Building Digital Trust in AI: Perspectives from Asia-Pacific

Moderator: Justin B. Weiss, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, Senior Director CGA, Senior Counsel, Crowell & Moring

Lanah Kammourieh Donnelly, Global Head of Privacy Policy, Google

Josh Lee Kok Thong, Managing Director, APAC, Future of Privacy Forum

Lee Wan Sie, Cluster Director, AI Governance & Safety, IMDA

To reap the potential of AI by ensuring widespread adoption, government and industry will need to foster digital trust in AI. Fortunately, APAC offers a diversity of approaches to addressing data protection in development and deployment of AI systems. This panel will look at promoting data privacy as a key enabler for digital trust in AI. It will elevate case studies highlighting differing approaches adopted by APAC governments in addressing the interplay between privacy and AI governance. Macro-level perspectives will be offered on navigating the relatively new AI-related privacy requirements for businesses. The panel will conclude by presenting tangible privacy policy recommendations for governments and businesses to foster an environment for AI innovation, with an eye on future technological developments, while boosting overall digital trust.

What you will learn:

• Key regulatory approaches to addressing privacy and AI governance in APAC. 
• How to efficiently navigate the rapidly changing privacy landscape in response to AI; including applying privacy law to AI use cases where no corresponding government guidance has been issued.
• Policy recommendations for balancing AI innovation while highlighting data privacy as a key pillar for fostering digital trust in APAC.