The Asia Data Privacy Team were privileged to attend the IAPP Asia 2025 Privacy Forum and AI Governance Global event. Alongside friends and colleagues – and against the beautiful backdrop of the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Conference Centre – we developed our knowledge on the latest regional developments across privacy and AI. The key theme coming out of the event is that AI is here to stay – and developing a compliance approach, including one which is based off any existing privacy program, is critical to effective and trustworthy use of any technology (including AI). All sessions at the IAPP were invaluable, but we particularly enjoyed the opening session from Denise Wong, Deputy Commissioner of Singapore’s PDPC, and her overview of the Commission’s pragmatic approach to privacy, including the recent launch of a Global AI Assurance Sandbox and adoption guide for Privacy Enhancing Technologies. We appreciated the deep insights taken from presentations on children’s privacy (moderated by Claire Tan Chu Wen at Lenovo) and AI cybersecurity (with excellent input from Jun Chu at Google and Hailun Ying at Roblox in particular). We would be remiss not to mention the wonderful session on South Korea’s new AI law and global AI implementation moderated by our APAC Head of Data Privacy, Scott Warren, in conversation with Sun Hee Kim from Yulchon – participants came away with a clear understanding of how to comply with South Korea’s fascinating new regulations and to implement AI in a global setting. Continue Reading IAPP Singapore Squire Patton Boggs Events – APAC Data Protection: A focus for clients and our firm