The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism: China, AI, & Human Rights Conference takes place on September 29, October 1, October 6, and October 9, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PDT. To attend the conference, register here - www.crowdcast.io/e/digitalauthoritarianism/register The conference is co-sponsored by the Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator, the Human Rights Foundation, The Hoover Institution and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Day 1 of the conference featured: Welcome Remarks: - Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and FSI, Principal Investigator, Global Digital Policy Incubator - Glenn Tiffert, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution - Jenny Wang, Strategic Advisor, Human Rights Foundation Opening Remarks: - Condoleezza Rice, Director, Hoover Institution, Former U.S. Secretary of State, Denning Professor in Global Business at the Graduate School of Business Panel 1: How AI is powering China's Domestic Surveillance State How is AI exacerbating surveillance risks and enabling digital authoritarianism? This session will examine both state-sponsored applications and Chinese commercial services. Panelists included: - Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian | China Reporter, Axios - Paul Mozur | Asia Technology Correspondent, New York Times - Glenn Tiffert | Research Fellow, Hoover Institution - Xiao Qiang | UC Berkeley & Editor-in-Chief, China Digital Times Moderator: - Melissa Chan | Journalist, The Global Reporting Centre

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