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: His Excellency David Cameron, Prime Minister of UK | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Ms Olivia Lum, Executive Chairman and Group CEO of Hyflux Ltd | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Former President of Indonesia | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Robert B. Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and White House Deputy Chief of Staff | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Ada Yonath, Nobel Peace Winner for Chemistry (2009) | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: The Honourable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Marketing Officer of Rovio Entertainment | 16 March 2016