2009 Past Events 
November 2009
18 November 2009
Speaker: Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
17 November 2009
Organised by:
Embassy of Ireland, Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
Enterprise Ireland
Irish Business Association, Singapore
Speaker(s):
1. Mr. Joe Harford, Chairman of the Irish Government’s High Level Action Group on Green Enterprise
2. Dr. Shreekant Gupta, Associate professor at the LKY School of Public Policy
3. Mr. David Tyndall, Asian GM of the Kingspan Group PLC.
4. Ms. Anna Whitehouse, Vice President for Specialties Strategy at Total Oil - South East
Asia
16 November 2009
Speaker: Vivek Chandra, Business Planning & Investments Manager, Nexus Energy
13 November 2009
Organiser: Global Public Policy Network, GPPN
Panellists:
1. Mr Tan Yong Soon, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Water Resource
2. Dodo Thampapill, Associate Professor, LKY School
3. Seetharam Kallidaikurich, Visiting Professor, LKY School
13 November 2009
Organiser: Global Public Policy Network, GPPN
Speaker: Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank
12 November 2009
Organiser: Global Public Policy Network, GPPN
Speaker: Luis Alberto Moreno,
President of the Inter-American Development Bank
12 November 2009
Chair: Huang Jing, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
12 November 2009
Organiser: Global Public Policy Network, GPPN
Speaker: Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of the ASEAN
11 - 13 November 2009
Co-Organiser: Global Public Policy Network (GPPN)
Speaker:
1. Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, President of the ADB
2. Mr. Luis Alberto Mereno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank
3. Mr. Tan Yong Soon, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources.
Website: http://www.gppn.wordpress.com
11 November 2009
Speakers:
1. Ms. Aban Marker Kabraji, IUCN Asia Regional Director
2. Dr. T. P. Singh, Ph.D, Regional Group Head, Ecosystems and Livelihoods, Bangkok
3. Mr. Ganesh Pangare, Water and Wetlands Programme Coordinator, IUCN Asia
4. Mr. Donald J. Macintosh, Ph.D., Coordinator Mangroves for the Future (MFF), IUCN Asia Regional Office
Co-Organiser: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
11 November 2009
Speaker: Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
10 November 2009
Speaker: Susan C. Schwab, Former U.S. Trade Representative and Professor, University of Maryland
Multimedia: 
Photo Gallery
9 November 2009
Speaker: Andrew Sheng, Chief Adviser to the China Banking Regulatory Commission
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Webcast
5 November 2009
Speaker: Rakesh Mohan, Distinguished Consulting Professor, Stanford Centre for International Development at Stanford University and Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
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5 November 2009
Speaker: Christian H. M. Ketels, Visiting Professor at the Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
4 November 2009
Speaker: Virginia Haufler, Associate Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland College Park
Co-Organiser: Centre on Asia and Globalisation
3 November 2009
Speaker: Donghyun Park, Senior Economist, Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank
3 November 2009
Speaker: Virginia Haufler, Associate Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland College Park
Co-Organiser: Centre on Asia and Globalisation; CSR Asia
2 November 2009
Speaker: Chandran Nair, Founder & CEO, Global Institute For Tomorrow
October 2009
29 October 2009
Speaker: Prof. dr. Theo. A.J. Toonen, Dean of the Faculty Technology, Policy/Governance and Management (TBM/TMP), Delft University of Technology
Co-Organiser: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
29 October 2009
Speaker: Prof. Anil K. Gupta, Michael Dingman Chair in Global Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland, College Park, USA
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29 October 2009
Speaker: Alex Coram, Winthrop Professor of Political Economy, University of Western Australia
27 October 2009
Speaker: Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University
Summary Report: Lee Bollinger Envisions the Role of Universities in a Global Society
Multimedia: Photo Gallery
27 October 2009
Speaker: Professor Steven Hetcher, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
26 October 2009
Speaker: Valerio De Molli, Managing Partner , The European House-Ambrosetti
22 October 2009
Speaker: Paul Collins, Visiting Professor of Public Policy City University of Hong Kong & Editor, Public Administration and Development, London
15 October 2009
Speaker: Sara Hoagland, Former Executive Director and Senior Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University
12 October 2009
Speaker: Liu Mingkang, Chairman, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)
9 October 2009
Speaker: Dr. Xianbin Yao, Director General, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
6 October 2009
Speaker: Dorian Prince, EU Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
3 October 2009
September 2009
30 September 2009
Speaker: Emil Bolongaita, Adjunct Faculty, H. John Heinz III College of Public Policy & Management, Carnegie Mellon University
29 September 2009
Speaker: Sajda Qureshi, Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis, College of Information Science & Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha
28 September 2009
Speaker: Michael Yahuda, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Multimedia: Webcast
18 September 2009
Speaker: Martin Jacques, Senior Fellow, IDEAS Institute, London School of Economics, Columnist for the Guardian
17 September 2009
Speaker: Partha Sen, Professor of Economics & the Director of Delhi School of Economics
17 September 2009
Speaker: Herminia A. Francisco, Director, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA)
15 September 2009
Speaker: Dato’ Sri Azalina Dato’ Othman Said, Member of Parliament of Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia & former Minister of Youth and Sport, and Tourism
15 September 2009
Dean's Lecture Series:
Principles of Governance (Exclusively for LKYSPP Students Only)
Speaker: Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
8 September 2009
Speaker: Clare Lockhart, Co-Founder and Director, Institute for State Effectiveness
Summary Report: Lockhart Describes Challenges of Fixing Failed States
Multimedia: Photo Gallery
8 September 2009
Speaker: Joshua A.T. Fairfield, Associate Professor of Law, Frances Lewis Law Center
Organiser: Information + Innovation Policy Research Center
2 September 2009
LKY School 5th Anniversary Gala Dinner and Dialogue with MM Lee Kuan Yew
Guest-of-Honor: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore
Media: Press Release 
, Opening Remarks
Multimedia: Photo Gallery
1 September 2009
Speaker: Dorian Prince, EU Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
August 2009
28 August 2009
Speaker: Teresita Cruz-del Rosario,Senior Research Fellow, Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
27 August 2009
Speaker: M. Govinda Rao, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
25 August 2009
Speaker: Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
Summary Report: Entrepreneurship growing rapidly in rural areas of China and India
Multimedia: Photo Gallery
25 August 2009
Speaker: Lord Martin Rees, Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge
24 August 2009
Speaker: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Founder, Isha Foundation
Multimedia: Webcast
22 August 2009
Speaker: Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Economics and Law, Columbia University; Senior Fellow, International Economics, Council on Foreign Relation
Multimedia: Webcast | Photo Gallery
18 August 2009
Speaker: John Mikler, Senior Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Sydney
6 August 2009
Speaker: Peter Schwartz, Cofounder and Chairman of Global Business Network
6 August 2009
Speaker: Peter Schwartz, Cofounder and Chairman of Global Business Network
Summary Report: Schwartz Outlines Surprises Awaiting the World in the 21st Century
Multimedia: Webcast | Photo Gallery
July 2009
31 July 2009
Speaker: Iain Ewing, CEO and Principal Trainer, Ewing Communications Pte Ltd
31 July 2009
Speaker: David Ricci, Professor, Political Science Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
30 July 2009
Speaker: Bruce Gilley, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University
28 July 2009
Speaker: Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
28 July 2009
Speaker: Dr. Ir. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto MSc., Former Director of BRR Aceh-Nias
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Multimedia: Webcast
23 July 2009
Speaker: David Ricci, Professor, Political Science Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
22 July 2009
MOE Book Launch of the "Economics in Public Policies - The Singapore Story"
Guest Speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance, Singapore
Speeches: Part I , Part II
Summary Report: Economic Resource Book Launched
Multimedia: Photo Gallery
22 July 2009
Speaker: Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization
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Summary Report: LKY School hosts launch of World Trade Report 2009 in Asia
Multimedia: Photo Gallery
20 July 2009
Speaker: Javier Fernández-Macho, Full Professor of Econometrics, Department of Econometrics and Statistics (Applied Economics III), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
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17 July 2009
Speaker: H. E. Mr Kamal Nath, Minister of Road Transport
and Highways, Government of India (Profile)
Organised by: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
Supported by: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Materials: Programme, Response Form
June 2009
22 to 26 June 2009
Singapore International Water Week
Organised by: Singapore International Water Week Pte Ltd
Synopsis: The Singapore International Water Week is the global platform for water solutions. It brings policymakers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners together to address challenges, showcase technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water world.
This prestigious event features five highlights – Water Leaders Summit which is by-inivitation only, of which our Institute of Water Policy is one of the strategic partners, Water Convention, Water Expo, Business Forums and Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize. For more information on the events, please visit the website: www.siww.com.sg.
24 Jun 2009
Speaker: Duncan McCargo, Professor of Southeast Asian Politics, School of Politics and, International Studies, University of Leeds
19 Jun 2009
Speaker: Rem Koolhaas, Founder, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Professor, Harvard University
Multimedia: Webcast
12 Jun 2009
Speaker: Jan Willem Blankert, Special Advisor, ASEAN, Delegation of the European Commission in Jakarta
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Summary Report: Blankert Launches New Book: China Rising: Will the West Be Able to Cope?
5 Jun 2009
Speaker: Nitasha Kaul, Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London, U.K.
4 June 2009
Speaker: Khalid Quadir, CEO and Partner, Brummer & Partners Asset Management (Bangladesh) Limited
1 Jun 2009
Speaker: Robert D. Blackwill, Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor to the President of RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California
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Multimedia: Webcast
May 2009
29 May 2009
Speakers:
Bill Emmott, Former Editor in Chief, The Economist
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Multimedia: Webcast | Photo Gallery
21 May 2009
Speaker: Daisuke Kotegawa, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
6 May 2009
Speaker: Mike Denoma, Vice Chairman of Asia Standard Chartered Bank Ltd. and campaign advisor on Obama's International Finance Committee and Economic and Finance Advisor Group
5 May 2009
Speaker: Carlos M. Gutierrez, Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce
Multimedia: Webcast | Photo Gallery
5 May 2009
Organised by: Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre
Speaker: John Ure, Director, TRPC Pte Ltd, Singapore
April 2009
30 April 2009
Speaker: Mr. Masayuki Tamagawa, Director General, Budget, Personnel and Management Systems Department (BPMSD), Asian Development Bank
More information is available at http://www.adb.org/employment/default.asp.
27 April 2009
Speaker: Ari H. Soemarno, Former President and CEO of PT PERTAMINA (Persero)
17 April 2009
Speaker: Jak Jabes, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
17 April 2009
Organised by: Centre on Asia and Globalisation
Speaker: Alfie Othman, Chairman of the Homes Committee, Pertapis
15 April 2009
Speaker: Dr Raymond Saner, Director, Diplomacy Dialogue , CSEND; Professor, University of Basle, Switzerland
14 April 2009
Organised by: Centre on Asia and Globalisation
Speaker: Sasa Vucinic, Founder and Managing Director of Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF)
13 April 2009
Speaker: Shivani Ratra, PhD Candidate, Sciences Po
9 April 2009
Speaker: Anant B. Pandhare, Medical Director, Dr. Hedgewar Hospital and Blood Bank
7 April 2009
Speaker:
Pual Kayoboke, Charge d'Affaires a.i., Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
Moses Tay, Former Bishop of Singapore
Multimedia: Photo Gallery
3 April 2009
Speaker: Melissa M. Lenk, Leadership Program Specialist, Cargill Asia Pacific
2 April 2009
Speaker: Hasan Moinuddin, BCI Task Leader and Climate Change Task Coordinator, GMS Environment Operations Center, Bangkok
2 April 2009
A Videoconference Experience-Sharing Event connecting Jordan, Indonesia and Singapore
2 April 2009
Speaker: Philip Karp,Regional Coordinator for East Asia and the Pacific at the World Bank Institute (WBI)
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1 April 2009
Speaker: Robert M. Kimmitt, Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Summary Report: Kimmitt Urges Leaders to Fight Protectionism, Reform Financial Architecture
Multimedia: Webcast | Photo Gallery
March 2009
31 March 2009
Speaker: Frédéric C. Martel, Professor, Sciences-Po Paris and at the MBA Programme in HEC Paris, Journalist at French NPR, France Culture
30 March 2009
Speaker: Adam Graycar, Professor and Dean, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
30 March 2009
Speaker: Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of UNESCAP
Media: Invest for the future: Unescap by Alicia Wong, TODAYonline.com, Singapore
27 March 2009
Speaker: Dr Fraser Cameron, Director, EU-Russia Centre
27 March 2009
Speaker: Amitabh Mattoo, Professor of International Politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) & Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jammu
Multimedia: Webcast
25-26 March 2009
International workshop jointly sponsored by the LKY School and the Center for Policy Research (New Delhi); funded by the LKY School and the Trehan Foundation.
24 March 2009
Speaker: Klaus Regling, EU Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
and Senior Advisor, European Commission
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23 March 2009
Speaker: Jay Rosengard, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government
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20 March 2009
Speaker: Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar, Founder and Secretary, SHUJAN– Citizens for Good Governance
Multimedia: 
Podcast
17 March 2009
Speaker: Sanjay Sinha, Founder & Managing Director of Micro-Credit Ratings International Limited (M-CRIL)
Multimedia: Podcast
12 March 2009
Summary Report: LKY School Releases Task Force Report “Asia and the Global Economic Crisis”
12 March 2009
Speaker: Nicolaas Warouw, Department of Anthropology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta
Multimedia: Podcast
11 March 2009
Speaker: Raul Lejano Associate Professor, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design University of California, Irvine
10 March 2009
Speaker: Tracy Loh, Research Fellow, Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
5 March 2009
Speaker: Professor Sir Adam Roberts, President-Elect of the British Academy and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University
Multimedia: Webcast
4-6 March 2009
Co-organised by the Centre on Asia and Globalisation and The Asia Foundation
3 March 2009
Speaker: Michael Ivanovitch, President, MSI Global, Inc.
February 2009
27 February 2009
Speaker: Sanjay Pradhan, Vice President, World Bank Institute
26 February 2009
Speaker: Dr. Hamish Nixon, The World Bank, Afghanistan
Multimedia: Webcast
25 February 2009
Speaker: Anh Tran, PhD Candidate in Public Policy at Harvard University
12 February 2009
Speaker: Scott Guggenheim, AusAID
Organised By: Centre on Asia and Globalisation
Multimedia: Podcast
3 February 2009
Speaker: David Stanners, Head of International Cooperation at the European Environment Agency, Steering Committee member of the Asia-Europe Environment Forum(ENVforum)
January 2009
22 January 2009
Speaker: Max Lane, Visiting Fellow, Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore
Multimedia: Podcast
20 January 2009
Speaker: Theodore R. Marmor, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
19 January 2009
Speaker: Lai Hairong, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, China Center for Comparative Politics and Economics
17 January 2009
Speaker: Honourable Minister, Lalu Prasad, Minister for Railways, Government of India
Summary Report: Indian Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad Describes Railways’ Dramatic Transformation
Multimedia: Webcast | Photo Gallery
14 January 2009
Speaker:
Jeffrey D. Straussman, Dean of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany
Theodore R. Marmor, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Alan Altshuler, Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Harvard Kennedy School
Summary Report: Obama Takes Office: From Making History to Effective Administration in a Time of Crisis
Multimedia: Webcast | Photo Gallery
14 January 2009
Speaker: David M. Malone, President, International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC)
7 - 9 January, 2009
Conference: Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective
Organised by:
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore
University of Maryland School of Public Policy
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Media: Conference Website
6 - 7 January, 2009
Conference: Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children
Organised by:
National governments of the East Asia-Pacific region
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Singapore
UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific
Media: Conference Website
Summary Report: Governments Must Boost Support for Women and Children during Financial Crisis, Unicef Says
Multimedia: Photo Gallery
