Organised by
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 03
AT A GLANCE 05
LEADERS FIRESIDE CHATS 06
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME AND SPEAKERS 10
VIRTUAL NETWORKING SESSIONS 41
TECH TALKS PROGRAMME 42
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TECHNOLOGY LAW PARTNER
PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATION PARTNER
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PARTNERS
INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION PARTNERS
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MEDIA PARTNERS
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
EXHIBITORS
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AT A GLANCE
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28 September 2020 • 19:00 – 20:00 GMT+8 | Global Challenges at the Intersection of Business, Law and Technology
TIM STEINERTSecretary and Senior Advisor
Alibaba
PROF MARI SAKOProfessor of Management Studies
Saïd Business SchoolUniversity of Oxford
28 September 2020 • 10:00 – 11:30 GMT+8 | Skills at Scale and the Legal Function
MARY SHEN O’CARROLLDirector of Legal Operations, Google LLC
and President, CLOC
BILL DECKELMANExecutive Vice President,
General CounselDXC Technology
J. STEPHEN POORChairman EmeritusSeyfarth Shaw LLP
MICHELE DESTEFANOProfessor of Law and Founder,
LawWithoutWalls, University of Miami (& Guest Faculty Harvard Law School Exec Ed) and
Lead Faculty Advisor, Digital Legal Exchange
CONNIE HENGIncoming Asia Pacific Regional
Managing PartnerClifford Chance
Information is accurate as of 1 September 2020 and is subject to change.
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30 September 2020 • 19:00 – 20:00 GMT+8 | Technology & Talent Management in a Time of COVID19
SRIRAM CHAKRAVARTHISenior Director, Legal Development
& Chief Legal CounselSingapore Academy of Law
FRANK KOOHead of Asia,
Talent and Learning SolutionsLinkedIn
1 October 2020 • 19:00 – 20:00 GMT+8 | Legal InnovationOpportunities in Emerging Markets
ZOHAR FISHERFounder
Tech&Law - Israel
ALICE NAMULI BLAZEVICPartner
Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates
ABHEEK ANANDManaging Director
Sequoia Capital India
ALISON HOOKCo-founder and Director
Hook Tangaza
Information is accurate as of 1 September 2020 and is subject to change.
29 September 2020 • 19:00 – 20:30 GMT+8 | The Future of the Legal WorldA session in The Uncertain Decade series powered by Legal Geek
PROF RICHARD SUSSKIND, OBE,Chair of the Advisory Board of the Oxford
Internet Institute, and Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
MARK A. COHENCEO and Founder of Legal
Mosaic and Executive ChairmanDigital Legal Exchange
TAN KEN HWEEChief Transformation and
Innovation Officer (Judiciary)Supreme Court of Singapore
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2 October 2020 • 16:00 – 16:30 GMT+8Fireside Chat with Minister Edwin Tong:
Singapore’s Legal Technology Roadmap 2030
MR EDWIN TONG SCMinister for Culture, Community and Youth and
Second Minister for Law
Information is accurate as of 1 September 2020 and is subject to change.
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MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Legal Operations 28 September 2020
10:00 – 11:30 GMT+8
12:00 AET | 06:00 GST | 04:00 CEST | 22:00 ET
Leaders Fireside Chat: Skills at Scale and the Legal Function1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:As modern businesses scale in size and complexity at an unprecedented pace, the legal function must align its response with the needs of the business. The site of that alignment in the legal function is increasingly to be found in legal operations. While there is sophisticated global discussion of the roles of process improvement and technology tools in optimising the legal function through legal operations, the people element has tended towards a flat discourse on upskilling and re-skilling as a response to technology. Join the leaders in this session as they re-frame the people challenge in legal operations and business alignment by examining skills development as a response to the scale (volume and complexity) of business.
Speakers:Mary Shen O’Carroll, Director of Legal Operations, Google LLC and President, CLOCBill Deckelman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, DXC TechnologyJ. Stephen Poor, Chairman Emeritus, Seyfarth Shaw LLPConnie Heng, Incoming Asia Pacific Regional Managing Partner, Clifford Chance
Moderator:Michele DeStefano, Professor of Law and Founder, LawWithoutWalls, University of Miami (& Guest Faculty Harvard Law School Exec Ed) and Lead Faculty Advisor, Digital Legal Exchange
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12:00 – 13:00 GMT+8
14:00 AET | 08:00 GST | 06:00 CEST | 00:00 ET
Knowledge Café: Essential Legal Operations Mythbusting1 Public CPD Point
Synopsis:Legal Operations is a term that is no longer just synonymous with in-house legal departments. Increasingly, law firms and alternative legal service providers of all shapes and sizes are getting in on the action. So what is it? Why should you care? What is involved? How can you get started? We speak with leaders who have actively rolled-out legal operations initiatives in a variety of contexts and get them to bust the myths that may be holding you back from effectively pursuing a legal operations strategy.
Speakers:Vivek Khanwalkar, Manager, Legal Services, QuislexJohn Knox, Partner, Global and APAC Legal Managed Services Leader,Ernst & YoungYuen Ling Loretta, Executive Vice President, Head Group Legal & Regulatory Compliance, OCBC Bank
Moderator:Sophie Mathur, Corporate Partner and Global Co-Head of Innovation, Linklaters Singapore
13:30 – 15:00 GMT+8
15:30 AET | 09:30 GST | 07:30 CEST | 01:30 ET
Panel Discussion: Avengers ... Assembled – The Value of a Multi-disciplinary Legal Operations Team1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:It is fashionable to espouse the current view that lawyering is a multi-disciplinary team endeavour. But to what extent are incumbents paying lip service? This session assembles a multi-disciplinary team of legal operations professionals who are practising what is being preached. They share the barriers that have had to be overcome, the hard-won successes that have been had, and what lies ahead for the evolution of legal services job roles that will help re-define value for legal businesses and their clients and end-users.
Speakers:Jim Holding, Managing Director, Aldersgate Group of CompaniesKomal Gupta, Head of Innovation, Cyril Amarchand MangaldasVivien Clancy, Legal Operations Lead, Asia, Herbert Smith FreehillsThomas Barothy, Chief Operating Officer, Asia, Group Legal, UBSAbdul Malik Anwar Deen, Partner - General Manager, Oon & Bazul Moderator:Debra Filippin, Head of Business Development (Asia Pacific), Pinsent Masons LLP
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Legal Operations 28 September 2020
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16:00 – 17:30 GMT+8
18:00 AET | 12:00 GST | 10:00 CEST | 04:00 ET
Panel Discussion: Digital Transformation Journeys: The Unvarnished Lessons1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:What is the anatomy of a digital transformation journey by a legal department? This examines in candid detail specific transformation journeys being embarked upon by legal departments in some of the world’s leading businesses. Join leaders as they share the learning points they have gleaned from their journeys thus far – successes, failures and everything in between.
Speakers:Reena SenGupta, Executive Director, Digital Legal ExchangeGladys Chun, General Counsel, Lazada GroupChris Fowler, General Counsel Technology, BT Group and Faculty Advisor, Digital Legal ExchangeDipa Swaminathan, Assistant General Counsel, Singtel
Moderator:Yasmin Lambert, Senior Consultant, Digital Legal Exchange
18:00 – 18:30 GMT+8
20:00 AET | 14:00 GST | 12:00 CEST | 06:00 ET
Virtual Networking Café: Transforming Mindsets: How SmartLaw Guild Firms Are Embracing Technology (By Invitation)
Synopsis:During this presentation and panel discussion, we will be sharing on the Society’s efforts in promoting legal technology adoption and supporting our members in adapting to new developments in the legal industry. Participants will also hear from some of our SmartLaw Guild members on their experiences in transforming their practices in the area of technology. Discussion topics will include challenges faced in adopting new solutions, and strategies to support the changing demands of clients and legal practice.
This session is by-invite only and attendees will be invited based on their profile selection when they register for TechLaw.Fest 2020 here. If interested, please express your interest here.
Speakers:Lim Seng Siew, Director, OTP Law CorporationAbdul Malik Anwar Deen, Partner – General Manager, Oon & BazulJoshua Tan, Corporate Law Partner, Aquinas LawAndrea Chee, Director, AEI Legal LLCPaul Seah, Senior Partner, Tan Kok Quan PartnershipYingyu Wang, Managing Director, Taylor Vinters Via
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Legal Operations 28 September 2020
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MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Legal Operations 28 September 2020
19:00 – 20:00 GMT+8
21:00 AET | 15:00 GST | 13:00 CEST | 07:00 ET
Leaders Fireside Chat: Global Challenges at the Intersection of Business, Law and Technology1 Public CPD Point
Synopsis: The COVID19 pandemic has highlighted how business, law and technology are part of a complex system. In this fireside chat, our leaders share their insights into how businesses and individuals can better prepare themselves to manage such complexity effectively.
Speaker: Tim Steinert, Secretary and Senior Advisor, Alibaba
Moderator:Prof Mari Sako, Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
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SPEAKERS
BILL DECKELMANExecutive Vice President, General Counsel
DXC Technology
MICHELE DESTEFANOProfessor of Law and Founder,
LawWithoutWalls, University of Miami (& Guest Faculty Harvard Law School Exec Ed) and Lead
Faculty Advisor, Digital Legal Exchange
CONNIE HENGAsia Pacific Regional Managing Partner
Clifford Chance
MARY SHEN O’CARROLLDirector of Legal Operations,
Google LLC and President, CLOC
VIVEK KHANWALKARManager, Legal Services
Quislex
SOPHIE MATHURCorporate Partner and Global Co-Head
of InnovationLinklaters Singapore
JOHN KNOXPartner, Global and APAC Legal
Managed Services LeaderErnst & Young
JIM HOLDINGManaging Director
Aldersgate Group of Companies
J. STEPHEN POORChairman EmeritusSeyfarth Shaw LLP
YUEN LING LORETTAExecutive Vice President, Head Group
Legal & Regulatory ComplianceOCBC Bank
LEGAL OPERATIONS
KOMAL GUPTAHead of Innovation
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
VIVIEN CLANCYLegal Operations Lead, Asia
Herbert Smith Freehills
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SPEAKERS
CHRIS FOWLERGeneral Counsel Technology
BT Group andFaculty Advisor
Digital Legal Exchange
DIPA SWAMINATHANAssistant General Counsel
Singtel
YASMIN LAMBERTSenior Consultant
Digital Legal Exchange
GLADYS CHUNGeneral Counsel
Lazada Group
LEGAL OPERATIONS
ABDUL MALIK ANWAR DEENPartner - General Manager
Oon & Bazul
DEBRA FILIPPINHead of Business Development
(Asia Pacific)Pinsent Masons LLP
REENA SENGUPTAExecutive Director
Digital Legal Exchange
TIM STEINERTSecretary and Senior Advisor
Alibaba
PROF MARI SAKOProfessor of Management Studies
Saïd Business SchoolUniversity of Oxford
THOMAS BAROTHYChief Operating Officer, Group Legal
UBS
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MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
10:00 – 11:30 GMT+8
12:00 AET | 06:00 GST | 04:00 CEST | 22:00 ET
Panel Discussion: Frontier Issues in Intellectual Property1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:What are the implications for intellectual property law in a data saturated world? Join this expert panel as they take a deep dive into burning issues challenging IP professionals seeking to advise clients in the technology sphere.
Speakers:Prof Lee Pey Woan, Professor of Law, Singapore Management UniversityProf Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law SchoolRob Bratby, Principal Solicitor, Bratby LawDr Ulrike Till, Director, Division of Artificial Intelligence Policy, World Intellectual Property Organization
Moderator:Dr Stanley Lai, SC, Head of Intellectual Property Practice, Allen & Gledhill LLP
12:00 – 13:00 GMT+8
14:00 AET | 08:00 GST | 06:00 CEST | 00:00 ET
Knowledge Café: Converging Data Protection Approaches1 Public CPD Point
Synopsis:In this session, experts examine the twin challenges of data protection and cybersecurity through the practical lens of how business can craft policy and establish infrastructure that holistically addresses compliance risks associated with data breaches.
Speakers:Dr Clarisse Girot, Senior Fellow, Asian Business Law InstituteJames McLeary, Associate Managing Director, Kroll David N. Alfred, Director, Corporate & Finance, Drew & NapierMark Parsons, Partner, Hogan Lovells
Moderator:Mark Fisher, Deputy Executive Director, Asian Business Law Institute
Technology Law 29 September 2020
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13:30 – 15:00 GMT+8
15:30 AET | 09:30 GST | 07:30 CEST | 01:30 ET
Roundtable 1: Rethinking Database Rights and Data Ownership in an AI World 1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:The exponential growth in data in the past decade has enabled giant datasets to be compiled and used as the basis for developing ever-more sophisticated AI systems. Those systems are in turn being used to enhance humans’ ability to carry out tasks, or to replace those humans altogether. From self-driving cars and robotic carers, to autonomous weapons and automated financial trading systems, robotic and other data-driven AI systems are increasingly becoming the cornerstones of our economies and our daily lives. Increased automation promises significant societal benefits. Yet as ever more processes are carried out without the involvement of a ‘human actor’, the focus turns to how those autonomous robots and other autonomous systems operate, how they ‘learn’, and the data on which they base their decisions to act. Even in Singapore, questions inevitably arise as to whether existing systems of law, regulation and wider public policy remain ‘fit for purpose’. That is, do they encourage and enable innovation, economic growth and public welfare, while protecting against misuse and harm – whether physical, financial or psychological –harm to individuals?
This panel considers the legal issues regarding:• who controls or has rights over the ‘big data’ databases that underpin many
new and emerging AI technologies, and• how best to ensure that those who contribute data to those databases retain
an appropriate degree of ‘control’ over and access to that data.
Speakers:Desmond Chew, Senior Associate, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP Yong Lim, Associate Professor, Seoul National University, School of Law; SNU AI Policy InitiativeSmitha Krishna Prasad, Director, Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University DelhiNydia Remolina Leon, Research Associate, Centre for AI and Data Governance, Singapore Management University School of LawAntony Cook, Regional Vice President & Chief Legal Counsel, CELA Asia, Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd
Moderator:Mark Findlay, Director, Centre for AI & Data Governance, Singapore Management University School of Law
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Technology Law 29 September 2020
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16:00 – 17:30 GMT+8
18:00 AET | 12:00 GST | 10:00 CEST | 04:00 ET
Panel Discussion: Global Perspectives on Tackling AI Governance1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:The discussion around regulation of AI has transitioned from AI ethics and principles to the establishment of international norms. At the international level, OECD is perhaps the first out the gate with its 2019 AI Principles, and UNESCO has started its efforts to produce a norm-setting document. The French-Canadian efforts in creating a Global Partnership for AI to produce recommendations for international norm setting is set to gain momentum with OECD secretarial support. The EU has produced its AI Principles and has ambitions to introduce AI regulations for the European bloc. Singapore has made its own contributions through the Model AI Governance framework and self-assessment guide. Apart from norm-setting and governance, there have been sector specific regulations particularly in the areas of autonomous vehicles and facial recognition technologies.
Speakers:Prof Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of LondonPaul Yee, Legal Director, Sensetime InternationalDr Hong Yanqing, Associate Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology Law SchoolManish Gupta, Director, Google Research India
Moderator:Prof Simon Chesterman, Dean and Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
18:00 – 18:30GMT+8
20:00 AET | 14:00 GST | 12:00 CEST | 06:00 ET
Virtual Networking Café: SMU Centre for Computational Law Virtual Networking Session (By Invitation)
Synopsis: Getting involved with computational law at SMU — what it is, how it might affect you, and how we might all bring legal into the digital age.
Speaker:Alexis Natalie Chun, Co-Founder, Legalese.com
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Technology Law 29 September 2020
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MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Technology Law 29 September 2020
19:00 – 20:30 GMT+8
21:00 AET | 15:00 GST | 13:00 CEST | 07:00 ET
Leaders Fireside Chat: The Future of the Legal WorldA session in The Uncertain Decade series powered by Legal Geek1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:COVID19 has accelerated certain developments in how legal systems have responded to the need for digital mediums for delivery. At the same time, it has had a decelerating impact in other areas.
In this session, our leaders focus on the ways in which a re-shaping of the legal world is unfolding in two key spheres, dispute resolution and legal practice.
Speakers: Prof Richard Susskind, OBE, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Oxford Internet Institute, and Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Mark A. Cohen, CEO and Founder of Legal Mosaic and Executive Chairman, Digital Legal Exchange
Moderator:Tan Ken Hwee, Chief Transformation and Innovation Officer (Judiciary), Supreme Court of Singapore
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SPEAKERS
PROF PAMELA SAMUELSONRichard M. Sherman Distinguished
Professor of LawBerkeley Law School
PROF LEE PEY WOANProfessor of Law
Singapore Management University
ROB BRATBYPrincipal Solicitor
Bratby Law
DR CLARISSE GIROTSenior Fellow
Asian Business Law Institute
DR STANLEY LAI, SCHead of Intellectual Property Practice
Allen & Gledhill LLP
DR ULRIKE TILLDirector, Division of Artificial
Intelligence PolicyWorld Intellectual Property
Organization
DAVID N. ALFREDDirector, Corporate & Finance
Drew & Napier
TECHNOLOGY LAW
JAMES MCLEARYAssociate Managing Director
Kroll
MARK PARSONSPartner
Hogan Lovells
YONG LIMAssociate Professor
Seoul National University, School of Law; SNU AI Policy
Initiative
DESMOND CHEWSenior Associate
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP
MARK FISHERDeputy Executive Director
Asian Business Law Institute
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MARK FINDLAYDirector, Centre for AI &
Data GovernanceSingapore Management University
School of Law
TECHNOLOGY LAW
NYDIA REMOLINA LEONResearch Associate
Centre for AI and Data Governance, Singapore Management University
School of Law
ANTONY COOKRegional Vice President & Chief Legal
Counsel, CELA AsiaMicrosoft Operations Pte Ltd
PROF SIMON CHESTERMANDean and Professor
National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
DR HONG YANQINGAssociate Professor
Beijing Institute of Technology Law School
MANISH GUPTADirector
Google Research India
PROF RICHARD SUSSKIND, OBEChair of the Advisory Board of the Oxford Internet Institute, and Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and
Wales
PAUL YEELegal Director
Sensetime International
PROF IAN WALDENProfessor of Information and
Communications LawCentre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
TAN KEN HWEEChief Transformation and
Innovation Officer (Judiciary)Supreme Court of Singapore
MARK A. COHENCEO and Founder of Legal Mosaic and
Executive Chairman, Digital Legal Exchange
SPEAKERS
SMITHA KRISHNA PRASADDirector
Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University Delhi
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MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
10:00 – 11:30 GMT+8
12:00 AET | 06:00 GST | 04:00 CEST | 22:00 ET
Roundtable 2: Applying Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems in Regulatory Reform1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:The exponential growth in data in the past decade has enabled giant datasets to be compiled and used as the basis for developing ever-more sophisticated AI systems. Those systems are in turn being used to enhance humans’ ability to carry out tasks, or to replace those humans altogether. From self-driving cars and robotic carers, to autonomous weapons and automated financial trading systems, robotic and other data-driven AI systems are increasingly becoming the cornerstones of our economies and our daily lives. Increased automation promises significant societal benefits. Yet as ever more processes are carried out without the involvement of a ‘human actor’, the focus turns to how those autonomous robots and other autonomous systems operate, how they ‘learn’, and the data on which they base their decisions to act. Questions inevitably arise as to whether existing systems of law, regulation and wider public policy remain ‘fit for purpose’. That is, do they encourage and enable innovation, economic growth and public welfare, while protecting against misuse and harm – whether physical, financial or psychological –harm to individuals?
This panel considers the core ethical principles for which there is emerging consensus, and assesses their implications, and the challenges they may raise, for policy makers in formulating any hard or soft law interventions considered necessary.
Speakers:Gilbert Leong, Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLPJolyon Ford, Associate Professor, Australian National UniversitySmitha Krishna Prasad, Director, Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University DelhiMalavika Jayaram, Assistant Professor & Lee Kong Chian Fellow, Singapore Management University School of LawYong Lim, Associate Professor, Seoul National University, School of Law; SNU AI Policy InitiativeBrian W Tang, Executive Director, LITE Lab@HKU, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of LawDharma Sadasivan, Associate Director, BR Law Corporation
Moderator:Mark Findlay, Director, Centre for AI & Data Governance, Singapore Management University School of Law
Future Law 30 September 2020
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12:00 – 13:00 GMT+8
14:00 AET | 08:00 GST | 06:00 CEST | 00:00 ET
Knowledge Café: Why, Robot? Liability for AI System Failures1 Public CPD Point
Synopsis:When driverless cars get involved in accidents, who’s to blame? When it’s the actions of an autonomous robot or AI-driven system that causes criminal harm, who’s the ‘criminal’? Are our laws ready to deal with these issues, or are there areas where changes may be needed?
As AI technologies advance and their use across society increases, these are just some of the questions being raised around who bears legal responsibility when these systems cause harm. Join the authors of two forthcoming Singapore law reform reports to hear more about the reports and to discuss the legal issues they raise, how different jurisdictions are approaching them, and what it might all mean for Singapore’s laws.
Speakers:Charles Lim, Co-Chair, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Law Reform CommitteeBeverly Lim, Member, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Law Reform CommitteeJosh Lee Kok Thong, Member, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Law Reform Committee
Moderator:Simon Constantine, Deputy Research Director, Law Reform, Singapore Academy of Law
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Future Law 30 September 2020
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 24Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
13:30 – 15:00 GMT+8
15:30 AET | 09:30 GST | 07:30 CEST | 01:30 ET
Panel Discussion: Comparative Perspectives on Emerging Regulatory Issues Post-COVID19 1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:The pandemic has accelerated the pace at which the digitalisation of legal services and access to justice has entered the mainstream. Three broad themes have emerged: the impact of regulation on technology adoption, the impact of technology on business models, and the impact of COVID19 on how the law is or is not perceived as an essential service by end-users. How are different jurisdictions making sense of these emerging issues? Is there a rationalising frame for understanding and addressing these complexities which transcends geographical boundaries?
Speakers:Chas Rampenthal, Attorney Assist Segment Leader, LegalZoom.comTahlia Gordon, Co-director, Creative ConsequencesLorraine Lee, General Counsel, Assistance Services Worldwide and Chief Privacy Officer, Asia Pacific, International SOSSandeep Kapoor, Founder and Managing Partner, Algo Legal
Moderator:Stefanie Yuen-Thio, Joint Managing Partner, TSMP Law Corporation
15:00 – 16:00 GMT+8
17:00 AET | 11:00 GST | 09:00 CEST | 03:00 ET
Knowledge Café: What Computational Law Can Do For You (Technical Knowledge Needed)1 Public CPD Point
Synopsis:(Who is You? The legal client? Or the legal professional? We will keep coming back to this question throughout the talk.)At SMU’s Centre for Computational Law, innovation in LegalTech goes beyond practice management software, automated contract review, and case-law search engines. We apply deep-tech computer science to the legal domain, producing open-source software that will do for legal and logical reasoning what the spreadsheet did for numerical reasoning. This talk offers a preview of some of the technologies that we are preparing for translation from lab to industry. We demonstrate five examples of how certain areas of legal work could look before and after “digital transformation”. We routinely start with declarative representation in a logical formalism; from that source, we automate the production of a range of downstream applications. What form will these next-generation services take? Will they be run by clients directly, or will they be mediated by legal service providers?
Speaker:Wong Meng Weng, Principal Investigator, Centre for Computational Law, Singapore Management University, School of Law
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Future Law 30 September 2020
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16:00 – 17:30 GMT+8
18:00 AET | 12:00 GST | 10:00 CEST | 04:00 ET
Panel Discussion: The Empire Strikes Back – Law Firms’ Strategic Response to Disruption1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:We’ve spent many seminars criticising how law firms are slow to change business models, how they are not responding to technology trends, how they are not equipped to respond to new client needs. But are we making an assumption? That the Empire were the bad guys of the Skywalker saga? Thus we need to hear from the law firms on their responses. MDPs, ALSPs, changing clients, use of technology, and macro trends like sustainability, gender, income inequality and the future of the workforce – let’s get deep into law firm thinking and strategy.
Speakers: Ben Tidswell, Chairman, Ashurst LLPPatrick Ang Peng Koon, Managing Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
Moderator:Lam Chee Kin, Managing Director & Head, Group Legal, Compliance & Secretariat, DBS Bank Ltd
18:00 – 18:30 GMT+8
20:00 AET | 14:00 GST | 12:00 CEST | 06:00 ET
Virtual Networking Café: Digital Legal Exchange Virtual Networking Session (By Invitation)
Synopsis:The Digital Legal Exchange is a global institute of leading thinkers and doers from academia, business, government, technology and law, committed to accelerating digital transformation. Our non-profit community shares practical and applied learnings to inspire general counsel and their teams to become digital leaders in their businesses to drive commercial value. Join us in the networking session to find out more, and become a part of our global community.
Speakers:Paul Lanzone, Global Operations Lead, DXC TechnologyReena Sengupta, Executive Director, Digital Legal Exchange
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Future Law 30 September 2020
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 26Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
Future Law 30 September 2020
19:00 – 20:00 GMT+8
21:00 AET | 15:00 GST | 13:00 CEST | 07:00 ET
Leaders Fireside Chat: Technology & Talent Management in a Time of COVID191 Public CPD Point
Synopsis:COVID19 has undeniably accelerated the adoption of technology to advance learning and professional development. But deeper than this, what are some of the implications of the pandemic on how we identify, recruit, manage, develop and retain talent? How is technology providing the means to achieve desired outcomes when it comes to equipping talent with competencies to thrive under these dynamic and uncertain times? How are various industries embracing technologies in the learning and development of their talent? And what are some key strategies that the legal industry can employ to ensure that it creates conditions for its talent to thrive through this period of challenge and emerge with enhanced capabilities to meet future industry demands?
Speaker: Frank Koo, Head of Asia, Talent and Learning Solutions, LinkedIn
Moderator: Sriram Chakravarthi, Senior Director, Legal Development & Chief Legal Counsel, Singapore Academy of Law
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
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SPEAKERS
JOLYON FORDAssociate Professor
Australian National University
GILBERT LEONGSenior Partner
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP
FUTURE LAW
MALAVIKA JAYARAMAssistant Professor & Lee Kong
Chian FellowSingapore Management University School of Law
BRIAN W TANGExecutive Director
LITE Lab@HKU, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
DHARMA SADASIVANAssociate Director
BR Law Corporation
SIMON CONSTANTINEDeputy Research Director,
Law ReformSingapore Academy of Law
CHARLES LIMCo-Chair, Robotics and Artificial
Intelligence Subcommittee of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Law
Reform Committee
JOSH LEE KOK THONGMember, Robotics and Artificial
Intelligence Subcommittee of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Law
Reform Committee
BEVERLY LIMMember
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Law Reform
Committee
YONG LIMAssociate Professor
Seoul National University, School of Law; SNU AI Policy Initiative
SMITHA KRISHNA PRASADDirector
Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University Delhi
MARK FINDLAYDirector, Centre for AI &
Data GovernanceSingapore Management University
School of Law
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SPEAKERS
FUTURE LAW
BEN TIDSWELLChairman
Ashurst LLP
PATRICK ANG PENG KOONManaging Partner
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
LAM CHEE KINManaging Director & Head, Group Legal,
Compliance & SecretariatDBS Bank Ltd
FRANK KOOHead of Asia -
Talent and Learning SolutionsLinkedIn
PAUL LANZONEGlobal Operations Lead
DXC Technology
SRIRAM CHAKRAVARTHISenior Director, Legal Development &
Chief Legal Counsel Singapore Academy of Law
LORRAINE LEEGeneral Counsel, Assistance Services Worldwide
and Chief Privacy Officer, Asia Pacific,International SOS
TAHLIA GORDONCo-director
Creative Consequences
CHAS RAMPENTHALAttorney Assist Segment Leader
LegalZoom.com
SANDEEP KAPOORFounder and Managing Partner
Algo Legal
WONG MENG WENGPrincipal Investigator, Centre for
Computational LawSingapore Management University,
School of Law
STEFANIE YUEN-THIOJoint Managing PartnerTSMP Law Corporation
REENA SENGUPTAExecutive Director
Digital Legal Exchange
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 29Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
10:00 – 11:30 GMT+8
12:00 AET | 06:00 GST | 04:00 CEST | 22:00 ET
Panel Discussion: Innovating Access to Justice Beyond Access to Information1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:Enhancing Access to Justice is a common theme and goal across many jurisdictions. But what exactly does Access to Justice entail? Is it just a question of making information available via digital means? How do we address the “digital divide”, and the apparent growing interest for litigants to directly access systems without the interposition of professional legal advisers? How much can we expect to get out of “AI” powered chatbots? Should we re-engineer legal processes to move away from the Forms that lawyers and Courts are familiar with? What are the “best practices” in such Access to Justice efforts?
Speakers:Prof Ron A. Dolin, Senior Research Fellow, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law SchoolLim How Khang, Assistant Professor of Law and Information Systems (Practice), Singapore Management University School of LawShannon Salter, Chair, Civil Resolution Tribunal, Canada
Moderator:Alexander Joseph Woon Wei-Ming, Senior Assistant Director, Office of Transformation & Innovation (Judiciary), Supreme Court of Singapore
11:30 – 12:45 GMT+8
13:30 AET | 07:30 GST | 05:30 CEST | 23:30 ET
Judging for Hackathon for a Better World by DBS x Singapore Judiciary
Synopsis:Hackathon for a Better World by DBS and Singapore Judiciary kicked off in July 2020 with 37 teams, the objective, to use law as a force for social good. Over 2.5 months, teams in the hackathon’s learn-as-you-hack-format were encouraged to interview their target audience, generate insights, build, test and then iterate in developing their solution.
More than the winning, Hackathon for a Better World wants to showcase the process that these groups have been through to innovate in the legal landscape. This session will feature live judging of the Top 6 finalists. Each team has 7 minutes to showcase how they used DBS’ design thinking framework to arrive at solutions to their selected problem statement. The 6 finalist teams will vie for four awards: Most Innovative, Most Feasible, Most Life Changing and Most Human-Centred solutions.
Access to Justice 1 October 2020
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 30Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
13:30 – 15:00 GMT+8
15:30 AET | 09:30 GST | 07:30 CEST | 01:30 ET
Panel Discussion: 50 Shades of ODR – Developing a Typology for ODR 1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:There are countless initiatives that have been announced under the broad rubric of “Online Dispute Resolution”. Is there clarity in what exactly we mean when we say “ODR”? Does it refer to the online initiation of a dispute? Or the submission of evidence and the parties’ positions? To what extent can there be a “bot” that can serve as the mediator or some kind of neutral evaluator? If a human has to be introduced, how does she interact with the parties? Must such interaction be online or digital for the entire process to be “online dispute resolution”? What about the eventual “outcome” of the “dispute”? If there is an agreement, how is that agreement signified? And how might it be enforced/enforceable? Is it time for a “typology” to be discerned, so that when we talk about ODR and a country’s implementation of “ODR” we know what exactly that means or does not mean?
Speakers:Ban Jiun Ean, Executive Director, Singapore Mediation CentreLim Lei Theng, Counsel, Eden Law CorporationColin Rule, CEO, Mediate.comEunice Chua, CEO, Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre
Moderator:Tan Ken Hwee, Chief Transformation and Innovation Officer (Judiciary), Supreme Court of Singapore
16:00 – 17:30 GMT+8
18:00 AET | 12:00 GST | 10:00 CEST | 04:00 ET
Panel Discussion: Strategies for Enhancing and Scaling Access to Justice Through Technology1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:How exactly can jurisdictions use technology to enhance Access-to-Justice at scale? Is there empirical evidence that chatbots, interactive websites and “ODR” have positive impacts on Access-to-Justice? Would focus on technology paradoxically reinforce the Digital Divide and therefore degrade Access-to-Justice to those left behind?
Speakers:Kevin Sadler, Acting Chief Executive, Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals ServiceOdunoluwa Longe, Regional Head, West Africa, Justice Accelerator, Hague Institute for Innovation of LawHrishikesh Datar, Founder & CEO, Vakilsearch.com Alex Pelevin, Founder Court.one and Co-founder Case.one Inc.
Moderator:Borja Gutierrez, Justice Accelerator Fund Specialist, Hague Institute for Innovation of Law
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Access to Justice 1 October 2020
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 31Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
18:00 – 18:30 GMT+8
20:00 AET | 14:00 GST | 12:00 CEST | 06:00 ET
Virtual Networking Café: Idea Tracing Virtual Networking Café(By Invitation)
Synopsis:Idea Tracing is not just a networking event, it’s your opportunity to join the conversation, tackle real-world problems and connect with like-minded people in a diverse environment that fosters creativity. Think of it as a brainstorming session with guide rails that help drive the discussion and foster engagement.
As part of TechLaw.Fest 2020, Idea Tracing will let you explore the challenges and opportunities that await professionals of the future. Are you up to the task?
Sign-up for the pre-tracing sessions where you will be paired up with two other conference participants to network and exchange ideas at a more personal level (Pre-tracing sessions take place on Tuesday, 29 September).
Or, simply join the main session on Thursday, 1 October to listen and engage with our fellow Idea Tracers! Please register your interest here.
Speakers:Roch Glowacki, Co-Founder, Idea TracingOdvar (Alex) Bjerkholt, Co-Founder, Idea TracingRachel Wong, Lead Idea Tracer, Idea Tracing
19:00 – 20:00 GMT+8
21:00 AET | 15:00 GST | 13:00 CEST | 07:00 ET
Leaders Fireside Chat: Legal Innovation Opportunities in Emerging Markets1 Public CPD Point
Synopsis:Perhaps one consequence of the pandemic has been a transcendence of physical geography. Instead, we have been presented with a geography of needs that is ripe for exploring. This discussion examines how wicked problems at the intersection of law, business, and technology have created necessities that present an opportunity for innovation in a way that challenges traditional geographical and professional silos.
Speakers: Alice Namuli Blazevic, Partner, Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates Abheek Anand, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital IndiaZohar Fisher, Founder, Tech&Law - Israel
Moderator:Alison Hook, Co-founder and Director, Hook Tangaza
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Access to Justice 1 October 2020
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 32Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
SPEAKERS
LIM HOW KHANGAssistant Professor of Law and Information Systems (Practice)
Singapore Management University, School of Law
SHANNON SALTERChair
Civil Resolution Tribunal, Canada
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ALEXANDER JOSEPH WOON WEI-MINGSenior Assistant Director
Office of Transformation & Innovation (Judiciary), Supreme Court of Singapore
PROF RON A. DOLINSenior Research Fellow
Lecturer on LawHarvard Law School
BAN JIUN EANExecutive Director
Singapore Mediation Centre
COLIN RULECEO
Mediate.com
LIM LEI THENGCounsel
Eden Law Corporation
EUNICE CHUACEO
Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre
KEVIN SADLERActing Chief Executive
Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service
ODUNOLUWA LONGERegional Head, West Africa
Justice AcceleratorHague Institute for Innovation of Law
HRISHIKESH DATARFounder & CEOVakilsearch.com
TAN KEN HWEEChief Transformation and
Innovation Officer (Judiciary)Supreme Court of Singapore
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 33Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ODVAR (ALEX) BJERKHOLTCo-FounderIdea Tracing
ALICE NAMULI BLAZEVICPartner
Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates
BORJA GUTIERREZJustice Accelerator Fund
SpecialistHague Institute for Innovation of Law
ROCH GLOWACKICo-FounderIdea Tracing
ABHEEK ANANDManaging Director
Sequoia Capital India
ALISON HOOKCo-founder and Director
Hook Tangaza
ALEX PELEVINFounder Court.one and Co-founder
Case.one Inc.
SPEAKERS
RACHEL WONGLead Idea Tracer
Idea Tracing
ZOHAR FISHERFounder
Tech&Law - Israel
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 34Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
10:00 – 11:30 GMT+8
12:00 AET | 06:00 GST | 04:00 CEST | 22:00 ET
Panel Discussion: Finding Blue Ocean for Legal Technologies1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:It is fair to say that legal innovation has become synonymous with legal technology innovation. Within the latter space, traditional categories of products and services have dominated. Products and services targeted at automating and streamlining workflow to the exclusion of solutioning in the areas of data and infrastructure to facilitate adoption and scalability of downstream technologies and process innovation has led to a kind of insularity in the way the legal industry innovates. In this session, we take a buzzword-free look at (a) the current legal tech landscape, and the existing categories of legal technology innovation; (b) areas for inclusion and exploration to expand the legal tech innovation rubric; and (c) how industry players of various sizes can exploit the yet-to-be-explored opportunities in legal tech – especially those arising from the challenges presented by a pandemic-era and post-pandemic workplace.
Speakers:Sarah Sutherland, Director, Programs and Partnerships, Canadian Legal Information InstitutePablo Arredondo, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, CasetextSam Mantle, Executive Vice President Digital Engineering, LuxoftRakesh Kirpalani, Director, Dispute Resolution & Information Technology, Chief Technology Officer, Drew & Napier LLC
Moderator:Lixian Loong Hantover, Attorney and Legal Designer
Legal Innovation 2 October 2020
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 35Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
12:00 – 13:00 GMT+8
14:00 AET | 08:00 GST | 06:00 CEST | 00:00 ET
Knowledge Café: Funding Legal Innovation in the Asia-Pacific1 Public CPD Point
Synopsis:Are you part of a legal tech start-up seeking to scale? Perhaps you are in-house counsel in a startup? Or maybe you are external counsel to clients seeking to raise funds? This session provides: (a) a practical understanding of the funding ecosystem and what VCs consider when assessing whether to invest in a company; (b) a discussion on the emerging legal tech innovation funding trends and the impact that the pandemic is having on VCs and their appetite for investment; (c) insight on what kinds of companies are currently in demand, and who the future unicorns could be for the legal tech industry; and (d) perspectives on the common compliance issues that companies and their counsel need to look out for when seeking to raise funds.
Speakers:Rajesh Sreenivasan, Partner, Head of TMT Practice, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLPJerry Ting, CEO, Evisort, IncCarmen Yuen, Partner, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
Moderator: Steven Liew, Co-Founder, Cosmic Café
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Legal Innovation 2 October 2020
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 36Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
13:30 – 15:30 GMT+8
15:30 AET | 09:30 GST | 07:30 CEST | 01:30 ET
Panel Discussion: Tomorrow’s Legal Products Designed Today2 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:Calling all product innovators, product managers, and product counselors (or those who aspire to be any of these)! This session aims to spark the innovation of legal tech products, and to share insights with those who wish to better support their creation and management. The panel will share perspectives on these topics, which aim to reflect key aspects of the product development cycle: (a) Persona building, aimed at providing views on better understanding market needs, opportunities, and challenges, to lead to product ideation; (b) Product ideation and management, focused on the process of creating and early-stage management of a product; and (c) Product counseling, targeted at strengthening skills needed to be able to provide sound and practical advice to startups that have a specialized need to build and move fast. Facilitator:Rama Tiwari, Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Digital Officer, Singapore Academy of Law
Speakers:Fairil Yeo, VP of Transformation, APAC, LEWISEva Bruch, Founder of AlterWork and DLEX Faculty AdvisorDuc V. Trang, Managing Director, Major, Lindsey & Africa / Landon Advisory ServicesJohn Matheson, Co-Founder, Quant LegalTech
16:00 – 16:30 GMT+8
18:00 AET | 12:00 GST | 10:00 CEST | 04:00 ET
Fireside Chat with Minister Edwin Tong: Singapore’s Legal Technology Roadmap 2030
Synopsis:Join Mr Edwin Tong SC, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law, for a fireside chat to mark the launch of the Ministry of Law’s Technology & Innovation Roadmap (TIR). The roadmap charts Singapore’s legal technology path to 2030, identifies technologies that will impact or change legal services, and includes an overview of current and upcoming initiatives to encourage adoption and development of such technologies. Minister Tong will discuss what’s in store for our legal industry, and how technology can improve productivity and resilience of our industry. Speaker:Mr Edwin Tong SC, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law
Moderator:Dawn Tan, Presenter, CNA
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Legal Innovation 2 October 2020
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 37Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Legal Innovation 2 October 2020
16:30 – 18:00 GMT+8
18:30 AET | 12:30 GST | 10:30 CEST | 04:30 ET
This session includes the Fireside Chat with Minister Edwin Tong.
Panel Discussion: State of Legal Innovation in the Asia-Pacific 2020 1.5 Public CPD Points
Synopsis:A year on from the signature and ground-breaking State of Legal Innovation in Asia-Pacific (SOLIA) Report 2019, the legal innovation picture globally has changed drastically. Amidst the COVID19 crisis, we have seen a significant rise in legal innovation and the use of technology in providing justice. These include the rise of virtual courts, transformational shifts to a fully-virtual mode of working. At the same time, as economies take a beating, we see both light and dark spots in the appetite for legal innovation. Building on the goal of SOLIA to provide actionable market intelligence to key legal innovation decision-makers and players in the region, this panel will see the launch and discussion of the SOLIA 2020 Report. Featured in the discussion will include new jurisdictions, insights on legal tech investments and money flows, and how enabling policy environments can be built to take legal innovation forward - which together will help you make sense of the shifting sands in legal innovation in the Asia-Pacific. At the same time, bringing matters from 30,000 feet level to ground-level, a second panel of regional law firms will be sharing with us their breakthroughs, experiences and insights in how they have embraced legal innovation and adopted legal technologies. Speakers:Melissa Lim, Founding Partner, Melissa Lim & AssociatesAgathon Henryanto, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah MadaJosef James Gara, Vice-President for International Affairs, Association of Law Students of the PhilippinesDave Yuen, Assistant Manager, Business Transformation, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLPHsiang Low, Co-Head of Nakhoda Asia and Managing Associate, LinklatersAditya Singh, Counsel, White & CaseApril Brousseau, Global Lead, Clifford Chance LLP Create and Innovation
Moderators:Josh Lee Kok Thong, Chairperson, Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology AssociationJerrold Soh Tsin Howe, Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, School of Law
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 38Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
MAIN STAGE PROGRAMME
Legal Innovation 2 October 2020
18:00 – 18:30 GMT+8
20:00 AET | 14:00 GST | 12:00 CEST | 06:00 ET
Virtual Networking Café: Uniting APAC’s Common Aspirations for Legal Innovation and TechnologyGuest of Honour: The Honourable Justice Lee Seiu Kin
Synopsis:Closing off TechLaw.Fest 2020 will be an APAC-wide open ideation project to determine and unite common aspirations and hopes for legal innovation and technology for the region. Tapping on the Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association (ALITA)’s convening power to encourage coordination and cooperation in legal innovation, the session will give participants a say in identifying the region’s aspirations, concerns and imperatives for legal innovation and technology, based on statement submissions from TechLaw.Fest attendees over the 5 days of TechLaw.Fest.
The session will also see ALITA launch three new exciting initiatives for the region: the 2020 State of Legal Innovation in the Asia-Pacific Report, as well the world’s first Legal Technology Observatory and Asia’s first Legal Innovation Strategy Toolkit.
If interested, please express your interest here.
Speakers:Josh Lee Kok Thong, Chairperson, Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology AssociationMaurice L. Rabb, Steering Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation & Technology AssociationAdeline Chin, Steering Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation & Technology AssociationLee Ji En, Deputy Chairperson, Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association
18:30 - 19:00 GMT+8
21:30 AET | 15:30 GST | 13:30 CEST | 07:30 ET
Closing Virtual Afterparty
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 39Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
SPEAKERS
SARAH SUTHERLANDDirector of Programs and PartnershipsCanadian Legal Information Institute
PABLO ARREDONDOCo-Founder and
Chief Product OfficerCasetext
LEGAL INNOVATION
RAKESH KIRPALANIDirector, Dispute Resolution& Information TechnologyChief Technology Officer
Drew & Napier LLC
LIXIAN LOONG HANTOVERAttorney and Legal Designer
JERRY TINGCEO
Evisort, Inc
RAJESH SREENIVASANPartner, Head of TMT PracticeRajah & Tann Singapore LLP
FAIRIL YEOVP of Transformation, APAC
LEWIS
SAM MANTLEExecutive Vice President Digital Engineering
Luxoft
STEVEN LIEWCo-FounderCosmic Café
CARMEN YUENPartner
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
DUC V. TRANGManaging Director
Major Lindsey Africa / Landon Advisory Services
EVA BRUCHFounder of AlterWork and
DLEX Faculty Advisor
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 40Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
SPEAKERS
LEGAL INNOVATION
JOSEF JAMES GARAVice-President for International Affairs
Association of Law Students of the Philippines
DAVE YUENAssistant Manager, Business
TransformationRajah & Tann Singapore LLP
HSIANG LOWCo-Head of Nakhoda Asia and Managing Associate, Linklaters
ADITYA SINGHCounsel
White & Case
APRIL BROUSSEAUGlobal Lead
Clifford Chance LLPCreate and Innovation
AGATHON HENRYANTOAssistant Lecturer, Department of Administrative Law, Faculty of Law
Universitas Gadjah Mada
JOSH LEE KOK THONGChairperson
Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association
JERROLD SOH TSIN HOWEAssistant Professor of Law
Singapore Management University, School of Law
MELISSA LIMFounding Partner
Melissa Lim & Associates
JOHN MATHESONCo-Founder
Quant LegalTech
DAWN TANPresenter
CNA
RAMA TIWARIDeputy Chief Executive & Chief Digital Officer
Singapore Academy of Law
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 41Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
VIRTUAL NETWORKING SESSIONS
2 October 202018:00 - 18:30
Uniting APAC’s Common Aspirations for Legal Innovation
and Technology (ALITe)
1 October 202018:00 - 18:30
Idea TracingVirtual Networking Session
28 September 202018:00 - 1830
Transforming Mindsets: How SmartLaw Guild Firms Are Embracing Technology Virtual Networking Session
29 September 202018:00 - 18:30
SMU Centre for Computational Law
Virtual Networking Session
30 September 202018:00 - 18:30
Digital Legal Exchange Virtual Networking
Session
All sessions are in Singapore time, GMT+8
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 42Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
TECH TALKS PROGRAMME
28 September 2020
11:45 - 12:00 Singapore Corporate Counsel Association
(SCCA) – Tips and Challenges for In-
house for 2020Stanley Park, Managing
Director & Head of Legal Asia Pacific, Scotiabank &
Member, SCCA
12:15 - 12:30 Association of
Corporate Counsel (ACC) – Inventing the Next Greatest Thing
James Collison, Senior Counsel (Intellectual
Property), Mastercard Asia/Pacific
& Member, ACC Singapore
12:45 - 13:00 LawTech in Central
AsiaMark Beer OBE, Chairman
Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Advisory Council on the Development of Legal
Technology
15:00 - 15:15 Transforming the
Delivery of Services Through Legal
AutomationEvan Wong, Co-founder &
CEO, Checkbox.ai
15:30 - 15:45 Making Real Work Automation Ideas
Come To Life: Rapid, No Code, and Fun Serena Lim, Director, Bizibody Technology
17:30 - 17:45 Using AI for
Expedited and Insightful Document
Reviews Frederick Goddard, Account Manager
Luminance
18:00 - 18:15 Visualisation in the
lawTim Follett, Chief Executive
OfficerStructureFlow
18:30 - 18:45Tech and Talent
Showcase: Rock Your LinkedIn Profile for
BusinessesCarol Chuah, Talent
Development Strategist LinkedIn
All sessions are in Singapore time, GMT+8
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 43Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
29 September 2020
11:45 - 12:00 How Brazil is Leading
Legal Innovation in Latin America
Fabio Cendão, Founder Fcmlaw
12:00 - 12:15 China’s Growing
Legal Tech IndustryMegan Meng, Director (Strategic Partnerships)
86Links
12:30 - 12:45 De-risking Investment
- the Astana International Financial
Centre and AIFC Business ConnectJames Martin, Chief
Executive OfficerAstana International
Financial Centre (AIFC) Business Connect
13:15 - 13:30 Persuasion via
Webcam: How to convince people and influence decisions when you’re not in
the same room Khelvin Xu, Partner
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
15:00 - 15:15 How Game Changing
Are eHearings? A Quantitative Analysis
Serena Lim, DirectorLitigation Edge
Brad Mixner,Technology Strategist
Litigation Edge
15:30 - 15:45 Using the Right Technology to
Comply with Current Data Protection
RegulationsYun Sil Chu
Chief Executive OfficerMoaah
17:30 - 17:45 The Mongolian
Legal Industry and its Developments on
Legal TechnologyZolzaya Mundur
Chief Executive Officer Codelex Legaltech
18:00 - 18:15 Cybersecurity
Concerns in the Legal Industry and Beyond
Wong Onn CheeTechnical Director
Rajah & Tann Cybersecurity
18:30 - 18:45 Tech and Talent
Showcase: Rock Your LinkedIn Profile for
IndividualsWilson Chen
Account DirectorLinkedIn Talent & Learning
Solutions
30 September 2020
11:45 - 12:00 Digitalizing by
(Carefully) Doing Less – Not More!
Tan Sian LipChief Executive Officer
Halialabs
12:15 - 12:30 Ask and You Shall
Receive: Information Extraction from
Judgements with AIJonathan Wai, Law Student,
National University of Singapore
15:00 - 16:00 Your Clients are Agile,
How About You? Sylvain Mahe, Enterprise
Agile CoachPALO IT
Venetia Foo, Agile Coach PALO IT
17:30 - 17:45 Challenge, Choice or Change: Does Legal Education Prepare
You for a Role in Tech?
Amelia ChewCo-Founder
Letters of the LawNigel Yeo, Global Product
Manager Xendit
18:00 - 18:15 Transformation of
Russian CourtsAlex Pelevin
Founder Court.one and Co-founder Case.one Inc.
18:30 - 18:45 Tech and Talent
Showcase: Tech and the war for Talent:
Why Legal Tech will not replace lawyers
#21stCenturyLawyeringShulin Lee, Co-Founder
Ansa SearchHelen Ng, Co-Founder
Ansa Search
All sessions are in Singapore time, GMT+8
TECHLAW.FEST 2020 44Information is accurate as of 21 September 2020 and is subject to change.
TECH TALKS PROGRAMME
1 October 2020
11:45 - 12:00 Tackling the Socio-legal Challenges
Faced Today Through TechnologyLeonard Lee
Executive DirectorCommunity Justice Centre
12:15 - 12:30 Conquering my Fears:
Legal-tech in Law School
Zane ChongStudent President
alt+law,National University of
Singapore
12:45 - 13:00 Access to Justice: From before the
Internet to beyondChan Yuk Lun, Founder
SingaporeLegalAdvice.com
13:15 - 13:30 Adopting Technology to Advance the Rule of Law: Stories from
Southeast AsiaHannah Lim, Head of
Rule of Law and Emerging Markets
LexisNexis
15:00 - 15:15 Law Society Pro Bono
Services – Enabling A2J Through Digital and Virtual MeansFoo Juyuan, Manager,
Criminal Legal Aid SchemeLaw Society Pro Bono
ServicesRegana Zara Mydin, Assistant Manager
(Community, Outreach & Communications)
Law Society Pro Bono Services
15:30 - 15:45 The impact of the
robotics era on the Legal industry
Harel TayebChief Executive Officer
Kyron
17:30 - 17:45 CalculAID - For the Migrant Workers
Shukrina SalamLaw Student
Singapore Management University
18:00 - 18:15 E-Litigation in Process of Indonesia Judicial
TransformationEvandri G Pantuw
Chief Executive OfficerIndexa Law
18:30 - 18:45 Tech and Talent Showcase: How to Learn Now for
TomorrowAmin Neghavati
Digital Technologist and Training Consultant The British Council
2 October 2020
11:45 - 12:00 An Analytical
Excursion of the Trends in the Legal
and Legal Tech Market in the Region
Eric Chin, Principal - Innovation & Strategy
Alpha Creates
12:15 - 12:30 The Distributed Law
FirmFaith Sing, Director
fsLAW Asia
13:15 - 13:30 Lessons Learned from
Create +65Laura Collins Scott,
Innovation LeadClifford Chance
Shanice Choo, Innovation Analyst
Clifford Chance
15:00 - 15:15 The Power of Online Platforms to advance Client EngagementPernilla Linden, Head of Marketing and Business Development Australia
HFW
15:30 - 15:45 Transforming
Teaching: Moving Legal Education to
Online Models Tris Xavier, Lecturer
Singapore University of Social Sciences
17:30 - 17:45 How Not to Kill
Innovation with a Pilot Project
Rik Nauta, Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Donna Legal
18:00 - 18:15 Drafting Automation: the How, the Why &
the ROIJames Quinn
Chief Executive OfficerClarilis
18:30 - 18:45 Tech and Talent
Showcase: Legal Talent
Olivia SeetPartner
Major, Lindsey & AfricaAshish Raivadera, Managing Director
Major, Lindsey & Africa
AND MANY OTHERS
All sessions are in Singapore time, GMT+8
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