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Privacy-Enhancing Technology Summit Asia-Pacific Agenda

Privacy-Enhancing Technology Summit Asia-Pacific
16 July, 2024
Marina Bay Sands Singapore, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956

Check out the initial agenda for the PET Summit APAC. More speakers to be added soon so stay tuned!


Thursday, 9 Nov, 2023
08:30-09:20
Registration and Networking
09:20-09:30
Welcome Address
09:30-10:15

Collaborating and exchanging data can optimize productivity and reveal unexplored prospects. However, information is often isolated and siloed with limited access to protect it from compromise and to comply with differing regulatory requirements. Experts will share how they have increased both internal and external data collaboration, the lessons they’ve learned, and the partnership opportunities being enabled by PETs.

Author:

Edmund Situmorang

Chief Technology Officer
Asian Bulk Logistics

Over 15 years in senior management experience with passion in Strategy, Information Technology, and Human Capital Development with a motto of “Invest in People”.  Has been a speaker and Community Resource on Digital Transformation and Security, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and has been invited to many International Leaders’ Summit to speak on Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Project Management and Digital Marketing.

Has been studying abroad since early teens, graduated High School in the Philippines and finished his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and took on Master’s in Business at the age of 17. Worked in United States for 11 years as Programmer and Strategist, and enthusiastic about technology especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Edmund Situmorang

Chief Technology Officer
Asian Bulk Logistics

Over 15 years in senior management experience with passion in Strategy, Information Technology, and Human Capital Development with a motto of “Invest in People”.  Has been a speaker and Community Resource on Digital Transformation and Security, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and has been invited to many International Leaders’ Summit to speak on Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Project Management and Digital Marketing.

Has been studying abroad since early teens, graduated High School in the Philippines and finished his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and took on Master’s in Business at the age of 17. Worked in United States for 11 years as Programmer and Strategist, and enthusiastic about technology especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Author:

Rishi Ganiswaran

Head of Legal (Technology) and Chief Privacy Officer
Yinson

Rishi Ganiswaran

Head of Legal (Technology) and Chief Privacy Officer
Yinson

Author:

Vikas Desai

Principal Architect
Google

Vikas Desai

Principal Architect
Google

Author:

Lawrence Wee

Deputy Director
Ministry of Health, Singapore

Lawrence Wee

Deputy Director
Ministry of Health, Singapore
Moderator

Author:

Mike Bursell

Executive Director
Confidential Computing Consortium

Mike Bursell

Executive Director
Confidential Computing Consortium
10:15-11:00

Join us for a panel of experts that discuss how Confidential Computing is transforming the industry today and what it means for you. Moving beyond theoretical discussions, this session intends to offer a deep dive into the tangible impacts and real-world applications of Confidential Computing today. 

Author:

Mike Bursell

Executive Director
Confidential Computing Consortium

Mike Bursell

Executive Director
Confidential Computing Consortium

Author:

Bertrand Foing

Founder & CEO
Secretarium & Klave

Bertrand Foing is the founder and CEO of Secretarium. He started his career in 2008 at Société Générale on the structured credit derivatives trading desk. He delivered both super-scalable, real-time solutions using tens of thousands of machines, and a series of high-performance tools for trading. Bertrand joined Société Générale’s Crypto and Blockchain Lab in 2014 and gained a deep understanding of trustless systems and privacy-enhancing technologies. He created Secretarium in 2016 to focus on privacy-preserving/confidential computing. With the help of the co-founder Cédric Wahl, they have achieved great success with major international institutions, and delivered an easy-to-adopt confidential computing platform, Klave, in 2023.

Bertrand Foing

Founder & CEO
Secretarium & Klave

Bertrand Foing is the founder and CEO of Secretarium. He started his career in 2008 at Société Générale on the structured credit derivatives trading desk. He delivered both super-scalable, real-time solutions using tens of thousands of machines, and a series of high-performance tools for trading. Bertrand joined Société Générale’s Crypto and Blockchain Lab in 2014 and gained a deep understanding of trustless systems and privacy-enhancing technologies. He created Secretarium in 2016 to focus on privacy-preserving/confidential computing. With the help of the co-founder Cédric Wahl, they have achieved great success with major international institutions, and delivered an easy-to-adopt confidential computing platform, Klave, in 2023.

Author:

Ayush Batra

Regional CTO
Intel

Ayush Batra

Regional CTO
Intel

Author:

Ujjwal Kumar

Lead Architect
Microsoft Technology Centre APAC, Singapore

Ujjwal Kumar is Lead Architect for Azure, emerging tech (Quantum Computing, Gen AI, Metaverse, Blockchain), security & sustainability at Microsoft Technology Center APAC, Singapore. He has 20+ years of diverse technology experience in various industry domains.  This spans his time in Microsoft with global partner enterprise architect, commercial software engineering, developer evangelist teams and more across Azure, AI, blockchain, security, mixed reality, IoT, through to quantum computing.

In his current role, he works with several top strategic customers, partners and enable them in accelerating their digital transformation journey through ideation, architecture & rapid prototype development. He has led several key projects from Microsoft in Singapore which includes SIA Kris+ blockchain based application, Surbana Jurong smart city, CCN Cargo network, CapitaLand bot. Ujjwal is also co-lead of Microsoft's internal worldwide Quantum Computing community and Azure Quantum Ambassador.

On academic front he has a master’s degree in information & technology leadership from National University of Singapore and professional certifications in Quantum Computing, leadership from Delft University, INSEAD & MIT, USA.

Ujjwal Kumar

Lead Architect
Microsoft Technology Centre APAC, Singapore

Ujjwal Kumar is Lead Architect for Azure, emerging tech (Quantum Computing, Gen AI, Metaverse, Blockchain), security & sustainability at Microsoft Technology Center APAC, Singapore. He has 20+ years of diverse technology experience in various industry domains.  This spans his time in Microsoft with global partner enterprise architect, commercial software engineering, developer evangelist teams and more across Azure, AI, blockchain, security, mixed reality, IoT, through to quantum computing.

In his current role, he works with several top strategic customers, partners and enable them in accelerating their digital transformation journey through ideation, architecture & rapid prototype development. He has led several key projects from Microsoft in Singapore which includes SIA Kris+ blockchain based application, Surbana Jurong smart city, CCN Cargo network, CapitaLand bot. Ujjwal is also co-lead of Microsoft's internal worldwide Quantum Computing community and Azure Quantum Ambassador.

On academic front he has a master’s degree in information & technology leadership from National University of Singapore and professional certifications in Quantum Computing, leadership from Delft University, INSEAD & MIT, USA.

Moderator

Author:

Richard Searle

Vice President of Confidential Computing
Fortanix

Richard Searle

Vice President of Confidential Computing
Fortanix
11:00-11:45
Networking Break
11:45-12:10

In today's hyper-connected world, data privacy stands at the forefront of countless organizational agendas. But with the vast array of technological solutions and jargon floating around, navigating this landscape can be daunting. Join us as we unveil to simplify the complexities of the technology realm and focus on real-world applications. 

Author:

Ujjwal Kumar

Lead Architect
Microsoft Technology Centre APAC, Singapore

Ujjwal Kumar is Lead Architect for Azure, emerging tech (Quantum Computing, Gen AI, Metaverse, Blockchain), security & sustainability at Microsoft Technology Center APAC, Singapore. He has 20+ years of diverse technology experience in various industry domains.  This spans his time in Microsoft with global partner enterprise architect, commercial software engineering, developer evangelist teams and more across Azure, AI, blockchain, security, mixed reality, IoT, through to quantum computing.

In his current role, he works with several top strategic customers, partners and enable them in accelerating their digital transformation journey through ideation, architecture & rapid prototype development. He has led several key projects from Microsoft in Singapore which includes SIA Kris+ blockchain based application, Surbana Jurong smart city, CCN Cargo network, CapitaLand bot. Ujjwal is also co-lead of Microsoft's internal worldwide Quantum Computing community and Azure Quantum Ambassador.

On academic front he has a master’s degree in information & technology leadership from National University of Singapore and professional certifications in Quantum Computing, leadership from Delft University, INSEAD & MIT, USA.

Ujjwal Kumar

Lead Architect
Microsoft Technology Centre APAC, Singapore

Ujjwal Kumar is Lead Architect for Azure, emerging tech (Quantum Computing, Gen AI, Metaverse, Blockchain), security & sustainability at Microsoft Technology Center APAC, Singapore. He has 20+ years of diverse technology experience in various industry domains.  This spans his time in Microsoft with global partner enterprise architect, commercial software engineering, developer evangelist teams and more across Azure, AI, blockchain, security, mixed reality, IoT, through to quantum computing.

In his current role, he works with several top strategic customers, partners and enable them in accelerating their digital transformation journey through ideation, architecture & rapid prototype development. He has led several key projects from Microsoft in Singapore which includes SIA Kris+ blockchain based application, Surbana Jurong smart city, CCN Cargo network, CapitaLand bot. Ujjwal is also co-lead of Microsoft's internal worldwide Quantum Computing community and Azure Quantum Ambassador.

On academic front he has a master’s degree in information & technology leadership from National University of Singapore and professional certifications in Quantum Computing, leadership from Delft University, INSEAD & MIT, USA.

12:10-12:40

As AI continues to permeate industries and redefine boundaries, the need for data protection in AI applications has grown paramount. Confidential AI: An intersection of cutting-edge AI techniques with the utmost standards of data privacy. Be part of the conversation that will shape tomorrow's AI landscape. 

Author:

Ayush Batra

Regional CTO
Intel

Ayush Batra

Regional CTO
Intel
12:40 - 1:00

With silicon vendors, Cloud Service Providers, ISVs, start-ups, end- users and academia all involved in the evolution of Confidential Computing, the Confidential Computing Consortium acts as the technical and ecosystem hub for the community.  Bringing together organisations from industries from finance to genomics, healthcare to space the Consortium is also home to a growing number of open source projects.

Join this session to learn how to get involved.

Author:

Mike Bursell

Executive Director
Confidential Computing Consortium

Mike Bursell

Executive Director
Confidential Computing Consortium
13:00-14:30
Lunch and Networking
14:30-15:45

What are the real-world applications that industry players are using PET for? What are the practical issues? Hear snap insights from IMDA’s PET Sandbox and the adopters’ perspective in this special segment put together by IMDA. This segment will feature key industry players sharing their use cases in the retail, finance and advertising domain, followed by a special panel together with IMDA, as they dive into the unique and common challenges they face.

  

  • Hear IMDA share what they have learnt in the year since they’ve launched their PET Sandbox and what’s next for this regulatory sandbox.
  • How can PETs solve the challenges of sharing financial crime insights to disrupt criminal network activity while addressing tipping-off concerns?  Derek will talk about the potential of using PETs for trans-boundary intelligence sharing.
  • Can PET help companies personalise services for consumers while protecting user privacy? Hear Dr Li Ang share their application of PET in the retail domain.
  • As the digital advertising industry moves into a cookie-less future, browser vendors and ad-tech companies are trying to work together through web standards bodies to develop new, PET-based solutions to attribution measurement that do not entail tracking. Meta and Mozilla have co-proposed a new API called "Interoperable Private Attribution" or IPA. Ben Savage will present on the learnings from their test pilot of IPA through the IMDA PET Sandbox, including the regulatory clarifications on the interplay between such privacy-preserving APIs and consent.

Author:

Adhiraj Saxena

Senior Lead, Business Technology Incubation, Singapore IMDA
IMDA

Adhiraj is from the Singapore Government’s IMDA agency. He is the senior lead for its PET unit. As member of the PET Summit’s board, he helped bring the inaugural Asia Pacific PET Summit to Singapore in 2022. He sits in OECD’s PET Experts Workgroup to advice the G7 strategy on trusted data flow and AI safety. He has a background in data science and product development.

Adhiraj Saxena

Senior Lead, Business Technology Incubation, Singapore IMDA
IMDA

Adhiraj is from the Singapore Government’s IMDA agency. He is the senior lead for its PET unit. As member of the PET Summit’s board, he helped bring the inaugural Asia Pacific PET Summit to Singapore in 2022. He sits in OECD’s PET Experts Workgroup to advice the G7 strategy on trusted data flow and AI safety. He has a background in data science and product development.

Author:

Derek Ho

Assistant General Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection
Mastercard

Derek Ho

Assistant General Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection
Mastercard

Author:

Dr Li Ang

Head of AI Development, International Business Group
Ant Group

Dr. Li Ang is the Head of AI R&D at Ant's International Business Group (IBG). His team is responsible for developing innovative solutions to enhance IBG's broad spectrum of businesses such payment tech, embedded finance, FX and liquidity management. His team currently focuses on Privacy-Preserving Computation, AIGC/LLM-based customer engagement, and optimal decision making. Dr. Li has extensive experience in applying Operations Research techniques to various industrial settings, ranging from airline revenue management to seaport and airport operations control and to hospital resource allocation and disease screening. He has a Ph.D. from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering from Texas A&M University, and Master's and Bachelor's degrees from the National University of Singapore.

Dr Li Ang

Head of AI Development, International Business Group
Ant Group

Dr. Li Ang is the Head of AI R&D at Ant's International Business Group (IBG). His team is responsible for developing innovative solutions to enhance IBG's broad spectrum of businesses such payment tech, embedded finance, FX and liquidity management. His team currently focuses on Privacy-Preserving Computation, AIGC/LLM-based customer engagement, and optimal decision making. Dr. Li has extensive experience in applying Operations Research techniques to various industrial settings, ranging from airline revenue management to seaport and airport operations control and to hospital resource allocation and disease screening. He has a Ph.D. from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering from Texas A&M University, and Master's and Bachelor's degrees from the National University of Singapore.

Author:

Ben Savage

Senior Software Engineer
Meta

Ben Savage is a senior software engineer at Meta, having worked there for over 10 years. He currently represents Meta in the W3C, with a focus on advertising and privacy. He previously worked on Facebook Shops, Audience Network, Store Visit ads, and the advertising API. 

Ben Savage

Senior Software Engineer
Meta

Ben Savage is a senior software engineer at Meta, having worked there for over 10 years. He currently represents Meta in the W3C, with a focus on advertising and privacy. He previously worked on Facebook Shops, Audience Network, Store Visit ads, and the advertising API. 

Author:

Ms Lee Chein Inn

Deputy Director, Development of Data Driven Tech
IMDA

Ms Lee Chein Inn

Deputy Director, Development of Data Driven Tech
IMDA
Moderator

Author:

Melvin Toh, CIPM

Senior Manager, Technology & Transformation
Deloitte Singapore

Melvin is a Senior Manager in Deloitte Singapore’s Technology & Transformation practice. As part of the Data & Privacy team, Melvin has spent the past 5 years leading and delivering services to various clients at local, regional, and global scales in data-related domains, particularly data privacy and protection, and serves as a subject matter expert to the other teams in the firm’s practice in Southeast Asia.

Within this evolving field, Melvin is constantly looking out for opportunities and new developments to assist clients in their data privacy and protection journeys, such as in the areas of Privacy Enhancing Technologies and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence.

He looks forward to connecting with fellow like-minded individuals who share his passion for these domains and hopes to inspire meaningful discussions and collaborations.

Melvin Toh, CIPM

Senior Manager, Technology & Transformation
Deloitte Singapore

Melvin is a Senior Manager in Deloitte Singapore’s Technology & Transformation practice. As part of the Data & Privacy team, Melvin has spent the past 5 years leading and delivering services to various clients at local, regional, and global scales in data-related domains, particularly data privacy and protection, and serves as a subject matter expert to the other teams in the firm’s practice in Southeast Asia.

Within this evolving field, Melvin is constantly looking out for opportunities and new developments to assist clients in their data privacy and protection journeys, such as in the areas of Privacy Enhancing Technologies and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence.

He looks forward to connecting with fellow like-minded individuals who share his passion for these domains and hopes to inspire meaningful discussions and collaborations.

15:45 - 16:30

Author:

Ben Savage

Senior Software Engineer
Meta

Ben Savage is a senior software engineer at Meta, having worked there for over 10 years. He currently represents Meta in the W3C, with a focus on advertising and privacy. He previously worked on Facebook Shops, Audience Network, Store Visit ads, and the advertising API. 

Ben Savage

Senior Software Engineer
Meta

Ben Savage is a senior software engineer at Meta, having worked there for over 10 years. He currently represents Meta in the W3C, with a focus on advertising and privacy. He previously worked on Facebook Shops, Audience Network, Store Visit ads, and the advertising API. 

Author:

Jay Prakash

CEO and Co-Founder
Silence Laboratories

Jay Prakash

CEO and Co-Founder
Silence Laboratories

Author:

Nick New

Founder
Optalysys

Founded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.

Nick New

Founder
Optalysys

Founded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.

Author:

Mathias Glintborg

VP Products
Partisia Blockchain

Mathias Glintborg

VP Products
Partisia Blockchain
16:30-18:00
Friday, 10 Nov, 2023
08:45 - 09:15
Registration and Networking
09:15 - 09:45

Digital transformation is essential for government agencies to stay competitive and deliver better services to citizens. But with the increasing amount of data being collected, proper attention to data privacy concerns is crucial to maintain the trust of stakeholders. This talk will explore the challenges and opportunities for promulgating PETs in the public sector, and the role of PETs can fit into organisations’ data engineering strategy. In particular, it will touch on some of the lessons learned in developing a Central Privacy Toolkit, as part of a wider ecosystem of data engineering tools that allow public sector officers to collaborate, share and exploit data while striking the right balance between data-driven innovation and privacy protection. 

Author:

Dr Yap Ghim Eng

Director and Functional Lead, Data Engineering and Data Privacy Protection
GovTech  

Dr Yap Ghim Eng

Director and Functional Lead, Data Engineering and Data Privacy Protection
GovTech  
09:45 - 10:30

Billions of people around the world rely on access to information through websites and mobile applications. We are building for a privacy-first future, one where people have transparency in their ability to keep their online information private, and at the same time ensuring we maintain the integrity of a free and open internet. This requires a very close collaboration between Governments, Industries and Digital Ecosystems.

The IMDA x Google: PETs x Privacy Sandbox initiative; we are helping companies migrate to this privacy-first world, by providing the education and tooling necessary to become privacy-ready. In this session we will provide the audience with an overview of this strategic programme, discuss key updates, and share recommended actions to help prepare for a privacy-first future. 

Author:

Ms Lee Chein Inn

Deputy Director, Development of Data Driven Tech
IMDA

Ms Lee Chein Inn

Deputy Director, Development of Data Driven Tech
IMDA

Author:

Kunal Guha

Director of Privacy Partnerships APAC
Google

Kunal Guha

Director of Privacy Partnerships APAC
Google

Author:

Yinghui Tng

Head, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Compute+, SEA
Google

Yinghui Tng

Head, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Compute+, SEA
Google
10:30 -11:00
Keynote

Vaultree allows users to not only work on their data while it remains fully encrypted but we also facilitate encrypted data sharing and joint key operations which allow users to perform aggregate operations on datasets created from multiple sources with multiple keys while the data remains fully encrypted.

Author:

Scott Getchel

Head of Product
Vaultree

Scott Getchel

Head of Product
Vaultree
11:00 - 11:30
Networking Break
11:30 - 12:15
FIRESIDE CHAT

To successfully roll out a new system in an organisation is it essential to ensure its effectiveness and obtain stakeholder buy-in. To get the internal buy-in and ensure effective integration of PETs with existing infrastructure it is essential that all affected stakeholders are involved at the earliest in the solution design discussions.

Author:

Bryan Tan

Senior Director, Global Privacy Program Management and Regional Privacy Officer, APAC
ADP

Bryan Tan

Senior Director, Global Privacy Program Management and Regional Privacy Officer, APAC
ADP

Author:

Elaine Chew

Vice President, Group Data Protection Officer
Frasers Property

Elaine Chew

Vice President, Group Data Protection Officer
Frasers Property
12:15 - 12:45

Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) allows for computing on encrypted data, and has always carried the promise of revolutionary change in the way that data is managed and shared. However, realising this promise at scale requires an entirely new computing architecture dedicated to the intensive operations that underpin FHE. Optalysys specialise in FHE accelerator hardware and infrastructure, and we are please to announce that we now have a cloud-native accelerator capability.

In this keynote speech, we will describe the first FHE hardware acceleration capabilities that we will be deploying on the public cloud, the approach that we will be taking over the next 24 months to make our rapidly evolving hardware accessible to a wide range of end-users, and our long-term plan to place high performance FHE accelerators at the heart of data workflows in the cloud.

Author:

Nick New

Founder
Optalysys

Founded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.

Nick New

Founder
Optalysys

Founded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.

12:45 - 1:30

Either your organisation is in the insights business or aiming to become more data driven, access and sharing of diverse and good quality data is essential. This comes with a range of challenges (Risks) especially if the underlying data entails confidential or personal information but also presents opportunities. By leveraging PETs, not only organisations can mitigate risks associated with privacy compliance and IP/confidentiality but also position themselves as trusted data collaboration partners while increasing sustainability and resilience of their data driven business. PETs vendors must also consider sustainability factors and be open to co-create creative collaboration models with their customers to revolve issues around pricing, dependability and interoperability.

Author:

Kwok Yan Lam

Associate Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships, President’s Office and Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Professor Lam is the Associate Vice President (Strategy and Partnerships) and Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is concurrently serving as Director of the Strategic Centre for Research in Privacy-Preserving Technologies and Systems (SCRIPTS), and Director of NTU’s SPIRIT Smart Nation Research Centre. From August 2020, Professor Lam is also serving as a Consultant to the INTERPOL. In 2018, Professor Lam founded TAU Express Pte Ltd as an NTU start-up upon successful completion of the Intelligent Case Retrieval System (ICRS) project, performed in collaboration with the Singapore Judiciary under the SPIRIT Smart Nation Research Centre. In 2012, he co-founded Soda Pte Ltd which won the Most Innovative Start Up Award at the RSA 2015 Conference. Prof Lam received his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) from the University of London in 1987 and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1990. Professor Lam has been an active Cybersecurity researcher since 1980s. His research interests include Distributed and Intelligent Systems, Multivariate Analysis for Behavior Analytics, Cyber-Physical System Security, Distributed Protocols for Blockchain, Biometric Cryptography, Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Privacy-Preserving Techniques.

Kwok Yan Lam

Associate Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships, President’s Office and Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Professor Lam is the Associate Vice President (Strategy and Partnerships) and Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is concurrently serving as Director of the Strategic Centre for Research in Privacy-Preserving Technologies and Systems (SCRIPTS), and Director of NTU’s SPIRIT Smart Nation Research Centre. From August 2020, Professor Lam is also serving as a Consultant to the INTERPOL. In 2018, Professor Lam founded TAU Express Pte Ltd as an NTU start-up upon successful completion of the Intelligent Case Retrieval System (ICRS) project, performed in collaboration with the Singapore Judiciary under the SPIRIT Smart Nation Research Centre. In 2012, he co-founded Soda Pte Ltd which won the Most Innovative Start Up Award at the RSA 2015 Conference. Prof Lam received his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) from the University of London in 1987 and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1990. Professor Lam has been an active Cybersecurity researcher since 1980s. His research interests include Distributed and Intelligent Systems, Multivariate Analysis for Behavior Analytics, Cyber-Physical System Security, Distributed Protocols for Blockchain, Biometric Cryptography, Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Privacy-Preserving Techniques.

Author:

Adhiraj Saxena

Senior Lead, Business Technology Incubation, Singapore IMDA
IMDA

Adhiraj is from the Singapore Government’s IMDA agency. He is the senior lead for its PET unit. As member of the PET Summit’s board, he helped bring the inaugural Asia Pacific PET Summit to Singapore in 2022. He sits in OECD’s PET Experts Workgroup to advice the G7 strategy on trusted data flow and AI safety. He has a background in data science and product development.

Adhiraj Saxena

Senior Lead, Business Technology Incubation, Singapore IMDA
IMDA

Adhiraj is from the Singapore Government’s IMDA agency. He is the senior lead for its PET unit. As member of the PET Summit’s board, he helped bring the inaugural Asia Pacific PET Summit to Singapore in 2022. He sits in OECD’s PET Experts Workgroup to advice the G7 strategy on trusted data flow and AI safety. He has a background in data science and product development.

Author:

Bryan Tan

Senior Director, Global Privacy Program Management and Regional Privacy Officer, APAC
ADP

Bryan Tan

Senior Director, Global Privacy Program Management and Regional Privacy Officer, APAC
ADP
Moderator

Author:

Bertrand Foing

Founder & CEO
Secretarium & Klave

Bertrand Foing is the founder and CEO of Secretarium. He started his career in 2008 at Société Générale on the structured credit derivatives trading desk. He delivered both super-scalable, real-time solutions using tens of thousands of machines, and a series of high-performance tools for trading. Bertrand joined Société Générale’s Crypto and Blockchain Lab in 2014 and gained a deep understanding of trustless systems and privacy-enhancing technologies. He created Secretarium in 2016 to focus on privacy-preserving/confidential computing. With the help of the co-founder Cédric Wahl, they have achieved great success with major international institutions, and delivered an easy-to-adopt confidential computing platform, Klave, in 2023.

Bertrand Foing

Founder & CEO
Secretarium & Klave

Bertrand Foing is the founder and CEO of Secretarium. He started his career in 2008 at Société Générale on the structured credit derivatives trading desk. He delivered both super-scalable, real-time solutions using tens of thousands of machines, and a series of high-performance tools for trading. Bertrand joined Société Générale’s Crypto and Blockchain Lab in 2014 and gained a deep understanding of trustless systems and privacy-enhancing technologies. He created Secretarium in 2016 to focus on privacy-preserving/confidential computing. With the help of the co-founder Cédric Wahl, they have achieved great success with major international institutions, and delivered an easy-to-adopt confidential computing platform, Klave, in 2023.

1:30 - 2:45
Lunch and Networking
2:45 - 3:15

Improve your company's data strategy effortlessly by integrating privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and overcoming internal obstacles with ease. In this session, seasoned professionals will teach you how to compare and merge PETs for unparalleled results. In this comprehensive session, you will learn how to compare PETs and explore their combinations for end-to-end implementation. Analyse the differences between PETs like FHE vs TEE or MPC vs FL to find the best option for your use case. Study factors like cost, benefit, and ROI to gain insight into the market's direction and what is needed to succeed. Enhance your expertise and take your data strategy to new heights.

Author:

Scott Getchel

Head of Product
Vaultree

Scott Getchel

Head of Product
Vaultree

Author:

Kwok Yan Lam

Associate Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships, President’s Office and Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Professor Lam is the Associate Vice President (Strategy and Partnerships) and Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is concurrently serving as Director of the Strategic Centre for Research in Privacy-Preserving Technologies and Systems (SCRIPTS), and Director of NTU’s SPIRIT Smart Nation Research Centre. From August 2020, Professor Lam is also serving as a Consultant to the INTERPOL. In 2018, Professor Lam founded TAU Express Pte Ltd as an NTU start-up upon successful completion of the Intelligent Case Retrieval System (ICRS) project, performed in collaboration with the Singapore Judiciary under the SPIRIT Smart Nation Research Centre. In 2012, he co-founded Soda Pte Ltd which won the Most Innovative Start Up Award at the RSA 2015 Conference. Prof Lam received his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) from the University of London in 1987 and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1990. Professor Lam has been an active Cybersecurity researcher since 1980s. His research interests include Distributed and Intelligent Systems, Multivariate Analysis for Behavior Analytics, Cyber-Physical System Security, Distributed Protocols for Blockchain, Biometric Cryptography, Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Privacy-Preserving Techniques.

Kwok Yan Lam

Associate Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships, President’s Office and Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Professor Lam is the Associate Vice President (Strategy and Partnerships) and Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is concurrently serving as Director of the Strategic Centre for Research in Privacy-Preserving Technologies and Systems (SCRIPTS), and Director of NTU’s SPIRIT Smart Nation Research Centre. From August 2020, Professor Lam is also serving as a Consultant to the INTERPOL. In 2018, Professor Lam founded TAU Express Pte Ltd as an NTU start-up upon successful completion of the Intelligent Case Retrieval System (ICRS) project, performed in collaboration with the Singapore Judiciary under the SPIRIT Smart Nation Research Centre. In 2012, he co-founded Soda Pte Ltd which won the Most Innovative Start Up Award at the RSA 2015 Conference. Prof Lam received his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) from the University of London in 1987 and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1990. Professor Lam has been an active Cybersecurity researcher since 1980s. His research interests include Distributed and Intelligent Systems, Multivariate Analysis for Behavior Analytics, Cyber-Physical System Security, Distributed Protocols for Blockchain, Biometric Cryptography, Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Privacy-Preserving Techniques.

Author:

Mark Bundgaard

Chief Product Officer
Partisia

Mark is the Chief Product Officer at Partisia, a pioneer and a world leader in commercial applications of Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC). At Partisia we work on combining MPC with Blockchain technologies, aiming to set a new standard for digital infrastructures and secure privacy-preserving data sharing, private machine learning and quantum security.

Mark is a Computer Scientist from Aarhus University, Denmark and has extensive experience in cloud-native architecture, infrastructure as code, and blockchain architecture. Before his current role, he worked on various projects and functions at Toit, TDC NET, Danske Bank, and Jyllands-Posten.

Mark Bundgaard

Chief Product Officer
Partisia

Mark is the Chief Product Officer at Partisia, a pioneer and a world leader in commercial applications of Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC). At Partisia we work on combining MPC with Blockchain technologies, aiming to set a new standard for digital infrastructures and secure privacy-preserving data sharing, private machine learning and quantum security.

Mark is a Computer Scientist from Aarhus University, Denmark and has extensive experience in cloud-native architecture, infrastructure as code, and blockchain architecture. Before his current role, he worked on various projects and functions at Toit, TDC NET, Danske Bank, and Jyllands-Posten.

Moderator

Author:

Bruce Ahn

Head of Adoption & DevRel
Partisia Blockchain Foundation

Bruce Ahn

Head of Adoption & DevRel
Partisia Blockchain Foundation
3:15 - 4:00

What are the common compliance matters affecting PETs use cases (e.g. data localisation, consent obligations)? Are there ambiguities around conditions for compliance? How can use case owners and regulators work together to untangle these ambiguities?

Author:

Darren Grayson Chng

IAPP Asia Advisory Board Member

Darren Grayson Chng

IAPP Asia Advisory Board Member

Author:

Stanley Park

Independent Consultant/Advisor
Board Member, Singapore Corporate Counsel Association

Stanley Park

Independent Consultant/Advisor
Board Member, Singapore Corporate Counsel Association

Author:

Connell O’Neil

Partner
Gibson Dunn LLC

Connell O’Neil

Partner
Gibson Dunn LLC
Moderator

Author:

Rishi Ganiswaran

Head of Legal (Technology) and Chief Privacy Officer
Yinson

Rishi Ganiswaran

Head of Legal (Technology) and Chief Privacy Officer
Yinson
4:00
Networking

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Tuesday, 16 Jul, 2024
PANEL

Join us for a panel discussion on the global trends for Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) and how countries like Singapore are leading the way with innovative tools to foster data innovation, and explore the role of PET in navigating cross-border complexities, safeguarding sensitive information, and enabling data-driven insights across sectors. Don't miss this opportunity to understand the crucial role PETs play in ensuring secure and compliant data utilization across borders and companies. 

Author:

Derek Ho

Assistant General Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection
Mastercard

Derek Ho

Assistant General Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection
Mastercard
PANEL

In the ever-evolving landscape of data privacy, understanding the relevance of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) is crucial. Hear how companies participating in IMDA PET Sandbox are leveraging Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to innovate and create new products and solutions. Uncover real-world examples showcasing the transformative impact of PETs, and understand why this matters to top companies seeking to navigate data privacy challenges while driving innovation. Gain valuable insights into the compelling business case for integrating PETs, and how it contributes to sustained success in an increasingly data-driven business environment.

Author:

Lee Wan Sie

Director
IMDA

Lee Wan Sie

Director
IMDA
PANEL

In the ever-evolving landscape of data privacy, understanding the relevance of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) is crucial. Hear how companies participating in IMDA PET Sandbox are leveraging Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to innovate and create new products and solutions. Uncover real-world examples showcasing the transformative impact of PETs, and understand why this matters to top companies seeking to navigate data privacy challenges while driving innovation. Gain valuable insights into the compelling business case for integrating PETs, and how it contributes to sustained success in an increasingly data-driven business environment.

Author:

Srikanth Kaja

GM CoE Web 3 & Data Marketplace
Mercedes Benz

Srikanth Kaja

GM CoE Web 3 & Data Marketplace
Mercedes Benz
NETWORKING BREAK
PANEL

Explore the multi-faceted landscape of GenAI development and usage, what are the real user issues, privacy concerns and the transformative power of PETs. From navigating user experiences to grappling with ethical dilemmas, hear our panel illuminate the challenges inherent in GenAI and how PETs can offer a unique solution in fostering innovation while safeguarding user rights and data integrity 

Author:

Zee Kin Yeong

Chief Executive
Singapore Academy of Law

Zee Kin Yeong

Chief Executive
Singapore Academy of Law
PANEL

In this enlightening panel, we explore the technical innovations that create trusted execution environments and foster data partnerships across functions, departments, and organizations, fostering a trusted and resilient data economy. Key highlights include:

Collaboration Between PETs and Confidential Computing:
Understand the need for synergy between these technologies to cater to enterprise-level adoption. Explore how PETs and confidential computing enhance data integrity and security.

Unlocking Sensitive Data Sets:
Whether dealing with personal identifiable information, health records, or financial reports, data integrity is invaluable. Discover a privacy toolkit that securely unlocks these data sets, empowering organizations to navigate privacy complexities.

Enhancing Trust and Resilience in Data Economy:
Embrace these innovations to create a stronger, transparent data ecosystem that thrives on trust and resilience.

Attendees will leave equipped with the understanding of how PETs and confidential computing go hand-in-hand and how these technologies increase data utility and data integrity, ultimately contributing to a stronger, more transparent data ecosystem that thrives on trust and resilience.

Author:

Jay Prakash

CEO and Co-Founder
Silence Laboratories

Jay Prakash

CEO and Co-Founder
Silence Laboratories
LUNCH
ROUNDTABLE

In these roundtables, we delve into the heart of the data economy, exploring individual use cases, privacy challenges, and the intersection between Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and generative AI. Key highlights include:

1) Building an AI Toolbox : Identifying Challenges, Building Use Cases & How PETs Help Address Generative AI Concerns
2) Use Case Exploration: Identifying privacy challenges in use case, how to choose PET , PET implementation
3) Generative AI : PETs to balance innovation and privacy

Attendees will leave with actionable insights to unlock data value while safeguarding privacy through the use of PETs.

Author:

Tarun Samtani

Privacy Program Director/DPO
International SOS

“Tarun is a Privacy Leader with a background in Data Security, Privacy and Data Protection. Formerly the Global Privacy Manager for Qantas Group that includes Qantas Airlines, Jetstar Airlines and Qantas Loyalty, Tarun brings over two decades of experience working in various industries such as Healthcare, Retail, Telecoms, Leisure, Airlines, E-commerce and Banking across global organisations.

His specialisation includes operationalising Privacy, working with global Privacy legislations across 90+ countries building & leading progressive, pragmatic and sustainable Data Privacy programmes. With a strong business acumen, he has the ability to bridge the gap between technical, legal and regulatory landscapes.

Tarun currently holds various certifications in Information Security and Data Privacy (ISC2 CISSP, ISACA CISM & IAPP CIPM). He is a member, Chapter Chair and Asia Advisory Board Member for IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals).

Previously, he has also been the Advisory Board Member for Cybersecurity and Privacy startups. He has been interviewed by various UK publications including BBC and regularly addresses global audience at various international conferences.

 He can be reached on LinkedIn – https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tsamtani

 

Tarun Samtani

Privacy Program Director/DPO
International SOS

“Tarun is a Privacy Leader with a background in Data Security, Privacy and Data Protection. Formerly the Global Privacy Manager for Qantas Group that includes Qantas Airlines, Jetstar Airlines and Qantas Loyalty, Tarun brings over two decades of experience working in various industries such as Healthcare, Retail, Telecoms, Leisure, Airlines, E-commerce and Banking across global organisations.

His specialisation includes operationalising Privacy, working with global Privacy legislations across 90+ countries building & leading progressive, pragmatic and sustainable Data Privacy programmes. With a strong business acumen, he has the ability to bridge the gap between technical, legal and regulatory landscapes.

Tarun currently holds various certifications in Information Security and Data Privacy (ISC2 CISSP, ISACA CISM & IAPP CIPM). He is a member, Chapter Chair and Asia Advisory Board Member for IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals).

Previously, he has also been the Advisory Board Member for Cybersecurity and Privacy startups. He has been interviewed by various UK publications including BBC and regularly addresses global audience at various international conferences.

 He can be reached on LinkedIn – https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tsamtani

 

Author:

Rishi Ganiswaran

Head of Legal (Technology) and Chief Privacy Officer
Yinson

Rishi Ganiswaran

Head of Legal (Technology) and Chief Privacy Officer
Yinson
PANEL
  • Learn effective strategies for articulating the value of PETs within your organization. -Understand how to align PETs with business goals and demonstrate their impact.
  • Insights on Best Practices – principles and takeaways of privacy tech use cases in the banking sector
  • Takeaways from years of deriving value from data
  • Customising in house solutions vs working with third parties
  • Cross border data transfers – meeting regulatory requirements whilst enabling data flow and usability by affiliates and outsourcing providers
  • AI and Quantum risk landscape
Moderator

Author:

Melvin Toh, CIPM

Senior Manager, Technology & Transformation
Deloitte Singapore

Melvin is a Senior Manager in Deloitte Singapore’s Technology & Transformation practice. As part of the Data & Privacy team, Melvin has spent the past 5 years leading and delivering services to various clients at local, regional, and global scales in data-related domains, particularly data privacy and protection, and serves as a subject matter expert to the other teams in the firm’s practice in Southeast Asia.

Within this evolving field, Melvin is constantly looking out for opportunities and new developments to assist clients in their data privacy and protection journeys, such as in the areas of Privacy Enhancing Technologies and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence.

He looks forward to connecting with fellow like-minded individuals who share his passion for these domains and hopes to inspire meaningful discussions and collaborations.

Melvin Toh, CIPM

Senior Manager, Technology & Transformation
Deloitte Singapore

Melvin is a Senior Manager in Deloitte Singapore’s Technology & Transformation practice. As part of the Data & Privacy team, Melvin has spent the past 5 years leading and delivering services to various clients at local, regional, and global scales in data-related domains, particularly data privacy and protection, and serves as a subject matter expert to the other teams in the firm’s practice in Southeast Asia.

Within this evolving field, Melvin is constantly looking out for opportunities and new developments to assist clients in their data privacy and protection journeys, such as in the areas of Privacy Enhancing Technologies and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence.

He looks forward to connecting with fellow like-minded individuals who share his passion for these domains and hopes to inspire meaningful discussions and collaborations.

Author:

Goh Lanx

Senior Dir, Global Head of Privacy
Prudential

Goh Lanx

Senior Dir, Global Head of Privacy
Prudential

Author:

Qian Li Loke

Asia Privacy Manager
AIG

Qian Li Loke

Asia Privacy Manager
AIG
PRESENTATION

At Partisia we are pioneers in building, tailoring and offering high-security privacy preserving software by providing new standards for secure solutions to protect and compute on confidential and highly regulated data. In this session we will present how Europe is currently focused on using privacy preserving measures in the healthcare industry to encrypt, protect and enable collaboration between hospitals and organizations using Multiparty Computation. In extension of that we will also present the future of data ownership, where each citizen is at the center of their own personal data, and has the power to controllably share it in a transparent and secure way across industries.

Author:

Mark Medum Bundgaard

Chief Product Officer
Partisia

Mark Medum Bundgaard

Chief Product Officer
Partisia
NETWORKING BREAK
PRESENTATION

Our presentation delves into the innovative integration of Differential Privacy (DP) and Secure Multiparty Computation (MPC) to develop advanced PETs for ad measurement. Our technology tackles the critical challenges of preserving user privacy in advertising by preventing advertisers and publishers from tracking users' activities across platforms. This approach not only safeguards user privacy but also enables valuable ad measurement insights, benefiting both advertisers and publishers.

PRESENTATION

How does one govern privacy on a global level across different jurisdictions each with their own set of privacy requirements
Legal implications in dealing with AI
How to protect against and respond to data breach incidents

Author:

Rishi Ganiswaran

Head of Legal (Technology) and Chief Privacy Officer
Yinson

Rishi Ganiswaran

Head of Legal (Technology) and Chief Privacy Officer
Yinson
PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION

Optalysys is developing cutting edge photonic technology to directly address the processing challenges of using FHE methods at speed. We recently launched our cloud platform Explore which allows users to engage with the hardware through integrations with the main FHE libraries. Dr New will provide an update on the platform and present the Optalysys vision for the future of secure computing. 

Author:

Nick New

Founder
Optalysys

Founded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.

Nick New

Founder
Optalysys

Founded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.

NETWORKING DRINKS

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