conference 2026
Meet our Presenters
Aaron Chan
Pro Bono Associate – Asia,
DLA Piper LLP
Bianca Janovic
Pro Bono Counsel, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Clarisse Ikeda Larcher
Global Legal Officer, LEDGE
Eiko Iwata
Director, National Institute for Defense Studies
Hidemasa Onizawa
CEO, BLP-Network
Jefferson R Plantilla
Human Rights Educator
Kyi Suu
Country Manager, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ)
Marjorie Kong
Senior Legal Manager, Pro Bono SG
Pramnath Vijayakumar
Head of Legal Operations, Pro Bono SG
Sabine Larribeau
Fund Manager, Global Statelessness Fund
Shaun McCarthy
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Legal Research, University of Newcastle School of Law and Justice
Steve Downie
Legal Officer (Partnerships), Asylum Services & Knowledge
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Assistant Professor, Chiba Keizai University
Uranzaya Batdorj
CEO and Founder of Nomad Lawyer LLC
Yasunobu Sato
Special Researcher, Waseda University Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies
Abhishikta Mallick
Programmes Lead, Jann 16 Foundation
Brinda G. Lashkari
Projects Lead, Jann 16 Foundation
Daphne Quek
Director of the Access to Justice Office, State Courts of Singapore
Emi Rowse
Partner and head of Kudan & Partners’ Japan Practice
Hitoshi Suzuki
Japan Network for Public Interest Activities (JANPIA)
Ji Yang Lim
Associate, White & Case
Larissa Ann Louis
Partner at Azri, Lee Swee Seng & Co
Minh Nguyen
Special Counsel of ACSV Legal
Prashant Mara
Managing Partner, BTG Advaya
Director, Jann 16 Foundation
Saburo Takizawa
Professor Emeritus, Toyo Eiwa University / Vice President, Care International Japan
Shevindri Manuel
South Asia Regional Manager, iProbono
Subin Mulmi
Executive Director, Nationality for All
Taro Tanaka
Global Legal Officer, LEDGE
Vincent Goh
Manager Pro Bono Centre, Singapore Management University
Yuvraj Rathore
Senior Program Officer, Forced Displacement, PILnet
Anna Imai
Associate, White & Case
Bruce Lasky
Co-Founder/Co-Director, BABSEACLE
Dinesh Dhillon
Chairman of Pro Bono SG
Fuyuko Takahashi
Project Manager, UN Global Compact Network Japan
Itaru Matsuno
Head of the UNESCO Peace Education Promotion Department, Nagoya University of Economics Ichimura Senior High School
Jimmy Hsu
Educator, National Fongshan Senior Industrial Vocational High School
Leni Mulyani
Lecturer, Pasundan University
GAJE Steering Committee Representative, East Asia
Miriam Chinnappa
Executive Director and Co-founder, Centre for Law and Transformative Change
Rona Karimi
PhD Researcher, International Christian University
Sadhana Rai
Chief Representation Officer, Pro Bono SG
Shinya Fujino
Associate Professor, Vietnam Japan University
Suzanna Brickman
Pro Bono Counsel, DLA Piper
Tienshi Lara Chen
Founder / Professor, Stateless Network / Waseda University
Wendy Morrish
Co-Founder/Co-Director, BABSEACLE
Ashlynn Ong
Program Officer, PILnet
Cassandra Thomazios
Partner at MahWeng Kwai & Associates
Dorothy L. Fernandez
Senior Pro Bono Counsel, Morrison Foerster
Gauri Bharti
Supervising Legal Officer, Asylum Services and Knowledge
Jasmin Kang
District Judge,
State Courts of Singapore
Joanita Britto Menon
Senior Legal Programme Manager Asia, TrustLaw and Thomson Reuters Foundation
Lionel Blackman
Co-Founder, Centre for Law and Transformative Change
Naoki Imai
President, Seinan Gakuin University
Ruby Lee
Co-director Pro Bono Centre, Singapore Management University
Sanjeewa Liyanage
International Program Director, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ)
Soichiro Yamasaki
PhD student,
University of Tokyo
Takeshi Nemoto
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)
Toby Brown
Chair, UK Pro Bono Week
Wing-Cheong Chan
Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Avanti Durani
Executive Director, Jann 16 Foundation
Charles Weisselberg
Yosef Osheawich Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Edwin San
District Judge / Registrar, State Courts of Singapore
Hajime Akiyama
Co-Representative / Assistant Professor, Stateless Network / University of Tsukuba
Jean Renaldy
Associate, White & Case
Julia Mayerhofer
Co-Executive Director of PILnet
Mark Woods
Director & Accredited Specialist, Tyler Tipping & Woods
Nobuhiro Matsuo
Counsel, GI&T Law Office
Ryoko Yonamine
PhD student,
Osaka Jogakuin University
Saori Takahashi
Associate, White & Case
Sonya Kalnin
Partner at Watson Farley & Williams
Tanguy Lim
Chief Executive Officer, Pro Bono SG
Truong Le
Independent Lawyer/Regional Legal Counsel
Wong Kok Weng
Chief Public Defender, Public Defender’s Office