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) and supported by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), this year’s programme brings together international 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.
Who Should Attend
Newsroom and media leader
Understand how global standards verify authentic journalism and protect against synthetic content.
Brand marketer or communications team
Learn how to protect creative assets and verify AI-assisted content meets authenticity standards before it goes live.
Policy, compliance or risk officer
Get ahead of AI content labelling regulations, understand what platforms and governments are now requiring, and explore how content provenance can reduce exposure to deepfake fraud and synthetic identity risks in your organisation.
Technology developer or system integrator
Explore C2PA SDKs, the Conformance Programme, and practical implementation pathways for your product or platform.
Government communicator
Discover how provenance technologies can authenticate official communications and build public trust in digital content.
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
08:30
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Registration & Networking Breakfast
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09:00
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Opening Remarks
Organising Committee
09:10
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Keynote 1 | Content Credentials, Verifiable Media and the Infrastructure for Trust
Andy Parsons, Global Head of Content Authenticity, Adobe
and C2PA Steering Committee Member
09:40
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Keynote 2 | Beyond Deepfakes: "The Synthetic Reality" Stack
Prof Emilio Ferrara, Professor, Computer Science and Communication, University of Southern California (USC)
10:10
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Guest of Honour Address
Ms Jasmin Lau, Minister-of-State for Digital Development and Information, and Education Minister-in-charge of GovTech
10:30
Hibiscus Junior Ballroom
Break
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10:50
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Panel Session | 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, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
Willy Tan, Lead AI Strategy & Sustainability, Mediacorp
Beatrice Yeo, APAC Policy Lead, Trust & Safety, TikTok
Santiago Lyon, Head of Advocacy and Education, Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), Adobe (Moderator)
11:40
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Plenary Session | Implementing Content Credentials in the newsroom
Willy Tan, Lead AI Strategy & Sustainability, Mediacorp
Therese Quieta, Head of Systems Engineering Pillar, Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS)
12:00
Hibiscus Junior Ballroom
Lunch & Live Tech Showcase
Featuring:
Adobe Content Authenticity Tools by Adobe
ChatCODIT: AI for Regulation, Risk & Compliance by CODIT, South Korea
CRYSTAL Suite of Technologies by Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS)
Full-Journey Content Provenance for Humans and AI by Numbers Protocol, Taiwan
Gamified Critical Thinking Tool to Empower Individuals to Better Discern Cyber Misinformation by Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)
Never Lose Provenance: C2PA Soft-Binding Through Image Watermarking by Imatag
PROVO C2PA Signer & Verifier by Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS)
SLEUTH Deepfake Detector & Automatic Fact-Checker by Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS)
Spot and Fight Fake News and Scams by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Trusted Capture: The Role of Camera Hardware in Content Authenticity by Canon Inc
Trustworthy, Durable and Interoperable Content Credentials by Adobe, Digimarc and SSL.com
13:30
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Lightning Talks
[Video] Combating Mis/Disinformation in the News Industry Using C2PA Technology
Satoru Sakai, C2PA Engineer, NTT Docomo (Japan)
The Emerging Standard for Content Authenticity and Why APAC Organisations Should Pay Attention
Leonard Rosenthol, Chair, C2PA Technical Working Group and Senior Principal Scientist, Adobe Systems
Content Provenance Implementation in the News Media
Bruce MacCormack, Chair, Media Provenance Committee, International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC)
Protecting Creative Work in the Age of AI: Provenance and Licensing
Prof John Collomosse, Professor of AI, University of Surrey
Designing Trust Signals in Content Authenticity
Cheryl Lim, Lead UXUI Designer, Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS)
Owning Your Content's Story: Transparent and Immutable Provenance in Practice
Bofu Chen, Founder and CTO, Numbers Protocol, Taiwan
The Role of Hardware in Content Authenticity
Adam Polak, Co-chair, C2PA Conformance Task Force & Senior Staff Engineer, Qualcomm Inc
Policy Responses to AI-Driven Misinformation and Trust: Global, APAC, and South Korea
Ji Eun Chung, CEO, CODIT, South Korea
Trusted Capture: The Role of Camera Hardware in Content Authenticity
Takahiro Matsushita Senior Architect, Canon Inc
Yuki Kusakabe, Manager, Cloud Development, Canon Inc
15:00
Hibiscus Junior Ballroom
Break
Move to breakout sessions
15:15
Hibiscus Breakout Rooms
Breakout Sessions Round 1
A series of working sessions hosted by experts addressing various aspects of the provenance landscape.
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Hibiscus Ballroom A
Breakout 1 | Trusted Content in the Public Interest: News, High-Stakes Documentation, Archives
This breakout explores how organisations responsible for producing and preserving trusted content in the public interest including newsrooms, archival institutions, and organisations managing evidentiary or documentary content can adopt content authenticity tools amid multilingual workflows, diverse audience trust dynamics, and fast-moving misinformation environments. Discussion will surface sector-specific challenges, priority use cases, and readiness for pilot implementations across news media, cultural heritage, and high-stakes documentation contexts.
Session Lead:
Bruce MacCormack, Chair, Media Provenance Committee, International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC)
Laura Ellis, Head of Technology Forecasting, BBC
Who should attend:
For news organisations and broadcast media, archival and cultural heritage institutions, humanitarian and documentary organisations managing evidentiary content, media technology providers, and CAI / C2PA technical representatives and platform integrity or news partnerships teams.
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Hibiscus Ballroom B
Breakout 2 | Content Disclosure: What Are We Actually Signalling?
This breakout explores how content disclosure and AI labelling practices are shaping what users understand about digital content. As AI-generated and AI-assisted media becomes increasingly widespread, the breakout invites participants across domains to examine what current disclosure approaches are actually signalling, and whether they meaningfully support user interpretation across different contexts.
Session Lead:
Cheryl Lim, Lead UXUI Designer, Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS)
Prof Ian Mcloughlin, Professor, Infocomm Technology, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)
Who should attend:
For government policies and regulator, platform ad public policy, UX and product designers, media literacy educators, advertising and creative agencies, and for researchers (HCI, media studies, communications)
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Hibiscus Ballroom C
Breakout 3 | Policy Signals and Governance Readiness for Content Authenticity
This breakout explores how policy signals and emerging AI governance approaches can inform the 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 guidance, pilots, and regulatory developments may shape responsible and scalable adoption across the region.
Session Leads:
Charissa Soh, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel, APAC & Japan, Adobe
Ji Eun Chung, CEO and Founder, CODIT Corp, South Korea
Leonard Rosenthol, Chair, C2PA Technical Working Group and Senior Principal Scientist, Adobe Systems
Who should attend:
For AI governance and policy teams; government communications and public sector digital teams; platform policy, integrity, and trust & safety teams; media literacy organisations; and technology and standards stakeholders.
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Hibiscus Ballroom D
Breakout 4 | Making Content Authenticity Work for Creators and Brands
This breakout focuses on how content authenticity technologies can be practically applied by organisations that produce, distribute, or manage content at scale — including creative industries, brand content, and enterprise communications. Participants will explore what provenance signals, watermarking, and other authenticity technologies can realistically achieve as content travels through real-world workflows across social platforms, compression, re-sharing, and re-encoding. Discussion will examine feasibility considerations, integration into existing workflows, and partnership models — and how building critical thinking around content authenticity complements the technical layer. The session will help participants identify priority use cases relevant to their context and discuss what early-stage pilots could look like in practice.
Session Lead:
John Collomosse, Senior Principal Scientist, Adobe Research and Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Surrey
Ian Dejong, Principal Strategist, Digital Strategy Group, APAC Adobe
Who should attend:
For creative industries and content creators, brand and advertising teams, media organisations, enterprise communications leads, and government or public agencies exploring practical adoption of content authenticity technologies.
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Hibiscus Ballroom E
Breakout 5 | Getting Started with C2PA: A Practical Guide for Organisations Ready to Implement
This breakout session focuses on practical steps for organisations looking to adopt the C2PA standard and Durable Content Credentials. It will cover how to identify suitable use cases, understand the open standard, and begin integrating provenance into existing workflows. Speakers will introduce available Software Development Kits (SDKs), implementation tools, and developer resources, and share insights on common integration approaches. The session will also outline the C2PA Conformance Programme, and how organisations can engage with and contribute to the broader C2PA ecosystem.
Session Leads:
Andy Parsons, Global Head of Content Authenticity, Adobe and C2PA Steering Committee Member
Scott Perry, Administrator, C2PA Conformance Program and Co-Chair, Creator Assertions Working Group (CAWG)
Adam Polak, Co-chair, C2PA Conformance Task Force & Senior Staff Engineer, Qualcomm Inc
Dominique Guinard, C2PA Product Director, SSL.com & C2PA Consultant, Digimarc
Who should attend:
For technology developers,system integrators, media organisations, platform providers, and organisations exploring adoption of content provenance standards
16:15
Hibiscus Junior Ballroom
Break
Move to second round of breakout sessions
16:25
Hibiscus Breakout Rooms
Breakout Sessions Round 2
This round is a repeat of Breakout Session - Round 1. Please proceed to your selected breakout room.
17:25
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Keynote 3 | [Video] Generative AI and the Future of Media
Hany Farid, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
17:45
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
Closing Remarks
Andy Parsons, Global Head of Content Authenticity, Adobe and C2PA Steering Committee Member
Therese Quieta,Head of Systems Engineering, Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS)
18:00
Hibiscus Main Ballroom
End of Programme
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All Speakers
Tech Showcase
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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