Webinar Asia-Europe Cooperation on Inclusive Digital Societies

On December 7, the LeidenAsiaCentre together with GLOBTAXGOV and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), organized a webinar on Asian-European cooperation in the digital sphere. The webinar specifically focused on the building of inclusive digital societies. This means that individuals, particularly those in disadvantaged groups, have access to, and the skills to use ICT and are therefore able to participate in and benefit from the emergent digital society. In which ways can Asia and Europe cooperate in creating inclusive digital societies? What forms of cooperation between Asian and European countries already exist in the digital sphere?

This webinar follows the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, and the book “Multilateral Cooperation for a Resilient, Sustainable, and Rules-Based Future for ASEM”, that was a result of that summit.

Speakers:
Irma Mosquera Valderrama PhD, Full Professor Tax Governance and PhD Dean at Leiden Law School (Leiden University), the Netherlands.

Flavia Jurje Trifa PhD, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at digital consultancy firm ZIMT Labs.

Emmanuel C. Lallana, PhD, Chief Executive of Ideacorp – an independent, non-profit organization in the Philippines.

Lurong Chen, PhD, Senior Economist ERIA. His research interests include digital economy, Asian regionalism, global value chains, trade in services, and IPRs.

Moderator
Anita Prakash, Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of President of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, Indonesia.