Are we building a Tech world that we really want?

Tech innovations have been historically - for 1000s of years - moving the needle of our civilization. Digital tech, such as the internet and AI, do so with an increasingly faster pace.

However, historically technology (and science) has also created significant risks - from climate ones (e.g., the industrial revolution) to extinction ones (e.g., nuclear). Are digital innovations accelerating risks as well as opportunities? What risks, and how to manage them? How can we continue to innovate while managing the downside(s)? What is the role of management, leadership, and governance - including regulations - to this purpose? What are some key challenges we need to overcome and opportunities created on the way to doing so? Can we get the best of all worlds: the EU regulatory and human rights focus, the Valley tech innovation focus and the China fast development focus? In this event we will discuss these issues both more generally and then more specifically with a panel of executives.

Learning outcome:

• Specific tech risks and governance as well as regulatory approaches to manage them
• Implications of (not) managing online and AI trust & safety for business, society and geopolitics
• Management and governance principles and practices for responsible tech innovation

Speaker: Professor Theos Evgeniou