New Frontiers : The IPS-CFE Conference On The Future Economy Of Singapore

The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) in collaboration with the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) is organising a Conference on the Future Economy of Singapore from Tuesday, 12 July 2016 to Wednesday, 13 July 2016.

The CFE is a high-level committee, announced by PM Lee in 2015, to develop economic strategies to position Singapore well for the future – to be a vibrant and resilient economy with sustainable growth that creates value and opportunities for all.

Experts from academia, the private sector and business associations will be invited to share their insights and ideas on six discussion themes with an audience of 300 people from the CFE and key stakeholder groups across Singapore. The Conference ends with a dialogue session with members of the CFE.

Please click here to view the programme.

Downloads

• Report on New Frontiers: IPS-CFE Conference on the Future Economy of Singapore 
  
• Text Summary of Discussions at New Frontiers: IPS-CFE Conference on the Future Economy of Singapore
• Visual Summary of Discussions at New Frontiers : The IPS-CFE Conference on the Future Economy of Singapore

Video Highlights

• PANEL I:  Industries of the Future
• PANEL II: Ecosystem of the Future Economy
• PANEL III: Future Work
• PANEL IV: Productivity and Innovation
• PANEL V: Globalisation and Regionalisation
• PANEL VI: Responding Together
• Dialogue Session with CFE Members

Media Coverage

• Channel NewsAsia. 2016. Challenge is for firms to take advantage of ‘digital flows’: Iswaran. 14 July
• 联合早报. 2016. 易华仁：每个创新点子应获公平发挥机会. 7月14日
• The Business Times. 2016. Digital age means companies can be born global players: Iswaran. 14 July
• The Straits Times. 2016. S’pore’s future: Be flexible or be first?. 14 July
• TODAY. 2016. S’pore’s industry transformation all about optimising strategy: Iswaran. 14 July
• The Straits Times. 2016. Call for SMEs to evolve to thrive in future economy. 13 July
• The Straits Times. 2016. Singapore’s future economy not about ‘picking winners’ but ‘optimising strategy’: Iswaran. 13 July

 

Additional Information

• Photos from the conference are on Flickr. Please credit the Institute of Policy Studies when publishing the photos.
• Conference updates on Twitter @IPS_sg