Office: Colvard 5011
Phone: (704) 687-0796
Email: Min.Jiang@Charlotte.edu

March 12, 2025 @ Talk at NYU Shanghai - "Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries"

Jan 31, 2025 @ Webinar with George Washington University's Data Governance Hub "Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries" - Speaker

Dec 15-19, 2024 @ panel organized by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) "States and digital sovereignty: infrastructural challenges" @ Internet Governance Forum (IGF) annual meeting - Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Invited panel speaker

Dec 13, 2024 @ "Digital Sovereignty in the Global South" panel, IAMCR webinar - Invited speaker

Nov 22-24, 2024 @ US-China Power Relations panel @ 110th National Communication Association (NCA) annual meeting - New Orleans - Panel organizer, chair and speaker

Nov 20-21, 2024 @ "Sovereignty and Agency in the Age of AI" - Digital Futures Symposium @ New America Foundation - Washington, DC - Invited participant

Oct 24, 2024 @ "Internet Governance in the BRICS+" @ VIII BRICS Conference at the University of São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil - Invited speaker

June 27-28, 2024 @ Global Media & Internet Concentration Project - Sydney Symposium - Sessions on media ownership - Sydney, Australia

June 20-24, 2024 @ International Communication Association (ICA) 2024 Annual Meeting - Panel organizer and speaker on Global Media & Internet Concentration - Gold Coast, Australia

May 9, 2024 @ Dinner & Democracy at the Library of Congress - "Global Perspectives on Technology Policy" hosted by Karsh Institute of Democracy & Kluge Center to engage with Congressional staffers - Washington, DC

May 1, 2024 @ G20 side event "Promoting Information Integrity" - São Paulo, Brazil

April 29-30, 2024 @ NETmundial+10 - "Global Challenges for the Governance of the Digital World" - as a member of High-Level Executive Committee (HLEC) in drafting the final multistakerholder document - São Paulo, Brazil

April 24, 2024 @ FGV Law School Symposium on Digital Sovereignty, AI Sovereignty + Pre-launch of "Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries" with my co-editor Dr. Luca Belli - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nov 16-19, 2023 @ 109th National Communication Association (NCA) annual meeting - Panel organizer "Debating U.S.-China Power Relations: Soft Power, Hard Power, Sharp Power or Smart Power?" - National Harbor, MD

July 12-14, 2023 @ 2023 Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) - The Chinese Internet in the Global South: Flows, Frictions, and Futures - Chiang Mai, Thailand - Panel Chair/Participant, Conference Secretariat Member

June 26-July 13, 2023 @ The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2023 - “From laissez faire to regulatory winter? The shape of platform antitrust in China.” Communication Policy and Technology Section -- Lyon, France [Competitively Selected]

May 23-26, 2023 @ Working Group on Digital Sovereignty @ The Center for Advanced Internet Studies - Bochum, Germany - Invited speaker

May 2-3, 2023 @ "Mapping Our Global Digital Future" Tech Symposium @ New America Foundation - Washington, DC - Invited participant

Feb 1-3, 2023 @ International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies - Melbourne, Australia - Invited speaker on Plenary Panel

Aug 18-19, 2022 @ Global Media & Internet Concentration Project (GMICP) Summer Conference 2022 - Ottawa, Canada - Speaker on Plenary Panel and China Team Presentation

July 11-15, 2022 @ IAMCR (The International Association for Media and Communication Research) Annual Conference 2022 - Keynote Panel on Digital Sovereignty

June 6-7, 2022 @ Diversifying Cyber Diplomacy Conference - Bologna, Italy - Invited speaker

May 26-30, 2022 @ International Communication Association Annual Conference - Paris, France

July 15, 2021 (Thursday) @ Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference (CPDP) Latam 2021 - Panel Chair for "Digital Sovereignty in BRICS Countries"

June 25-27, 2021 @ Chinese Internet Research Conference - Melbourne, Australia (Virtual) - Chair of panel "Global governance of smart cities, facial recognition and the internet"

April 23, 2021 (8:30AM-3PM EST, Friday) @ Cybernationalism and the World - Discussant on Cybernationalism panel hosted by University of Pennsylvania

February 26, 2021 (8AM EST, Friday) @ Cybersecurity and Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries Webinar - Speaker on Chinese Internet governance and cybersecurity hosted by FGV Law School, Brazil

November 13, 2020 @ Harvard Law School 2020 China Law Symposium - Speaker on panel "Comparative Internet Governance and Cybersecurity"

November 10, 2020 @ China Town Hall - Speaker for partner event hosted by Winona State University, "U.S.-China Tech Rivalry: Strategic Competition between Two Fragile Superpowers" organized by the National Committee on US-China Relations

October 1, 2020 @ Geneva Trade Week - Panel on "Digital Trade" and Data Realms

September 3-4, 2020 @ Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania, Discussant on Chinese media and civil society @ The Chinese Communist Party at 100: Assessing Its Roles

July 21-22, 2020 @ China Institute, University of Alberta, Canada - Discussant on Chinese cybernationalism @ The "Xi Jinping Effect" - in China and Beyond

June 18, 2020 @ Hertie School of Government, Berlin, Germany - "China's Social Credit System"

May 20-26, 2020 @ International Communication Association annual conference

May 15, 2020 @ George Washington University "Data Governance Hub" - China's Data Governance and Personal Data Protection @ What Can we Learn From Brazil and China’s Approach to Personal Data Protection?

March 30, 2020 @ Georgetown Law School - Cyber Sovereignty and Data Protection Policies in China

Jan 31, 2020 @ Woodward Building, College of Computing and Informatics - Coronavirus Discussion Panel

November 25-28, 2019 @ Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Berlin

November 18, 2019 @ Moderating CHINA Town Hall hosted locally by UNC Charlotte

August 30, 2019 @ FGV, Brazil - Presentation "5G in Historical and Critical Perspectives" at Conference "5G and the New Digital Infrastructures in the BRICS"

August 9, 2019 @ FGV, Brazil - Presentation "AI: Application, Issues & Geopolitics" at Conference "Digitalization & Democracy"

July 19, 2019 @ FGV, Brazil - Commentator for paper "A New Framework for Online Content Moderation" at Conference "Platform Values"

June 28-29, 2019 @ Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany - Presentation "Pre-history of Social Credit System in China" at Workshop "Digital Governance in China"

June 4, 2019 @ FGV, Brazil - Presentation "Securing China: A Fragile Digital Superpower" at seminar "CyberBRICS Summit: Cybersecurity, data protection and the digital future of the BRICS"

April 5, 2019 @ Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte, Digital Humanities Forum "Search Engines: Queries and Inquiries for the Humanities"

March 19, 2019 @ Tulane University - Invited talk "The Chinese Internet: A 25-Year Retrospective"

Oct 26-27, 2018 @ Berea College - Leads session on the Chinese Internet and social media for a workshop organized by East-West Center

Sept 25, 2018 @ National Humanities Center - Webinar for educators: "The Chinese Internet: Open for Business, Closed to Criticism?"

May 24-28, 2018 @ International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference in Prague

May 22-23, 2018 @ Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) in Leiden University, The Netherlands

March 2, 2018 @ China Law Conference, University of Toronto Law School, Canada

Jan 19, 2018 @ Free University of Berlin workshop on China Big Data

Dec 6-9, 2016 @ Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Guadalajara, Mexico

Oct 24-25, 2016 @ Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society event "Law, Borders, and Speech"