Data for Policy 2025 (DfP’25) Asia-Pacific
Advancing AI: Innovations, Governance, and Ethical Frontiers
23-24 October 2025 SRIIAS, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Data for Policy 2025 (DfP’25) – Asia Pacific
Twin Transition in Data and Policy for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future
23-24 October 2025 SRIIAS, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
#dataforpolicy2025 | @dataforpolicy
Data for Policy 2025 (DfP’25) Asia-Pacific
Twin Transition in Data and Policy for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future
23-24 October 2025 SRIIAS, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
#dataforpolicy2025 | @dataforpolicy
Data for Policy 2025 Asia-Pacific Programme
23rd – 24th October 2025
Please Note: Programme may be subject to change at short notice
Venue: Zhangjiang Campus of Tongji University
No. 398 Lianchuang Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China (300 meters south of the intersection of Sundong Road and Lanting Road in Pudong New Area, Shanghai)
Rooms: Lecture Hall A300 and Lecture Hall B80
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Day Two
24th October 2025
08:00
Arrival
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09:00
Keynote Session 7
Prof Ruipeng Lei
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Keynote Session (Lecture Hall A300): The Ontological and Moral Status of Biomedical Data
Speaker: Ruipeng Lei, Professor of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Chair: Zhuping Wang, Tongji University
09:25
Keynote Session 8
Prof Lei Ma
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Keynote Session (Lecture Hall A300): Trustworthiness Assurance of Intelligent Systems in the Age of AI Agents
Speaker: Lei Ma, Associate Professor of the University of Tokyo
Chair: Zhuping Wang, Tongji University
09:50
Keynote Session 9
Prof Lucas Noldus
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Keynote Session (Lecture Hall A300): The European GDPR and AI Act: Implications for Behavioral Research
Speaker: Lucas Noldus, Professor at Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Chair: Zhuping Wang, Tongji University
10:15
Keynote Session 10
Prof Sumei Cheng
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Keynote Session (Lecture Hall A300): A Vision for an Emergent Ethics of Responsibility Framework
Speaker: Sumei Cheng, Deputy Director and Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Chair: Zhuping Wang, Tongji University
10:40
Coffee Break
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10:55
Parallel Session 3
Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Social Responsibility
Applications of Artificial Intelligence Across Industries
Current Status and Future of Artificial Intelligence Governance
Innovation and Challenges in Frontier Technologies of Artificial Intelligence
Global Governance and Cooperation in Artificial Intelligence
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Session 3A (Lecture Hall A300) :
• “Public vs. Private Provisioning of AI Tools in High-stakes Contexts: Experimental Evidence from Technology and Law Students in India”; Nandana Sengupta – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, Nevin George – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, Vidya Subramanian – National Law School of India University, India, Arul Scaria – National Law School of India University, India. (DAP-2025-0115) (Remote Presentation)
• “NLP-Driven Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease to Support Policy and Health System Decision-Making”; Jason Gan – The University of Hong Kong, China, Jacqueline Ck Lam – The University of Hong Kong, China, Victor Ok Li – The University of Hong Kong, China. (Submission #126)
• “Problems and Dilemmas of Introducing AI Translation in the Translation Industry”; Wenjing Guo – Doshisha University, Japan. (Submission #111)
• “Diet Code – The Hidden Cost of Code Bloat: AI Development, Internet Strain, and the Erosion of Net Neutrality”; Ryan Payne – University of Canberra, Australia. (Submission #147)
• “Soft Ethics vs. Hard Regulation: A Comparative Study of AI Governance Tools and Trust-Building in China and the Nordic Region”; Xizi Liu – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China, Guanrui Hong – Lund University, Sweden. (Submission #143)
- Ming Xu, Tongji University
- Kairui Feng, Tongji University
Session 3B (Lecture Hall B80) :
• “Local Wisdom, Global Templates: Crafting a Culture-responsive AI Law for Indonesia”; Firman Darajat – Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia, Tax Audit, Indonesia, Arief Noegraha – Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia, Vishnu Baroto – Institute of Science Tokyo, Social and Human Science, Japan ; Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia, Tax Audit. (DAP-2025-0116)
• “Breaking Down Barriers Assistant: Leveraging AI to Conduct Policy Analysis with Complex Data”; Ujjwal Kc – The University of Melbourne, Australia, Rajeev Samarage –The University of Melbourne, Australia, Jan Kabatek – The University of Melbourne, Australia. (Submission #141)
• “Guiding AI’s Trajectory Toward Legitimate Autonomy”; Zeynep Engin – Data for Policy CIC ; University College London, United Kingdom. (Submission #145)
• “Building Trustworthy AI in Digital Forensics: Tools, Ethics & Framework”; Wishnu Agung Baroto – Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan ; Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia. (Submission #122)
• “Cross-Modal Speech Imputation and Marker Discovery for Alzheimer’s Detection Using Multi-Modal Large Language Models”; Yang Han – The University of Hong Kong, China, Jacqueline Ck Lam – The University of Hong Kong, China, Victor Ok Li – The University of Hong Kong, China, Lawrence Yl Cheung – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China. (Submission #124)
- Ying Sun, Tongji University
- Dongliang Zheng, Tongji University
11:55
Lunch
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14:00
Parallel Session 4
Innovation and Challenges in Frontier Technologies of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Social Responsibility
Current Status and Future of Artificial Intelligence Governance
Applications of AI Across Industries
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Session 4A (Lecture Hall A300) :
• “A Pilot Study of Jurimetrics and AI for Indonesian Tax Court Decisions: Towards an Integrated Decision Support System”; Wishnu Erlangga – University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, Bagas Wibowo – Directorate General of Taxes; University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, Wishnu Baroto – Tokyo Institute of Technology, Social and Human Science; Directorate General of Taxes, Tax Audit, Indonesia, Poento Hariyadi – Directorate General of Taxes, Indonesia. (DAP-2025-0117)
• “AIMS-QA: A Framework for Scaling Beyond Compliance the Assessment of Corporate Modern Slavery Statements with AI-powered Question Answering”; Adriana Eufrosina Bora – Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Duoyi Zhang – Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Hannah Thinyane – Diginex Ltd, Md Abul Bashar – Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Richi Nayak – Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Kerrie Mengersen – Queensland University of Technology, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australia. (DAP-2025-0121) (Remote Presentation)
• “Dynamic Vulnerability: AI’s Influence on Consent and Decision-Making in Consumer and Political Domains”; David Uriel Socol de la Osa – Hitotsubashi University, Japan. (Submission #118)
• “A Confucian Political Philosophy for Responding to the Impact of Artificial Intelligence”; Liulin Li – Northwest University, China, Yuanshuai Qi – Shandong University, China.(Submission #135)
• “Enhancing Public Comment Analysis with Large Language Models: A Modular NLP Framework for Policy Feedback Interpretation”; Qian Xu – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China, Masaru Yarime – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China. (Submission #117)
Chair(s):
- Taolue Zhang, Tongji University
- Masaru Yarime, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (TBC)
Session 4B (Room B80): Panel: AI Ethics from Principles to Practice: Assessing Trust, Justice, and Performance
Speakers:
Chair: Canhui Liu, University College London
15:00
Coffee Break
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15:15
Keynote Session 11
Prof Jon Crowcroft
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Keynote Session (Room A300): The Challenges of Governance in Federated Learning
Speaker: Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor of Communications Systems in the Computer Lab, at the University of Cambridge, and researcher-at-large at the Alan Turing Institute (Remote Presentation)
Chair: Bin He, Tongji University
15:40
Closing Ceremony
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Closing Remarks by
- Xianglin Gu, Tongji University
- Zeynep Engin, Data for Policy CIC
Chair: Bin He, Tongji University
17:30