Where AI ethics meets everyday impact!
About Dixon
燊思想
Dixon Siu (蕭狄燊) is a Tokyo-based practitioner working at the intersection of responsible AI, youth protection, and digital governance. As a Fujitsu SDG 4 & 9 Enabler and digital literacy facilitator, he has hands-on experience delivering AI ethics, digital safety, and child rights workshops across Southeast Asia and Africa.
Dixon brings a Global South perspective to his work, translating complex AI ethics and governance concepts into accessible, participatory learning experiences for youth, educators, and policymakers. He bridges global policy discussions with local implementation on the ground, from classroom workshops in Cameroon to guest lectures at universities in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
He is a founding member of MyData Global and several initiators of most Asian hubs; and served on the MyData Global Board of Directors (2021-2022). He is also the Co-founder of MyData4Children, a community initiative focused on children's digital rights. He also serves on the advisory boards of several nonprofit organizations (including Afroleadership, SAFE Standard AI, and the Cambodia ICT and Digital Forum) in advancing digital literacy and child online safety in the Global South.
Dixon speaks and works in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese.
Valuable Collaborators
None of my work happens alone. These are people whose expertise shapes what I deliver, and who I return to again and again.
Charlie Martial Ngounou — Founder and President, AfroLeadership (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
An activist for democracy, participation, governance, human rights, digital rights, and open data across Africa, Charlie founded AfroLeadership in 2007 and has served as Public Finance Representative in Africa for the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones, for 15 years. He sits on the Thematic Working Group on AI Data Ecosystems, of Smart Africa AI Council. He is the co-Chair of Accountable Now Ambassadors Network (ANAN), that supports the Global Standard for CSOs Accountability. He is the Human Rights Global Advisor for PLACE Foundation and Human Rights Lead for The Africa Smart Cities Investment Summit (ASCIS) . Our work together runs through the Africa Child Online Protection Program and into wider questions of who gets a voice in digital governance — Charlie is consistently the person who makes sure the answer includes Africa.
Jana Pejoska, PhD — Senior consultant working with design, innovation, and digital culture (Helsinki, Finland)
Jana runs a strategy boutique focused on how people, culture, and technology shape each other. Her practice can be described as standing at the crossroads of technology, design, innovation, and business, using digital culture as the lens: not just what a technology can do, but what role it should play, how people connect through it to the world, and what happens once that relationship scales. She has around Twenty-five years of practice, spanning across business transformation, academic work and developing university services in Aalto University, working on technological transformations in data-powered teams, and AI policy networks. Jana works independently and with expert collaborators, Humans & Creatures, Open Futures Lab, and MyData Global on ethical data and AI governance.
Thy Try — Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is a leading open data organization dedicated to strengthening transparency, accountability, and equitable access to public-interest information. With more than 15 years of professional experience, Try has contributed to advancing open data, digital rights, internet governance, open contracting, and civic participation in Cambodia and the Mekong region.
He provides strategic leadership for ODC’s research, data platforms, and community-engagement initiatives concerning socio-economic development, natural resource governance, emerging technologies, and civic space. Drawing on his legal background, he has contributed to policy research and consultations on personal data protection, cybersecurity, and digital government. His earlier work encompassed human rights investigations and support for indigenous communities on land rights, extractive industries, and natural resource management.
He is also the founder of the Prayuters Library Program in Preah Vihear Province, an initiative promoting literacy, meaningful connectivity, digital skills, child online safety, lifelong learning, and inclusive community participation.