The Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2020 was held online on 25 September 2020, with Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration as the guest-of-honour. A partnership between Singapore law firm Dentons Rodyk and the SMU Centre for Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia, the yearly Dialogue serves as a forum for thought leaders to share ideas and interrogate key trends shaping the future. This year, the Dialogue explored the opportunities and challenges posed by the rise of global smart cities. In her keynote presentation, SMU President Professor Lily Kong explained how the ASEAN Smart Cities Network, a network of 26 cities established in 2018 to foster cooperation on smart city development, could best promote the use of smart technologies as a method of city management.