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Technological Platforms and National Security in Hong Kong: The Domain of Standards Setting

Date: August 25, 2023 (Friday)

Time: 2:15pm – 6pm

Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

This event is co-organized by the Law and Technology Centre & the Philip K. H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law.

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Welcome & Opening Remarks (2:15pm – 2:25pm)

  • Hualing Fu, Dean & Warren Chan Professor in Human Rights and Responsibilities, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
  • Marcelo Thompson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
  • Han Zhu, Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Keynote Speech (2:25 – 2:50pm)

The Cage of the System (制度的笼子里): Standards Setting, National Security Values, Tech Platforms, Regulation, and the Central Contradiction of Legality in the Current Historical Era

Larry Catá Backer, W. Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar & Professor of Law and International Affairs, Faculty of Law, The Pennsylvania State University

Panel 1: Technology, National Interest, and the Future of Hong Kong – Mainland Relations: Key Questions and Challenges (2:50 – 3:30pm)

Chair: Daniel A. Bell, Professor, Chair of Political Theory, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

  • Albert Chen, Cheng Chan Lan Yue Professor and Chair of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (National Security Prosecutions and Online Speech in Hong Kong)
  • Richard Cullen, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (The Genesis of the Natural Security Law in Hong Kong)
  • Han Zhu, Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (Online Content Regulation in Hong Kong: Pre- and Post-National Security Law Enactment)


Panel 2: Platforms and Governments: The Domain of Standards-Setting – Project’s Interim Conclusions (3:30 – 3:50pm)

Marcelo Thompson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong


Panel 3: Data Security and AI (4:05 – 4:45pm)

Chair: Ryan Whalen, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

  • Winnie Yeung, Chief Legal Counsel, Greater China Region, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft (Responsible AI at Microsoft)
  • Angela Zhang, Director, Philip K. H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (Data Security in China-US Relations)
  • Mark Parsons, Partner, Global Regulatory, Hogan Lovells (Pushing the Boundary: Data Flows and Hong Kong’s Future as a Financial Hub)


Panel 4: Data Governance and Social Credit (4:45 – 5:35pm)

Chair: Giuliano Castellano, Associate Professor & Deputy Director, Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

  • Calvin WL Ho, Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (Data Governance and Serious Health Crises)
  • Marianne von Blomberg, Research Associate, Chair of Chinese Legal Culture, University of Cologne (Standards for Platform Co-Regulation: the Case of Social Credit in China)
  • Gabriela Kennedy, Partner, Mayer Brown & Head, Asia IP and TMT group & Douglas Arner, Kerry Holdings Professor in Law & Associate Dean (Taught Postgraduate), Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong and Transnational Data Governance: A Debate)

Closing Remarks: Further Directions (5:35 – 5:45pm)

  • Marcelo Thompson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

This event has been accredited by the Hong Kong Law Society for 3 CPD points.