2009
Date
 Seminar Name & Description

12/10/09

Global Health Governance: a cart pulled by too many horses?

Speaker:
Dr. Tikki Pang
Director
Research Policy & Cooperation
World Health Organization (WHO)
Co-chair
Global Health Governance (GHG) Study Group
St. Lee Project on Global Governance

Time:
12.15pm-1.30pm

Venue:

Manasseh Meyer Building
Seminar Room 3-1
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore

Contact :

jkaur@nus.edu.sg

Website :
www.spp.nus.edu.sg@CAG

25/09/09

Nowhere to Hide: The great Financial Crisis, Origins, Impact on Southeast Asia And Challenges Ahead

Speaker:
Dr. Maichael Lim Mah Hui
Fellow
Social Economic & Environmental Research Institute (SERI)
Penang
Professor Lim Chin
Dept. of Business Policy
NUS Business School
National University of Singapore

Time:
10.30 am -12.30 am

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Ms Betty Kwan of ISEAS @ 6870-2472
betty@iseas.edu.sg


09/09/09

Asia Redux Conceptualizing the Region for our Times

Speaker:
Professor Prasenjit Duara
Visiting Professorial Fellow, ISEAS; and Director of
Research Humanities and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore

Time:
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Ms Betty Kwan of ISEAS @ 6870-2472
betty@iseas.edu.sg


08/09/09

Fixing Failed States: The Challenge of State Building In the 21st Century

Speaker:
Clare Lockhart
Co-founder & Director Institute Effectiveness

Time:
5.15 pm – 6.45 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3.1 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469 C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Chair:
A/P Kenneth Paul Tan
Asst. Dean (Academics Affairs)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Contact :

65164202/6134
lkysppp@nus.edu.sg


25/08/09

Total Factor Productivity Growth and Convergence in Petroleum Industry: An Empirical Analysis Testing for Non-Convexity

Speaker:
Shunsuke Manaqi
Yokohama National University

Time:
4.00pm – 5.30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room
(AS2 03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Chair:
Professor Anthony Chin

25/08/09

The Long-Term Challenge of Global Climate, Energy and Population

Speaker:
Lord Martin Rees
Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics
Master of Trinity College
University of Cambridge

Time:
8.45 am – 10.00 am

Venue:

Seminar Room 3.1 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469 C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Chair:
Professor Kishore Mahbubani
Dean
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Contact :

Caitlin @ 6515357/4202
sppcjc@nus.edu.sg


24/08/09

People Power as Dramaturgical Performances: Three Uprising in the Philippines

Speaker:
Teresita Cruz-del Roario
Senior Research Fellow
Centre on Asia & Globalisation
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Time:
12.15 pm – 1.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3.1 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469 C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Chair:
Toby James Carroll
Research Fellow, Centre on Asia & Globalisation
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Contact :

Caitlin @ 6515357/4202
sppcjc@nus.edu.sg


24/08/09

Thinking Outside the Box for Transforming Asia

Speaker:
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Founder, Isha Foundation

Time:
5.30 pm – 7.00 pm

Venue:

Oei Tiong Ham Building Lobby
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469 C Bukit Timah Road

Chair:
Shreekant Gupta
Associate Professor
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Contact :

65164202/6134
lkysppp@nus.edu.sg


22/08/09

The Critiques of Capitalism after the Crisis: Myth and Fallacies

Speaker:
Jagdish Bhagwati
University Professor
Economic and Law
Columbia University Senior Fellow International Economics
Council on Foreign Relations

Time:
10.30 am – 12. 00 nn

Venue:

Auditorium Level 3
Block B Faculty of Law
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469 G Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259772

Chair:
Darryl Jarvis
Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Contact :

65165357/4202
lkyspppl@nus.edu.sg


21/08/09

Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) in Developing Asia: The Role of Financial Variables

Speaker:
Dr. Ramkishen S. Rajan
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISEAS
Visiting Senior Fellow ISAS
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
George Mason University

Time:
10.30 am – 12.00 nn

Venue:

Seminar Room II ISEAS

Contact :

Karthi @ 6870-2413
karthi@iseas.edu.sg


20/08/09

Strategic Discontinuity in Simple and Complicated Goals

Speaker:
Chen Yi-Chun
National University of Singapore

Time:
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2-03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link Singapore 117570


20/08/09

The Situation in Myanmar: The next Steps

Speaker:
Dr. Lftekhar Ahmed Chowdhurg
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
National University of Singapore

Time:
2.30 pm – 4.00 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room I

Contact :

Mrs. Betty Kwan @ 6870-2472
betty@iseas.edu.sg


18/08/09

The Global Auto Industry and Climate Change: Between Corporate Responsibility and Regulation

Time:
12.15- 1.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3.5 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469 C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Chair:
A/P Darryl Jarvis
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Contact :

Siti @ 65164202/6134
sppsr@nus.edu.sg


14/08/09

New Theories on Stochastic Dominance and Mean Variance Criteria with Applications in Economics and Finance

Time:
2.30 pm to 4.00 pm

Venue:

HSS Seminar Room 6 (HSS-01-04)
HSS Building, Level 1 Room No. 4

Chair:
A/P Paul Yip
Division of Economics
School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Contact :

Christina @ 679-5689
achristina@ntu.edu.sg


13/08/09

Joint Economics and Business Policy Seminar

Speaker:
Ai-Ting Goh
HEC School of Management

Time:
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room
(AS2 03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Chair :

Basant K. Kapur


13/08/09

The Nalanda-Sriwijaya Lecture Series on Divergences between Nanyang & Overseas Chinese Studies in the Era of Globalisation

Speaker:
Professor Takeshi Hamashita
School of Asia-Pacific Studies
Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou

Time:
4.00 pm -6.00pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs. Betty Kwan@ 6870-2472
betty@iseas.edu.sg


30/06/09

New Governance and Public Administration-A Dynamic Synthesis

Speaker:
Mme Jocelyne Bourgon
President Emeritus
Canada of Public Service
Senior Visiting Fellow, Civil Service College

Time:
9.30 am – 11.30 am

Venue:

CSC Auditorium
Civil Service College
Buona Vista

Contact :

Ms Noryusdah Yusoof
Cscollege_cgl@cscollege.gov.sg


25/06/09

Indonesia’s Responses to the Global Financial Crisis

Speaker:
Mr Made Sukada
Director of Directorate of Economic Research and Monetary Policy
Bank Indonesia (Indonesia Central Bank)
Dr Halim Alamsyah
Director of Banking Research and Regulation
Bank of Indonesia (Indonesia Central Bank)

Time:
9.30 am – 11.30 am

Venue:

Seminar Rm ll
ISEAS

Contact :

Ms Karthi Nair
Karthi@iseas.edu.sg


25/06/09

Strategic Thinking and Decision Making

Speaker:
Professor Michael Useem
Professor of Management and Director
Centre for Leadership and Change Management
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Time:
9.30 am – 11.30 am

Venue:

CSC Auditorium
Civil Service College
Buona Vista

Contact :

Ms Maliana
Cscollege_cgl@cscollege.gov.sg


24/06/09

Thailand's Turbulent Politics since the 2006 Coup

Speaker:
Duncan Mc Cargo
Professor of Southeast Asian Politics
School of Politics and International Studies
University of Leeds

Time:
12.15 pm – 1.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3-5, Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469 C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Contact :

Siti
sppsr@nus.edu.sg


18/06/09

ASEAN Round Table 2009: The Global Economic Crisis: Implication for ASEAN

Speaker:
Mr Lim Hng Kiang (tbc)
Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry
Singapore

Time:
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Venue:

Pan Pacific Hotel
Singapore

Chair:
Dr. Chin Kin Wah
Deputy Director, ISEAS
Singapore

Contact :

Ms Lily Koh
lilykoh@iseas.edu.sg
6870-4540


10/06/09

Forum on Revisiting the Singapore Women’s Charter

Speaker:
Dr. Kanwalji Sain

Time:
9.30 am – 4.30 pm

Venue:

Ballroom 2, Orchard Hotel Singapore

Contact :

May Wong
May@iseas.edu.sg


08/06/09
to
11/06/09

World Bank Anti-Corruption Essay/Business Plan Competition

Venue:

World Bank, Washington D.C.

Contact :

Saher Latif
Slatif1@worldbank.org
www.fightingcorruption.org

08/06/09

Asian Nationalism, Asian Globalism: The Historian's Contemporary Responsibility

Speaker:
Professor Anthony Reid
Research Leader
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore

Time:
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room

Contact :

Mrs Betty Kwan
betty@iseas.edu.sg


05/06/09

Greatest Good of the Greatest Number: Bhutan’s Transition to Democracy

Speaker:
Caroline Brassard
Asst. Professor
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Time:
12.15 pm – 1.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3.5 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Contact :

Siti
sppsr@nus.edu.sg


04/06/09

Why Buddhism and Not Hinduism
Re-examining the Succesful Transmission of Buddhism to China

Speaker:
Dr Tansen Sen
Associate Professor of Asian History and Religion at hte City
University of New York, USA

Time:
7.00 pm

Venue:

Ngee Ann Auditorium

Contact :

nhb_acm_rpu@nhb.gov.sg


04/06/09

Information Gatekeepers: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Speaker:
Juan D. Carrillo
University of Southern California and CEPR

Time:
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (A2-AS2 03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Chair :

Lu Jing Feng


04/06/09

The Growing US India Strategic Partnership: What it means for Southeast Asia?

Speaker:
Dr. John Lee
Foreign Policy Visiting Fellow
Centre for Independent Studies
Sydney, Australia

Time:
10.00 am – 11.30 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs Betty Kwan
betty@iseas.edu.sg


02/06/09

From perception to action: An economic Model of Brain Processes

Speaker:
Isabelle Brocas
University of Southern California & CEPR

Time:
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS203-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Chair :

Chong Juin Kuan


02/06/09

Map of the Invisible World: A Dialogue with Tash Aw

Speaker:
Mr Tash Aw

Time:
2.30 pm – 4.00 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs Betty Kwan
betty@iseas.edu.sg


01/06/09

The Geopolitical Implications of the Global Recession

Speaker:
Robert D. Blackwill
Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor to the President
of RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California

Time:
5.00 pm – 6.15 pm

Venue:

Auditorium, Level 3
Block B, Faculty of Law
469G Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Chair :
Astrid S. Tuminez

Contact :

65164202/6134
lkyspppl@nus.edu.sg


29/05/09

Growth and Innovation in the Post-Crisis World

Speaker:
Professor Clayton M Christensen
Robert and Jane Cizik
Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

Time:
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Venue:

CSC Auditorium, Ground Floor
Civil Service College
31 North Buona Vista Road
Singapore 275983

Contact :

Ms Jeannie Ho
Cscollege_cgl@cscollege.gov.sg
68747538


29/05/09

Can Parti Islam Se Malaysia (PAS) Go Mainstream?

Speaker:
Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad
Member of Parliament Kuala Selanger
And Head PAS Research Centre

Time:
3.00 pm – 4.30 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs Betty Kwan
betty@iseas.edu.sg


29/05/09

Public Debate: Asia Vs Europe: Which Region Is More Geopolitically Incompetent?

Speaker:
Bill Emmot
Former Editor in Chief, The Economist
Kishore Mahbubani
Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Time:
5.15 pm – 6.30 pm

Venue:

Auditorium Level 3 Block B Faculty of Law
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469 G Bukit Timah Road
Singapore

Contact :

lkysppp@nus.edu.sg


28/05/09

Resilient Cities: Responding to the Crash, Climate Change and and Peak Oil

Speaker:
Peter Newman
Professor of Sustainability
Cutin University, Australia

Time:
10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Venue:

School of Design and Environment
Level 4, SDE 1, IRES Seminar Room

Contact :

May Wong
may@iseas.edu.sg


27/05/09

Turmoil in Real Estate and Financial Markets-Policies from Global and Asian Perspective

Speaker:
Professor John M Quigley
Donald Terner Distinguished Professor and
Professor of Economics

Time:
8.30 am – 2.00 pm

Venue:

Hotel Intercontinental Singapore Ballroom 3

Contact :

Ms. Nor Rahizal
irssec@nus.edu.sg


27/05/09

Hydropower in Southeast Asia

Speaker:
M Erik Knive
Chief Executive Officer
SN Power Holding

Time:
10.30 am – 12.00 noon

Venue:

Seminar Room II ISEAS

Contact :

Karthi Nair
karthi@iseas.edu.sg
68747538


22/05/09

Volatility in the Singapore Economy: Causes and Consequences

Speaker:
Dr. Lee Soo Ann
Chairman
NUS Economics Alumni

Time:
7.00 pm – 8.30 pm

Venue:

National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre
Central Level 4
MPH Room 1
Central

Contact :

Chiang Huimin
Ecsbox8@nus.edu.sg


21/05/09

Japan's Way Out: The World Financial Crisis From a Japanese Perspective

Speaker:
Daisuke Kotegawa
Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

Time:
1.00 pm – 2.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3.1 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Contact :

Charles Adams
Visiting Professor
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy


14/05/09

Indonesian Politics and Islam After Elections

Speaker:
Dr Sulfikar Amir
Assistant Professor
Division of Sociology
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Nanyang Technological University
Dr Noorhaidi Hason
Visiting Research Fellow
S. Rajaratnam School of Intrnational Studies

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs. Betty Kwan
6870-2472
betty@iseas.edu.sg


08/05/09

Dialogue with Bank Negara Malaysia Governor

Speaker:
Madame Tan SriDato Seri
Governor, Bank of Negara Malaysia
Dr Zeti Akhtar Azis

Time:
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Venue:

MAS Theatrette
16th Floor, MAS Building
10 Shenton Way
Singapore

Contact :

Mr Alan Tan W. Wton
Alan.tan@sbf.org.sg


06/05/09

Trafficking Without Boarded: Concerns and Challenges in Southeast Asia

Speaker:
HE Chou Bun Eng
Secretary of State
Ministry of Interior
Kingdom of Cambodia
Dr Sallie Yea
Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Geography
National University of Singapore
Ms Saleemeh Ismail
President, UNIFEM Singapore

Time:
9.00 am – 12.00 noon

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

May Wong
may@iseas.edu.sg


05/05/09

Growing Together: United States, Asia and Latin America

Speaker:
Carlos M. Guitierrez
Former Secretary of the U.S.
Dept of Commerce

Time:
5.15 pm – 6.30 pm

Venue:

Tower Ballroom
Shangri-la Hotel Singapore
22 Orange Grove Road
Singapore 258350

Chair:
Kishor Mahbubani
Dean
Lee Kuan Yew Public Policy

Contact :

lkysppp@nus.edu.sg


05/05/09

Provincializing Globalization: Eastern Origin of Globalization and Westerm Modernity

Speaker:
Professor John Hobson
Professor of Politics and International Relations
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom

Time:
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs. Betty Kwan
6870-2472
betty@iseas.edu.sg


30/04/09

Career Opportunities at the Asian Development Bank

Speaker:
Mr Masayuki Tamagawa

Time:
12.15 pm – 1.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 2.3 Level 2
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Contact :

Siti
sppsr@nus.edu.sg


29/04/09

Marina Barrage Seminar & Tour

Speaker:
Singapore’s Water Management Strategy & the Marina Barrage
By Mr. Yap Kheng Guan
Director, 3 P Network
PUB Singapore’s National Water Agency
Appreciating Science Behind Water Quality Of Marina Lake
By Professor Vladan Babovic
Director Singapore-Delft Water Alliance
National University of Singapore

Time:
3.00 pm - 5.30 pm

Venue:

Marina Barrage Visitor’s Centre

Contact :

May Wong
may@iseas.edu.sg


29/04/09

Legal Aspects of Indonesian Oil & Gas

Speaker:
Mr. Ashley Wright
Partner
Ashurst LLP
Singapore
Mr. Daniel Reinbott
Senior Associate
Ashurst LLP
Singapore

Time:
10.30 am – 12.00 noon

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Karthi Nair
karthi@iseas.edu.sg


27/04/09

APEC at 20: The End of Innocence

Speaker:
Mr. Woo Yuen Pau
President & CEO
Asia Pacific Foundation
Canada

Time:
10.30 am – 12.00 noon

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Karthi Nair
karthi@iseas.edu.sg


27/04/09

Rice in Southeast Asia- What Future with Climate Change

Speaker:
Duncan Macintosh
Development Director
Programme Planning and Communications
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Time:
2.30 pm – 4.00 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

May Wong
may@iseas.edu.sg


27/04/09

Transforming State-Owned Enterprises: The Case of Pertamina

Speaker:
Ari H. Soemarno
Former President & CEO of Pt Pertamina (Persero)

Time:
12.15 pm – 1.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 2.3 Level 2
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Contact :

Stavros Yiannouka
Vice-Dean (Executive Education) and Director
External Affairs
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
lkysppp@nus.edu.sg


23/04/09

"Equality of Opportunity and Luck: Definitions and Testable Conditions, with an Application to Income in France"

Speaker:
Alain Tranny
EHESS, France

Time:
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 ArtsLink, Singapore 117570

Chair:
Laurent Simula

Contact :

Ms. Neo Seok Min
ecsnsm@nus.edu.sg


23/04/09

"The Buddhist-Hindu Divide in Premodem Southeast Asia"

Speaker:
Associate Professor John Miksic
Southeast Asean Studies Programme
National University of Singapore

Time:
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs. Betty Kwan
6870-2472
betty@iseas.edu.sg


17/04/09

Malaysian Politics: Implications of the Triple By Elections of April 17

Speaker:
Dr Johan Saravanamuttu
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
ISEAS
Discussant:
Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Fellow, ISEAS

Time:
10.00 am - 11.30 am

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs. Betty Kwan
6870-2472
betty@iseas.edu.sg


16/04/09

Generating Income for Retirement: Lease Payback Scheme with Other Options

Speaker:
A/P Chia Ngee Choon
Dept of Economics
National University of Singapore

Time:
4:00pm -5:30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)

Chair:
A/P Tsui Ka Cheng, Albert

Contact :

Ms. Neo Seok Min
ecsnsm@nus.edu.sg


14/04/09

"The Assignment of Durable Goods and Positions to Overlapping Generations of Agents"

Speaker:
Francis Bloch
Ecole Polytechnique

Time:
4:00pm -5:30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 ArtsLink, Singapore 117570

Chair:
Parkash Chander

Contact :

Ms. Neo Seok Min
ecsnsm@nus.edu.sg


14/04/09

"Independent Media and Delivery Social Change"

Speaker:
Durreen Shahnaz
Adjunct Associate Professor & Head Programme on
Social Innovation and Change Centre on Asia and Globalization
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Time:
12.15 pm – 1. 30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3-1 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Contact :

Yanshun
cag@nus.edu.sg


13/04/09

"Public-Private Partnership Units"

Speaker:
Shivani Rata
Phd Candidate, Sciences Po

Time:
12.15 pm – 1.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3-5, Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Singapore 259772

Contact :

Siti
sppsr@nus.edu.sg


09/04/09

Social Entrepreneurship

Speaker:
Anant B. Pandhare
Medical Director
Dr. Hedgewar Hospital and Blood Bank

Time:
12.15 pm – 1.30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3-1 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Contact :

Siti
sppsr@nus.edu.sg


03/04/09

Cargill's High Performance Leadership Academy

Speaker:
Melissa M Lenk
Leadership Program Specialist

Time:
12:15pm to 1:30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3-5 Level 3
Manasseh Meyer
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772

Chair:
Vu Minh Khuong

Contact :

Siti
sppsr@nus.edu.sg


31/03/09

A Network Model of Super-Systemic Crises

Speaker:
Prof. Prasanna Gai
Crawford School of Economics & Government
Australian National University

Time:
4:00-5:30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)
National University of Singpore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Chair:
A/P Tilak Abeysinghe

Contact :

Ms Neo Seok Min
ecsnsm@nus.edu.sg


27/03/09

Poverty, Food and Global Recession in Southeast Asia

Speaker:
Dr Aris Ananta
Professor Richard Barichello
Dr. Yothin Jinjarak
Assoc Professor Tan Ern Ser

Time:
10:00 am – 12:00 noon

Venue:

Seminar Room I and II
ISEAS

Contact :

Dr Aris Ananta
karthi@iseas.edu.sg
(65) 6870-2413


18/03/09

Energy Sector in Cambodia

Speaker:
Mr Pou Sothirak
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
ISEAS

Time:
10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Venue:

Seminar Room II
ISEAS

Contact :

karthi@iseas.edu.sg
(65) 6870-2413


13/03/09

Confounding Effect of Communication and Transparency of Peers' Actions in Teams

Speaker:
Assoc Prof Murali Agastya
University of Sydney

Time:
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Venue:

Executive Seminar Room 5 (S3.1-B1-07)
Nanyang Business School
Nanyang Technological University

Contact :

Dr. John Lane


12/03/09

The 2009 Indonesia Election: Labor’s (Dis)identification from Party Politics

Speaker:
Nicolass Warouw
Dept of Anthropology
University Gadjah Mada (UGM)
Yogyakarta

Time:
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room 3-1. Level 3
Manasseh Meyer,
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
496 C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

Contact :

Toby Carroll


12/03/09

Do Social Networks Solve Information Problems for Peer-to Peer-Lending?
Evidence from Prosper.com

Speaker:
Ginger Zhe Jin
University of Maryland

Time:
4:00 pm -5:30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS203-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Contact :

Ivan Png


10/03/09
to
11/03/09

Southern Thailand Anatomy of an Insurgency

Speaker:

Time:
3:30 to 5:30 pm

Venue:

Seminar Room I and II
ISEAS

Contact :

Mrs Betty Kwan
betty@iseas.edu.sg
6870-2472


10/03/09

Competition in Public Transport Sector in Singapore: Is There Room For More Than One Operator?

Speaker:
A/P Anthony Chin Theng Heng
Dept of Economics
National University of Singapore

Time:
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)
National University Of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Contact :

A/P Chin Ngee Choon
Dept of Economics
National University of Singapore


09/03/09

Reinventing Cities: What the Experience of Global Cities Tells Us

Speaker:
Professor Edward Glaeser
Fred and Eleanor Glimp
Professor of Economics
Harvard University

Time:
3:30 to 5:30 pm

Venue:

Ministry of National Development Auditorium
Annexe A, MND Complex
5 Maxwell Road
Singapore

Contact :

Ms Ng Yoke Pheng
Cscollege_cpe@cscollege.gov.sg
68747540


05/03/09

Equilibrium in Continuous-Time Financial Markets: Endogenously Dynamically Complete Market

Speaker:
Roberto M Anderson
University of California, Berkley

Time:
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Venue:

Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Contact :

Sun Yeneng


26/02/09

"New Approaches to Writing on Contemporary Malaysian Artists"

Speaker: Dr Tony Donaldson, Former Visiting Research Fellow ISEAS

Time:
10:30am -12:00nn

Venue:

ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact :

Mrs. Betty Kwan
betty@iseas.edu.sg
68702472


24/02/09

"Structural Estimation of Search Intensity: Do Non-Employed Workers Search Hard Enough "

Speaker:
Pieter Gautier
Universiteit, Amsterdam

Time:
4pm-5:30 pm

Venue:

Serene Tan

Contact :

Mrs. Betty Kwan
betty@iseas.edu.sg
68702472


23/02/09

Social Innovation and Social Enterprises: Implications for Public Policy

Speaker: Professor Peter Shergold AC

Time:
3:30 to 5:30 pm

Venue:

Ministry of National Development Auditorium
Annexe A, MND Complex
5 Maxwell Road
Singapore

Contact :

Ms Silvia Siva
Cscollege_cpe@cscollege.gov.sg


18/02/09

Beyond Growth Metrics:
Rethinking Singapore's Economic Model for the Post-Crisis World

Speaker:
Linda Lim
Professor
Stephen M. Ross School
School of Business
University of Michigan

Time:
9:30 to 11:30 am
Venue:
Auditorium
Civil Service College
31 North Buona Vista Road
S(275983)
Contact:
Ms. Masliana
(65) 68741747
sccollege_cgs@cscollege.gov.sg

16/02/09 to 18/02/09

Buddhism A Cross Asia: Network on Material, Intellectual And Cultural Change

Speaker:
Professor Amartya Sen
Nobel Laureate
Chairperson of the Nalanda Mentor Group

Venue:
Orchard Hotel
Orchard Ballroom3, Level 3
Singapore

Contact Mrs Betty Kwan (65) 6879-2472 betty@iseas.edu.sg www.iseas.edu.sg

30/01/09
 
The Earth's Cryosphere in a Warming World

Speaker:
A/P Jeff Obard Division of Environmental Science & Engineering &
Project Director at Tropical Marine Institute
National University of Singapore

Time: 10:30 to 12:00 noon

Venue: ISEAS Seminar Room

Contact: www.iseas.edu.sg

 

29/01/09
 
"In-Sample and Out-Sample Fit: Their Joint Distribution & Its Implications for Modern Selection"

Speaker:

Peter Reinhard Hansen
Stanford University

Time:
4:00 to 5:30 pm

Venue:
Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)
National University, Singapore

Chair:
Heejon Han

 

22/01/09

Tax & Migration Competition: Strategic Investment Culture

Speaker: Laurent Simula
National University of Singapore

Time:
4:00 to 5:30 pm

Venue:
Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore


21/01/09

The King of Thailand and Development

Speaker:
Dr. Tej Bunnag
Former Foreign Minister &
Former Advisor To the Office of His Majesty's Principal
Private Secretary of the Kingdom of Thailand

Time:
3:00 to 4:30 pm

Venue:
ISEAS Seminar Room II

Contact:
Mrs. Betty Kwan at betty@iseas.edu.sg


19/01/09
 
What you Produce Matters: The Product Space and Implications for Public Policy

Speaker:
Professor Ricardo Hausman
Director of Harvard's Centre for International Development
Professor of the Practice of Economics Development Kennedy School of
Government
Time:
3:30 to 5:30 pm
Venue:
CSC Auditorium
Civil Service College
31 North Buona Vista Road
Singapore
Contact:
Ms Ng Yoke Pheng
Cscollege_cpe@cscollege.gov.sg
(65) 68747540

 

15/01/09
 

Robust Virtual Implementation with Incomplete Information: Towards a Reinterpretation of The Wilson Doctrine

Speaker:
Roberto Serrano
Brown University
Time:
4:00 to 5:30 pm
Venue:
Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)
National University
1 Arts Link
Singapore
Chair:
Yonghwan In

 

14/01/09
 
Piracy, Entry Deterrence and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection
Speaker:
A/P Sougata Poddar
Dept of Economics and Finance
Hanyang University , Seoul Korea
Time:
2:30 to 4:00 pm
Venue:
Executive Seminar Room 7 (S3.1-B1-11)
Nanyang Business School
Nanyang Technological Unversity
Contact:
Christine
(65)6790-5689
achristina@ntu.edu.sg

 

13/01/09
 
Modern China "and" China and the Global Economy

Speakers:
Goh Keng Swee (Moderns China ) and Professor Danny Quah( China and the Global Economy)
Head of Dept of Economics
London School of Economics & Political Science , UK
Time:
4:30 to 6:00pm
Venue:
The Auditorium
Block B, Level 3
Bukit Timah Campus, NUS
469 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore
Contact:
www.eai.nus.edu.sg

 

13/01/09
 
Book Launch & Panel Discussion

Tough Times, Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and Rationalism in Southeast Asia Now

Time:
10:30 to 12:00 noon
Title of the Book:
Hard Choices
Security, Democracy & Regionalism in Southeast Asia
Edited by:
Donald Emmerson
Time:
3:00pm to 4:30 pm
Venue:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Seminar Room II
30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Pasir Panjang , Singapore
Contact Mrs. Betty Kwan at (65)6870-2472, Email: betty@iseas.edu.sg, www.iseas.edu.sg

 

08/01/09
 
Competition for Attention in the Information(Overload) Age

Speaker:
Simon Anderson
University of Virginia
Time:
4:00 to 5:30 pm
Venue:
Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (As2 03-12)
National University of Singapore
1 Artslink , Singapore
Chair:
Julian Wright

 

08/01/09
 
Sources of FDI Flows to Developing Asis: The Roles of Distance and Time Zones

Speaker:
A/P Ramkishen S. Rajan
School of Public Policy
George Mason University
Time: 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Venue:
Executive Seminar Room 1
(Blk S3.1-B1-01)
Nanyang Business School
Nanyang Technological University
Chair:
Dr Yothin Jinjarak
Division of Economics/ School of Humanities & Social Sciences

 

07/01/09
 
History of Economics Thought and Where it is Heading

Speaker:
Brad J de Long
Professor of Economics
U.C. Berkley
Former Deputy Secretary , US Treasury
Time:
6:00 to 7:15 pm
Venue:
CSC Auditorium, Level 3
Civil Service College
31 North Buona Vista Road
Singapore
Contact:
Ms Joey at (65)65148364 at kqkek@ntu.edu.sg

 

06/01/09
 
IPS-ESS Singapore Breakfast: “2009: Another Annus Horribilis?

Speaker:
Brad J de Long
Professor of Economics
U.C. Berkley
Former Deputy Secretary , US Treasury
Time:
8:00 to 9:30 am
Venue:
Lavender Room, Orchard Hotel
Singapore
Contact:
Ms Jessamine Soo at Jessamine.soo@nus.edu.sg

 

06/01/09
 
Beyond the Glass Ceiling

Speaker:
Hon. Minister Pansy Wong
Minister for Ethnic Affairs & Minister of Women's Affairs
Time:
4:30 to 6:30 pm
Venue:
ISEAS Seminar Room I
Contact:
May Wong at may@iseas.edu.sg

 

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