Gillian Tett in Conversation with Audrey Tang (cyber ambassador-at-large and Taiwan’s first digital minister) on AI, geopolitics and gender.
Audrey is an extraordinary thinker who will discuss a range of topics, including efforts to use AI tools to combat political polarization, the ethics of AI, geopolitics in Taiwan and cyber threats, US Big Tech dynamics, and her current project Prosocial Media. She will also share insights on what it was like to be Taiwan’s first Digital Minister as well as first post-gender minister.
To register and ask questions to Audrey Tang in advance, click here!
This event is in collaboration with King’s Politics and Queens’ College MCR.
About our speaker:
Audrey Tang is a Taiwanese politician and free software programmer who served as the first Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan from August 2022 to May 2024. She has been described as one of the "ten greatest Taiwanese computing personalities". In August 2016, Audrey Tang was invited to join Taiwan's Executive Yuan as a minister without portfolio, making them the first transgender person and the first non-binary gender official in the top executive cabinet. Audrey is a leader of the Haskell and Perl programming language communities, and is the core member of g0v.
WHEN: Sunday, 30 March 2025
5.00 PM – 6.15 PM: Fireside discussion in Keynes Lecture Theatre
6.15 PM – 7.00 PM: Drinks reception and networking in the Bar
WHERE: King’s College, Cambridge