Event Details
SMUCDL was pleased to co-host the roundtable on 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 with Meta as part of the inaugural Singapore Data Festival 2026, held at the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law (YPHSL).
The roundtable opened with remarks by SMUYPHSL Associate Provost (Research Governance) Prof Maartje De Visser. In her address, Prof De Visser highlighted the growing importance of AI governance as the use of, and reliance on, AI becomes increasingly pervasive and underscored the need to safeguard and enhance public trust as technology continues to evolve.
As AI evolves from a tool we direct into an agent that can act on our behalf, the roundtable examined what reasonable trust looks like in an era of rapid technological change. The discussion reframed trust not as a binary, but as a reasonableness standard that must adapt as AI capabilities continue to advance.
Moderated by Stephy K. (Meta), the session featured speakers from academia, government, legal practice, and industry, including SMUCDL faculty Prof Heng WANG (SMUYPHSL), Wan Sie LEE (IMDA), Prof Hiroki Habuka (Kyoto University), Noboru Kitayama (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto), and Royce Wee (Meta).
We are grateful to our colleagues at Meta for co-hosting this timely roundtable, and to all speakers and participants for contributing to a thoughtful discussion on responsible AI, reasonable trust, and technology governance.
Through engagements like these, SMUCDL continues to advance critical conversations on digital law and governance — addressing the foundational question of how we build trust in emerging technologies by exploring dimensions beyond the legal scope, including policy and societal perspectives, with multi-stakeholder contributions.
