I think that’s very important. Bringing that collaborative element will definitely enhance the luncheon, and the possibility of the fact that we will do… If my boss is here, will give us the manpower to do the PM/afternoon programs.

Yes, that would be good.

That will complement you.

I wonder the state department person… If he comes, or she comes, how would that complement your topics? Because if he or she flies all the way from Washington, you have to give them a go.

Perfect. It’s such a wonderful topic. Good! Excellent!

I think that will sell so well. Collaborative diversity in the age of AI.

Okay, I think I will explain to our members. With these dynamic topics, I think that later we’ll address that in a different setting.

Right. I don’t want to be stabbed by Patrick.

Or a different session. Maybe in the afternoon, we can learn something.

It’s just our members thinking from their very industry view point, so I haven’t done anything. So, I think that with the title we were talking about, I think the Ministry of Labor should not be seen… Maybe they can listen online. I think we should put it in a ...

Really?

So, you walk in with a precise title. I’m too touched to write precisely. Please. I think that’s so wonderful because that shows the height and the depth of unconscious bias. Because you’re already going into the AI part of unconscious bias. Not to talk about AI.

It’s like I can hear the ceiling cracking from here to the stage.

Oh, that’s one of them.

Yes, but we want to get it out as much, as far as we can. And please help us with that.

You are the statement and that’s why it is up to you. This is a chance to do best practice sharing with the timeframe that we have., But I really want to see some innovation of how to you deliver the messages. What are the, if I can call it, ...

Right. That’s something that we cannot control. That’s something that we cannot control. It will be finalized, perhaps, because it’s still a little early. They may have some budget process to go through.

So, forget about how to enforce, tell me what you’d like to see happen in the luncheon part. And go in the afternoon discussion.

So, if you want afternoon, actually, AIT has indicated to us since they are a co-sponsor of the event, that they would like to see more events in the afternoon. But because of our strength of our very small staff, that we were… This is the part that we think ...

Whatever you like. The reason why we have such a short program is because we are considering how people’s attention is spent but this is just a planning part. So, you know, we’re at your service. Whatever you think that will sell and will be successful, we will happily promote ...

I think the point is so that labor department can really think about how to implement. I think this is also a chance to come to it, that process, if we need that depending on how you see it. Because now, Because, right now, you are the one. You are ...

No, not the Minister of Labor. We don’t have to have the minister of labor. We already have a minister here; We can have a supporting staff or from a labor department.

Another variable that perhaps for consideration is because of that ranking officer that is coming from, either from the region, the US government, or from the headquarters, where we will provide them with a role that will share the stage with you. So, time-wise, we’re looking at between 18 to ...

So, please tell us what would you like to see happen. The forum is really yours. The only variables that we have right now are the fact that our members were thinking that if the minister, you’re thinking from your very industry, very focused standpoint, not the free-flowing side of ...

And then the next step, I hope that we can bring this to APAC. So I think, Minister, your role in this will be critically important to us. And I really thank you for giving us the opportunity to have you talk to our members. It will be open to ...

And I’m really, truly very happy to hear about how flexible you are with the gold card and the passports. And that’s really what we need to showcase - To let the world know how free, how innovative, how brilliant Taiwan is. And this is the first program this year. ...

Yes. So, I think you can weave in whatever fabricating, whatever you want to talk about. I think unconscious bias… because I think unconscious bias is something that everybody faces. Within ourselves, you know, how I was brought up, how I was educated, on the, you know, there are biases ...

So, that’s the morning session and thank you, Minister. for accepting my invitation to be the luncheon speaker. I take the liberty of assigning you the most difficult topic, the unconscious bias, but I don’t think that that would be too difficult for you. Because I think what you are ...

And that will include the morning session. There is one variable right now because we would like to have the regional ranking officer or getting a regional from the headquarters from the city to come and talk about accessibility. Because I think federal government, even though Patrick and I, we ...

They are the one that help us with the instant pledges.

So, we want to make sure this is the first year and we want to make sure that we involve business efforts from the region. And we put into the pledging part. And I will have..,. Are you working with Turing Certs?

So, as a result of that, each company has their topics selected and it would produce speakers from the region. So, we want to make sure this is the first year and we want to make sure that we involve business efforts from the region.

And I wanted to share that with you. The program is a day-long program. In the morning we will, based on our members’ needs, we chose five topics. The woman in tech, bridging the age gap at work, conscious bias and also diversity, and accessibility.

Oh!

DEIA – diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility. This theme is under the S part and also in certain aspects it’s under the G part. It is a collective hope that from AmCham and from AIT, more precisely Director Oudkirk, that we want to use this mechanism, DEIA, as a way ...

From a technical standpoint, we listen to our members from our business climate survey this early release early this year. Our members told us that they really want to have a lot more social responsibilities, enhanced and promoted from a chamber viewpoint. Because each individual company has done quite a ...

Thank you. Now, Minister, I can’t help reminiscing your yellow stickers. Because the first time we met, that was many years ago, with our insurance co-chairs talking about electronic signatures. And I’m really thankful. for the fact that you are a man of the arts and definitely commit to what ...

Amy Chang, Senior Advisor on Sustainability.