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: Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | 18 July 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Madam Halimah Yacob, Singapore Speaker of Parliament and NUS Honorary Doctor of Laws Graduate | 7 July 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Liu Thai Ker, Former CEO of the Housing & Development Board and Chief Planner of the Urban Redevelopment Authority | 20 April 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: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization | 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: Prof Romano Prodi, Former Prime Minister of Italy | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Andy Bird, Chairman of Walt Disney International | 16 March 2016