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.
Speaker: Assoc Prof Taberez Ahmed Neyazi 7 January 2026
In politics, deepfakes are often framed as an existential threat to democracy. But do they really fuel polarisation as much as we assume? New research from India suggests that the real political risk posed by AI lies not in deepfakes, but in public trust surrounding how AI is used in politics.
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Speaker: Speaker: The Honourable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Takehiko Nakao, President of the Asian Development Bank and former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance of Japan | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Andy Bird, Chairman of Walt Disney International | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Romano Prodi, Former Prime Minister of Italy | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Byron Auguste, Managing Director of Opportunity@Work and former Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Xu Le