Anticipatory Regulation in Practice: Legal and Governance Tools for Healthcare Futures
As digital technologies transform healthcare, traditional regulatory frameworks often lag behind innovation. This dialogue features Assoc. Prof. Bernadette Richards (University of Queensland), whose work on anticipatory law and health governance examines how legal systems can evolve to remain agile, ethical, and responsive in the face of rapid technological change.
Prof. Richards will open the session with a discussion on anticipatory legal models in healthcare, exploring how legal foresight can strengthen accountability, responsiveness, and public trust. Drawing on international and Australian perspectives, she will outline how regulatory and governance architectures can be re-designed to remain adaptive while upholding public interest and justice.
Dr. Adriana Banozic-Tang (Singapore Management University) will follow with an applied perspective, reflecting on how anticipatory principles are being operationalised within Singapore’s healthcare and digital governance landscape. Using examples such as AI Veri…
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Registration is not yet opened. Please email cdl@smu.edu.sg for enquiries. Type: Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. Ageing & Healthcare Management. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Public. Professionals. Partners. Academic Community.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law.
Lunchtime Seminar - Trustworthy AI and Courts
There is a deep scepticism concerning the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) should be used in the making of judicial decisions. There are normative risks such as inaccuracy, lack of explainability, and accountability, and there are sociological risks to public trust in the judicial system. New legal standards seek to set some guardrails around the use of AI in judicial decision-making but face two problems. First, they underappreciate the Collingridge dilemma, in which premature intervention risks over-regulation and belated intervention risks under-regulation. Second, there is a misplaced faith in the power of legal obligations to provide sufficient and enforceable guidance. This presentation asks how we should test, develop, and roll-out AI in courts and what model of governance should be adopted for its regulation.
Contact: cdl@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Malcolm Langford
Malcolm Langford is a Professor of Public Law, University of Oslo and Co-Director of TRUST: Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AI. A lawyer and social scientist, his publications span emerging technologies, international law, and comparative constitutionalism, and he has won several prizes for his work on international adjudication and education. RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Audience: Public. SMU Faculty & Staff. Partners. Professionals.
Monday, November 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law.