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We were pleased to host the seminar Anticipatory Regulation in Practice: Legal and Governance Tools for Healthcare Futures, featuring Assoc Prof Bernadette Richards (The University of Queensland) and Dr Adriana Banozic-Tang (SMU), chaired by Assoc Prof Jason Grant Allen, Director of the SMU Centre for Digital Law (CDL).
As digital technologies continue to transform healthcare, regulatory systems face growing challenges in keeping pace with innovation. In this session, Assoc Prof Richards examined how anticipatory legal frameworks can help regulators remain agile and responsive amidst technological change. Drawing on international and Australian perspectives, she discussed how legal foresight and governance design—involving different stakeholders—can enhance accountability and public trust within health innovation.
Dr Banozic-Tang offered a complementary perspective, featuring several use cases from Singapore to illustrate how anticipatory principles are being translated into practical governance mechanisms through initiatives such as AI Verify, the AI in Healthcare Guidelines, and MOH TRUST. Her reflections underscored how regulatory foresight can be operationalised to ensure trust, safety and responsibility in emerging technologies.
The seminar concluded with a robust Q&A session that explored the practical challenges and opportunities of applying anticipatory regulation to complex healthcare systems. It also set the stage for potential research collaborations between CDL and The University of Queensland.
We thank our speakers for a thought-provoking and insightful exchange that advances dialogue on adaptive and responsible regulatory design. This discussion aligns with our mission to explore how adaptive and forward-looking legal systems can responsibly shape digital futures—particularly in sectors like healthcare, where innovation directly impacts human wellbeing.
