Programme

Conference Programme

Time Event Details
8.15am - 8.45am
Registration
All participants to be seated by 8.50 am
9.00am - 9.10am
Welcome Remarks
Professor David Chan
Lee Kuan Yew Fellow & Director, Behavioural Sciences Institute
9.10am - 9.40am Keynote Speech 1: A Resilient Society for a Global Singapore
Professor Arnoud De Meyer
President, Singapore Management University
9.40am - 10.10am Keynote Speech 2: Future Matters
Professor David Chan
Director, Behavioural Sciences Institute
10.10am - 10.50am  
Panel Discussion 1
Panelists: Professor Arnoud De Meyer, Professor David Chan
10.50am - 11.15am Tea Break
11.15am - 11.35am Dr Jeremy Lim: Health and Cohesion Between Generations
Partner and Head, Health & Life Sciences Practice, Asia Pacific, Oliver Wyman
11.35am - 11.55am Associate Professor Irene Ng: Effects of Education on Social Inequality and Cohesion
Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore
11.55am - 12.35pm
Panel Discussion 2
Moderator: Ms Quah Ley Hoon
Panelists: Dr Jeremy Lim, Associate Professor Irene Ng
12.35pm - 1.45pm Lunch
1.45pm - 2.05pm Professor Ang Peng Hwa: The Future of Social Media Impact on Singapore Society 
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University
2.05pm - 2.25pm Ms Melissa Kwee:  Vision of a Giving Nation
Chief Executive Officer, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre 
2.25pm - 3.05pm
Panel Discussion 3
Moderator: Mr Arun Mahizhnan
Panelists: Professor Ang Peng Hwa, Ms Melissa Kwee
3.05pm - 3.25pm Tea Break







3.25pm - 4.55pm

Closing Panel Discussion: Social Futures of Singapore Society 

Moderator: Professor Tommy Koh
Ambassador-At-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Professor Chan Heng Chee
Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities
Singapore University of Technology and Design

Professor Lily Kong
Provost, Singapore Management University

Professor Euston Quah
Head, Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University

Professor David Chan
Director, Behavioural Sciences Institute

4.55pm - 5.00pm Closing Remarks
Professor David Chan