Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 In Conversation with Minister Audrey Tang: Digital Democracy and a Global Pandemic: Lessons from Taiwan's COVID-19 Response

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Tuesday, October 6, 20207:30PM - 8:30PMOnline Event,

Description

Taiwan has been a global leader in managing the response to COVID-19. Join us as we welcome the Honorable Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s Digital Minister, to discuss her insights on the role of innovation and digital governance in addressing the global pandemic.

Co-hosted by the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, the Rotman School of Management, the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, this conversation will be moderated by Professor Peter Loewen, the Munk School’s Associate Director, Global Engagement, with opening remarks by Professor Joseph Wong, Ralph and Roz Professorship of Innovation at the Munk School and U of T’s Vice President, International.

This virtual event is sponsored by the David Peterson Program in Public Sector Leadership Lecture Series, which welcomes leading policy thinkers and practitioners across the public sector, politics, business, and the media to the University to examine pressing issues. The David Peterson Program in Public Sector Leadership was established through the extraordinary generosity of The Hon. David Peterson, former premier of Ontario, U of T Chancellor Emeritus and Faculty of Law alumnus, and Shelley Peterson.


Speakers

The Honourable Audrey Tang
Taiwan's Digital Minister


Co-Sponsors

Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

Rotman School of Management

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering

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