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: 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
Speaker: Speaker: His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS President | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Noeleen Heyzer, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Prof John Ioannidis, C. F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention at Stanford University | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy | 16 March 2016
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Xu Le