Thought Leadership

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.

Open for business, closed in our hearts? Immigration and future of Singapore identity

Forging A Strong Partnership to Enhance Prosperity of Asia

Forging A Strong Partnership to Enhance Prosperity of Asia

Speaker: Speaker: His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China | 16 March 2016

What's Happening to the World?

What's Happening to the World?

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

Conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore | 16 March 2016

Translation of the genetic code to proteins: the cell workers

Translation of the genetic code to proteins: the cell workers

Speaker: Speaker: Prof Ada Yonath, Nobel Peace Winner for Chemistry (2009) | 16 March 2016

Judges as moral arbiters

Judges as moral arbiters

Speaker: Speaker: The Honourable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | 16 March 2016

Fireside Chat at InnovFest unBound 2016: Bringing Angry Birds Alive

Fireside Chat at InnovFest unBound 2016: Bringing Angry Birds Alive

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Marketing Officer of Rovio Entertainment | 16 March 2016

Global Equity and Security - Towards a Peaceful and Humane World

Global Equity and Security - Towards a Peaceful and Humane World

Speaker: Speaker: Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, 2005 Nobel Laureate for Peace, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and former Vice President of Egypt | 16 March 2016

Clean energy, climate and the Artic

Clean energy, climate and the Artic

Speaker: Speaker: His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland | 16 March 2016

Global Threats to the Global City

Global Threats to the Global City

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS President | 16 March 2016

Leading Change through the United Nations: A Personal Journey

Leading Change through the United Nations: A Personal Journey

Speaker: Speaker: Dr Noeleen Heyzer, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations | 16 March 2016