IAPP Asia 2025: Privacy Forum + AI Governance Global

April Chin is Co-CEO at Resaro, an AI assurance company involved in independent, third-party testing of mission-critical AI systems.

Chin's commitment to responsible AI began in 2019 at BasisAI, where she played a pivotal role in driving the adoption of governance-by-deployment approaches in AI solutions among enterprises. She has also led multidisciplinary initiatives on developing AI governance frameworks into executable processes for business and technology teams.

Drawing from over a decade of experience as a former officer with the Singapore Administrative Service, Chin has collaborated closely with senior government officials and C-suite leaders to shape future-ready policies anchored on governance principles.

As a thought leader in this field, Chin shares her expertise as a Futures Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and as an advisor-expert at the Chandler Institute of Governance.

J. Trevor Hughes is the president and CEO of the IAPP, the professional home for privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility globally. With over 85,000 members in more than 150 countries, the IAPP provides training, certification, publications, research, events and networking opportunities to respond to the growing need for professionals to manage the intersections of data, technology and humanity.

A native of Canada, Hughes previously served as the executive director of the Network Advertising Initiative and the Email Sender and Provider Coalition.

Hughes is widely acknowledged as a leading digital policy expert on the global stage. He is a sought-after speaker, appearing at SXSW, RSA Conference, TEDx, the Global Privacy Assembly and more. Recent speaking engagements have included ICA Live: Africa, World Bank Group Data Privacy Day, the FIFA Global Compliance Summit and the Mobile World Congress Ministerial Programme. He has lectured extensively around the world, including at Harvard, MIT, London School of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, University of Texas at Austin, and Northeastern University Law School.

He has contributed to media outlets such as The New York Times, TechCrunch and Wired, and has testified on issues of privacy, surveillance and privacy-sensitive technologies before the U.S. Congress, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, British Parliament and more.

He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his Juris Doctor from the University of Maine School of Law, where he is an adjunct professor.

Heng Wang is a professor of law at Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law. He was a professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, where he was founding co-director of Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law Centre and inaugural co-director of the Tsinghua-UNSW Joint Research Centre for International Commercial and Economic Law.

Heng is a recipient of major grants and awards, including being named a research leader by The Australian’s Research Magazine based on number of citations.

His work is cited in intergovernmental documents. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Alliance, and its Future of Blockchain and Digital Assets Initiative.

He has advised or been a keynote speaker at events arranged by institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, the forum for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Bundesbank, Interpol, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and private sector enterprises.

His research explores the future of international economic governance, including AI governance and risk solutions.

Wong is presently the Assistant Chief Executive, Data Innovation & Protection Group. Her scope of work includes developing forward-thinking governance on artificial intelligence and data, driving a pipeline of AI talent, promoting industry adoption of AI and data analytics, as well as building specific AI and data science capabilities in Singapore.

She concurrently holds the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of the Personal Data Protection Commission and oversees the administration and enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act.

Her key responsibilities include managing the formulation and implementation of policies relating to the protection of personal data and enforcement directions for organizational actions. Wong is an expert in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Network of Experts on AI and is also on the Expert Advisory Panel for the AI Safety Summit’s “State of the Science Report.”

Wong joined IMDA on 1 September 2021 as Director of the Strategic Policy and Operations Cluster. She led a team to bring legislative amendments through Parliament to tackle online harms on social media and subsequently set up the Online Communications Office to regulate social media platforms. Wong also directed teams that regulate against misinformation in the online space and scams perpetrated through telecom networks.

Earlier in her career, Wong was a law clerk to justices and assistant registrar at the Supreme Court of Singapore before joining the Attorney-General’s Chambers Civil Division as state counsel.