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International Youth Discovery Programme (IYDP)

29 Jun 2026 To 03 Jul 2026

(5 Days Programme)

9:30 AM - 6:00 PM

(Singapore Time)

About The Programme

This summer, join us at the National University of Singapore for this unique programme designed to serve as a “Discovery Lab” for young minds. It offers multi-perspective and immersive learning opportunities to help students discover education and career interest for development and achieve success in the globalised world.

The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Executive Education’s (LKYSPP EE) interactive pedagogy of participative lectures, case discussions and panel session will guide students to find meanings to new world developments. They will experience NUS’ campus life, along with organisation visits, culturally immersive city tour and Universal Studios Singapore to build new friendships and beautiful memories.

What You Gain

💡 Through this programme, students will be able to:

  • gain an understanding of how global developments such as geopolitical shift and technological disruption impact policy design, economic growth and commerce.
  • understand qualities and critical skills needed by leaders of today.
  • explore different academic topics which would help them in discovering education and career interest.

Who is it For

Students in Grade 10 – Grade 12 with keen interest to explore and learn beyond school curriculum.

Students should also have a good command of spoken and written English.

What to expect:

Over 5 days, students will attend 7 specially curated seminars of topics that are very relevant to leading in today’s digitalised and fragmented world:

  • Policy, Governance and Business Environment (1 hr 30 mins)
  • Behavioural Economics for Future Leaders (3 hrs)
  • International Affairs and Geopolitics (2 hrs 30 mins)
  • Sustainable Economics (1 hr 30 mins)
  • Digital Economy and Commerce (2 hrs 30 mins)
  • Reinventing Business in a Tech‑Transformed World (2 hrs)
  • Leadership for the VUCA World (2 hrs)

 

💡 We Make Sure You Internalise
Students will be required to complete an online quiz at the end of every day to test how well they understand the knowledge shared by the instructors.

(Please note that LKYSPP EE is only in charge of this academic segment comprising seminars and quizzes. Other activities are not organised and handled by LKYSPP EE.)

Enrol In This
Programme Now

Application Deadline: 22 May 2026

Programme Dates and Locations

Dates: 29 June – 3 July 2026

Time: 9.00am – 6.00pm* (classroom sessions)

* Students should refer to the programme schedule provided upon admission for exact daily timing.  Please note that certain days may start later i.e. 9.30am or 10.00am.

Locations:
National University of Singapore University Town and
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS Bukit Timah Campus
                     

For programme enquiry, please email globalprograms@apcme.com.sg or WhatsApp at +65 8165 6170 (please message only)

Our Instructors

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Dr. Ryu Yongwook, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Dr. Ryu Yongwook is an Assistant Professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP). He specialises in International Relations, with a focus on East Asia. His research interests include foreign policies of China, Japan, Korea and ASEAN as well as broad regional and global issues. His current research examines (1) the effect of national identity on foreign policy and international relations, (2) Chinese economic statecraft, (3) Sino-Japanese relations, and (4) Korea-Japan relationship. Prior to joining the LKYSPP, Dr. Ryu taught at the Australian National University and Yonsei University, and held visiting posts at Beijing University, Tokyo University, Hitotsubashi University, and National Taiwan University. He is a native of South Korea and grew up both in Korea and New Zealand. Dr. Ryu was a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow at Harvard, and his research has been supported by various organisations including the Japan Foundation Fellowship and Taiwan Government. Dr. Ryu received his Ph.D. from the Department of Government, Harvard University; MA (with merit) in international law from the College of Law, Australian National University; BA (first class honors) from The University of Auckland, and BA (top graduate) from The University of Wellington, New Zealand.

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Dr. Lawrence Jin, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Dr. Lawrence Jin is an Assistant Professor of economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His research interests are in behavioural economics (primary), health economics, environmental economics and cost-benefit analysis.

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Dr. Caroline Brassard, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Executive Education, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Dr. Caroline Brassard has been an academic adviser at the Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh since 2017. She has also been teaching at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy since 2002, on topics such as development economics, econometrics, research methods, and policy analysis. Her research focuses on development policy lessons from disasters in urbanizing contexts, notably in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Indonesia. She co-edited a book on Urban Spaces and Gender in Asia: Perspectives on Social and Economic Inclusion (with Divya U. Joshi, by Springer 2020), Her earlier books include “Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific: Policy and Governance” (co-edited edited with David Giles and Arn Howitt) by Springer in 2015. Prior to joining the LKY SPP, Caroline worked in Madagascar for UNICEF, in Bangladesh for CARE and in Vietnam for her post-graduate research. Caroline holds a PhD in Economics from the University of London.

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Dr. Yogita Shamdasani, Assistant Professor (Presidential Young Professor), Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Dr. Yogita Shamdasani is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics under NUS' Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She obtained a BA from Cornell University in 2011 and a PhD in economics from Columbia University in 2017. Prior to joining the NUS Economics Department in 2020, she was an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh. In this article, Yogita tells us about her research in development economics.

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Dr. Sasidaran Gopalan, Senior Lecturer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Dr. Sasidaran Gopalan is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics in the College of Business and Economics at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) based in Abu Dhabi. In the past, he has held various research appointments across several universities in Asia including Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and NUS. He has also taught at the Graduate School of Public Policy at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan). His teaching interests span the broad areas of macroeconomics for policy, money and banking, empirical methods for public policy, international economic policy and international political economy with a significant applied policy emphasis. Dr. Sasi's research focus is closely aligned with his teaching interests. His research assumes a strong interdisciplinary orientation and lies at the intersection of applied macroeconomics, international economics and development policy with a broad focus on emerging markets. Specific topics include foreign direct investment, financial globalisation, financial inclusion and trade and global value chains. He has published in notable field journals such as World Development, the World Economy, Climate Policy, and Journal of Macroeconomics, co-written books as well as contributed to several policy briefs and op-eds for leading global financial dailies.

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Dr. Koh Chaik Ming, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Operations Research & Analytics, National University of Singapore

Dr. Koh Chaik Ming is a Senior Research Fellow at IORA of National University of Singapore (NUS) and was the former Asia CEO of China’s largest protein import platform. He is currently the Board Director of The Singapore Food Bank. Before that, he was the International CEO of a Shanghai-headquartered investment group with an SGX-listed REIT. Prior to this, Dr. Koh spent 8 years with Royal Dutch Shell. He was GM of Shell Marine Products for Asia Pacific & Middle East where he managed a US$2 billion business portfolio. He was also Commercial Director and GM New BD for Shell China based in Beijing for 4 years. Prior to Shell, he spent 9 years with Temasek Holdings, both as the Head of Aviation and Logistics investments and the first Shanghai Chief Representative where he opened the first Shanghai office for Temasek Holdings. He was first posted to Beijing with M&Ms/Mars in 1994 where he built the first Dove chocolate & Pedigree Petfood plant in China and managed the entire Greater China supply chain. Dr. Koh received his Doctorate from Singapore Management University (SMU) and is an alumni of INSEAD MBA 1999D and Harvard Business School AMP168 program. Dr. Koh is currently an Enterprise Singapore-sponsored business coach for the ELT program to help many Singaporean multi-generational SMEs with their strategic capability building, transformation and business succession.

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Dr. Neo Kok Beng, Honorary Fellow, ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (AFEO)

Dr. Neo Kok Beng is an award-winning engineer, educator and entrepreneur specialising in technology innovation and commercialisation. He is the Founder / CEO of NEO Aeronautics with a vision to empowering everyone to fly. Combining his passion in flying and expertise in engineering, he leads a world-class founding team to design the Singapore’s 1st flying car that is in compliant with FAA Part 103. He is Fellows of Royal Aeronautical Society (UK), ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisation and Institution of Engineers (Singapore) and has served on the Singapore’s Engineering Accreditation Board. He received the President’s Design Award, Prime Minister’s Community Award, US Veterans Affairs Innovation Initiative Award, Harvard Kennedy School Service Award, Global Entrepreneurship Winner (bizBarcelona) and NUS Innovation & Entrepreneurship Awards. He is co-founder / Chairman/ investors of deeptech ventures such as Medical Technology (AWAK, Breathonix, E3A, Roceso) and Engineering (BeeX, E2S2, TinyMOS, NEO Aeronautics, Fronka). He worked for Singapore Technologies group from 1991 to 2002, raising from system engineer to Vice-President (New Business & Planning) in Corporate Investments, Aerospace, Electronics and the Information Technology business sectors.

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Director, Terrific Mentors International

An international, cross culturally sensitive organisation and HR consultant who thrives on learning, adding value in transforming the way individuals, teams and organisations think and view challenges. Eliza brings with her a wealth of Transformational Leadership experience in both private (MNCs, SMEs) and the public sector (Public Service Reform to enable Malta to enter the European Union; evolving People Centered Management culture in Singapore’s Vocational Industrial Training Board; strategic thinking and diversity management, Myanmar government; enabling Ethiopian Airlines to compete effectively within Africa). Her work in Healthcare (Abbvie, Alcon, Amgen, C-Suite Fortis Healthcare, GSK, Integrated Health Information Systems; Johnson Matthey, Novartis, Roche Group and Roche Diagnostics, Sanofi-Aventis, Singhealth involved facilitating articulation of Leadership Brand, enhancing executive presence, connecting with impact (AT Kearney) and agility to thrive in a VUCA and digitalised world. Eliza is also on the Barclays Global Faculty and clients in the financial industry include Allianz Asia Pacific, Allianz Indonesia, American Express, Asian Development Bank.