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: Adjunct Prof Chong Siow Ann 2 January 2026
More patients are turning to AI for their health concerns, with a recent article reporting that many rated chatbot responses as more empathetic than those written by physicians. However, the risk of AI in medicine is not simply that it can make mistakes, but that it offers certainty without accountability and confidence without consequence.
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Speaker: Speaker: Assistant Professor Ng Kok Hoe, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy | 8 November 2019
Speaker: Speaker: Professor David Tan, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, NUS Law | 16 October 2019
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Jürgen Rehm, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada; and Inaugural Chair of Addiction Policy at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto | 8 October 2019
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Lim Chwee Teck, Director of the NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology | 3 October 2019
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance | 30 September 2019
Speaker: Interviewee: Professor Chen Tsuhan, NUS Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Chief Scientist of AI Singapore | 26 September 2019
Speaker: Speaker: Ambassador Richard Armitage, President of Armitage International and former United States Deputy Secretary of State | 11 September 2019
Speaker: Professor Wang Gungwu, NUS University Professor | 7 September 2019
Speaker: Ms Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF | 23 August 2019
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Jin Liqun, President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank | 16 August 2019