Programme Schedule – QS in conversation

Day 1

QS in conversation in Singapore

“University-Public Sector Partnerships: Smart Cities”

Day 1: 3 October 2018, Wednesday
Welcome Dinner at Fairmont Hotel, Atrium Ballroom
18:00 – 18:40	Registration
18:40 – 18:50	Welcome Addresses	Ms Mandy Mok Chief Executive Officer QS Branding & Conferences by QS Asia Singapore
18:50 – 19:00	Welcome Addresses	Professor Arnoud De Meyer President Singapore Management University
19:00 – 21:30	Welcome Dinner
21:30	End of Program Day 1

Day 2

QS in conversation in Singapore

“University-Public Sector Partnerships: Smart Cities”

Day 2: 4 October 2018, Thursday
Opening Address, School of Law, SMU Hall
08:30 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:20	Introductory Remarks	Ms Mandy Mok Chief Executive Officer QS Branding & Conferences by QS Asia Singapore
09:00 – 09:20	Introductory Remarks	Professor Lily Kong Provost and President Designate Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Social Sciences Singapore Management University
09:20 – 10:00	Fireside Chat with Guest-of-Honour	Guest-of-Honour:
09:20 – 10:00	Fireside Chat with Guest-of-Honour	Dr Janil Puthucheary Singapore Senior Minister of State Ministry of Transport and, Ministry of Communications and Information Minister-in-Charge of Government Technology Agency
10:00 – 11:00	Panel Discussion: ASEAN Smart City Network	Panellists:
		Ms Maimunah Jaffar Head of Department Planning & Compliance Iskandar Regional Development Authority Malaysia
		Dr Passakon Prathombutr Senior Executive Vice President/CTO Digital Economy Promotion Agency and Chief Smart City Officer of Phuket Thailand
		Mr Dương Hải Hưng Deputy Director General, ASEAN Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vietnam
		Mr Vannak Seng Chief of Administration City Hall of Phnom Penh Cambodia
		Moderator:
		Mr Ong Eng Kian Director Centre for Liveable Cities Singapore
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
University-Public Sector Smart City Partnerships
11:30 – 12:10	Presentation From Metro 21 to MetroLab: A Case Study of a successful University Public Sector Partnership	Professor Ramayya Krishnan Dean Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems Carnegie Mellon University United States of America
12:10 – 12:50	Presentation Making Toronto Smarter: Case Studies of University-City Partnerships	Professor Mark Fox Associate Director for Research School of Cities Distinguished Professor of Urban Systems Engineering Director of the Centre for Social Services Engineering and Head of the Enterprise Integration Laboratory University of Toronto Canada
12:50 – 14:20	Networking Lunch
14:20 – 15:00	Presentation Using Next Generation Internet as the “gene” to awaken the native digital forces of a Smart City	Professor Hiroshi Esaki Graduate School of Information Science and Technology The University of Tokyo Japan
15:00 – 15:40	Presentation Building Smart Cities in the Post-Industrial Era: Newcastle, Australia – A Case Study	Professor Caroline McMillen Vice-Chancellor and President University of Newcastle Australia
15:00 – 15:40		Councillor Nuatali Nelmes Lord Mayor of Newcastle Australia
15:40 – 16:10	Coffee Break
16:10 – 16:50	Panel Discussion Navigating the pitfalls and risks of Smart City collaborations	Panellists:
		Professor Ramayya Krishnan Professor Mark Fox Professor Hiroshi Esaki Professor Caroline McMillen Councillor Nuatali Nelmes
		Moderator:
		Professor Archan Misra Associate Dean (Research) Director of Centre for Applied Smart-Nation Analytics, School of Information Systems Singapore Management University
16:50 – 17:00	Closing Summary	Professor Steven Miller Vice Provost (Research) Singapore Management University Singapore
17:00	*End of Program Day 2*

Day 3

QS in conversation in Singapore

“University-Public Sector Partnerships: Smart Cities”

Day 3: 5 October 2018, Friday
08:30 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:10	Introductory Remarks	Professor Steven Miller Vice Provost (Research) Singapore Management University
Making the Smart City a Reality
09:10 – 09:50	Presentation Integrating Management, Social Sciences and Computing in Smart City projects: Examples from Singapore Management University	Professor Steven Miller Vice Provost (Research) Singapore Management University
09:50 – 10:30	Presentation Realising Smart Nation: Ambition, Action, Alliance	Mr Tan Kok Yam Deputy Secretary Smart Nation and Digital Government Office Singapore
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00–11:40	Panel Discussion Engaging the private sector in university – public sector Smart City partnerships	Panellists:
		Professor Steven Miller Vice Provost (Research) Singapore Management University
		Mr Tan Kok Yam Deputy Secretary Smart Nation and Digital Government Office Singapore
		Ms Jyoti Shukla Director The World Bank Singapore
		Associate Professor Kwon Young-Sang Associate Professor of Urban Design Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seoul National University South Korea
		Associate Professor Irina Gudkova Deputy Director Applied Mathematics & Communications Technology Institute Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia Russia
		Moderator:
		Dr Katharina Lange Executive Director Executive Development Singapore Management University
11:40–12:00	Closing Remarks	Professor Steven Miller Vice Provost (Research) Singapore Management University
11:40–12:00	Closing Remarks	Ms Mandy Mok Chief Executive Officer QS Branding & Conferences by QS Asia Singapore
12:00–13:00	Networking Lunch
13:00	End of Program Day 3

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