Taiwan’s Role in the Global AI Landscape

Each year, our series “Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries" surveys the most recent trends, patterns, and challenges of entrepreneurship in Asia and their relevance to Silicon Valley and the U.S. This week, Sega Cheng, Eisenhower Fellow and Co-Founder/Chairman of iKala, shares his journey from Google engineer to AI founder, insights on scaling AI solutions across Asia, and his vision for Taiwan’s role in the global AI landscape.

As an Eisenhower Fellow, Sega represents Taiwan's technology sector in high-level dialogues with global political and economic leaders in the U.S. His objective is to forge stronger, multi-layered ties between Taiwan and the U.S. across government, industry, and academia, elevating Taiwan from a hardware manufacturing powerhouse to a strategic nexus for global AI transformation.

The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center.

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Sega Cheng was born in Taipei, Taiwan, to a family of entrepreneurs spanning three generations. His maternal grandfather, Lin Zhong-Li, was the founder of the SPIL Group. His father, Mr. Cheng Wen-Lung, retired as a senior vice president from CTBC Group and later became an angel investor and co-founder of several tech groups.

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Registration:

• To attend in-person, please RSVP here.
• To attend by Zoom, please register here.

Agenda:

• 4:30 pm – 5:50 pm Discussion and Audience Q&A
• 5:50 pm – 6:30 pm Networking Reception over light refreshments

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The Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries series begins March 31, 2026 and continues until June 2, 2026. Seminars will be held in-person and on Zoom, Tuesdays, 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM.