Content Authenticity Summit
OTS Forum 2026
12 May 2026, Sands Expo & Convention Centre Singapore
Organised by the Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS), the Online Trust & Safety (OTS) Forum brings together international and Singapore-based thought leaders and professionals to exchange insights on the latest developments in policy, technology, and education for creating safer online spaces.
Building on the inaugural OTS Forum in 2024, which highlighted early detection of emerging online harms, the 2026 edition expands the conversation toward strengthening preventive and resilience-building approaches. By featuring the Content Authenticity Summit 2026, co-organised with the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), this year’s programme brings together regional stakeholders, including policymakers, platforms, media organisations, and implementers, to explore practical and interoperable approaches to content authenticity in the AI era. Discussions will span standards, provenance technologies, and implementation pathways across the content ecosystem, highlighting how transparency and attribution mechanisms can complement detection and response efforts to support long-term trust and safety online.
Programme Overview
The event will feature a mix of plenary and interactive sessions designed to foster shared understanding, practical exchange, and cross-sector dialogue.
Programme elements will include:
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Registration & Welcome Address
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Plenary Session
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Keynote Address
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Lightning Talks
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Panel Discussion
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Breakout Session
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Networking
Programme elements are indicative and subject to refinement. Full agenda and speaker details will be released closer to the event date.
Programme
The programme is being finalised and will be updated as details are confirmed. Please check back regularly.
08:30
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Registration & Networking Breakfast
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09:00
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Welcome & Opening Address
Dr Yang Yinping, Director, CATOS
10:00
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Keynote 1: Beyond Deepfakes: "The Synthetic Reality" Stack
Prof Emilio Ferrara, Profesor, Computer Science and Communication, USC
10:30
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Keynote 2: From Synthetic Reality to Verifiable Media: Building Infrastructure for Trust
Andy Person, Senior Director, CAI
10:50
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Break
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11:10
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Panel: Trust, Transparency, and Safety in the AI Era: Asia-Pacific Perspectives
- Norman Ng, Head, Trust & Safety Global Engagement APAC, Google
- Lee Wan Sie, Cluster Director, AI Governance and Safety, IMDA
- Willy Tan, Lead AI Strategy & Solutions, News, Mediacorp
- Santiago Lyon, Head of Advocacy and Education, CAI (Moderator)
11:55
Hibiscus Junior Ballroom
Lunch & Tech Booths
Featuring:
- Content Authenticity by Adobe, CAI
- Numbers Protocol
- CODIT
- PROVO C2PA Signer & Verifier by CATOS
- Sleuth Deepfake & Automatic Fact-Checker by CATOS
- Crystal AI & OTS Suite of Technologies by CATOS
13:10
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Plenary Session: Introduction to C2PA & CAI
Santiago Lyon, Head of Advocacy and Education, CAI
13:30
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Lightning Talks
Content Provenance implementation in the news media
Bruce MacCormack, Chair, IPTC Media Provenance Committee
C2PA within the world of Standards
Leonard Rosenthol, C2PA
Provenance for Content Licensing
Prof John Collomosse, Professor of AI, University of Surrey
Designing for Trust: Content Credential in the Singapore Context
Cheryl Lim, Lead UXUI Designer, CATOS
14:30
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Break
Move to breakout sessions
14:40
Breakout 1 | Hibiscus Ballroom A
Newsrooms and Trusted Media in APAC
This breakout explores how newsrooms in Asia-Pacific can adopt content authenticity tools amid multilingual workflows, diverse audience trust dynamics, and fast-moving misinformation environments. Discussion will surface newsroom-specific challenges, priority use cases, and readiness for pilot implementations.
Who should attend:
For news organisations, media technology providers, CAI / C2PA technical representatives, platform integrity or news partnerships teams
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Breakout 2 | Hibiscus Ballroom B
Designing for Understanding: Culture, Language, and Usability
This breakout explores how cultural norms, language diversity, and user experience design influence the understanding and adoption of content authenticity technologies in the Asia-Pacific region. Discussions will examine how provenance signals can be communicated meaningfully to the public and creators, and how tools can be designed to support comprehension, trust, and responsible use across diverse social and cultural contexts.
Who should attend:
For academic researchers (HCI, media studies, linguistics), UX and product teams, creator-education and digital literacy groups, platform policy, integrity, and trust & safety teams
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Breakout 3 | Hibiscus Ballroom C
Policy Signals, Governance Readiness, and Ecosystem Alignment
This breakout explores how policy signals, emerging AI governance approaches, and ecosystem coordination can support early understanding and future adoption of content authenticity technologies. Discussions will focus on how policymakers, platforms, and public-interest stakeholders are assessing risks, public perception, and technology maturity, and what early signals such as guidance, pilots, and education may help inform responsible and scalable adoption over time.
Who should attend:
For AI governance and policy teams, Platform policy, integrity, and trust & safety teams, media literacy and civil society organisations, technology and standards stakeholders
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Breakout 4 | Hibiscus Ballroom D
From Concept to Practice - Emerging Use Cases and Early Pilots in APAC
This breakout focuses on identifying priority APAC-relevant use cases for content authenticity and discussing what early-stage pilots could look like in practice. Participants will explore feasibility considerations, partnership models, and learning objectives across sectors such as news media, public sector communications, education, and creative industries. The discussion will also consider technical approaches across the content lifecycle — including trusted capture technologies from camera manufacturers, provenance standards, watermarking, and other authenticity signals — and how these can be integrated into existing workflows to support practical deployment.
Who should attend:
For tool and technology providers, Media organisations, Government or public agencies, Creative industries, advertising industries, Civil society / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)
16:00
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Breakout Session 2
Details for Breakout Session 2 will be announced soon.
17:00
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Keynote 3: Generative AI and the Future of Media
TBC
17:30
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Closing Remarks
Dr Yang Yinping, Director, CATOS
Andy Parsons, Senior Director, CAI
18:00
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
End of Programme
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All Speakers
The speaker line-up is expanding and will be updated as details are confirmed. Please stay tuned.
Venue Information
Address:
Marina Bay Sands
Sands Expo and Convention Centre
10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956
Getting There by MRT (Recommended):
Sands Expo & Convention Centre is located at Bayfront MRT station (CE1/DT16). The station connects to the Circle and Downtown Line of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train system.
Proceed to Exit D of Bayfront MRT station to locate the Sands Expo & Convention Centre.
Other Transport Options:
For information on travelling by taxi, ride-hailing services, car, airport transfers, or parking details, please refer to the official Marina Bay Sands website.
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