Manager, AI Policy Lab · AI Malaysia Berhad · Malaysia
Darmain Segaran is the Manager of the AI Policy Lab at AI Malaysia (formerly the National AI Office), where he leads national initiatives on AI governance, regulation, and policy. As the project lead for initiatives such as the AI Governance Bill and MY-AI Standards, his work focuses on strategic policy interventions to shape AI governance frameworks, safety and standards-aligned regulatory approaches.
Darmain is actively involved in regional engagements across ASEAN including supporting the ASEAN Working Group on AI Governance and the establishment of the ASEAN AI Safety Network. He has a keen focus on advancing cooperation and coordination through capacity building.
Drawing on a background in legal practice and research, he actively contributes to the global discourse on emerging challenges on an independent basis and has published research papers related to AI ethics, and the institutional design required to support safe, trustworthy, and scalable AI deployment.
8–9 December 2026, Hilton Hotel, KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia