The Digital Health Roundtable on Health Data Sharing for Impact, part of the annual Smart Health Asia Conference 2026, convened regional policymakers, health sector leaders, technical experts and global partners for a discussion on advancing responsible health data sharing across Southeast Asia this month.
Held at our NUS Medicine & Science Library, the Roundtable brought together representatives from national health agencies, academic institutions, healthcare organisations, regional networks, and global partners across Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
This roundtable builds on the 2022 White Paper on Responsible Data Sharing in Health and Healthcare. Discussions explored opportunities arising from Singapore’s Health Information Act, the value of health data sharing and data mobility in health crises.
It was co-organised by Precision Public Health Asia Society, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and Messe Berlin Asia Pacific, to facilitate regional framework, specifically on sharing healthcare data responsibly and safely against pandemics and to create a platform for continued collaboration. Timely health data sharing can strengthen health services, supporting more effective policies, implementations and best practice.
We would like to thank the participants, presenters from Ministry of Health (Singapore), TRUST Data Office (Singapore), Ministry of Health (Malaysia), BPJS Kesehatan Indonesia and ACPHEED Secretariat Establishment Office (ACSEO), Thailand for their sharing. Special thanks to Assoc Prof Piya Hanvoravongchai and Dr Clive Tan, for bringing this important regional dialogue together.
Read more about the White Paper here: Launch of Whitepaper on Responsible Data Sharing in Health and Healthcare – Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health