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8th Asian Privacy Scholars Network (APSN) Conference 2019
NUS Law hosted about 100 participants at the 8th Asian Privacy Scholars Network (APSN) Conference at its Bukit Timah Campus on 5 and 6 December 2019, convened by Professor David Tan (Vice Dean (Academic Affairs), NUS Law). The conference was jointly presented by the EW Barker Centre for Law & Business and the Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law (TRAIL) – both research centres at NUS Law.
TRAIL was also launched by by Mr Edwin Tong SC ’94, Senior Minister of State for Law and Health, on the first day of the conference.
The theme “Privacy, Confidence & Data Protection in the 21st Century” attracted 40 papers presented by scholars and practitioners from 17 jurisdictions. The kaleidoscope of papers covered a broad range of topics that included interrogation of conceptual frameworks, practical analyses of personal data protection legislation such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national regulatory regimes, health data management, privacy issues at the Tokyo Olympics, privacy and the Hong Kong protests, and the surveillance economy.
Professor Megan Richardson from Melbourne Law School, who delivered the first keynote address on Day 1, advanced an account of five disruptive moments in the development of the common law, and the inherent disunity in the judicial conceptions of privacy over the decades. Mr Yeong Zee Kin ’97, who delivered the second keynote address on Day 2, is the Assistant Chief Executive (Data Innovation and Protection Group) of the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) and Deputy Commissioner of the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC). He shared how the “regulatory sandbox” had assisted the government in its policy formulations, and mooted the Model AI Governance Framework and the Trusted Data Sharing Framework.
The Singapore Journal of Legal Studies will publish a special symposium issue of selected papers in 2020.
Conference Convenor Professor David Tan (NUS Law) and Secretary of the APSN, Professor Anne Cheung (HKU), welcoming the participants
Professor Megan Richardson (Melbourne Law School) delivering the first keynote address on Day 1
Moderated discussion with First Keynote Speaker Professor Megan Richardson facilitated by Professor David Tan
Deputy Commissioner of the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore, Mr Yeong Zee Kin ’97, delivering the second keynote address on Day 2
Associate Professor Daniel Seng ’92, Director of TRAIL, outlining the mission of the new centre
L-R: Professor Graham Greenleaf (UNSW Law), Associate Professor Chang Ee-Chien (Deputy Director, TRAIL), Professor Hans Tjio (Director, EW Barker Centre for Law & Business)
Mr Tan Ken Hwee ’94 (Chief Transformation and Innovation Officer for the Singapore Judiciary)
Conference participants from over 20 countries gather for a group photo
Dr Edy Santoso at Parallel Session 1A
Professor Colin Bennett at Parallel Session 1B
Dr Carolyn Johnston at Parallel Session 1C
Dr Elizabeth Coombs at Parallel Session 1C
Mr Tan Tee Jim SC ’79
Professor Graham Greenleaf presenting on Day 2 at the Plenary Session
A full house on Day 2 at the Plenary Session
Professor Rolf Weber at the Plenary Session
Ms Roshni Peeti at the Plenary Session
Panel discussion at the Plenary Session facilitated by Professor Graham Greenleaf
Moderated discussion with Second Keynote Speaker Mr Yeong Zee Kin facilitated by Professor David Tan
Members of APSN Secretariat (L-R): Professor Graham Greenleaf, Professor David Tan, Professor Sinta Dewi Rosadi, Associate Professor Gehan Gunasekara, Professor Colin Bennett and Professor Kiyoshi Murata