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DATE
THURSDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2017

TIME
8:30AM - 5:00PM

VENUE
MARINA MANDARIN SINGAPORE
6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, 039594

 

 

Event Overview

Learn more about the importance of data privacy and how the public and private sectors can cooperate to tackle the issues on these subjects.As global trends move towards the intensive use of data, it becomes increasingly important to turn our attention to data privacy. Also, widespread cyber attacks must be addressed; managing information security risks is then imperative.

 

With this in mind, the Asian Legal Business will be holding Asia Pacific Data Protection Forum on 12 October to extensively discuss Data Privacy Laws across the Asia Pacific Region and how both private and public sectors can join hands in addressing issues on the aforementioned subject, without compromising the free flow of information which is key to innovation and growth, and the continuous flow of data across asia-pacific region

 

Key Benefits of Attending

  • Networking opportunities with senior In-House counsels, lawyers and business leaders who are on top of their game.
  • In-depth workshops focusing on the latest legal issues presented by top domestic and international law firms VIP networking luncheon and refreshments
  • Speaker notes and materials provided

Target Audience

  • Corporate Counsels
  • Company Secretaries
  • Investment Bankers
  • Data Protection Officers
  • IT Directors and Executives
  • IT Security Officers
  • Compliance Directors and Executives
  • Partners
  • Legal Affairs Directors
  • CEO, CFO, CTOs and CIOs

 

Stay tune for more updates on the agenda

For the full agenda, please contact Amanda Murillo at amanda.murillo@thomsonreuters.com or call +632 789 5328

 


 

 

TIME

AGENDA

8:30 AM

Registration

9:15 AM

Welcoming Remarks and Introduction to Guest of Honor
 
Agatha Lin Zhang, Regional Counsel, Thomson Reuters

9:30 AM

Keynote Address: Data Protection as a Pillar of Trust in the Digital Economy

Yeong Zee Kin, Deputy Commissioner, Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore

10:00 AM

Presentation: Cloud Service Provider on GDPR Compliance – GDPR support you can expect from CSPs

With the May 2018 EU GDPR Implementation – organizations will need to ensure their Cloud Service Providers are able to support the GDPR Compliance

  • What contractual terms will be needed to get in place?
  • What questions should I ask my CSP?
  • What information will I need from my CSP to meet compliance obligations?
Jennifer Koo, Lead Attornery, Microsoft Singapore

11:00AM

Refreshment Break 

11:30AM

Presentation: Comparative Analysis of Asia-Pacific Data privacy Laws 

  • International Agreements and Standards including the following: EU, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
  • Data Privacy Principles and Privacy Enforcement of the development of each Asian Countries
  • Signs of APAC harmonization – measure of harmonization of compliance standards across geographies and easy, effective solutions for cross-border data transfers
  • The influence of EU GDPR 2018 Implementation to each Asia-Pacific Countries
  • Significant legislative reforms in China, Japan, Philippines, Singapore and Hongkong and New developments to Indonesia and Thailand’s Data Protection Bill
Simon Chesterman, Dean – School of Law, National University Singapore

12:15NN

Networking Lunch (90 mins)

1:45 PM

Panel Discussion: Breach Response Plan and Management

  • What is a data breach
  • What are the legal implications of Data Breaches
  • Effective ways to prepare and response to data breach
    • Legal Perspective
    • Technical Perspective

Moderator

Aruna Withane, APAC Strategic Trust Lead, Data Privacy and Compliance for G Suite, Google

Panelists

Carol Seah, Assistant General Counsel, SingTel

Yi Ling Seng, Senior Counsel in Privacy and Data Protection, Mastercard

2:30 PM

Presentation:  The Status of  Data Analytics solutions in Asia - Pacific how it impacts the market from a perspective of Data Protection

 

Arun Sundar, Chairman, Asia Analytics Alliance of Asia Cloud Computing (ACCA)

Greg Newman, Member, Asia Analytics Alliance of Asia Cloud Computing (ACCA)

3:15 PM

Refreshment Break (30 mins)

3:45 PM

Panel: Moving Ahead with Data Innovation across Asia – From the Perspective of Privacy and CyberSecurity Landscape

  • What are the key issues on Data Innnovations
  • Updates on Privacy Laws across Asia – how it can impact data innovation
  • What are the following innovative technologies and tips on how to apply it to your corporation

Moderator

Tharishni Arumugam, Asia Advisory Board, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Panelists

Asmita Ranade, Senior Director, Application Development, Incubation Team, AON

Guy Marong, Global Information Security Director, Sony Electronics

4:45 PM

Q&A Panel

5:00 PM

End of ALB Asia Pacific Data Protection Forum 2017

Stay tune for more speakers and panellists profiles.

For the full agenda, please contact Amanda Murillo at amanda.murillo@thomsonreuters.com or call +632 789 5328

 


 GUEST OF HONOR AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER

 

Yeong Zee Kin, Deputy Commissioner
Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore

Yeong Zee Kin is a Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) lawyer. Prior to taking up his present appointment as Assistant Chief Executive and Deputy Commissioner at the Personal Data Protection Commission, he was Senior State Counsel and Director of Technology Law in the Civil Division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers and held a concurrent appointment as Senior Director (Special Projects) in the Legal Services department of the Ministry of Communications and Information. During that time, he was also legal advisor to the Smart Nation Programme Office and the Cyber Security Agency. 

Prior to that, he was Senior Assistant Registrar and CIO cum CDO of the Supreme Court of Singapore. During his time in the Supreme Court, his administrative responsibilities included (at various times) the management of its registry, statistics unit and CISD. He managed the Supreme Court's Shipping, Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Employment lists and developed the specialised procedures for managing IP cases in the Supreme Court IP Court Guide. He continues to be engaged in procedural law reform as a member of the Supreme Court’s Civil Justice Commission

Jennifer Koo, Lead Attornery
Microsoft Singapore

Jennifer Koo is currently the lead attorney for Microsoft Singapore.  In this role, Jennifer is responsible for the company’s corporate, external and legal affairs in Singapore.  This includes supporting commercial transactions and providing regulatory counsel to business groups on public policy issues such as intellectual property rights, privacy and internet security and safety. Before joining Microsoft, Jennifer was with eBay as its legal counsel responsible for Southeast Asia.  Jennifer started her career in Rajah & Tann, one of the largest law firm in Singapore, focusing on intellectual property technology, entertainment and communications law. Jennifer is a co-founder of womenLEAP, a group for legal, executive and advisory professionals to connect, collaborate and network and is passionate about women in leadership.

Presentation Material

Simon Chesterman, Dean – School of Law,
National University Singapore

Professor Simon Chesterman is Dean of the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law.  He is also Editor of the Asian Journal of International Law.  His teaching experience includes periods at the Universities of Melbourne, Oxford, Southampton, Columbia, and Sciences Po. From 2006-2011, he was Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme. Prior to joining NYU, he was a Senior Associate at the International Peace Academy and Director of UN Relations at the International Crisis Group in New York. He has previously worked for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yugoslavia and interned at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Professor Chesterman is a recognized authority on international law and author or editor of seventeen books including Law and Practice of the United Nations (with Ian Johnstone and David M. Malone, OUP, 2016); One Nation Under Surveillance (OUP, 2011); You, The People (OUP, 2004); and Just War or Just Peace? (OUP, 2001).

Presentation Material

 

Arun Sundar, Chairman
Asia Analytics Alliance of Asia Cloud Computing (ACCA)

Arun Sundar is an opinion leader in the Asia Pacific technology space. Arun has built, led and advised many technology businesses both in the region and world-wide. Presently, he is the Chief Strategy Officer at TrustSphere, widely known as the pioneers of the ‘Relationship Analytics’ category, where he leads the formulation and execution of the company’s strategic direction and growth. The rise and direction of TrustSphere is now a subject of Harvard Business School case-study in the making. Arun was recently conferred with the " IT Excellence Award 2017" for his contributions to the world of Information Technology by the Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs Kerala.

In his personal capacity, Arun is an eminent champion of and commentator on the trending subjects of People Analytics and Machine Learning. He also serves as the Founding Chairman of the Asia Analytics Alliance, a Board Member with Asia Cloud Computing Association, an executive committee member of Singapore IT Federation, a Charter Member of TiE (Singapore Chapter) and an advisor/board member to multiple technology ventures. Arun is also the founder of the Social Capital Institute (www.thesocialcapitalinstitute.org), which was built with the mission of evangelizing the concept of ‘Social Capital’ and ‘Karma Social Capital’, which he believes is the currency that propels the human neural evolution forward.

Presentation Material (will be available shortly)

Guy Marong, Global Information Security Director Sony Electronics
 

Masters degree in Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley. MBA from INSEAD, France. Held R&D roles, business development, product management and e-commerce business management roles until early 2000. From 2003 in risk management. Privacy Officer for Sony Europe from 2003 to 2009. Information Security Officer for Sony Europe from 2007 to 2014. Global Information Security Officer for Sony Electronics outside Japan since 2015. Relocated to Singapore in 2015.

Presentation Material (will be available shortly)

Tharishni Arumugam, Regional Privacy Counsel, APAC, 
Aon

Tharishni Arumugam is the Regional Privacy Counsel for Asia-Pacific at Aon, where she oversees data privacy issues across all of the Aon Group’s business lines within the region, as well as coordinating privacy issues for Aon’s Global Innovation Centre. Currently based in Singapore, she is a qualified lawyer specialising in all aspects of privacy including interpretation and application of law and regulation, drafting guidance and policies, incorporating codes of practice into businesses, conducting data privacy audits, sensitive data issues, drafting guidance on marketing rules, and incident response and breach management. She has written internationally-published articles and conducted workshops and seminars on issues relating to data privacy laws in the region, and regularly speaks at privacy events across the APAC region. She is currently on the Asia Advisory board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (“IAPP”)

Presentation Material (will be available shortly)

Asmita Ranade, Senior Director, Application Development, Incubation Team, 
AON
 

Asmita Ranade is Senior Director and Head of Business Development within the Aon Centre for Innovation and Analytics in Singapore. She joined Aon in 2006, bringing over 10 years of consulting experience in software solutions, design, and research and innovation. Having worked in the UK and India, she is currently based in Singapore. Asmita and her team strategically look for ways to create top and bottom line value using data and technology, helping create a roadmap to implement net-new product lines into the business. Working with teams throughout the world, the business development team aims to create new portfolios of products for clients with the use of powerful data based analytics tools. She co-chairs Aon’s WoMen’s International Network in Singapore which helps create meaningful professional development strategies, business networking opportunities and  mentoring relationships, focused, but not restricted to, our female employees.Asmita has a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Pune, India.

 
Presentation Material (will be available shortly)
 
Aruna Withane, APAC Strategic Trust Lead – Data Privacy & Compliance,
Google

Aruna Withane leads APAC’s data protection and regulatory compliance matters for Google’s cloud-based services. Prior to joining Google, Aruna most recently served as corporate lawyer for Salesforce and IBM. Aruna earned a Masters of Business Administration from Kingston University in the UK and is a qualified Solicitor in England & Wales.

Carol Seah, Assistant General Counsel,
Singtel

Carol Seah is a commercial Lawyer with extensive in house and big law firm experience in the TMT industry.

Assistant General Counsel at Singtel, with the privilege of supporting many of the exciting digital technology initiatives including IPTV, mobile payments, internet of things. Previously at SLNG (Oil and Gas Industry) and Pacnet Singapore, and prior to that in New Zealand, at Telecom NZ and DLA Phillips Fox.

Yi Lin Seng, Senior Counsel in Privacy and Data Protection,
Mastercard
 

Yi Lin is a Senior Counsel for Privacy & Data Protection in Mastercard. Yi Lin has practised law for more than 10 years and was previously with an international law firm, where she specialized in privacy & data protection, information technology, and trade and commercial matters. Yi Lin is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, a Certified Information Privacy Manager, and a Certified Information Privacy Technologist. She is also a Fellow of Information Privacy which is a designation given out by the International Association of Privacy Professionals to leaders in the privacy field. She has been recognized by Legal 500 for her Technology, Media and Telecommunications work in Singapore, and is also listed as an Expert for Singapore on World ECRThe Journal of Export Controls and Sanctions.

Michelle Armand, APAC Compliance Counsel, Dimension Data Asia Pacific

Dimension Data is a global systems integrator forming part of the NTT Group. Previously a commercial litigator, Michelle works with Dimension Data on ensuring that it complies with regional data protection and privacy laws.

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