Masters Tea

Dr Matthew Sparke is Professor of Geography and International Studies, and Adjunct Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle.

Mr J Y Pillay served in the Administrative Service as Permanent Secretary of various ministries, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Government Investment Corporation and as Ambassador to the UK.

Dr Sung-Nam (‘Namie’) Cho is Professor at the Department of Sociology, Ewha Women’s University (Korea).

‘In Conversation’ with Dr Astrid Tuminez, Vice-Dean (Research) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

‘In Conversation’ with Mr Devin Stewart, senior program director and senior fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

‘In Conversation’ with Ms Wang Ya-Hui, Vice President at Mediacorp, heading Singapore’s premier classical music station Symphony 92.4FM.

‘In Conversation’ with Professor Mary Dalrymple, Professor of Syntax in the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics.

Ian Lubek is a Professor (Adjunct) of Psychology at University of Guelph (Canada) an international advisor to Cambodian NGO Siem Reap Citizens for Health, Educational and Social Issues (SiRCHESI).

Former Attorney-General (2008-2010) Professor Walter Woon is presently David Marshall at the NUS Faculty of Law and concurrently Deputy Chairman of Centre for International Law, NUS. Professor Woon talked about the process of decision-making in prosecuting an offender, and the framework of Singapore’s criminal justice system.

Dr William Tan is a neuroscientist, medical doctor and paralympian who gave a talk on applying the marathon mentality to overcome challenges and turn setbacks into comebacks.

Mr Oh Joon, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Singapore discussed possible areas where Singapore and South Korea can learn from one another for example in the economic sector and areas requiring creativity such as pop culture.