USJ organised Dialogue with the Digital Entrepreneurs discussion at the UN WDF satellite event
USJ organised Dialogue with the Digital Entrepreneurs discussion at the UN WDF satellite event
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28/04/2023
USJ’s Faculty of Business and Law and the Research Laboratory of Cultural Sustainability of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities held a successful session at the United Nations World Data Forum satellite event titled “Dealing with Data Dilemmas: Towards a human-centered systems approach to sustainable data and digital technology development” on April 25.
The Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) and the Research Laboratory of Cultural Sustainability of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH-RLCS) at the University of Saint Joseph Macao (USJ) held a successful session at the United Nations World Data Forum (UNWDF) satellite event titled “Dealing with Data Dilemmas: Towards a human-centered systems approach to sustainable data and digital technology development” that was held in Macao on the 25th of April in Grand Hyatt, Macao. The event was organised by United Nations University in Macao with partnerships with the University of Macau, Macau University of Science and Technology and the University of Saint Joseph Macao. There were 12 thematic sessions organized and focusing on a variety of subjects: data policies, AI regulation, datafication of urban environment, data policies in public services, human centered design of data applications, trust, challenges for digital entrepreneurship etc.
The session Dialogue with the Digital Entrepreneurs was co-organised by Prof. Jenny Phillips, Dean of FBL, and Prof. Denis Zuev, Director of FAH-RLCS, who invited panel speakers from various organisations with expertise in digital entrepreneurship from Hong Kong and Macao. These organisations include Animoca Brands, one of the key global players in blockchain-based gaming; Linux Hyperledger Foundation, the umbrella project of open-source blockchains and Modwize, a data science start-up. Macao and Shenzhen-based start-up founders and entrepreneurs in digital entertainment, Greentech and Fintech also participated in the session.
The presentations touched upon three key topics: the transformations in the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem, key concerns for the users and entrepreneurs in a rapidly changing environment, and finally, the role of regulations in the digital ecosystem, specifically Web3.0, with its promises of greater control over personal data and decentralised data storage.
While each speaker presented insights into a specific aspect of digital entrepreneurship related to their respective fields, the key conclusions from the session were related to the development of a fast-growing set of digital skills, necessity to keep pace with the knowledge of the rapidly-changing digital trends and development of regulations, especially for cross-border data transfers. Ultimately, the need for entrepreneurs to bravely face the key challenges that the virtual world brings to the age of digital entrepreneurship nowadays.
