Daphne is the founder of Bluente, an AI-powered document translation platform built for the legal community, delivering 90–95% accuracy even with complex legal terminology. Prior to starting Bluente, she was a consultant at Bain & Company, where she led digital transformation and operational improvement projects across Southeast Asia for clients in consumer, retail, and sector. With deep experience in operational strategy and cross-border growth, Daphne saw firsthand the inefficiencies in managing multilingual business documents, especially in regulated industries, and set out to solve it.

Eliza is the CEO & Cofounder of Lawdify AI, an AI platform for disputes practice. Prior to starting Lawdify, Eliza had over a decade of disputes resolution experience starting her career at a top-tier Canadian firm in Toronto in commercial & IP litigation, and moved to a premier Chinese firm in Hong Kong to work in international commercial arbitration. She's experienced in China-related arbitrations against SOEs, high value and complex energy and construction cases, as well as multi-jurisdictional and multi-party arbitrations under the HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, LCIA rules. She also managed and processed hundreds of arbitration cases as Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Qualified in New York, and Ontario, Eliza holds an LL.M from Columbia Law School, a J.D. from the University of Ottawa, and a B.B.A. from the University of Toronto.

With first-hand experience and deep domain expertise in disputes, and upon seeing the opportunity that large language models and gen-AI presented to transform the dispute resolution industry, she left practice in late 2023 to build Lawdify, an AI platform that helps disputes lawyers master the documents, run evidence review & analysis, and perform AI agentic workflows that expedite case preparation 10x faster.

Esther is a Partner at Braddell Brothers LLP, Singapore's second oldest independent law firm.

She is a litigation & arbitration specialist who advises and advocates for private and corporate clients in civil and commercial disputes at all levels of the Singapore Courts and in domestic and international arbitrations. She also regularly acts for the Singapore Medical Council and the Council for Estate Agencies in professional misconduct proceedings.

Esther’s practice experience spans across a wide range of sectors, including construction, energy & natural resources, chemicals, F&B and finance & asset management, among others, with a growing focus on technology. Apart from contentious matters, Esther also advises on employment law issues.

Outside of the office, Esther is an avid wine lover. She holds the WSET 3 Advanced Award in Wines certification and is the founder of VV&V, a wine club for young lawyers.

I lead operations across Southeast Asia and Japan, focusing on strategic growth, business transformation, and innovation. My work is grounded in using technology and data to improve performance, support better decisions, and drive growth. I care deeply about inclusive leadership and building teams that can thrive in complex, fast-moving environments. Over the years, I’ve delivered results across multiple Asian markets by staying practical, agile, and using technology and innovation to solve real business challenges.

Gerard Tan is a seasoned commercial strategist with over a decade of experience driving pricing, demand planning, and strategic transformation across the mining, commodities, and digital auction sectors. Now at KorumLegal, an alternative legal services provider (ALSP), Gerard is at the forefront of reshaping how legal services are delivered across APAC — enabling agility, scalability and smarter legal resourcing for clients.
Bringing together a commercial mindset and a people-first approach, Gerard is passionate about the intersection of legal innovation, technology, and talent. At KorumLegal, he works closely with clients and legal consultants to build future-ready legal teams that blend flexibility, capability, and cost efficiency.

A strong advocate for innovation and inclusive growth in the legal industry, Gerard is particularly interested in how GenAI and ALSP models will transform the future of agile legal work — and how these trends will transform legal operations, resourcing strategies, and career pathways across the sector.