TelSoc Online Event: Chris Marsden, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Technology and the Law, Monash University

AI and Digital Sovereignty in the Time of Trump

When: Wednesday 3 September 2025, from 12.30 to 1.30 pm AEST

There’s a lot going on with Artificial Intelligence and Digital Sovereignty, and a lot of commentary in the media.  That would be enough to grapple with in the best of times, but these are Trumpian times and are charged with more hyperbole than usual.  So, how are we going to understand the underlying issues and get to the nub of them?

A great place to start is to hear from somebody who has been working in this field for a long time and whose advice on these issues has been sought by industry, government and researchers.

Chris Marsden is Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Technology and the Law, and Director of the Digital Law Group at Monash. He serves on the ARC College of Experts 2024–2026. He is a Fellow of Columbia CITI and a Research Associate at GLOCOM (Tokyo). He is a research affiliate of the PILOT Lab at Penn State University. He is also an Expert in the International Expert Consortium on the Regulation, Economics, and Computer Science of AI (RECSAI).

Chris researches regulation by code — whether legal, software or social code. He has authored and edited numerous books and his many peer-reviewed journal articles are widely cited.

Before Monash, Chris was at Sussex Law School. He has advised governments and Intergovernmental Organisations on digital law and policy since 1995.

So, reserve lunchtime on Wednesday 3 September 2025 in your diary to hear Chris’s online presentation for TelSoc.

As with all TelSoc lunchtime events, Chris’s presentation will be followed by a Q&A session in which TelSoc members and industry colleagues will be able to raise questions and issues – and get answers.  This event will be well worth your while.

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Registration process:

1. Click on the website, TelSoc Online Event: Chris Marsden, Monash University | Telsoc.   If you are a financial TelSoc member. Click the “Book a Seat” button.  You will receive an email confirmation. 

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