planning (cum laude) at the Free University in Amsterdam and European Economics and Law (magna cum laude) at the Catholic University Leuven (Belgium). Married with two children, he is an avid sports fan and distance runner.

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Sparking AI Innovation While Securing Our Safety: Comparing Approaches to AI Regulation in the US, Japan and the EU 2 Giovanna M. Cinelli | Partner, Morgan Lewis

Giovanna M. Cinelli is the leader of the firm’s international trade and national security practice. As a practitioner for more than 35 years, she counsels clients across industries, including the defense, finance, software, research and development, and high-technology sectors. Giovanna advises on a broad range of issues affecting national security and export controls, including CFIUS, cross-border due diligence, complex export compliance matters, and export enforcement, both classified and unclassified.

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Hiroki Habuka | Research Professor, Kyoto University

Hiroki Habuka is a research professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Law, and the CEO of Smart Governance Inc. Hiroki led several projects on digital governance when he worked for METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), which covered AI safety, privacy protection, data security, and digital platform regulations. He served as a lead author of white papers on agile governance issued by METI, “GOVERNANCE INNOVATION” and “Agile Governance Update”. In 2020, he was selected by the World Economic Forum Global Future Councils on Agile Governance and Apolitical as one of the World’s 50 Most Influential People Revolutionising Government (Agile 50). Hiroki received a master’s degree from Stanford Law School (LL.M., Fulbright Fellow), and a Juris Doctor’s degree from University of Tokyo Law School, and is qualified to practice law in Japan and New York State. He is the author of the book “Introduction to AI Governance: From risk management to social design” (available in Japanese).

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Koji Ouchi | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the United States

Koji Ouchi is a Counsellor at the Embassy of Japan in the United States, responsible for cyber and emerging technology diplomacy. Before posted in Washington DC in July 2021, he had been working at Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan, over 22 years with main professional focus in telecom/audiovisual regulation and international affairs. In 2020, he served as Chief of Staff for then Minister of Internal Affairs and Communication Sanae Takaichi under the Abe administration. He graduated from Harvard Kennedy School in 2006 with a Master’s Degree in Public Policy.

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Moderator: Andrew J. Gray IV | Partner, Morgan Lewis

Serving as the leader of the firm’s semiconductor practice and as a member of the firm’s fintech and technology industry teams, Andrew J. Gray IV concentrates his practice on intellectual property litigation and prosecution and on strategic IP counseling. Andrew advises both established companies and startups on AI, machine learning, Blockchain, cryptocurrency, computer, and Internet law issues, financing and transactional matters that involve technology firms, and the sale and licensing of technology. He represents clients in patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret cases before state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout the United States, before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and before the US International Trade Commission.

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