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Charles Mok's policy address and budget proposals to Hong Kong SAR Government
Presentation to HK General Chamber of Commerce
The document summarizes Hong Kong's position on developing data centers and identifies challenges. It outlines Hong Kong's advantages but notes a lack of affordable land and infrastructure issues. While the government recognizes opportunities, past reports and policies have failed to address the industry's needs. Coordinated policy support is still needed to provide consistent land supply and infrastructure improvements to help Hong Kong compete for data center investment.
In summary, Malaysia needs to:
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Create a dynamic and more competitive ecosystem for its digital economy that embodies changes to its infrastructure, regulations, skills and public finance
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Achieve universal, fast, and inexpensive internet connectivity for businesses and households and fix the way it regulates the internet so unfair and damaging business practices can be corrected
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Improve human capital through better curriculum and life-long learning opportunities and encourage more vibrant private sector finance so digital entrepreneurs can bring ideas to market
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Take measures that will safeguard future tax revenues from the digital economy to reinvest in areas that the economy needs most
Presentation by Keita Nishiyama at the OECD Global Conference on Governance Innovation which took place in Paris on 13-14 January 2020. Further information is available at http://www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/oecd-global-conference-on-governance-innovation.htm.
Big data analytics can provide insights to improve every aspect of transportation. It allows for better planning of infrastructure, traffic management, public transit systems, fleet maintenance, and influencing user behavior. Countries are collecting vast amounts of transportation data from sensors, mobile devices, and vehicles to reduce congestion, optimize traffic light timing, implement road pricing schemes, and improve public transit based on demand. Governments are establishing data officer and analyst positions and developing strategies and standards to maximize the benefits of big data while protecting privacy and enabling innovation.
Dr. Carl-Christian Buhr outlined the European Commission's Digital Agenda and its 100 proposed actions across 7 areas to make Europe's economy and society more digital by 2020. The areas include completing a digital single market, improving interoperability and standards, enhancing online trust and security, expanding broadband access, boosting ICT research and skills, and using ICT to address societal challenges like health, education and government services. The agenda aims to get more Europeans online, bridge the digital divide, and transform ICT into a hugely important part of the European economy and society.
CITY DATA EXCHANGE – A MARKETPLACE FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DATA - PETER BJØRN ...Big Data Week
Peter joined Hitachi Consulting in August 2015 as the leader of the City data Exchange in Copenhagen. Peter is no stranger to the initiative as he was leading the tender process from the client side where he was the Smart City Manager at the triple helix organisation CLEAN.
He is a well know smart city expert and has presented at several large international events including the Barcelona Smart City Expo, Smart to Future Cities in London and at the EU-China Smart City collaboration event in Beijing where he represented the City of Copenhagen. Peter also have more than 10 years of international consultant experience from the EU Commission, EU Parliament, OECD, Nordic Innovation Center and Danish government institutions. His expertise is in regional innovation systems, sector competitiveness studies and smart cities.
1. The public sector cannot create data value chains alone and needs to co-create them with the private sector. Co-creation can augment data quality, combine public and private sector data, and enable new AI services and business models.
2. Case studies of data sharing initiatives showed that without standardization of data models, APIs, and unified access, it is difficult to build applications that can utilize different data sources.
3. Data sharing spaces need to evolve into data ecosystems and platforms with interoperability, common data models, value-added services, and data governance frameworks to fully realize the potential of co-creating data value chains between the public and private sectors.
ASU Law Blockchain & Energy Policy Introduction & AZTC Fintech Policy 1/16/19Mark Goldstein
I introduced and moderated the ASU O’Connor College of Law’s Center for Law, Science and Innovation luncheon on January 16th, 2019 themed Blockchain and Energy Policy Forum in Downtown Phoenix with details at http://events.asucollegeoflaw.com/blockchain/energy-policy/.
Here’s my brief introductory presentation and the luncheon agenda along with the Arizona Tech Council’s State & Federal Fintech policy brief for 2019 FYI. You can access the complete Public Policy Guide at https://www.aztechcouncil.org/arizona-technology-council-public-policy-guide/.
The luncheon series will continue with programs on February 20th (Blockchain: Smart Contracts, Real Estate, and Supply Chain), March 20th (Blockchain and Healthcare) & April 17 (Blockchain: Privacy and Identity). Details at http://events.asucollegeoflaw.com/blockchain/.
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The briefing provided an update on Queensland Government ICT procurement and what this meant for industry when tendering and providing services to state government. The One-Stop Shop plan and opportunities for industry participation was discussed in line with the October 2013 release of the plan, committing the Queensland Government to deliver simpler, clearer and faster services for all Queenslanders. Lastly, an overview of the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services significant business reforms, major and operational business systems, the ICT enabled forward program of work and the future directions and challenges that face the department was presented.
Presenter: Glenn Walker - Executive Director, ICT Renewal and Strategic Sourcing, Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
The concept of “Big Data” has drawn a considerable attention from researchers in information sciences, policy and decision makers in governments and enterprises such a new scientific paradigm is emerging as Data Intensive Scientific Discovery (DISD). The speed of growing excessive data causes great troubles to a wide range of fields and sectors from economic and business to public administration, from national security to scientific researches in many areas as it makes potential values and brilliant opportunities. Therefore, decision makers have a strong tendency to manage this growth, in particular from the viewpoint of data capture, data storage, data analysis and data visualization. This presentation aims to review deeply the current literature and classify tools, techniques and technologies using to handle the data deluge. After that, it have focused on reviewing and discussing insights and applications of big data benefits in smart cities such as traffic data centers, information transportation systems, citizen demands and etc.
04022021 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri: A Human-centric Data strategy and sustainabl...Sitra / Hyvinvointi
Sitra webinar 4.2.2021
The sustainable use of data – the European competitive advantage
Key note: Miapetra Kumpula-Natri: A Human-centric Data strategy and sustainable use of data
The document discusses the Green Digital Charter, which aims to improve quality of life in cities through digital solutions. It has four commitments signed by member cities: promoting best ICT applications; establishing local partnerships; deploying five large-scale ICT pilots per city within five years; and decreasing the direct carbon footprint of ICT by 30% per city within ten years. So far, 53 European cities from 21 countries representing over 27 million citizens have joined. The presentation provides examples of results including a guidebook, collections of city projects, training events, and awards for best projects.
Opportunities and Challenges in Data InnovationCharles Mok
This document summarizes a presentation on opportunities and challenges with data innovation. It discusses how companies can use data analytics to drive sales, save costs, create loyal customers, and improve efficiency. Examples are given of how retailers like Amazon and Walmart use customer data and predictive analytics to increase sales. Challenges discussed include data privacy, security, compliance, and cross-border data operations due to dispersed data storage. The presentation addresses how to maintain data ownership and control when using cloud services, and how businesses should prepare for potential data breaches by protecting consumers and sharing best practices.
SC4 Workshop 1: Simon Scerri (Fraunhofer) - What can big data do for transport?BigData_Europe
The document describes a series of workshops on empowering communities with data technologies for transport. It provides context on big data, including the large volume of data being created and its dimensions of volume, velocity, variety and veracity. It outlines the motivation and objectives of the Big Data Europe project, including establishing data value chains across domains and lowering barriers to using big data. Current activities for Year 1 include a series of societal workshops and setting up interest groups in health, food, energy, transport, climate, societies and security.
This document discusses how digital technologies like AI, blockchain, and IoT could potentially be used to foster more sustainable public procurement. It argues that building an enabling data architecture is essential but progress has been limited due to a lack of available data. While these technologies offer opportunities, their application to sustainable procurement is still speculative and challenges remain around data generation, complexity, and assessing environmental impacts. More research is needed on designing digital solutions and regulating their social and sustainability impacts over the long term.
Show&Tell Fast Forward Talk: Vincent Haines, HoneywellSandbox ATL
As part of the April 12, 2017 Show&Tell: Smart Cities/IoT event, we asked 3 people to each give a 5 minute talk on how the featured technology will impact our lives 3-5 years from now. One of them was Vincent Haines, an engineer from Honeywell’s software center here in midtown Atlanta. Vincent combines his software engineer skills with a degree in economics and years of marketing experience, including time working with the Boy Scouts of America.
The document discusses how principles of open collaboration, known as wikinomics, can help non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operate more effectively. It provides examples of how industries have used mass collaboration through open platforms, marketplaces for ideas, and engaging consumers as co-producers. The document argues that applying these principles can help NGOs enhance their approaches to development, management, and evaluation.
This document provides an overview and analysis of cloud computing services opportunities for Dell in China. It summarizes China's rapidly growing economy and transition to domestic consumption. Cloud computing is an emerging trend, but not well understood in China. Major technology players like IBM, HP, Microsoft and Oracle are discussed. The document recommends Dell capitalize on cloud computing by creating a consulting team to drive demand, educate local companies, establish partnerships, and target large anchor customers to build out cloud infrastructure.
88 Inspiring Career Quotes Every Professionals Should KnowLessonsGoWhere
The document contains quotes about careers, success, and work. Some key ideas expressed are:
- A successful career involves doing work that you enjoy and are passionate about.
- Hard work and perseverance are important for achieving success and overcoming failures.
- It is important to find work that makes you happy and fulfilled rather than just focusing on money or career advancement.
The document provides tips for extending iPhone battery life in 4 or fewer sentences. It states that the number one reason iPhone batteries die is because people use their phones constantly. It then lists four ways to make batteries last longer, such as checking battery usage settings, turning off unnecessary notifications and location services, and adjusting auto-lock settings.
Propel With Purpose: Power of Your NetworkLinda Descano
Networking is important for career progress. Who you know and who you need to know can impact your career just as much as the work you do. Making connections and building relationships can help advance your career according to Bonnie Marcus.
Propel With Purpose: Go Culture ShoppingLinda Descano
This short quote advises that when transitioning to a new role or company, one should first assess the culture of their current situation and then look for a new culture that fits rather than solely focusing on career opportunities.
biipmi.com - Guide to Creating Your First Course ListingLessonsGoWhere
biipmi.com is the platform that connects learners to the most relevant courses.
It uses the latest in social media concepts, lifelong learning principles, and mobile marketing innovations to provide individuals with the best-matched course.
With biipmi.com, institutions can achieve the following:
- Super-charge your brand through our system
- Push course listings to potential and relevant learners with relevant interests
- Pull profiles and portfolios of potential learners
- Utilize a series of analytic tools within the entire ecosystem to enhance lifelong learning
- Tap on the vast network of mobile users to increase your marketing outreach
This deck of slide shows the detailed flow of creating your first Course Listing in biipmi.com. Enjoy!
As a career coach, I’ve helped hundreds of job seekers take the pain out of the job hunt and find the career path that’s best for them. While each person’s situation and goals are different, I’ve found five common mistakes to avoid for a more effective job search.
This document provides guidance on developing an effective social media strategy. It recommends determining where your target audience engages online, defining your goals for using social media, identifying who you want to reach, crafting the right content for your audience, and designating staff to respond to questions to continue the conversation. The key is communicating how your brand engages with people and being prepared to interact with your audience across social media platforms.
biipmi.com - Guide to Creating Your First Job PostingLessonsGoWhere
biipmi.com is the platform that connects employers to the most relevant human capital.
It uses the latest in social media concepts, lifelong learning principles, and mobile marketing innovations to bring individuals to employment, and employment to individuals.
With biipmi.com, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can achieve the following:
- Super-charge your brand through our system
- Connect with the most relevant human capital with our proprietary resume generator
- Push job postings to potential and relevant employees with relevant interests, skills and experiences
- Pull profiles and portfolios of potential employees to recruit only the most relevant
- Conduct online interviews and recruitment
- Utilize a series of analytic tools within the
entire ecosystem to enhance recruitment
- Tap on the vast network of mobile users to increase your human capital productivity
This deck of slide shows the detailed flow of creating your first Job Posting in biipmi.com. Enjoy!
UX Jiu Jitsu is a talk about how UX can reshape itself in an organization with little UX exposure. Use these tips to increase your ability to deliver UX to your business.
Business sees a high level value in UX because it's where the money is, but something in our process is breaking down. Get some practical advice on UX process with UX Jiu Jitsu.
The document provides tips for freelancers and small business owners to create an effective website to showcase their work and attract clients. It recommends including an about page with your experience and qualifications, examples of your work tailored to potential client needs, and contact details. It also discusses options for hosting a site, from free templates to paid platforms, and registering a custom domain name. Key points covered are using consistent messaging around your main skills, keeping content fresh, and optimizing your site for mobile and search engines.
Continuous Integration as a Way of LifeMelissa Benua
Continuous integration (CI) is a buzzword in software development today. We know it means “run lots of builds,” but having a continuous integration pipeline opens up opportunities well beyond making sure your team's code compiles. What if this pipeline could improve everything from the quality of code reviews to how often and safely you deploy to production and how you monitor your product in the wild? What if CI could provide insights into how automated tests are performing and how to improve them? Melissa Benua describes how to set up a basic CI infrastructure and then transform it into a way of life for development and test teams. Using free or nearly free tools, Melissa walks through a practical approach to making sure your code works—all the time and at every stage of the release train. Come away with practical advice for creating builds and running automation on the fly without spending hundreds of hours or thousands of dollars.
Brand of Steel: How Great UX Makes Brands UnbreakableEli Silva
Presented at Tulsa Talks in October 2015. This talk gets into the power of UX for brands, some common misconceptions about what User experience is and brings to the table, and how brands can build value with customers. Learn how to adapt, pivot and deliver exactly what your customers are looking for, and outperform, outmaneuver and outrank competitors time and again.
As a 4x entrepreneur, Leslie isn't afraid to admit that she's done a lot of things wrong on the road to getting a few things really right—including making the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies list twice for revenues generated under her leadership; co-founding an award winning pinot noir vineyard when she was 12; and being named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business. Come for some killer and actionable frameworks for evaluating a business idea—and stay for the rap, agricultural, Biblical, and pop culture references. Whether you want to be an intrapreneur, entrepreneur, advisor, startup employee, or more sophisticated reader of TechCrunch... this deck promises to have something in it for you.
(Originally presented in a conversation with the NYC Salon crew over drinks and laughter at Arty's HQ in NYC on June 28, 2016)
The document discusses opportunities and challenges for the IT sector in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It identifies key issues such as lack of infrastructure, regulatory hurdles, limited access to financing, and technological barriers. It recommends interventions like streamlining taxation, promoting digital payments, exploring new export markets, establishing specialized financing schemes and a start-up fund, organizing trade exhibitions, and developing a cybersecurity industry program. Continued government support is needed to address challenges and fully realize the IT sector's potential to contribute to the region's economic growth and diversification.
The document provides recommendations for Alberta's 2024 budget, focusing on improving access to talent, capital, customers and streamlining government approaches for technology companies. It recommends addressing Alberta's skilled labour shortage, developing a provincial procurement strategy that prioritizes small and medium enterprises including tech companies, and launching an Innovative Procurement Fund to better evaluate and support technological procurement projects.
ICTLabs™ International is a new initiative, it is a company represents the interest of high profile Technology Syndicate working to enhance the ICT foundation and industries in the emerging market, through establishing local initiatives aimed at R&D output commercializing, attracting foreign investment into emerging markets, developing the means to transfer technology and facilitate technology diffusion.
My task is to promote the concept of ICT for Development via creating the ecosystem that all the Technology partners will collaborate through, for both funding the Technology Research & Development or adopting the Information & Communication Technology programs. I’m a member of the Foundation Committee and the Directors Board as well.
Jordanian Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Assessment - 10/2017Jennifer Atala
I was contracted to design and implement a needs and stakeholder assessment of the Jordanian Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for an international client who was awarded the EU contract to develop and implement the Jordanian Action for the Development of Enterprises (JADE) Project. These slides represent a summary of my research, findings, and recommendations as presented to an audience in early 2018.
Slides that accompanied the Q2 2020 Quarterly Investment Briefing for West of England on 18th June if it had happened! The slides include a presentation from Thanh Quan-Nicholls, the Programme Lead for the new Digital Innovation Fund created by UWE and an update on those companies that have raised investment and those that hope to do so in the next quarter.
Slides 39-41 include information about those 24 companies that are actively raising investment in Q3 2020. Check out the disclaimer - these aren't recommendations, just information.
The Knowledge Transfer Network, (KTN), Monthly Digital and Creative Business Briefing update. Listing support and innovation opportunities for UK Digital Technology Businesses More info: www.ktn-uk.org
The proposal is to create 18 million jobs in Nigeria to empower the masses to play an active role in tackling its current development challenges and prepare to play and engaging role in the digital age . Nigeria has 20.9 million unemployed Create Product and services that will address shortfall in human capacity in the country. Effectively use Information Technology user friendly interface to deliver market relevant capacity building training with translation in local languages. Facilitate Partnership bases on mutually beneficial terms to reach more Nigerian population with services and product that will enhance their productivity.
2013 cambridge case study of bedaya centre for entrepreneurship & sm es deve...How2Innovation
Bedaya Centre for Entrepreneurship & SMEs Development was established in 2010 to support small and medium enterprises in Egypt. It provides business development services like business clinics and consultations. It also works to improve access to finance through referrals to banks and a private equity fund. Bedaya aims to promote entrepreneurship and formalize informal businesses. It faces challenges like lack of sustainability of services and scattered entrepreneurship support. Key policy priorities include a national SME strategy and incentives to commercialize research and development.
Case study of bedaya centre for entrepreneurship & sm es development,mahi al ...aredwan
Bedaya Centre for Entrepreneurship & SMEs Development was established in 2010 to support small and medium enterprises in Egypt. It provides business development services like business clinics and consultations. It also works to improve access to finance through referrals to banks and a private equity fund. Bedaya aims to promote entrepreneurship and formalize informal businesses. It faces challenges like a lack of unified SME definition and weak competitive environment for SMEs. Key policy priorities include a national SME strategy, improved links between business services and financing, and incentives for commercializing research and development.
The Knowledge Transfer Network, (KTN), Monthly Digital and Creative Business Briefing update. Listing support and innovation opportunities for UK Digital Technology Businesses More info: www.ktn-uk.org
This presentation by Mike Pfister was made at the session "Promoting investment in ASEAN: the role of IPAs and regional co-operation" during the 2nd ASEAN-OECD Investment Policy Conference held on 10-11 December 2014.
Find out more at: http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/2014-asean-oecd-investment-policy-conference.htm
KTN Digital and Creative Business Briefing September 2019 with information on events, funding and support initiatives for innovative UK based digital businesses
KTN Digital and Creative Business Briefing August 2019 with information on events, funding and support initiatives for innovative UK based digital businesses
EU Digital Innovation Programs- Fostering Ecosystems and Empowering Startups Soren Gigler
This presentation provides an overview of the Digital Innovation Programs of the European Commission focused on blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, deep technology, startups. It also highlights several finance programs to support innovative, digital startups and SMEs.
Funding Opportunities for Startups in Pakistan IgniteNTF
The document provides information on various funding opportunities for startups in Pakistan, including from corporate investors, VC funds, angel investors, local funding agencies, public sector agencies, and international donors and agencies. It then profiles several specific funding organizations and programs, including Lakson Venture Capital Fund, 47 Ventures, Fatima Ventures, 10xC, CresVentures, TPL e-Ventures, USAID SMEA Challenge Fund, Acumen Pakistan, Karandaaz, HEC Technology Development Fund, IsDB-STIF, and Insitor Asia Impact Fund. Each profile provides details on investment focus, criteria, stages, portfolio and contact information.
Proposal for a Tech Incubator in Peel RegionIT Club GTA
Bjoern Kingsley and Jason Lavigne are proposing developing a 6,500 square foot ICT Business Incubator offering the Region of Peel services including: business incubation and acceleration; public-private funding and collaboration in the areas of business and technology development, research and education; mentorship and coaching for entrepreneurs; focus programs for female tech entrepreneurs and foreign investors, businesses and talent.
These are the slides that accompanied the Q1 2021 Quarterly Investment Briefing for West of England on 25th March. The event included lightning talks from Richard Cobb Michelmores MAINstream, Oliver Woolley CEO Envestors and Gaurav Singh JPIN Venture Catalysts.
Slides 68-70 include information about those 17 companies that are actively raising investment in Q1 2021. Check out the disclaimer - these aren't recommendations, just information.
Charles Mok discusses various threats facing the internet, including digital repression, surveillance, misinformation, internet shutdowns, and data/cyber sovereignty. He notes that data, standards, infrastructure, and values are fragmenting. Regulatory fragmentation is also occurring as democracies seek backdoors, while authoritarians view cybersecurity as a means of regime security and push for more government control over internet governance through conferences like the World Internet Conference. Overall, Mok argues the vision of "One World, One Internet" is under threat from increasing fragmentation across many areas.
This document summarizes cyber risks in Hong Kong following the implementation of the National Security Law in 2020. It discusses how internet freedom has declined, with increased censorship and surveillance powers. New laws and proposals aim to further control the internet, such as requiring SIM card registration, strengthening anti-doxxing laws, and proposals to regulate crowdfunding and criminalize broad cybercrimes. Civil society has retreated amid arrests for online posts, media closures, and website blocking. Overall internet freedom has sharply declined and more restrictions are planned.
ICANN TWNIC TWIGF 2023: Compliance through CompulsionCharles Mok
This document discusses the trend of governments using access restrictions as a policy tool for compliance. It notes that censorship has existed as long as the internet, through methods like the Great Firewall of China. The document examines perspectives from 2011 that viewed access restrictions as minor inconveniences rather than censorship. It analyzes how the UK uses a protective DNS service to block malware while maintaining it is not censorship. Examples from Hong Kong and predictions for other Asian countries show how access restrictions have become mandated under national security laws. The document raises the question of whether similar trends could occur in other countries like the US and Taiwan.
全球數位威權趨勢及對台灣的挑戰和機遇
Digital Authoritarianism: Global Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Taiwan
Keynote for Open Culture Foundation
April 8 2023
Taipei, Taiwan
This document summarizes Charles Mok's discussion from a 2023 technology conference on issues related to AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, data governance, and internet fragmentation. Key topics included the rapid advancement of AI models from ChatGPT to GPT-4, the collapse of FTX shaking confidence in cryptocurrency and blockchain applications, ongoing debates around internet standards-setting and regulatory approaches, and increasing geopolitical tensions contributing to fragmentation across digital technologies, infrastructure, and values. Mok concluded by questioning if collaboration on these issues can overcome growing divisions.
Technology4democracy: The Potential of Web3 and Blockchain for DemocracyCharles Mok
- Web3 aims to decentralize the internet using blockchain technology, removing centralized intermediaries and allowing users to own their own data. This could enable new forms of direct participation like immutable voting. However, others are skeptical that people want to manage their own servers or infrastructure. There are also concerns that Web3 platforms could become controlled by venture capitalists like previous iterations. Some countries and organizations are experimenting with blockchain applications for areas like elections, funding, and transparency. Ensuring governance models are inclusive and address potential threats will be important as Web3 develops.
APAC Data Center Infrastructure ObservationsCharles Mok
Regulations in the APAC region are expected to favor edge data centers over solely cloud-based infrastructure due to data sovereignty requirements. Increased bandwidth availability in more APAC markets beyond major hubs could lead to greater data center distribution. While green data centers are important, regulations promoting them may not be top national priorities in all APAC countries at this time.
Charles Mok discusses China's repressive digital practices, including the Great Firewall that censors the internet, massive government surveillance through tools like facial recognition, and the social credit system. He notes that China is exporting this model of digital control through projects like the Digital Silk Road and by providing technologies to other countries. However, China faces pushback in some Western nations and its efforts to influence global technology standards have met resistance from organizations like IETF and IEEE. Overall, China is actively working to spread its model of internet governance and fragment the global internet while facing challenges to its vision from advocates of multistakeholder governance.
The document discusses issues around technology, data, and ethics for both the public and private sectors. It notes fragmentation of trust, truth, the internet, and data issues that regulators face. It argues regulations alone cannot solve most problems and that putting the pieces together requires data literacy for all stakeholders and joint data governance that empowers users, is consent-based, transparent, and holds organizations accountable. The document was presented by Charles Mok at an ISKO conference on data governance designed with user empowerment, consent, transparency, and accountability at its core.
Censorship, Surveillance and Cyber Threats in Hong Kong.pdfCharles Mok
This document summarizes the decline of internet freedom in Hong Kong over recent years. It describes how censorship was previously non-existent but increased after the national security law was passed in 2020. This allowed authorities to order taking down of online content and surveillance. Many websites and apps were blocked or self-censored in response. Real name registration for SIM cards was also introduced, tightening government control over online activities. The future may include further pressure on global internet platforms to censor in Hong Kong as well as local legislation increasing government powers over online speech.
Charles Mok looks at the impacts of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the metaverse. He discusses both benefits and concerns, such as privacy issues with facial recognition, mounting ethical concerns with the industrialization of AI, and debates around decentralization. He also examines implications of the Ukraine conflict, including hacker activity and big tech's response, as well as what the future internet may look like in regards to issues like social credit, censorship, and online freedom.
Why open and interoperable Internet infrastructure is key to the Internet's c...Charles Mok
The document discusses why an open and interoperable Internet infrastructure is key to the continued success of the Internet. It notes issues like fragmentation, misinformation, censorship and surveillance that have arisen and questions how to re-empower users through technology and multistakeholderism while ensuring regulations lead to an improved Internet.
Misinformation, Fake News and Harmful Content Laws in the WorldCharles Mok
Charles Mok discusses the challenges with laws around misinformation, fake news, and harmful content globally. He notes that determining what is fake news or misinformation is difficult, as is deciding who should make that judgment. Laws introduced in Germany to stop hate speech have been copied by authoritarian regimes to censor dissent. Similarly, India's new IT rules give the government broad powers to censor content deemed unlawful on social media. Attempts to regulate disinformation raise issues around freedom of expression and the risk of increased censorship. Overall, the presentation cautions that establishing authorities to determine disinformation is problematic and enforcing such rules is not straightforward.
From Re-Opening to Recovery: Post-COVID Security and Privacy Issues and TrendsCharles Mok
The document discusses post-COVID security and privacy issues and trends as countries move from pandemic response to recovery. It summarizes contact tracing and exposure notification apps used in various countries and debates around balancing privacy and public health. Issues around vaccine passports and digital identity are also examined, including standards, privacy, inequality and implications. Emerging technologies could advance vaccine tracing but also enable health surveillance. Overall balances in these issues will be important for societies post-pandemic.
Charles Mok discusses the potentials and limitations of artificial intelligence (AI). While AI shows promise in areas like diagnosing diseases, fighting climate change, and translating languages, it also faces limitations. AI may struggle with tasks requiring "System 2" thinking like abstract reasoning, planning, and understanding cause and effect. It can also replicate and even amplify the biases of its human creators. To realize AI's full potentials, Mok argues we must know its limitations, impose proper oversight and controls, ensure ethics and equality are incorporated, and take a realistic approach focused on specific tasks rather than assuming it can solve all problems.
INDIAN AIR FORCE FIGHTER PLANES LIST.pdfjackson110191
These fighter aircraft have uses outside of traditional combat situations. They are essential in defending India's territorial integrity, averting dangers, and delivering aid to those in need during natural calamities. Additionally, the IAF improves its interoperability and fortifies international military alliances by working together and conducting joint exercises with other air forces.
Quantum Communications Q&A with Gemini LLM. These are based on Shannon's Noisy channel Theorem and offers how the classical theory applies to the quantum world.
How RPA Help in the Transportation and Logistics Industry.pptxSynapseIndia
Revolutionize your transportation processes with our cutting-edge RPA software. Automate repetitive tasks, reduce costs, and enhance efficiency in the logistics sector with our advanced solutions.
Are you interested in dipping your toes in the cloud native observability waters, but as an engineer you are not sure where to get started with tracing problems through your microservices and application landscapes on Kubernetes? Then this is the session for you, where we take you on your first steps in an active open-source project that offers a buffet of languages, challenges, and opportunities for getting started with telemetry data.
The project is called openTelemetry, but before diving into the specifics, we’ll start with de-mystifying key concepts and terms such as observability, telemetry, instrumentation, cardinality, percentile to lay a foundation. After understanding the nuts and bolts of observability and distributed traces, we’ll explore the openTelemetry community; its Special Interest Groups (SIGs), repositories, and how to become not only an end-user, but possibly a contributor.We will wrap up with an overview of the components in this project, such as the Collector, the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP), its APIs, and its SDKs.
Attendees will leave with an understanding of key observability concepts, become grounded in distributed tracing terminology, be aware of the components of openTelemetry, and know how to take their first steps to an open-source contribution!
Key Takeaways: Open source, vendor neutral instrumentation is an exciting new reality as the industry standardizes on openTelemetry for observability. OpenTelemetry is on a mission to enable effective observability by making high-quality, portable telemetry ubiquitous. The world of observability and monitoring today has a steep learning curve and in order to achieve ubiquity, the project would benefit from growing our contributor community.
Implementations of Fused Deposition Modeling in real worldEmerging Tech
The presentation showcases the diverse real-world applications of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) across multiple industries:
1. **Manufacturing**: FDM is utilized in manufacturing for rapid prototyping, creating custom tools and fixtures, and producing functional end-use parts. Companies leverage its cost-effectiveness and flexibility to streamline production processes.
2. **Medical**: In the medical field, FDM is used to create patient-specific anatomical models, surgical guides, and prosthetics. Its ability to produce precise and biocompatible parts supports advancements in personalized healthcare solutions.
3. **Education**: FDM plays a crucial role in education by enabling students to learn about design and engineering through hands-on 3D printing projects. It promotes innovation and practical skill development in STEM disciplines.
4. **Science**: Researchers use FDM to prototype equipment for scientific experiments, build custom laboratory tools, and create models for visualization and testing purposes. It facilitates rapid iteration and customization in scientific endeavors.
5. **Automotive**: Automotive manufacturers employ FDM for prototyping vehicle components, tooling for assembly lines, and customized parts. It speeds up the design validation process and enhances efficiency in automotive engineering.
6. **Consumer Electronics**: FDM is utilized in consumer electronics for designing and prototyping product enclosures, casings, and internal components. It enables rapid iteration and customization to meet evolving consumer demands.
7. **Robotics**: Robotics engineers leverage FDM to prototype robot parts, create lightweight and durable components, and customize robot designs for specific applications. It supports innovation and optimization in robotic systems.
8. **Aerospace**: In aerospace, FDM is used to manufacture lightweight parts, complex geometries, and prototypes of aircraft components. It contributes to cost reduction, faster production cycles, and weight savings in aerospace engineering.
9. **Architecture**: Architects utilize FDM for creating detailed architectural models, prototypes of building components, and intricate designs. It aids in visualizing concepts, testing structural integrity, and communicating design ideas effectively.
Each industry example demonstrates how FDM enhances innovation, accelerates product development, and addresses specific challenges through advanced manufacturing capabilities.
Fluttercon 2024: Showing that you care about security - OpenSSF Scorecards fo...Chris Swan
Have you noticed the OpenSSF Scorecard badges on the official Dart and Flutter repos? It's Google's way of showing that they care about security. Practices such as pinning dependencies, branch protection, required reviews, continuous integration tests etc. are measured to provide a score and accompanying badge.
You can do the same for your projects, and this presentation will show you how, with an emphasis on the unique challenges that come up when working with Dart and Flutter.
The session will provide a walkthrough of the steps involved in securing a first repository, and then what it takes to repeat that process across an organization with multiple repos. It will also look at the ongoing maintenance involved once scorecards have been implemented, and how aspects of that maintenance can be better automated to minimize toil.
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In the modern digital era, social media platforms have become integral to our daily lives. These platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat, offer countless ways to connect, share, and communicate.
Details of description part II: Describing images in practice - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
This presentation explores the practical application of image description techniques. Familiar guidelines will be demonstrated in practice, and descriptions will be developed “live”! If you have learned a lot about the theory of image description techniques but want to feel more confident putting them into practice, this is the presentation for you. There will be useful, actionable information for everyone, whether you are working with authors, colleagues, alone, or leveraging AI as a collaborator.
Link to presentation recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/details-of-description-part-ii-describing-images-in-practice/
Presented by BookNet Canada on June 25, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Mitigating the Impact of State Management in Cloud Stream Processing SystemsScyllaDB
Stream processing is a crucial component of modern data infrastructure, but constructing an efficient and scalable stream processing system can be challenging. Decoupling compute and storage architecture has emerged as an effective solution to these challenges, but it can introduce high latency issues, especially when dealing with complex continuous queries that necessitate managing extra-large internal states.
In this talk, we focus on addressing the high latency issues associated with S3 storage in stream processing systems that employ a decoupled compute and storage architecture. We delve into the root causes of latency in this context and explore various techniques to minimize the impact of S3 latency on stream processing performance. Our proposed approach is to implement a tiered storage mechanism that leverages a blend of high-performance and low-cost storage tiers to reduce data movement between the compute and storage layers while maintaining efficient processing.
Throughout the talk, we will present experimental results that demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in mitigating the impact of S3 latency on stream processing. By the end of the talk, attendees will have gained insights into how to optimize their stream processing systems for reduced latency and improved cost-efficiency.
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An invited talk given by Mark Billinghurst on Research Directions for Cross Reality Interfaces. This was given on July 2nd 2024 as part of the 2024 Summer School on Cross Reality in Hagenberg, Austria (July 1st - 7th)
Measuring the Impact of Network Latency at TwitterScyllaDB
Widya Salim and Victor Ma will outline the causal impact analysis, framework, and key learnings used to quantify the impact of reducing Twitter's network latency.
Kief Morris rethinks the infrastructure code delivery lifecycle, advocating for a shift towards composable infrastructure systems. We should shift to designing around deployable components rather than code modules, use more useful levels of abstraction, and drive design and deployment from applications rather than bottom-up, monolithic architecture and delivery.
論文紹介:A Systematic Survey of Prompt Engineering on Vision-Language Foundation ...Toru Tamaki
Jindong Gu, Zhen Han, Shuo Chen, Ahmad Beirami, Bailan He, Gengyuan Zhang, Ruotong Liao, Yao Qin, Volker Tresp, Philip Torr "A Systematic Survey of Prompt Engineering on Vision-Language Foundation Models" arXiv2023
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12980
論文紹介:A Systematic Survey of Prompt Engineering on Vision-Language Foundation ...
Technology Policy for Hong Kong
1. Technology Policy for HK
Charles Mok
Legislative Councillor (IT)
HKGCC DIT Committee Sharing 2016.12.06
JOBS | GROWTH | INVEST | INNOVATION
2. Challenges we face
▷ Talent crunch
▷ Lack of investment and innovation for
economic growth
▷ Outdated regulations impeding
innovation and technology growth
▷ Smart City and digital infrastructure
development
3. “We need proactive and visionary
policy-making to keep up with competitors.
4. ICT Skills Gap
and Talent Crunch
We must address the shortage of skills, and create
better prospects for IT professionals.
5. To train, retain and attract IT talents
▷ We will need more data scientists,
software programmers and Information
Security experts for Smart City
development
▷ Application: FinTech, IoT, cloud
computing, Big Data, AI and Intelligent
Manufacturing
6. Recommendations
▷ A comprehensive and strategic review on
the IT manpower in the government -
reform T-contract outsourcing arrangement
and expand IT civil service positions
▷ To establish the IT professional qualification
framework
7. Recommendations
▷ IT Talents and Employment Support
Programme to help the industry train more
specialists with in-demand skills
▷ InnoTech Fellowship Programme to attract
tech talents work in overseas to work in HK
▷ Data Science Matching Fund to nurture
more data specialists
8. InnoTech and Economic Growth
Foster innovation and spur investment for competitive
edge and economic growth.
9. InnoTech boosts productivity for
traditional businesses
We need:
▷ Incentives to attract investment
for local InnoTech
▷ Government’s assistance to
elevate local R&D
▷ More businesses to adopt
innotech solutions
▷ Regulations to allow room for
innovation
10. Recommendations
- Policy
▷ Technology and Law Reform Committee to
look into areas where existing regulations
are impeding innovation and technology
growth
▷ Introduce mechanism allowing for
‘regulatory sandbox’ to foster innovation
11. Recommendations
- Policy
▷ InnoTech & Economic Transformation
Working Group : compose of representatives
from InvestHK, ITC, Cyberport, HKSTP,
Trade and Industry Department
▷ to foster innovation growth and the
partnership between traditional businesses
and the technology sector
12. Recommendations
- Funding
▷ A 5-year InnoTech and Productivity Tax
Incentive Scheme to boost local R&D.
▷ Automation Support Programme to
subsidise businesses to adopt automation
and expand the Investment as
Entrepreneurs scheme.
13. Support local SMEs and startups
Foster Fintech development
We need to focus on attracting venture and risk capital
to invest in local companies with potential.
15. Recommendations
- Policy
▷ Create a Startups Accreditation Programme
to help local startups win projects from
government and industry buyers, where
accredited companies will be considered first
for SOA-QPS projects and industry
collaborations.
16. Recommendations
- Policy
▷ Set up Digital Marketplace Trial to help local
startups and SMEs gain contracts from the
government.
▷ Establish Tech Startups Roundtable
Conference to help startups understand the
regulatory environment and communicate
with the government on amending existing
regulations.
17. Recommendations
- Funding
▷ $1 billion matching fund to boost the
investment in startups who choose to base in
Hong Kong.
▷ Grant each bureau $100 million to foster
partnership with local startups and adopt
innovative services from these startups to
improve public services.
18. SMART CITY &
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
HK must set out on our own course by focusing on citizens’
needs and participation to make our city smarter.
19. Recommendations
▷ Smart City Incubation Programme to foster
the development of smart city through pilot
projects, hackathon events etc
▷ Create Next Generation Telecom
Infrastructure Investment Fund using income
from spectrum auction to invest in upgrading
telecommunication infrastructure to support
growth
20. Recommendations
- Policy
▷ designate Chief Data Officer and a 5-year
plan to make open, machine-readable data
and APIs the new default standard for
government information and data from
institutions, paving the way for more
innovative applications.
▷ Smart City Sandbox for expediting trial
schemes of technologies e.g. IoT