[Air-L] IGF Workshop#69 "Governing Cross-Border Data Flows"

[Yik Chan Chin]

Dear Colleagues,




For those interested in cross-border data governance, you may want to join our IGF workshop on " Governing Cross-Border Data Flows" (https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-ws-69-governing-cross-border-data-flows-trade-agreements-limits)




Time: Tuesday, 29th November, 2022 (21:20 CST) - Tuesday, 29th November, 2022 (22:50 CST).




Speakers include: 




Dr. Yik Chan Chin, Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University, China 

Mr. Jet DENG Zhisong, Dentons, China 

Professor Locknie HSU,  Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Singapore 

Prof. Rolf H. Weber, Professor of Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland 

Courtney Radsch, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy Institute Fellow, Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)senior fellow, USA 

Dr. Mansi Kedia, Senior Research Fellow at Indian Council For Research On International Economic Relation, India 




Online Moderator: Mr. Michael Karanicolos, The UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy, 







This workshop will tackle below policy questions from a global perspective through its regional diverse speakers from the Europe, USA, China, India and Singapore. 

1. What are the major characteristics of the cross-border data governance framework of major trading countries? what methods are used by their regulators to protect privacy and national/cyberspace security in their cross-border data regulations? What could be done to improve the current framework? 




2. How have countries circumvented dilemma due to different considerations such as personal information protection, promotion of free trade, and maintenance of national and cyberspace security in their bilateral or regional trade agreements to promote the varying legal frameworks for cross-border data flows ? What measures are used to protect privacy and national/cyberspace security? What could be done to improve the current measures? 




3. Will the continuous development of bilateral or regional trade agreements and current fragmentation of the cross-border data rule systems will further aggravate multilateral trade system such as the WTO or may laying the foundation for a unified rule system in the future.







Thank you.


Best wishes,
Yik Chan