[SMULA] Global and Regional AI Governance and Regulation, and the Role of Data Protection in AI <Josh Lee>

To the unfamiliar observer, the bewildering developments in global AI governance and regulation may carry superficial similarities with the hit movie, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. This session intends to provide some structure and insight into the machinations that shape AI governance and regulatory discourse globally and regionally, including how data protection laws are being used as the primary de facto tool to regulate AI risks.

In this 2-hour webinar, participants will be exposed to: (a) an overview of AI governance and regulation and the key considerations that shape it; (b) A comparative scan of AI regulatory approaches in five jurisdictions, namely US, EU, China, South Korea and Singapore, as well as takeaways for Singapore; and (c) The use of data protection law as a regulatory tool for AI (especially generative AI).

By the end of the session, participants will gain an understanding of the current state and trajectory of AI governance and regulation globally and regionally, and the benefits and challenges of using existing data protection regimes to regulate advanced AI technologies.  
 

SPEAKER

Josh is the Managing Director (APAC) of the Future of Privacy Forum and Advisor (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) in Rajah & Tann Asia. Prior to this, Josh was a policymaker in the Singapore Government, including in the Personal Data Protection Commission, where he helped draft Singapore’s Model AI Governance Framework. He also practiced as an international arbitration and disputes lawyer.

Josh is the current Director and founding Chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association. Josh also co-founded LawTech.Asia, a virtual publication on law and technology in Asia. In 2023 and 2019, Josh was identified by Asia Law Portal as one of Asia’s “Top 30 To Watch” in legal innovation and the business of law.

Josh presently serves as a council member of Singapore’s 7th Media Literacy Council. Josh is also a member of Singapore’s Law Reform Subcommittee for Robotics and AI, and an adjunct faculty member and Senior Research Affiliate of the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, where he teaches AI law, policy and ethics. Josh was also a chapter author for the pioneeringbook Law and Technology in Singapore.

Josh obtained his LL.M. (with a specialization in Law and Technology) from Berkeley Law in 2022 as a Richard Buxbaum Fellow and a Kathryn Aguirre Worth Scholar. He was also named to the school's 2022 Dean’s List, and was the LL.M. Editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. A member of Asia Society’s Asia 21 Next Generation Fellows Class of 2024 and a recipient of the National Youth Council’s ASEAN Youth Fellowship, Josh received his LL.B from the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law in 2015, and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2016.
 

FEES

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