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The Evolution of Tech Governance in Southeast Asia: Spotlight on the Philippines

The Tech for Good Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications Technology of the Philippines (DICT), will be conducting a research seminar on 24th July 2025 to discuss key trends, regulatory developments, and policy priorities shaping Southeast Asia’s rapidly evolving digital economy, with a particular focus on the Philippines.

Join us in-person for this event co-hosted by the Department of Information and Communications Technology of the Philippines (DICT) and Tech for Good Institute (TFGI) on 24 July 2025 to explore key trends, regulatory developments, and policy priorities shaping Southeast Asia’s rapidly evolving digital economy, with particular focus on the Philippines. 


The session will explore the following questions:

  • What key principles should guide governance in fostering technology innovation, business model innovation, and policy innovation in the Philippines?
  • How can the Philippines leverage emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing to enhance its regional competitiveness?
  • What measures can be taken to build an ecosystem in the Philippines that supports the development and scaling of innovative business models?
  • How can the Philippines leverage technology to future-proof the workforce and enable adoption of digital jobs?
  • How can the Philippine government design effective governance and fit-for-purpose regulations that enable technology to contribute to national development goals?
  • How can policy tools, such as regulatory sandboxes, tiered licensing, and outcomes-based standards, be used to support the growth of the Philippines’ digital economy?
  • What are the most effective ways for the government, businesses, civil society, and ecosystem in the Philippines to collaborate in advancing sustainable development through digital transformation?
 
 

Event Details

Date: June 24, 2025 (Thursday)

Time:

  • Event time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Pre-event: Registration and Networking: 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
  • Post-event: Lunch: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

Location: Manila (Details will be updated later)

09:30 – 10:00

Registration and Networking

10:00 – 10:10

Opening Remarks

10:10 – 10:20

Research Sharing Session: Tech Governance in Southeast Asia

10:20 – 11:20

Panel Discussion: “Fit-for-Purpose Governance in the Innovation Age: Spotlight on the Philippines”

11:20 – 11:30

Closing remarks

11:30 – 1:30

Lunch and Networking

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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is founding Executive Director for the Tech for Good Institute, a non-profit founded to catalyse research and collaboration on social, economic and policy trends accelerated by the digital economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide.  Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, business and society, including sustainability and innovation.

 

Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, which supports Singapore’s future growth as a global innovation hub for intellectual property creation, commercialisation and management. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group and the founding Executive Director of COMO Foundation, a grantmaker focused on gender equity that has served over 47 million women and girls since 2003.

 

As a company director, she lends brand and strategic guidance to several companies within the COMO Group. Ming also serves as a Council Member of the Council for Board Diversity, on the boards of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.

 

In the non-profit, educational and government spheres, Ming is a director of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) and chairs the Asia Advisory board for Swiss hospitality business and management school EHL. She also serves on  the Council for Board Diversity and the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.

 

Ming was educated in Singapore, the United States, and England. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University and her doctorate from Oxford.