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2024 Pacific Technology Policy Conference
March 13, 2024 | Seattle
The Pacific Technology Policy Conference, held in Seattle on March 13, 2024, featured high-level U.S. and allied government keynote speakers, panel discussions with senior experts from NBR’s network, and breakout sessions examining in detail key tech policy developments in the region.
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OPENING REMARKS
Roy Kamphausen, The National Bureau of Asian Research
WELCOME REMARKS
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, United States House of Representatives (recorded)
Tami Overby, Albright Stonebridge Group; The National Bureau of Asian Research
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS
Gheewhan Kim, President, Korea Foundation
PANEL 1: Indo-Pacific Technology and Innovation Cooperation
PANEL 2: Artificial Intelligence: Global Governance in Policy and Practice
PANEL 3: Data Governance and Data Policy in the Indo-Pacific
PANEL 4: Export Control Cooperation and the Semiconductor Industry
FEATURED REMARKS
Jonathan Roberts, Ignition Partners; NBR board member
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any of the entities they represent.
Advances in digital connectivity and emerging technologies are increasingly shaping global strategic competition, necessitating greater cooperation on technology and innovation policy between the United States and Indo-Pacific partners. As the nation’s gateway to the Pacific and a major technology hub, the Pacific Northwest is a critical base for these partnerships—at both the governmental and private sector levels—and therefore a linchpin in achieving key U.S. strategic and economic objectives in the Indo-Pacific.
Recognizing the importance of these issues in the Pacific Northwest, NBR hosted its inaugural Pacific Technology Policy Conference on March 13, 2024. The conference aimed to strengthen collaboration on these issues, address areas of friction by convening a high-level dialogue, and provide a platform for cross-sector engagement. Leveraging NBR’s headquarters and longstanding relationship with the private sector tech community in Seattle, unique ability to connect policy to practice, and broad regional network, the Pacific Technology Policy Conference featured high-level U.S. and allied government keynote speakers, panel discussions with senior experts from NBR’s network, and breakout sessions examining in detail key tech policy developments in the region.
Program
OPENING REMARKS
Roy Kamphausen, The National Bureau of Asian Research
WELCOME REMARKS
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, United States House of Representatives (recorded remarks)
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS
Gheewhan Kim, President, Korea Foundation
PANEL | Indo-Pacific Technology and Innovation Cooperation
Tami Overby, Albright Stonebridge Group (moderator)
Gwanhoo Lee, American University
Mireya Solis, Brookings Institution
Lotta Danielsson, US-Taiwan Business Council
PANEL | Artificial Intelligence: Global Governance in Policy and Practice
Doug Strub, The National Bureau of Asian Research (moderator)
Lindsay Gorman, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund
Ahram Moon, Korea Information Society Development Institute
Owen Larter, Microsoft
LUNCH
FEATURED REMARKS
Jonathan Roberts, Ignition Partners
PANEL: Data Governance and Data Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Tami Overby, Albright Stonebridge Group (moderator)
Jake Bernstein, K&L Gates
Nigel Cory, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Kendra Schaefer, Trivium China
Khalil Gharbieh, Microsoft
PANEL | Export Control Cooperation and the Semiconductor Industry
Jamie Jackson, K&L Gates (moderator)
Adam Lysenko, Strider Technologies
Nelson Dong, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Jungmin Pak, Lee & Ko
Carol Anderson, Microsoft
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Leveraging Trade Data for Strategic Trade Controls
John VerWey, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pete Heine, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Technology Policy Developments in Congress
Jamie Jackson, K&L Gates
Ryan Carney, K&L Gates
U.S.-Taiwan Semiconductor Partnership
Lotta Danielsson, US-Taiwan Business Council
CLOSING REMARKS
Michael Wills, The National Bureau of Asian Research
NETWORKING RECEPTION
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