#SMUCDL hosts the 4th Computational Legal Studies Workshop from 8-9 Sep 2025 in Singapore and a parallel Cambridge Forum on AI Issue on the subject. For details and to submit, see:. 📝 Workshop call: 📝 Issue call: See you there!

Alibaba, The McCarthy Institute and the SMU Centre for Digital Law jointly present this one-day international seminar to be held in Singapore on 28 August 2025. Join us to explore the future of digital commerce alongside leading experts. Register here:

We warmly congratulate Asst Prof Nydia Remolina on her contribution to The APAC State of Open Banking and Open Finance Report, recently published by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF):

SMUCDL Deputy Director Assoc Prof Liu Han-Wei and CDL Senior Research Affiliate Prof Ching-Fu Lin (@NTHU_TAIWAN) recently co-authored an insightful and timely article titled “Silicon Statecraft Alignment: Taiwan’s Strategic Bet on US-Led Export Controls”:

#SMUCDL faculty members participated in #ICAIL2025 at Northwestern University, where Asst Profs Dirk Hartung and Lim How Khang, together with SMU Law students, contributed to the conference:

#SMUCDL faculty member Prof Heng Wang recently contributed to two panels at the Global Sustainable Development Congress, discussing #AIethics, #Governance, and #GreenSkills education shaping a sustainable future: #GSDcongress

#SMUCDL's Senior Research Affiliate Assoc Prof Błażej Kuźniacki will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming YIN Latam Regional Webinar on "Can we trust what we can’t explain? Decision-making in tax cases based on AI" on 8 July 2025. Register here now:

The #SMUYPHSL and the SMU Centre for Digital Law is pleased to co-host the Yong Pung How Visiting Professorship Lecture 2025 on AI and Automation in Public Administration, taking place at SMU on 7 August. Learn more: To register:

We are pleased to share the latest @wef report, Asset Tokenization in Financial Markets: The Next Generation of Value Exchange. Prof Heng Wang, CDL faculty member, contributed as a working group member to this timely and important publication. Access here:

How can we create a digital future that is safe, inclusive, and designed for all generations? In two recent Straits Times articles, CDL Affiliated Faculty Prof Lim Sun Sun underscored the need to design technology with empathy for both the elderly & young:

📢 IP Week @ SG 2025 is happening on 26-27 Aug! Organised by @ipofficesg, this global event will explore the evolving role of IP. In conjunction, SMUCDL will co-host “IP in Trade and Digital Commerce” with Alibaba Group & The McCarthy Institute on 28 Aug:

📅SAVE THE DATE: Join us on 28 August for a full-day event on IP in Trade and Digital Commerce! Organised by Alibaba Group, The McCarthy Institute & SMU Centre for Digital Law, this event will explore the intersections of innovation, trade & digital law. More details coming soon!

Prof Heng Wang (CDL faculty member) joined a dynamic panel at the Black Swan Summit, alongside esteemed speakers, to discuss how we can bridge the gap between fast-moving technology & the policies needed to ensure a safer digital future. Watch the session:

The Centre for Commercial Law in Asia & the Centre for Digital Law co-hosted a seminar on "(De-)Regulating – Is Less More?" with Prof Dirk Zetzsche & Dr Julia Sinnig (Uni of Luxembourg), chaired by Asst Prof Nydia Remolina, CDL Head of Industry Relations:

Tencent Research Institute & SMU Centre for Digital Law co-hosted the Generative AI in Progress Symposium yesterday. We are grateful to all organisers, speakers, and attendees for making this Symposium a meaningful and engaging exchange of ideas:

Join Asst Prof Nydia Remolina, Head of Industry Relations at CDL, at the upcoming Cryptoassets in Law and Finance Conference hosted by @sgSMUCCLA. She will share her expertise on navigating digital asset regulation through practice and case studies:

How can CBDCs help close the global financial inclusion gap? In the first UNDP blog series on CBDCs for Financial Inclusion, CDL faculty member Prof Heng Wang delved into the world of CBDCs & their potentially profound implications for financial inclusion:

#SMUCDL is pleased to share the launch of the Discovery Research Fund, a new initiative to support exploratory, curiosity-driven research on digital futures, with particular emphasis on emerging areas and early-career scholars. Learn more & support here:

🎯 Join us in Singapore on May 22 for a Symposium on Generative AI & Society, co-hosted by the Tencent Research Institute and the SMU Centre for Digital Law. 🔗 Register here now: 📩 If you're interested in the programme, please email us at cdl@smu.edu.sg

In a recent @wef commentary, SMU Associate Dean (Faculty Matters & Research) and CDL faculty member Prof Heng Wang, along with NUS Prof Lee Poh Seng, explored the urgent need for AI infrastructure and governance frameworks to evolve in tandem: