Speaking & Teaching
Kuala Lumpur to Cape Town to Cambridge.
I speak at global health security and health law convenings, and teach global health law at universities in India, Taiwan, and the United States. Available for keynotes, panels, expert testimony, guest lectures, and background briefings for journalists.
Topics
What I speak on
Each is grounded in work I have actually done — drafting, negotiating, or litigating — rather than commentary alone.
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The WHO Pandemic Agreement
What the agreement does and does not require, the PABS annex, and what implementation demands of national legal systems.
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Technology transfer & access
Why technology transfer provisions rarely translate into manufacturing capacity, and what legal architecture would change that.
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The 2024 IHR amendments
Legal preparedness obligations, national focal points, and the gap between ratification and domestic implementation.
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Commercial determinants of health
Alcohol, tobacco, and food marketing regulation through an Asian lens, including digital and AI-driven marketing.
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One Health and the law
Cross-sectoral legal frameworks and why country-level implementation stalls.
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Health rights before the courts
Constitutional health litigation in India, and the Supreme Court's role in advising the legislature.
Archive
Selected talks and conferences
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Implementing the WHO PABS Annex: Legal and Policy Preparedness for Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing in South and South-East AsiaGlobal Health Security Conference 2026 — oral presentation
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Operationalizing Technology Transfers under the WHO Pandemic Agreement: Implications for Global Health Security and Legal Preparedness in South and South-East AsiaGlobal Health Security Conference 2026 — oral presentation
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AI-Driven Alcohol Marketing Regulation: Addressing Algorithmic Targeting and Age-Verification Challenges in Digital Policy Frameworks8th Global Alcohol Policy Conference — invited plenary speaker
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Regulatory Evolution and Litigation in Unrecorded Alcohol Control: A Multi-Country Analysis of South and South-East Asia8th Global Alcohol Policy Conference — oral presentation
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Technology Transfer in the WHO Pandemic Agreement: Pathways to Equitable Access29th National Technology Law Conference
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Reimagining Global Health Law: Governance, Equity, and Innovation in a Post-Pandemic World — Insights and Lessons for South AsiaInternational Research Conference, Open University of Sri Lanka — invited panellist
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Global Health Governance as Public Service RoundtableWorld Health Summit — invited participant
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Governance for Planetary Health: Regime Interaction between the BBNJ Agreement and the WHO Pandemic AgreementUNDP consultation, The Hague Humanity Hub — invited participant
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Translating Aspirations into Reality: Technology Transfers in the WHO Pandemic AgreementIPX Summit, Harvard Law School
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Translating Technology Transfers in the WHO Pandemic Agreement into Reality: Law, Politics, and Path AheadHealth Law Professors Conference, American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics, Boston University
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Governance for Planetary HealthWorld Health Summit Regional Meeting — invited panellist
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Intellectual Property and Technology Transfers in Global Health: Reflections on the WHO Pandemic Treaty NegotiationsPatent and Trademark Law Development Conference, University of the Pacific
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Negotiating Global Health: Reflections on the WHO Pandemic Treaty NegotiationsHarvard Law School colloquium
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Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing: Global and Regional Legal PerspectivesDuke-NUS — invited speaker
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From COVID to Mpox: The Fight against Health Emergencies in AfricaThe Conversation America and the O'Neill Institute — panellist
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Sharing Pathogen Genomics Data — What's the Way Forward?Centre for Outbreak Preparedness, Duke-NUS — invited speaker
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Understanding Technology Transfers, Intellectual Property, and Local Manufacturing under the Proposed WHO Pandemic AccordNational Conference on Technology Law, NYCU Taiwan
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Tracing the Journey of One Health in the Proposed Pandemic Treaty8th World One Health Congress — oral presentation
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One Health and the Law: Existing Frameworks, Intersections and Future Pathways8th World One Health Congress — invited panellist
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Scientific, Industry, Innovation, and Governance Landscape for Biotechnology Research and Development in the United States and IndiaU.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — invited speaker
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Technology Transfers, IP, and TradeGlobal Health Law side event, Global Health Security Conference — invited talk
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Commercial Determinants of Health Security: A South-East Asia LensGlobal Health Security Conference — oral presentation
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Legal Frameworks for UHC as a Tool to Advance Global Health Security in the WHO African RegionGlobal Health Security Conference — poster presentation
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8th National Consultations on Non-Communicable DiseasesNIHR Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-term Conditions — invited participant
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Commercial Determinants of Health: An Asian LensInstitute of Public Health, NYCU, and the National Health Research Institute, Taiwan — invited talks
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Legal Frameworks for Digital Contact Tracing: Privacy in a PandemicAsian Law Schools Association Conference, NYCU Law — oral presentation
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Policy, System and Practice Response to Alcohol Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the WHO South-East Asia Region and Seven Countries of Africa7th Global Alcohol Policy Conference — oral presentation
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WHO South-East Asia Regional Consultation on Economic and Commercial Determinants of HealthWorld Health Organization — participant and secretariat
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COVID-19 in the Americas: The Role of Collaborating Centers in Pandemic Preparedness and ResponseWHO PAHO Collaborating Centres webinar launch — invited speaker
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Equity Models for a Pandemic AgreementExpert convening by the O'Neill Institute, UNAIDS and FNIH — expert participant
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Advising the Indian Legislature: The Supreme Court's Role in the World's Largest DemocracyInternational Conference on Legislative and Law Reform, co-hosted by the D.C. Bar Association — plenary speaker
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Legal Barriers to the One Health Approach in India: Placing One Health at the Heart of COVID-19 Recovery7th World One Health Congress — oral presentation
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Measuring and Evaluating Epidemic Response Laws and PoliciesGlobal Health Security Conference — oral presentation
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India, the World's Pharmacy, Failing to Deliver: IP and BeyondConference on Intellectual Property, COVID-19, and the Next Pandemic, Hong Kong Faculty of Law and Georgetown Law — invited speaker
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Pandemic Health Legislation and Policy around the World: What Have We Learned and What Is Needed Now?Penn Law and ILEGIS — invited speaker
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Self-Regulatory Policies of Social Networking Sites for Tobacco AdvertisementsYouth for No Tobacco webinar, PHFI and WHO India — invited speaker
Teaching
Courses and lectures
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Global Health Law, Policy, and Regulations — 4 credits
Jindal Global Law School, co-taughtSpring 2026 -
Global Health Law and Governance
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law, Taipei — Visiting Assistant Professor. Included negotiation role-play exercises on the WTO TRIPS COVID-19 waiver and commercial determinants of health2025–26 -
Intellectual Property Rights and Global Health Law: Reflecting on Recent Developments
Continuing legal education, Virginia Mountain/Valley Lawyers' Alliance2025 -
Access to Medicines and Vaccines: The Role of Intellectual Property Law and Technology Transfer
National University of Singapore — e-training on preventing, preparing for, and responding to pandemics2024 -
Developing International Legal Instruments: Pandemic Agreement and IHR Amendments
Bocconi University, Milan — guest lecture2023 -
Drafting Public Health Legislation
International Law Institute, Washington, D.C. — guest lecture2023 -
Privacy, Vaccine Passports and Continuing Legal Measures
International Health Law Infrastructure, Georgetown University Law Center — guest lecture2021 -
Global Health Governance
Department of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — guest lecture2021
Media
Press and podcasts
I write regularly for The Hindu, The Wire, The Indian Express, The India Forum, and The Leaflet, and take press calls on pandemic governance and health regulation.
Between sessions — where most of the work actually happens.