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Calendar of Events for 2008

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18 November 2008 Seminar Room 2, Civil Service College

Seminar on "The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies"

Speaker: Associate Professor Bryan Capland, Department of Economics, Center for Study of Public Choice, and Mercatus Center, at George Mason University

Contact
15 October 2008
Civil Service College Auditorium

New Insights Lecture on "Social Marketing—Influencing and Sustaining Social Change"

Speaker: Dr Ned Roberto, Vice Chairman and Chief Insight Adviser of Mansmith and Fielders, Inc

Lecture Slides
19 September 2008 Tamarind Room, Civil Service College

Seminar on "Supplying Energy Through Greater Efficiency"

Speaker: Dr Alan Meier, Senior Scientist, Energy Analysis Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lecture Notes

6 August 2008

Workshop on "Naturalistic Decision-Making"

Speaker: Dr Gary Klein, Senior Visiting Fellow, CGL

 
25 August 2008
Civil Service College Auditorium

Lecture on "Fostering a National Innovation Ecosystem: Lessons for Singapore from the US Experience"

Speaker: Dr Charles Wessner, Director, Technology and Innovation, The National Academies of Sciences, USA
Lecture Notes
22 May 2008

Managing in Complexity Series: Workshop on "The Cynefin Framework and its Applications for Singapore Public Officers"

Speaker: Mr Dave Snowden, Senior Visiting Fellow, CGL
Workshop Notes
7-8 May 2008
Ginger Room, Civil Service College

Workshop on "Understanding Wahabbism: Its Evolution and Possible Trajectory"

Speaker: Dr Stéphane Lacroix, Lecturer, Political Science/Middle East Studies, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris
 
6 May 2008
Civil Service College Auditorium

New Insights Lecture on "Why the Welfare State Looks like a Free Lunch"

Speaker: Professor Peter H. Lindert, CGL Distinguished Visitor

Lecture Notes
22-23 April 2008
Ginger Room, Civil Service College

Workshop and Seminar on "Networks, Innovation and Disruptive Innovation"

Speaker: Dr Pierpaolo Andriani, Senior Lecturer in Technology Management, Durham Business School (UK)
 
10 April 2008
Civil Service College Auditorium
3.30 – 5.30 pm

New Insights Lecture on "The Economics of Climate Change, a Global Deal and the Role of Asia"

Speaker: Lord Nicholas Stern, CGL Distinguished Visitor

Lecture Notes
27 March 2008
Civil Service College
4.00 – 5.30 pm

Country Outlook Seminar on "India: Sustaining Growth, Realising Potential"

Speaker: Mr Gurcharan Das, author of the international bestseller India Unbound

Lecture Notes
20 March 2008
Civil Service College Saffron
11am – 1 pm

ESRN Lunch Forum "Targeting That Works: Enhancing Efficiency and Fairness"

Speaker: Professor Richard Zeckhauser, Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Moderator: Donald Low, CGL Associate Fellow

Lecture Notes
19 March 2008
Seminar Room 1, Civil Service College

Seminar on "The Impact of Malaysia’s 12th General Elections on Islamic Politics and the Islamisation Process"

Speaker: Dr Farish Noor,Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
 
17 March 2008
Civil Service College
Auditorium

Lecture on "Behavioural Economics and Public Policy"

Speaker: Professor Jack Knetsch, CGL Senior Visiting Fellow

Lecture Notes
13 March 2008
Civil Service College Auditorium

Economic Symposium Series on "Experimental Economics: Implications on Public Policy"

Speaker: Vernon L. Smith, Professor of Economics & Law, Chapman University, California and Nobel Laureate (Economics), 2002
Q&A Moderator: Professor Allaudeen Hameed, Head, Department of Finance, NUS Business School

Lecture Notes
12 February 2008
Civil Service College Auditorium

Lecture on "Innovation Nation"

Speaker: Dr John Kao, CGL Senior Visiting Fellow

 
11 January 2008
Civil Service College Auditorium

New Insights Lecture on "Climate Change: What does it mean for Public Policy?"

Speaker: Mr Peter Schwartz, cofounder and chairman, Global Business Network

 
9 January 2008
Civil Service College Auditorium

Seminar on Ageing, Innovation and Policy

Speaker: Professor Joseph Coughlin, Founder and Director, MIT AgeLab

Lecture Notes