• Funding AI – PS A.3
• Geopolitics of AI – PS B.3
• DS Special Track Session: Case Studies Across Jurisdictions – PS C.3

Session A3 (Auditorium) :

Chair:

• “Economic and Policy Determinants of AI Adoption in Developing and Emerging Economies: A Systematic Literature Review Using the TOE Framework” ; Wilson Wong – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Data Science and Policy Studies; UCL, School of Management and Chyngyz Kumarbek Uulu – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Governance and Policy Science. (Submission #DAP-2026-0235)
• “Critical Infrastructure Alignment to Regional Planning Outcomes: A Governance and Asset Knowledge Graph for Planning-Relevant Evidence in Austria.” ; Lucas Reckhaus – TU Wien Institute of Spatial Planning, Unit- Urban and Regional Research, Franziska Sielker – TU Wien Institute of Spatial Planning, Unit- Urban and Regional Research and Johannes Suitner – TU Wien Institute of Spatial Planning, Unit- Urban and Regional Research. (Submission #146)
• “From Model to Policy: A Communication Tool.” ; Friso Selten – Leiden University and Bram Klievink – Leiden University. (Submission #160)
  

Session B3: (Room B)

Chair:

• “Bless or Curse? An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of U.S. Export Controls on China’s High-Tech Innovation Through the Lens of Entity-Listed Firms.” ; Siqi Xie – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Xuan Zeng – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Masaru Yarime – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. (Submission #133)
• “A longitudinal study on the Ethical, Legal, and Societal aspects of robotics in EU-funded projects since 2007 from FP7 to Horizon Europe.” ; Chloe Gros – Leiden University, eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga – Leiden University, eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies. (Submission #61)
• “Governance with AI: Reliability Scoring for Decision Support in EU Customs Risk Management.” ; Andrea Cerasa – European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Matteo Zardin – European Commission, Joint Research Centre and Domenico Perrotta – European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (Submission #17)
• “Algorithmic Environmental Stewardship in Africa: A Doctrinal Proposal for Bridging Innovation and Ecological Protection.” ; Angwe Rachel Lekunze – Center for Environmental Justice, University of Pretoria. (Submission #29)

DS Special Track Session C3: Case Studies Across Jurisdictions (Room C)

Chair: Tim Gordon – Co-Founder, The Digital Statecraft Academy

• “Indigenous Sovereignty as Governance Public Infrastructure: A Constitutional Framework for Tribal Digital Governance.” ; Rick Moore J.D. – General Counsel. (Submission #102)
• “Regulatory Reform and a Digital Public Good at the Goa Industrial Development Corporation.” ; Kartik Akileswaran – Growth Teams, Pravimal Abhishek – Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Smriti Iyer – Better Purpose Collective. (Submission #116)
• “Digital Arang: Crafting Subnational AI Authority Through Indigenous Knowledge Governance in Kalinga, Philippines” – Marine Collins Ragnet – New York University, Tala Bautista – Kalinga State University and Katerina Siira – New York University. (Submission #100)