Building Rights-Centric Digital Infrastructure: A Collaborative Workshop on the Data-Centric Digital Rights (DCDR) Framework

Date: Tuesday, Oct 14

Time: 11:00 - 12:00 (60 mins)

Session Types: Workshop

This workshop addresses the critical gap between digital rights legislation and technical implementation in the Asia-Pacific region. As governments across APAC develop digital governance frameworks and technologists build increasingly sophisticated digital infrastructure, there exists a fundamental disconnect between policy intentions and technical realities.

Key Issues to Explore:
– The Data-Identity Paradigm Shift: How the traditional separation of users from their data fails to reflect the reality that personal data IS the digital representation of individuals themselves (“I Am My Data” principle).
– Proactive Digital Rights Protection: Moving beyond reactive legal remedies to proactive technical design that prevents digital rights violations before they occur (“End Remedy” principle)
– Policy-Technology Integration: The challenge of transparently implementing digital rights protections directly into technical infrastructure rather than as external compliance layers (“Rights By Design” principle)
– Technologist Responsibility: Establishing the role of technologists as “Next Generation Rights Defenders” responsible for protecting citizens’ digital twins
– Regional Implementation Challenges: Adapting universal digital rights principles to diverse legal, cultural, and technical contexts across the Asia-Pacific region

The workshop will examine how these issues manifest in real-world scenarios including data governance, platform design, AI systems, and cross-border data flows that are particularly relevant to the interconnected APAC digital ecosystem.

Moderators/Speakers: Adrian Wan, Pavel Farhan, Prapasiri Suttisom, Svetlana Zens, Yug Desai