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2nd TF-LKYSPP Southeast Asia Next-Gen Leaders Programme

27 May 2025 To 26 Jul 2025

(May to July 2025)

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

(Singapore Time)

About The Programme

In partnership with Temasek Foundation, the 2nd TF-LKYSPP Southeast Asia Next-Gen Leaders Programme seeks to bring together the next generation of leaders and changemakers from Singapore and the Southeast Asia region who are eager to play an active role in thinking about and shaping tomorrow.

This Programme is a capability building, knowledge exchange, and networking platform for next-generation leaders and changemakers to jointly think about tomorrow, anticipate global challenges, and explore recommendations to make an impact on society.

There are two Programme Milestones that participants can expect from this Programme:

  1. Online Futures Thinking Workshop (27 – 29 May 2025) 
  2. Regional Learning Journey to the Philippines (20 – 25 July 2025)
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Learning Outcomes

The Programme Objectives are to:

  • Expose participants to the complex and crucial global governance and public policy challenges of the future that cannot be solved by any one individual, organisation, society or country alone;
  • Equip participants with futures thinking and foresight methodology, and empower them to apply these skillsets and exercise their creativity to reimagine and shape the future of their countries and the region;
  • Provide participants with the opportunity to engage with distinguished thought leaders from Public, Private and People sectors in Singapore and the Southeast Asia region;
  • Create space for and facilitate meaningful dialogues between counterparts from the region to enhance mutual understanding; and
  • Establish a strategic network for next-generation leaders from Singapore and the Southeast Asia region to nurture an Alumni Community.

Target Audience

This Programme will be useful for:

  • Mid-level managers in Public, Private or People sectors;
  • Emerging Non-Government Organisation (NGO) and Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) leaders and changemakers who are creative, innovative and eager to contribute to shape the future of society

Please refer to the Eligibility section for more information.

    Programme Focus

    As we face more ambiguous, complex, and interconnected issues in the world today, the critical mindset and skillsets to anticipate wicked problems, explore multiple futures, and conceptualise innovative solutions would be key priority for our next-generation leaders.

    For the second run of this Programme in 2025, the focal concern is Reimagining the Future of Education.

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    Application Deadline: 28 February 2025

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    Programme Dates

    The dates of the two Programme Milestones:

    1. Online Futures Thinking Workshop (27 – 29 May 2025)
    2. Regional Learning Journey to the Philippines (20 – 25 July 2025)

    Programme fees and accommodation in the Philippines are fully sponsored for successful applicants.

    Participants will need to book their own return airfare for the Regional Learning Journey to the Philippines (20 – 25 July 2025). 

    To be selected for the Programme, participants must:

    • Be between the ages of 25 to 35 at the start of the Programme;
    • Be a citizen and resident of one of the eleven Southeast Asian nations: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam. Applicants living outside of the eleven eligible countries will not be considered eligible to apply;
    • Be fluent in written and spoken English;
    • Be an emerging leader in government, civil society, or the private sector, with demonstrated leadership and collaborative skills;
    • Possess at least 5 years of relevant professional experience at the time of application;
    • Commit to attend all programme milestones, which are the Online Futures Thinking Workshop in May, and the Regional Learning Journey to the Philippines in July. Participants who do not complete the programme milestones may need to pay the full programme fees;
    • Be eligible for visa and travel documentation to the Philippines;
    • Be self-directed and able to work effectively in a cross-cultural setting.

    Executive Education Department
    Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
    National University of Singapore
    469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

    Email: lkysppfutures@nus.edu.sg

    Our Lead Faculty

    NUS LKY

    Dr Jared Poon, Executive Education Fellow

    Jared Poon runs Counter-Fictional, which aims to help individuals, teams, and organisations tell healthier stories about ourselves and one another. He designs games with LambdaMu Games, and is a Fellow with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the Chandler Institute of Governance. Previously, he worked at Singapore's Prime Minister’s Office (Strategy Group) and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, doing work in futures and foresight, capability development, and citizen engagement. He obtained his PhD in Philosophy from the University of California, Davis, defending the objectivity of moral norms given evolutionary considerations. He has facilitated and taught extensively, both in the US and in Singapore, both in the Public Service and outside, always with a focus on conversations of depth and meaning. He has a special interest in metaphors, collaborative storytelling games, and cats.