The Institute was officially launched on 28 November 2006 by Guest of Honour, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education and 2nd Minister for Finance in the presence of more than 300 distinguished guests. Among the blue-ribbon guest list were senior local government officials, foreign dignitaries and prominent private sector leaders from the region. A highlight of the event was a presentation on Singapore’s competitiveness – “Singapore Competitiveness: A Nation in Transition” by world renowned competitiveness expert, Prof Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School.
A Healthcare Seminar was jointly organised by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Ministry of Health in conjunction with the ACI launch. Prof Porter was the keynote speaker and delivered a presentation entitled “Value-Based Competition in Health Care: Issues for Singapore”. The event was opened by Guest of Honour, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, Minister for Health, who participated in a panel discussion together with Prof Porter and chaired by Prof Tommy Koh.
Book Launch
Singapore
Thu 6 December 2018
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Thu 22 November 2018
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, Former President of Google China
Director, Strategic & Synergetic Programmes, Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost, NUS
Mon 1 October 2018
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Associate Professor in Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Author, and Asia News Editor, Financial Times
Mon 27 August 2018
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Opinion Editor, Straits Times
PhD Candidate, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Professor in Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Advisor to the Group Executive Committee of GIC
Head (Case Studies Unit) & Senior Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy