IDEAS was invited to attend the international forum “2023 Russia Energy Week”.

Mekhri and Yu Xiao, experts of IDEAS, were invited to attend the international forum “2023 Russia Energy Week”.
The “Russia Energy Week” international forum was initiated and organized by Russia in 2017, mainly focusing on global energy issues. At present, energy cooperation between China and Russia is at an unprecedentedly high level, and China and Russia are paying close attention to the prospects of cooperation in the energy sector. At the forum, Mekhri, an expert from IDEAS, said that addressing global energy challenges should focus not only on exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia, but also on exchanges and interactions among all BRICS countries. To strengthen exchanges and cooperation, Russia has now set up a strategic cooperation base in Fujian, China, namely the China-Russia Research Center for Digital Economy.
On the issue of energy use, Yu Xiao, an expert from IDEAS, suggested introducing more competitive new technologies in the sector to promote the “greening” of energy. He also noted that digitization could be the key to achieving this goal.

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Seminar Review | “Sovereign AI and Digital Sovereignty” Seminar (Eurasian Session): Breaking the Deadlock of Digital Sovereignty from a Eurasian Perspective

On April 21st, the Institute for Digital Economy and Artificial Systems (IDEAS-BRICS) and the Institute of International Communication & Global South Academic Forum (GSAF) of East China Normal University jointly hosted the second session of the “Sovereign AI and Digital Sovereignty” seminar series, focusing on the Eurasian region. The session continued its format of in-depth dialogue, breaking away from traditional lecture-style presentations to focus on core topics of cybersecurity, information geopolitics, and digital sovereignty in the Eurasian region.

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Event Announcement: “Sovereign AI and Digital Sovereignty” Seminar (Eurasia Session)

In response to the call for papers for the theme collection of “Sovereign Artificial Intelligence and Digital Sovereignty” under the journal AI & Innovation (AI2), and with the aim of strengthening both the academic rigor and regional diversity of the forthcoming publication, the Institute for Digital Economy and Artificial Systems (IDEAS-BRICS) and the Global South Research Center of East China Normal University (China) have jointly decided to launch a four-month series of offline and online seminars as the primary academic platform supporting this theme collection. The first session (Asia-focused) was held successfully on March 20. The next session will focus on Eurasia.

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