Thought Leadership

Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.

Open for business, closed in our hearts? Immigration and future of Singapore identity

Start-ups, Outer Space and you

Start-ups, Outer Space and you

Speaker: Speaker: Commander Jeffrey Williams, Retired NASA Astronaut | 12 July 2017

Life lessons in law

Life lessons in law

Speaker: Speaker: Mr V.K. Rajah, Former Attorney-General of Singapore and Judge of Appeal | 8 July 2017

Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum | 5 July 2017

The Big Picture on Oceans

The Big Picture on Oceans

Speaker: Speaker: Dr Neo Mei Lin, Research Fellow at NUS Tropical Marine Science Institute | 27 June 2017

Bad numbers in the news: How to spot them, and how to stop them

Bad numbers in the news: How to spot them, and how to stop them

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University | 16 June 2017

Honouring EW Barker

Honouring EW Barker

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore | 30 May 2017

Low carbon economy after the Paris Climate Agreement

Low carbon economy after the Paris Climate Agreement

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore | 9 May 2017

Revolutionary approaches in Science Education

Revolutionary approaches in Science Education

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Carl Wieman, Nobel Laureate and Physicist, Stanford University | 28 April 2017

Relevance of Liberal Arts Education for Asian Development

Relevance of Liberal Arts Education for Asian Development

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President-designate of Yale-NUS College | 26 April 2017

Future-ready Asia

Future-ready Asia

Speaker: Speakers: Dr Beh Swan Gin, Economic Development Board Chairman; Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Prof Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute for Research on Aging | 21 April 2017