Emerging Regulatory Trends in Technologies in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries

Register for the upcoming webinar organized by Astana International Financial Centre – AIFC Academy of Law Kazakhstan.

Topic: Emerging Regulatory Trends in Technologies in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries

Registration to the webinar is free of charge upon registration by the link http://tiny.cc/AoLSept2020

Overview: Central Asia is trying to keep pace with advances in technology and addressing the new regulatory frontiers. Emerging technologies are driving new business and service models in Central Asia, and with that come new pressures for regulators to balance competing demands: Protecting citizens and ensuring fair markets, while also allowing innovation and businesses to flourish. By asking critical questions regulators and policymakers can balance the competing demands brought about by technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, big data analytics, 5G, distributed ledger technology, and the Internet of Things. It is crucial to develop and promote favorable policies and regulatory framework, fair, transparent, stable, predictable and nondiscriminatory that promote competition, foster continued technological and service innovation, and encourage investments on digital infrastructure, services and applications. Digital Laws and Regulations are foundation of growth and development in the modern global economy. In this third webinar of the series of Technology Law webinars, Ammar Younas will discuss the Innovative policy and regulatory measures that already working in Central Asia and also are needed to respond to the changing landscape and to address the need for affordable and secure access and use of digital services.

Speaker: Dr. Ammar Younasis originally from Pakistan and residing in different Central Asian countries since 2009. He consulted to the Research Institute of Legal Policy under the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan as an International Expert for writing a new Civil Code of Uzbekistan. He is a member of IEEE Global Initiative Law Committee. At the early age of 21 years, he earned his Medical Doctor (MD) degree, making him one of the youngest medical doctors in the world. He earned 6 other degrees in Finance, Political Marketing, International Relations, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Chinese Law from Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Lebanon and China. In 2019, he coined the term “Central Asia Tech Law (CAT Law)” and started advocating the idea of a “Generalized AI Policy for Central Asia”. Ammar launched his StartUp named as “Ai Mo Innovation Consultants” to provide training, digital services and consultation to the tech giants, businesses, state institutions and academia about digital transformation, technology regulations, policies and ethics. His research interests include but not limited to Technology Law, Societal Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Regulation of AI & Emerging Technologies, Human Rights, Medical Law and Central Asian Politics.