ECCT Premium Event 

Hosted by the ECCT's Telecommunications, Media & Content Committee

2023 Europe-Taiwan Telecom Forum
How telecoms are driving sustainability, digitalisation, AI and industry innovation

Invited guest of honour:
- Dr Ming-Hsin KUNG (龔明鑫 主委), Minister, National Development Council
- Mr Lauri RAUNIO (羅瑞 代表), Representative, Finland Trade Center in Taiwan
- Mr Anders WOLLTER (歐瑞思 代表), Representative, Business Sweden, The Swedish Trade & Invest Council
- Mr Emile M. P. CHANG (張銘斌 司長), Director-General, Department of Investment Promotion, Ministry of Economic Affairs 

Guest speakers:
- Dr CHEN Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥 主委), Chairperson, National Communications Commission
- Mr YEH Ning (葉寧 常務次長), Deputy Minister, Ministry of Digital Affairs
- Mr Peter FATELNIG, Minister-Counsellor for Digital Economy Policy at the Delegation of the European Union to Japan
- Mr Ethan TU (杜奕瑾 創辦人), Founder, Taiwan AI Labs
- Prof TENG Wei-Chung (鄧惟中 教授), Chief Talent and Information Officer, Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency / Vice Dean, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Taiwan Tech
- Dr LEE Chung-Hsi (李崇僖 副院長), Vice Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Taipei Medical University
- Ms Alix JAGUENEAU, Head External Affairs, GSMA

Panel Moderator:
- Mr David CHOU (周大企  聯合主席), Co-chair, Telecommunications, Media & Content Committee, ECCT

Panelists:
- Mr CHEN Chung Shu (陳崇樹 委員), Commissioner, National Communications Commission (NCC)
- Mr LIN Jiunn-Shiow (林俊秀 副署長), Deputy Director-General, Administration for Digital Industries, Ministry of Digital Affairs (MoDA) 
- Dr LEE Chung-Hsi (李崇僖 副院長), Vice Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Taipei Medical University

Time: 08:30-14:00
Date: Friday, 27 October, 2023
Venue: B2F, Banquet Hall, The Howard Plaza Hotel Taipei / 台北福華大飯店 B2F 福華廳
Address: No. 160, Sec. 3, Jen Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 10657/台北市大安區仁愛路三段160號

Rapid and ever evolving advances in technology and telecommunications hardware and software have been at the forefront of driving sustainability by increasing the power, speed and quality of communications while constantly improving energy efficiency. Telecoms are playing a leading role in enabling digital innovation and transformation and unleashing of the power of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in multiple industry sectors. The launch of ChatGPT in 2022 provided the first glimpse of the enormous potential to improve productivity, which is now spreading to multiple industry sectors.

AI can help in the transition to net zero through, for example, finding more efficient uses of scarce resources, prediction and management of environmental impacts, optimisation of production processes, and policy ideas. In the field of telemedicine, AI can be used to speed up the research and development process for new drugs and treatments and enable remote patient monitoring, while AI chatbots can be deployed for risk profiling, consultation summarisation, predictive insights, and care recommendations, to name a few.

While the potential benefits of AI are enormous, there are also risks which need to be addressed. These include concerns over data accuracy, data privacy, security, accountability, algorithmic bias, informed consent as well as disruptions to traditional industries and potential job losses.   

The 2023 ECCT EU-Taiwan Telecom Forum is the 7^th edition of the forum since the first was held in 2009. The event is the largest and most prominent business forum for the telecom industry hosted by the ECCT that brings together telecom and technology industry experts, senior regulatory officials and executives from companies operating in all sectors of the telecom industry and supply chain, including all major telecom operators and equipment suppliers. As with previous forums, this year the ECCT has invited prominent regulatory officials from Taiwan and Europe to participate as speakers and panellists and senior industry executives and experts to attend as part of the audience. The purpose of the half day forum is for government and industry experts from Europe and Taiwan to share information on regulations and best practices, as well as discuss trends and business opportunities in the telecommunications and related fields. Panellists will engage in an interactive discussion on the main topics outlined above.

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*The organizer reserves the right to amend any part of the event agenda or programme if necessary.

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Cost: NT$2,900 for members; NT$3,300 for members' guest(s); NT$28,000 for table of ten.
(Your urge to book your seat(s)/ table(s) early to avoid disappointment.)

To cancel without penalty, written cancellations must be received by 25 October 2023.

Contact: Meredith Sun Tel: 2740-0236 ext. 219 / meredith.sun@ecct.com.tw