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The Chip Era and Digital Governance Joint-Project Workshop
2025 November 13 - 2025 November 15
The Chip Era and Digital Governance Joint-Project Workshop
13–15 November 2025
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
On 13–15 November 2025, the International Center for Culture Studies (ICCS) at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and the Trans-Asia Research Network (TARN) convened The Chip Era and Digital Governance workshop. Held in Hsinchu, the global nexus of semiconductor manufacturing, the event marked a critical juncture in a transnational research initiative designed to interrogate the material foundations of the contemporary world order. Crucially, the programme grounded high-level theory in industrial reality through strategically timed field visits. The workshop commenced with a tour of the Nano Facility Center at NYCU, which immediately preceded a special address by Jack Sun, former CTO of TSMC. Sun’s technical and strategic insights provided a vital industrial context for the academic debates that followed. This engagement with the physical infrastructure of the “chip era” concluded on the final day with a separate visit to the TSMC Innovation Museum, further immersing scholars in the logistical complexities that underpin the digital economy.