IDEAS and ANO Digital Economy Sign Cooperation Agreement

On June 19, 2024, the IDEAS and ANO Digital Economy signed a long-term cooperation agreement on digital technologies and the data economy. Sergey Plugotarenko, President of ANO Digital Economy, and Mekhri Aliev, Executive Director of the Russian side of the IDEAS, attended the signing ceremony.
Mekhri said that the IDEAS attaches great importance to the cooperation between the two sides and expects that this cooperation will enable it to promote its digital analysis and research reports to the Chinese market and find potential scientific and industrial partners for them.

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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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April 17, 2026

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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