Speakers

Mr Josh Lee Kok Thong
Mr Josh Lee Kok Thong
Managing Director (APAC), Future of Privacy Forum; Adjunct Professor (AI Law, Policy and Ethics), SMU Yong Pung How School of Law; Co-Founder
LawTech.Asia

Main Stage Speaker

Josh is the Managing Director (APAC) of the Future of Privacy Forum and Advisor (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) in Rajah & Tann Asia. Prior to this, Josh was a policymaker in the Singapore Government. He also practiced as an international arbitration and disputes lawyer.

Josh is the current Director and founding Chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association. Josh also co-founded LawTech.Asia, a virtual publication on law and technology in Asia. In 2023 and 2019, Josh was identified by Asia Law Portal as one of Asia’s “Top 30 To Watch” in legal innovation and the business of law.

Josh is a member of Singapore’s Law Reform Subcommittee for Robotics and AI, and an adjunct faculty member of the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, where he teaches AI law, policy and ethics. Josh was also a chapter author for the pioneering book Law and Technology in Singapore.

Josh obtained his LL.M. (with a specialization in Law and Technology) from Berkeley Law in 2022 as a Richard Buxbaum Fellow and a Kathryn Aguirre Worth Scholar. He was also named to the school’s 2022 Dean’s List for academic excellence, and was the LL.M. Editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. A member of Asia Society’s Asia 21 Next Generation Fellows Class of 2024, Josh received his LL.B from the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law in 2015, and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2016.