Contact Me
Office: Colvard 5011
Phone: (704) 687-0796
Email: Min.Jiang@Charlotte.edu
Upcoming Talks & Meetings
July 7-9, 2025 @ The 22nd Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) “The Future of Chinese Internet in the Era of AI” at Peking University
June 16, 2025 @ International Communication Association (ICA) annual meeting in Denver panels "Media And Internet Concentration In An Age Of Uncertainty" and "International Media Ownership and Concentration Studies in the Age of Digital Platforms"
May 20, 2025 @ Talk "Digital Sovereignty from the South: Conceptualizations and Challenges" at the South School on Internet Governance
April 5, 2025 @ Talk “The Internet Age from PC to AI” at Charlotte SHOUT Ideas Festival
April 4, 2025 @ Discussion panel on "Digital Sovereignty and the Open Internet: Can they Coexist" hosted by Georgia Tech IGP and Quello Center of Michigan State University
March 12, 2025 @ Talk at NYU Shanghai - "Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries"
Feb 11, 2025 @ UNC Charlotte Capitalism Studies talk “The Internet Age from PC to AI”
Jan 31, 2025 @ Webinar with George Washington University's Data Governance Hu"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"