Read to be SURE Mainstage Debates

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About the speakers:

Jeannie Lee is currently an Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology and the Director of Programmes for the InfoComm Technology Cluster. Her other key appointment is Deputy Director for the Center for Immersification. She has deep experience in both industry and academia, and previously worked within an applied research division at Qualcomm in San Diego, California on multimedia algorithms, the Android operating system source code (AOSP) by Google, and the latest wearable and mobile chipsets. Her research interests are in immersive technologies, mobile computing, graphics, AI and user interfaces. Her current research projects involve the development of virtual and mixed reality simulations with industry partners using the latest headsets such as the HoloLens and Meta Quest Pro. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer and Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Professor Simon Chesterman is David Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) at the National University of Singapore, where he is also the founding Dean of NUS College. He serves as Senior Director of AI Governance at AI Singapore and Editor of the Asian Journal of International Law. Professor Chesterman is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including We, the Robots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law (CUP, 2021); One Nation Under Surveillance (OUP, 2011); You, the People (OUP, 2004); and Just War or Just Peace? (OUP, 2001). He is a recognized authority on international law, whose work has opened up new areas of research on conceptions of public authority — including the rules and institutions of global governance, state-building and post-conflict reconstruction, the changing role of intelligence agencies, and the emerging role of artificial intelligence and big data. He also writes on legal education and higher education more generally, and is the author of five novels including the Raising Arcadia trilogy and Artifice.

Rajesh Sreenivasan is a Partner and Head of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Law Practice at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP and the Coordinating Partner for the firms’ multidisciplinary and cross-practice Data and Digital Economy (DDE) Legal Services. He is a Director and Co-founder of Rajah & Tann Technologies Pte Ltd and Rajah & Tann Cybersecurity Pte Ltd which are the Legaltech arms of Rajah & Tann Asia. With over 20 years in practice, he has been universally recognised as the leading technology, media and telecoms lawyer in Singapore by all major professional ranking agencies and noted as one of the top TMT lawyers the Asia Pacific region. Rajesh has been at the forefront of legal, regulatory and policy matters relating to technology procurement, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data protection, analytics and governance, telecommunications, electronic commerce, cloud computing, distributed ledger technologies, digital forensics and digital media in the region. He has since built a team of over 50 lawyers with significant depth. Rajesh is the only Singapore lawyer serving on the Legal Advisory Group to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) UK Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation. As an appointed member of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) OECD project, he contributes actively to the multinational initiative by providing a representative deep dive into Singapore’s legislations on Artificial Intelligence and brainstorming on innovative best practices in complying with global regulatory guidelines.

Marc Nair is a poet, spoken word performer and photographer. His practice revolves around developing multidisciplinary approaches to writing and performance. As a cultural entrepreneur and managing partner of The Creative Voice, he has organised literary festivals and collaborated on diverse creative projects. Marc served as the Artistic Director of the Lit-Up Festival Singapore from 2011-2014. He has published 11 collections of poetry and has worked with dancers, musicians, photographers and visual artists. He is also the recipient of the National Art Council’s Young Artist Award (2016), NTU-NAC National Writer in Residence (2016-2017) and writer-in-residence at Gardens by the Bay (2015). An experienced educator, Marc holds a PhD (D. Phil) from RMIT University.

Jason Tamara Widjaja is a multi-disciplinary technology leader, leading large and diverse artificial intelligence teams focused on AI technologies and products, including NLP, chatbots and virtual assistants, computer vision and machine learning. He plays an active role in multiple national initiatives including Singapore’s skills framework for data careers, Singapore’s AI Governance Framework, and is an author for Singapore’s AI Ethics Body of Knowledge. Jason is also involved in the local start-up ecosystem, as a co-founder of Lauretta.io and mentoring AI startups in partnership with local venture capital firms in Singapore. Currently, he serves as the Vice President of the AI & Robotics Chapter of the Singapore Computer Society. In 2022, Jason was one of only three professionals to attain the highest level of the Certified AI Ethics and Governance (Expert) professional accreditation.

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About the debaters

Dr Khoo Eng Tat

Dr Khoo is a principal investigator of the Immersive Reality Lab at the National University of Singapore. Beyond his academic interest in virtual, augmented and mixed reality, his wide industry experience includes serving as a founding member of the Holomedicine Association and being a startup mentor at Pixel.

Soh Wan Wei

Soh Wan Wei is a Singaporean tech futurist, ecosystem builder and thought leader in the Web3.0 and Metaverse space. Passionate about open source movements and education, she is also the founder and CEO of IKIGUIDE Metaverse Collective (IMC) and Openmetaverse.asia. IKIGUIDE Metaverse Collective counts NYSE-listed Nutanix, Hitachi, Crypto.com and non-profit alliance ChangemakersXchange as some of the key partners and clients in its portfolio. Wan Wei identifies herself as a global citizen and has previously spent four years living in Europe and a year in Japan. An experienced community advocate, Wan Wei has spoken at more than 100 reputable Web3.0, metaverse and A.I. industry conferences and hackathons globally.

Keith B. Carter

Keith is a partner at KBC Global Partners, an IT Consulting firm that helps companies monetize their data projects. Besides having vast industry experience, he was also a past associate professor at the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore and teaches at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Yoganeetha Sivakumar

Yoganeetha is an economics graduate who pursued her passion and delved into writing as a career. She covers news and writes op-eds on the tech and startup industry for publications such as the Vulcan Post. Among her works are commentaries on the development of the Metaverse both internationally and domestically.