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TechLaw.Fest 2025: Redefining Legal in the Digital Age

Reading time: 11 minutes

Written by Josh Lee Kok Thong and Elizabeth Thomas

To all but perhaps the most casual tech observer, the annual TechLaw.Fest conference is now a staple of Singapore’s law and technology events calendar. (Even if people do sometimes bungle the name – if one were given a dollar for every variant of “TechLaw.Fest” out there, one could buy himself a nice lunch). Few people, however, can recall the conference’s humbler roots: it first began as the “International Conference on Electronic Litigation” in 2011, and only evolved into the TechLaw.Fest we know (and love) in 2015. 

Nevertheless, over its past 10 iterations, TechLaw.Fest has built a name for delving into two simple but complex notions: novelty (what is new or just over the horizon) and foreseeability (what new impacts can we foresee on the world of law and technology). Thematically, the 10th edition of TechLaw.Fest opens perhaps a third dimension – one of re-definition – as TechLaw.Fest 2025 called upon delegates to “redefine legal in the digital age”. 

Every year, it is LawTech.Asia’s privilege to be selected as Media Partner to TechLaw.Fest. In this article, as the legal community gears up once more for TechLaw.Fest 2026 season (expected to be in a few months), we seek to re-capture the highlights of “Asia’s premier forum on all things concerning law and technology”, and bring our readers once more the insights, energy and imagination of TechLaw.Fest 2025. 

TechLaw.Fest 2025 Quick Chats: Commissioner John Edwards, Information Commissioner, United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office

Reading time: 8 minutes

Written by Elizabeth Thomas and Josh Lee Kok Thong

TechLaw.Fest 2025 (“TLF”) took place from 10 to 11 September 2025, bringing together participants from around the world to engage in leading-edge conversations at the intersection of law, technology, and business. This year, LawTech.Asia had the unique privilege of interviewing John Edwards, Information Commissioner at the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“UK ICO”). Commissioner Edwards also delivered a keynote address on the second day of TechLaw.Fest 2025, titled “Trust as Infrastructure: Can Regulation Be the Foundation for Responsible Innovation?”.

Drawing from his distinguished career in public service and private practice, Commissioner Edwards offered valuable perspectives on a range of pressing issues, including the regulation of emerging technologies, the geopolitical dimensions of artificial intelligence, and the evolving role of legal professionals in a rapidly changing landscape. Our discussion focused on the future of AI governance, cross-border legal complexities, and the pivotal contribution of young legal minds to shaping the future of law and technology.

LawTech.Asia: Media Partner for TechLaw.Fest 2025!

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For law, technology and policy aficionados, it’s that time of the year again. TechLaw.Fest is back!

Now in its 10th edition, TechLaw.Fest 2025 – themed “Reimagining Legal in the Digital Age” – will be taking place on 10 and 11 September 2025 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. As the focal point once more for leading thinkers, leaders and pioneers in law and technology, Asia’s premier law and technology conference is expected to draw over 2,000 attendees from over 40 countries.

Terry Ng: Is there such a thing as AI law?

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Written by Terry Ng Tian Yu | Edited by Josh Lee Kok Thong

LawTech.Asia is proud to collaborate with the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law’s LAW4060 AI Law, Policy and Ethics class. This collaborative special series is a collection featuring selected essays from students of the class. For the class’ final assessment, students were asked to choose from a range of practice-focused topics, such as writing a law reform paper on an AI-related topic, analysing jurisdictional approaches to AI regulation, or discussing whether such a thing as “AI law” exists. The collaboration is aimed at encouraging law students to analyse issues using the analytical frames taught in class, and apply them in practical scenarios combining law and policy.

This piece, written by Terry Ng, argues that “AI law” as a body of law exists. In doing so, Terry studies the emergence of “hard” AI laws around the world, existing laws that apply to AI and the relevance of “soft” AI law initiatives.

Brendan Tan: Is there such a thing as AI law?

Reading time: 20 minutes

Written by Brendan Tan Liang En | Edited by Josh Lee Kok Thong

LawTech.Asia is proud to collaborate with the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law’s LAW4060 AI Law, Policy and Ethics class. This collaborative special series is a collection featuring selected essays from students of the class. For the class’ final assessment, students were asked to choose from a range of practice-focused topics, such as writing a law reform paper on an AI-related topic, analysing jurisdictional approaches to AI regulation, or discussing whether such a thing as “AI law” exists. The collaboration is aimed at encouraging law students to analyse issues using the analytical frames taught in class, and apply them in practical scenarios combining law and policy.

This piece, written by Brendan Tan, argues that “AI law” as a body of law exists. In doing so, Brendan explores how “AI law” should be defined, and develops reasons on why “AI law” can be seen as a legitimate social construct.

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