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Volume 5, Special Issue (March 2015)
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Report on BSI Conference 2015
The BSI Conference 2015 on "Enabling Positive Attitudes and Experiences in Singapore", held on 27th February at Marriott Hotel, was attended by 300 participants from academia and the public, private and people sectors. In this Special Issue of our BSI-News, we provide you the summaries of the presentations and visual highlights of the conference.
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Speakers at the Conference
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Professor Arnoud De Meyer opens the conference with his welcome remarks.
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Dr Maliki Osman delivers keynote
on community development.
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Professor David Chan shares on the why’s and what’s of positivity matters.
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Mr Han Fook Kwang shares on positivity and sense of community
in Singapore.
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Mr Sim Gim Guan shares on how social service leaders enable positivity.
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Dr Jeremy Lim
shares on positivity
in healthcare.
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Dr Lim Lai Cheng
shares on positivity in education.
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Mr Gerard Ee speaking at a
panel discussion.
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Ms Ang Bee Lian moderating a
panel discussion.
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Mr Christopher Gee moderating a
panel discussion.
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Closing Panel Discussion
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Panelists (from left): Mr Arun Mahizhnan, Dr Cheong Koon Hean, Professor Tommy Koh
Mrs Mildred Tan and Professor David Chan addressing questions from the audience
on enabling positive attitudes and experiences in Singapore.
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Some shots of our participants
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Summary of Conference Presentations
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• Building Positivity in Communities: Expectations & Experiences (Dr Maliki Osman)
• Positivity Matters (Professor David Chan)
• Developing Sense of Community in Singapore (Mr Han Fook Kwang)
• Grooming Social Service Leaders who Enable Positivity (Mr Sim Gim Guan)
• Positivity and Overcoming “Under Happiness” in Singapore Healthcare (Dr Jeremy Lim)
• Developing Positivity Among Youths: Experiences from Education (Dr Lim Lai Cheng)
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About BSI
The Behavioural Sciences Institute (BSI) is a multi-disciplinary research institute for creating, disseminating and applying scientific knowledge about human behaviours in various social, organisational and cultural settings. For more information on BSI, please refer to our website. Should you have any further enquiries, do contact us with the email or phone contact details provided below.
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