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30th January 2025

IIC Legal Counsel Forum – AI for Regulators: Problem solver, or problem creator?

Virtual Meetings

Date: Thursday 30 January 2025
Time: 13:00- 14:30 GMT

Join us as we delve into the implications of AI and what it means for regulators – with a focus on how it transforms both the way we work and how we regulate its use for the benefit of consumers and businesses. With an expert key-note speaker (to be confirmed).

Please note the meeting is open to IIC members only.

If you would like to register for the meeting, please email Emily at e.brooks@iicom.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Registration Fees for delegates

Tuesday 10 – Thursday 12 September 2025
Annual Asia Digital Communications and Media Forum 

IIC Members – Free
Non-Members – £250 GBP (excluding VAT *) 
*VAT will be applicable for UK registrations only

If you feel the delegate fee may be a barrier to attending this event, please contact us at enquiries@iicom.org

Visas
The IIC will be pleased to provide a letter of invitation on request, but visas will be the responsibility of the event attendee.

 

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Ashley Winton Chairman of the Data Protection Forum

Formerly a computer designer, Ashley has been a Data, AI and FinTech partner for over 25 years and has led teams at White & Case, Paul Hastings, Pillsbury Winthrop, McDermott Will & Emery and others. His clients have included global social media and technology platforms, telecommunications companies, professional services companies, card and payment networks as well as innovative startups often employing AI and machine learning.  Ashley is a Ponemon Institute Fellow and the Chairman of the Data Protection Forum, the oldest data protection association in the UK. Having spent a lifetime in applying existing law to new technologies, Ashley is particularly worried that existing regulation will selectively stifle AI innovation in an unintended manner.

Lynn Robinson Director General, International Institute of Communications

Lynn Robinson became Director General of the International Institute of Communications (IIC), in March 2020.

Lynn is an experienced senior director and trustee / non exec-director, having held key senior leadership positions in the technology, built environment, regulation, accreditation and dental industries. She has extensive experience of professional membership bodies working within the full spectrum including, Regulatory bodies, Industry associations and Chambers of Commerce. Lynn is a well-known and established ambassador in these areas having led on many strategic programmes to aid engagement, growth, retention, change management, stakeholder and political engagement.

An experienced Trustee / Non-Executive Director as Vice Chair at Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust, a unique heritage site in the heart of Bristol (UK), Lynn is also a Trustee / Non-Executive Director at The Bristol and Bath (UK), Parks Foundation.

Reflecting on becoming Director General at the IIC at the outbreak of a pandemic, Lynn said, ‘these last two years have been like no other we have known, with many challenges coming our way. In 2020 we successfully pivoted the organisation through a digital transformation programme to maintain a full schedule of events and by increasing the outputs delivered. Transforming the programme enabled us to continue to deliver the professional service and increase our engagement with IIC members and stakeholder community to remain connected to them through such a difficult time.

As we move through 2022, I am delighted to return to a combined in-person and online programme and to continue to evolve the IIC in to the next phase, with the vision and strategic focus to deliver our objectives and to build on our growth, engagement and retention’.

 

Nina Cummins Director and Global Head of Connectivity Policy Strategy, Meta; Board Director, International Institute of Communications

Nina Cummins is an EU antitrust and telecoms regulatory lawyer, with over 20 yrs’ multi-jurisdictional legal experience. She graduated from the University of Nottingham, England and Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) Germany, where she specialized in EU law. She has a Masters of Law degree in EU antitrust from RUB. She is admitted as a lawyer in England & Wales, Republic of Ireland, N. Ireland and Germany. She was a partner in international law firm Osborne Clarke, leading UK & EU telecoms regulatory issues. And also worked as senior legal and policy adviser at the Telecoms Regulatory Authority in Bahrain, dealing with complex strategic projects, legal separation of the incumbent fixed telecoms provider, as well as proposals to revise the prevailing communications sector regulatory framework.

Ms Cummins  re-joined Facebook (now Meta) in Oct 2019 where she leads Meta’s Connectivity Policy in EMEA, covering a broad range of regulatory issues regarding OTT regulation and regulation of emerging technology, net neutrality rules,infrastructure and subsea cable projects, spectrum frameworks and accessibility.

Rory Graham General Counsel, Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA)

Rory Graham has 30 years’ experience as a company and commercial solicitor in the technology and related sectors, with a strong emphasis on telecommunications. He has been a partner in a number of UK and global law firms, including Bird & Bird and Baker McKenzie, as well as setting up his own tech and corporate boutique law firm. His public sector experience includes the privatisation of the telecoms division of British Rail and acting for a bidder for the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) rolling stock provision and maintenance contract, as well as defence and health related outsourcing and procurement deals.

Mr Graham has worked on around £50bn worth of technology deals in the UK, US, Switzerland, South Africa, Algeria and on a multi-country basis, as well as supporting technology start-ups from creation to trade sale, including to IBM and other US corporates. His practical, problem-solving, approach to providing legal advice has led to him being described as a “nuts and bolts lawyer”, and he looks to bring the same commercial and pragmatic style to his role at the JCRA. He is delighted to be playing a part in making the JCRA a model of effective regulation, for the benefit of the people of Jersey, its businesses and those seeking to invest in the island’s economy.

Mr Graham studied law at Cambridge and trained in the City and Hong Kong. He is Honorary Solicitor to the annual Story of Christmas charity appeal and a trustee of the London Firebird Orchestra, which promotes the careers of recent graduates from the London Conservatoires.

llan Sherr Executive Director, Aiscension; Legal Director, DLA Piper

llan Sherr is a competition lawyer at DLA Piper and executive director of Aiscension, which is DLA Piper’s award winning AI risk management service. Ilan has over 20 years’ experience advising clients in competition law, such as cartels, anti-competitive agreements, merger control and State aid as well as EU law, trade and free movement. He has published articles and chapters in leading texts on Competition law and State Aid for Butterworths and Oxford University Press.

For the last five years Ilan has also led the development of Aiscension.  Aiscension is a neural-net AI, built to detect potential cartel and bribery behaviours and offer organisations additional compliance security.  Ilan was listed in the Lawyer’s Hot 100 in 2024 for his work in AI, and Aiscension has won numerous awards for using AI innovations in Law.

Monday 5 February 2024 - Regional Regulators Forum Asia 2024 Roundtable

10:30-13:00 Optional site visit and tour of Axiata Cyber Fusion Center
13:00 Registration and networking lunch

The venue for the Roundtable is:

Tactic 3, Level (tbc)
Aloft Hotel
Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral
Jalan Stesen Sentral
Kuala Lumpur Sentral
50470 Kuala Lumpur

14:00 Welcome

Derek John Fernandez, Commissioner, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)

Lynn Robinson, Director General, International Institute of Communications

14:15 Session 1: Moving from legacy telecommunications/media regulation to digital regulation - is a new regulatory model required? How do we manage the migration/transition?

Moderator
Derek John Fernandez, Commissioner, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)

Stimulus speakers:
Aileen Chia, Deputy Chief Executive – Connectivity Development & Regulation / Director-General – Telecoms & Post, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore
Pulsiri Ninkitsaranont, Executive Director of Policy and Planning Bureau, Telecommunication Cluster, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand
Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom UK
Melissa Tithymirda Nikman, Senior Manager, Market Access and Competition, Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI)
Muhammad Khurram Siddiqui, Assistant Director (Law), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
J.A.S. Gunanandana, Director Spectrum Management, Spectrum Management Division, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka

15:45 Networking Break
16:00 Session 2: Experimenting, innovating and collaborating – applying new tools, resources and skills; best practice regulatory collaboration, nationally and internationally

Stimulus speakers:
Mohamed AlNoaimi, Director of Technology and Network Security, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Bahrain
Ninjbolor Khurel, Head, Department of Communications Networks and Infrastructure, Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia (CRC)
Ivan Koh, Director, Infocomm Policy, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore
Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom UK
Muhammad Khurram Siddiqui, Director General (Law & Regulations), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)

17:30 Close of Regional Regulators Forum

Lynn Robinson, Director General, International Institute of Communications

17:30-19:00 Networking Reception

A Networking Reception will be held in:

Private Dining Room, Level 1
Aloft Hotel
Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral
Jalan Stesen Sentral
Kuala Lumpur Sentral
50470 Kuala Lumpur

The reception is kindly hosted by Axiata.

All delegates attending the Roundtable on the 5 February and the Asia Forum on 6-7 February are welcome to attend.

 

Tuesday 6 February 2024 - Asia Forum

08:15 Registration and networking

The venue for the Asia Forum is:

Axiata Headquarters
Jalan Stesen Sentral 5
KL Scentral
Kuala Lumpur

 

 

09:00 Welcome

Lynn Robinson, Director General, International Institute of Communications

Mohd Ali Hanafiah Mohd Yunus, Chief Operating Officer, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)

 

09:15 Keynote

Vivek Sood, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) and Managing Director, Axiata Group Berhad

09:30 Session 1: Creating the optimum investment environment to enable digital transformation for all

• How is the roll out digital infrastructure evolving across the region?
• How is long-term investment being incentivised? Where can efficiencies be achieved? How will rural and remote regions be served?

Moderator
Lim May-Ann, Director of Data Governance, Access Partnership

Panellists
Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, Group Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Telecommunications Business, Axiata Group Berhad
Håkon Bruaset Kjøl, Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Management and Deputy Head of Asia, Telenor Group
Navid Haghighi, Vice President & General Counsel International, Operations and Regulatory, Verizon Communications
Sidney Tsan, Assistant Director (Regulatory Affairs), Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA), Hong Kong, China
Charles Chew, Head of Government Affairs, Southeast Asia, Nokia

11:00 Networking break
11:30 Session 2: WRC-23 wash-up; 5G/6G realities and progress report; role of satellite in the region

Moderator
Jean-Jacques Sahel, Asia-Pacific Head of Content Policy and Global Head of Telecommunications Policy, Google; Director, International Institute of Communications

Panellists
Yi Shen Chan, Director, Spectrum APAC, GSMA
Alasdair Grant, Head of Public Policy, AUNZSEA, Project Kuiper, Amazon

12:30 Spotlight session: priorities and predictions from the CTIO’s office

Nor Azhar Hassan, Head of Industry Research and Data Analytics Division, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)

13:00 Networking lunch
14:00 Session 3: Facilitating a vibrant cultural and creative economy: radio, TV, streaming, gaming

• What are common policy and regulatory issues across the region, and how are different jurisdictions addressing them?
• Direct regulation, self-regulation, production incentives, publicly funded services?
• Cross pollination: how industry players can work together and with governments/regulators to promote creativity, innovation, skills in the areas of digital content/OTT services/games
• What are responsible mechanisms for age-appropriate content viewing?
• What are the big trends in consumption or business offerings which will challenge regulators, policy makers and content creators in the short-medium term?

Moderator
Clare Bloomfield, Chief Policy Officer, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

Panellists
Mediha Mahmood, CEO, The Communications and Multimedia Content Forum (CMCF), Malaysia
Yoonee Jeong, Senior Digital Technology Specialist, Asia Development Bank (ADB)
Yee Ler Lau, Senior Manager, Global Public Affairs, Tencent
Esther Peh, Director, Asia Pacific Government Affairs & Public Policy, Warner Bros. Discovery
Ruben Hattari, Director of Public Policy, Southeast Asia, Netflix

15:30 Networking break
16:00 Session 4: Digital economy trade agreements: implications for the telecom, media, technology sectors

• Cross-border data flows and data localisation
• e-commerce
• Cybersecurity
• Digital ID and digital financial services

Moderator
Rajesh Sreenivasan, Head, Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Senior Accredited Specialist in Data & Digital Economy, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Panellists
Ivan Koh, Director, Infocomm Policy, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore
Kristoffer Rada, Head of Public Policy (Philippines and Malaysia), ByteDance
Lim May-Ann, Director of Data Governance, Access Partnership

 

17:00 Spotlight session: regulating the metaverse

• Overview of ITU Focus Group Metaverse (FG-MV)
• Current status of metaverse standardization work
• Metaverse interoperability
• Future work of FG-MV

Dr Hideo Imanaka, Managing Expert, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan

in conversation with Lim May-Ann, Director of Data Governance, Access Partnership

17:30 Close of day one

Lynn Robinson, Director General, International Institute of Communications

Wednesday 7 February 2024

08:15 Registration and networking
09:00 Welcome

Lynn Robinson, Director General, International Institute of Communications

09:15 Session 5: Countering harmful online content

• Definitions and scope: illegal harms; misinformation/disinformation (election integrity); hate speech; legal but harmful content (harmful for minors)
• Emerging good practice in dealing with harmful content; effective public policy approaches; outcomes-based vs prescriptive
• From media literacy to self-regulation to legislation – assessing the range and effectiveness of tools available, and the importance of international collaboration
• Does online harm to consumer vary substantially in different countries and regions? Do trust and safety measures and regulatory approaches need to vary from region to region?
• What do global platforms want to see from regulators in different jurisdictions?

Moderator
Jean-Jacques Sahel, Asia-Pacific Head of Content Policy and Global Head of Telecommunications Policy, Google; Director, International Institute of Communications

Panellists
Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom
Beltsazar Krisetya, Safer Internet Lab (SAIL) Principal Researcher, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Muhammad Khurram Siddiqui, Director General (Law & Regulations), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
Rita Irina Wahab, Director, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, Astro
Ella Serry, Manager International Engagement, eSafety Commissioner, Australia

10:45 Networking break
11:15 Session 6: Mitigating consumer harms caused by unsolicited communications, scams, phishing and fraud

Moderator
Tony Verghese, Partner, JSA

Panellists
Jean-Jacques Sahel, Asia-Pacific Head of Content Policy and Global Head of Telecommunications Policy, Google; Director, International Institute of Communications
Mohamed AlNoaimi, Director of Technology and Network Security, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Bahrain
Arisa Siong, Director, Public and Regulatory Affairs, Telenor Group
J.A.S. Gunanandana, Director Spectrum Management, Spectrum Management Division, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka

12:15 Spotlight session: Digital Transformation and the DNS: Policy, Technology, and Security Implications

ICANN Updates on Initiatives

  • New gTLD Program: Next Round
  • Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
  • Universal Acceptance (UA)
  • Registration Data Request Service (RDRS)

Upcoming ICANN Regional Event: APAC DNS Forum 2024

Yien-Chyn Tan,  Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, APAC, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 

12:45 Networking lunch
13:45 Session 7: AI governance – latest global initiatives to foster responsible innovation

• Looking through the telco industry lens
• Looking through the creative / media economy lens

Moderator
Ahmed Saady Yaamin, Head of Analytics and AI, Axiata

Opening speaker
Yasunari Ueno, Director for International Policy Coordination, Global Digital Policy Office, Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Government of Japan

Panellists
Rajesh Sreenivasan, Head, Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Senior Accredited Specialist in Data & Digital Economy, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
Desi Indrimayutri, Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, ASEAN, Cisco Systems
Adilah Junid, Director, Legal and Government Affairs Malaysia, Microsoft
Wai San Wong, Senior Manager, Policy – APAC, BSA | The Software Alliance
Yan Xi Chan, Senior Manager, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Southeast Asia & Greater China, Salesforce

16:00 Closing remarks

Lynn Robinson, Director General, International Institute of Communications

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