The document outlines the programme for the First USPC-NUS Conference on Science, Policy and Society to be held in Singapore on May 18-19, 2017. The conference organized by Université Sorbonne Paris Cité and the National University of Singapore aims to showcase collaborative work between the two institutions and create a dialogue between researchers, policymakers and society on topics ranging from public health to sustainable development. Over two days, the event will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions and presentations of projects supported by USPC-NUS grants.
Science, Policy and Society Conference: How Research and Public Policy Influence Each Other
1. F I R S T
U S P C - N U S
C O N F E R E N C E
S i n g a p o r e
1 8 - 1 9 M a y 2 0 1 7
U n i v e r s i t é S o r b o n n e P a r i s C i t é
N a t i o n a l U n i v e r s i t y o f S i n g a p o r e
3. H O W C A N S C I E N T I F I C
R E S E A R C H A N D P U B L I C
P O L I C Y I N F L U E N C E E A C H
O T H E R A N D W H AT A R E
T H E I M P L I C AT I O N S F O R
O U R S O C I E T I E S ?
4. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS Bukit Timah Campus
5. A French-Singaporean collaboration addressing the challenges of the next 50 years
Since 2013, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC) and the National University of Singapore (NUS)
have enhanced their partnership and multiplied the axes of collaboration. A first call for proposals
was launched at the inaugural seminar in October 2013 and since this first meeting, the relationship
between the two institutions has continued to grow. There are now more than 30 ongoing joint projects
in different disciplines and since March 2016, USPC has a representative at NUS.
The Science, Policy and Society conference will showcase work jointly conducted by the National
University of Singapore and the Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (France) from the past three years.
Through demonstrating that interdisciplinary and international collaborations can spark off new ideas,
the event aims to create a dialogue between researchers, policy-makers and the society and explore
innovative solutions to tomorrow’s challenges in public health, education, culture and the environment.
This conference is part of the Voilah! Festival organised by the French Embassy in Singapore and
targets the general audience. During two days, two keynotes and short presentations will present
the projects that were supported by the USPC-NUS grant. Each session will be concluded by a panel
discussing the link between «Science, Policy & Society» in the sector.
The event will bring opportunities for further discussion and networking between researchers, policy
makers and the society (private companies, NGOs, civil society).
9. S U M M A R Y
Programme
Opening Address
Keynote speech
Nutrition and longevity: cellular and
organismal mechanisms
By Guido Kroemer (Université Paris
Descartes, Brupbacher Prize for Cancer
Research 2017)
Opening Panel
How science and public policy influence
each other and what are the implications
for our societies?
Session 1 - Innovative approaches to
public health challenges
Promoting mobility in the population:
a comparative, systemic
public health approach through urbanism
From clinical practice to basic science, a
better understanding of Heart failure
Enhancing the effectiveness of skin
immune responses through mast cells
Discussion
Keynote speech
Trust, collaboration & interdisciplinarity
for a smarter society
Session 2 - Digital technologies to
facilitate collective intelligence
“One Week”: online simulation game to
foster empathy
Does enriching lecture videos and
webcast with digital tags promote active
learning?
Session 3 - Enriching pedagogical
approaches through intercultural
partnerships
An exchange programme for
Entrepreneurs & Start-ups to explore new
cultural ecosystems
How to increase creativity? The effect of
travelling and expositions to new cultures
Rhetoric & Food in France & Singapore:
A comparative cultural Academy
The Manusastra project: enhancing the
humanities and the social sciences in
Laos & Cambodia
Discussion
Session 4 - Plural identities and divers
societies in a global world
Who am I (genetically)? Exploring the
determinants of identity
Language appropriation and circulating
languages in Southeast Asia
Speak good English: Singapore English in
a plural society
‘Laïcité’ and ‘integration’ of Muslim
minorities in a multi-ethnic multi-religious
context: comparing Singapore and France
Discussion
Session 5 - Smart solutions for
sustainable societies
Magnonic crystals fabricated on
polymers: new materials for future flexible
devices
New energy storage system for an
environmental sustainability: Redox
targeting flow battery
Nano-Materials for Spintronic
Applications: issues and perspectives
The Flyover Art Project to make Yangon a
more liveable city
Green Growth and urban utilities
development programmes in South East
Asia
Discussion
Closing remarks
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11. P R O G R A M M E - A F T E R N O O N
18M A Y 2 0 1 7
12. WELCOME BRUNCH
for speakers and invited guests only
WELCOME COFFEE AND REGISTRATION
Nutrition and longevity: cellular and organismal mechanisms
Prof Guido Kroemer, Université Paris Descartes, Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research 2017
12:30
2:00
H.E. Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore
Prof Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Prof François Houllier, President, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)
Mr Frédéric Mion, President, Sciences Po
OPENING ADDRESS
KEYNOTE SPEECH
OPENING PANEL
How science and public policy influence each other and what are the implications for our
societies?
2:30
3:20
Cheong Wei Yang, Deputy CEO, National Research Foundation - NRF
François Houllier, President, USPC
Enrico Letta, Former Italian Prime Minister, Dean of the Paris School of
International Affairs - PSIA, Sciences Po
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy - LKYSPP &
Social Sciences Research Council - SSRC
Moderated by James Crabtree, LKY School of Public Policy & Financial Times.
1:30
13. COFFEE BREAK
Attendants & speakers will be able to have parallel discussions in seminar rooms 9 & 10
4:00
SESSION 1
Innovative approaches to public health challenges
Chair
Danuta Pieter, Executive director, Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris - Hôpitaux de France
Promoting mobility in the population:
a comparative, systemic public health approach through urbanism
Denis Bard, EHESP School of Public Health
Anne Roué-Le Gall, EHESP School of Public Health
Teo Yik Ying, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
From clinical practice to basic science, a better understanding of Heart failure
Mark Richards, NUHS
Nicolas Vodovar, Université Paris Diderot
Alexandre Mebazaa, Université Paris Diderot
Enhancing the effectiveness of skin immune responses through mast cells
Soman N. Abraham, Duke-NUS
Jean Davoust, Université Paris Descartes
Panel discussion with Christine Clerici, President, Paris Diderot,
Tikki Pangestu, World Health Organization – WHO & LKY School of Public Policy
DINNER
for speakers & invited guests
The Scholar, NUSS
4:30 to 6:00
7:00
14.
15. P R O G R A M M E - M O R N I N G
19M A Y 2 0 1 7
16. REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
8:30
9:00
KEYNOTE SPEECH
10:00
COFFEE BREAK
Attendants & speakers will be able to have parallel discussions in seminar rooms 9 & 10
10:30
SESSION 2
Digital technologies to facilitate collective intelligence
“One Week”: online simulation game to foster empathy
Norshahira Abdul Aziz, MPP student, LKY School of Public Policy
Does enriching lecture videos and webcasts with digital tags promote active learning?
Maxime Marzin, Sciences Po
Judy Sng, Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Trust, collaboration and interdisciplinarity for a smarter society
Yann Algan , Dean, School of Public Affairs, Sciences Po
François Taddei, Director, Centre for Research and Interdisciplinarity, Université Paris Descartes
Moderated by Malminder Singh, Consultant in education policies.
17. 11:00
NETWORKING LUNCH
EU centre presentation
USPC-NUS Grant opportunities
Attendants & speakers will be able to have parallel discussions in seminar rooms 9 & 10
12:30
SESSION 3
Enriching pedagogical approaches through intercultural partnerships
Chair
Marie-Laure Djelic, Co-Dean, School of Management & Innovation, Sciences Po
An exchange programme for Entrepreneurs & Start-ups to explore new cultural ecosystems
Sarah Cheah, NUS Business School
Maxime Marzin, Sciences Po
How to increase creativity?
The effect of travelling and expositions to new cultures
Lile Jia, NUS
Franck Zenasni, Université Paris Descartes
Rhetoric & Food in France & Singapore: A comparative cultural Academy
Mark Brantner, University Scholars Programme, NUS
Myriam Sfar, Sciences Po
The Manusastra project: enhancing the humanities and the social sciences in Laos
& Cambodia
Joseph Thach, Inalco
Panel discussion with Imran Hashim, Author and Senior Liaison Officer, University of Warwick SEA Office
and Adrian Lim, Director, Education, Infocomm Media Development Authority - IMDA
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19. P R O G R A M M E - A F T E R N O O N
19M A Y 2 0 1 7
20. 2:00
COFFEE BREAK
Attendants & speakers will be able to have parallel discussions in seminar rooms 9 & 10
3:30
SESSION 4
Plural identities and divers societies in a global world
Chair
Claire Tran, Director, Institute of Research on Contemporary Southeast Asia, IRASEC
Who am I (genetically)? Exploring the determinants of identity
Jonathan Weitzman, Université Paris Diderot
Language appropriation and circulating languages in Southeast Asia
Gilles Forlot, Inalco
Titima Suthiwan, NUS
Speak good English: Singapore English in a plural society
Bao Zhiming, NUS
Debra Ziegeler, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
‘Laïcité’ and ‘integration’ of Muslim minorities in a multi-ethnic multi-religious context:
comparing Singapore and France
Manlio Cinali, Sciences Po
Suzaina Kadir, LKY School of Public Policy, NUS
Panel discussion with Vernie Oliveiro, Senior Assistant Director, Policy Strategy, Ministry
of National Development
21. 3:50
Closing remarks by Andrew Wee, Vice President, University and Global Relations, NUS
and Francis Vérillaud, Vice President, International Affairs, Sciences Po.
SESSION 5
Smart solutions for sustainable societies
Chair
Luc Le Calvez, ASEAN Director, French Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique - CNRS
Magnonic crystals fabricated on polymers: new materials for future flexible devices
Adekunle Adeyeye, NUS
Damien Faurie, Université Paris 13
Fatih Zighem, Université Paris 13
New energy storage system for an environmental sustainability:
Redox targeting flow battery
Hyacinthe Randriamahazaka, Université Paris Diderot
Qing Wang, NUS
Nano-Materials for Spintronic Applications: issues & perspectives
Mourad Chérif, Université Paris 13
Hyunsoo Yang, NUS
The Flyover Art Project to make Yangon a more liveable city
Alex Aung Khant, Sciences Po Urban School alumnus & Institut Français
de Birmanie, Myanmar
Green Growth and urban utilities development programmes in South East Asia
Alvaro Artigas, Sciences Po
Olivia Jensen, LKY School of Public Policy, NUS
Panel discussion with Abigaël Pesses, Deputy director, IRASEC.
5:30 to 5:45
24. O P E N I N G A D D R E S S
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Ambassador of France to Singapore
Marc Abensour is a career diplomat. He was appointed
the Ambassador of France to the Republic of Singapore
by decree of the President of the Republic of France on
18 November 2016. His professional experience covers
mainly Asian affairs and politico-military issues.
Prior to this appointment, he served as an inspector
in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from July 2014. Pre-
viously, he was a diplomatic advisor to the Minister of
Defence in 2014.
He was also the Director for International, Strategic and
Technological Affairs of the General Secretariat for De-
fence and National Security (under the Prime Minister)
from 2012 to 2013. From 2008 to 2012, he was the De-
puty Permanent Representative of France to the Council
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), where
he was actively involved in implementing France’s deci-
sion to rejoin NATO as a full member. He was in charge
of the Industrial Issues and Export Control department
from 2005 to 2008 and was Head of the Far East direc-
torate from 2003 to 2005.
He was First Secretary of the French Embassy in China
from 1996 to 2000 and held the same post at the French
Embassy in the United States from 2000 to 2002.
He received the “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite”
award from the French government in May 2011.
Marc Abensour graduated from the “Ecole Normale Su-
périeure” (1992-1993) and is a qualified Professor of Phi-
losophy. He was an exchange student in the Department
of East Asian Studies at Harvard University (1993-1994).
H.E. Mr Marc Abensour
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2012, and is currently on the Steering Committee of the
Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
Prof Tan was previously a Commonwealth Medical Fel-
low, Wellcome Fellow, University of Oxford, and a Visi-
ting Scholar to Wolfson College, Oxford. He is a Fellow
of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Royal
College of Physicians of London, the American College
of Physicians, elected Fellow of the Polish Academy of
Medicine and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society,
UK. Prof Tan is also the first Singaporean to be elected
as an international member of the US National Academy
of Medicine.
President, National University of Singapore
Professor Tan Chorh Chuan was appointed President of
the National University of Singapore in December 2008.
He concurrently serves as the Chairman of the Board of
the National University Health System. Prof Tan’s addi-
tional appointments include Deputy Chairman of Sin-
gapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research
(A*STAR); Senior Advisor to the Governing Board of
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and others.
A renal physician, he obtained his medical training at
NUS, and research training at the Institute of Molecular
Medicine, Oxford. He was Dean of the NUS Faculty of
Medicine from 1997 to 2000. He served as the Director
of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, from 2000 to
2004, in which capacity he was responsible for leading
the public health response to the 2003 SARS epidemic.
He held the positions of NUS Provost, then Senior De-
puty President from 2004 to 2008. He also played a
key role in setting up the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical
School, in his capacity as Deputy Chairman of the Go-
verning Board from 2004 to 2007. As the inaugural Chief
Executive of the National University Health System in
2008, he brought the NUS Medical and Dental Schools
and the National University Hospital under single gover-
nance.
Prof Tan is a key leader in Singapore’s Biomedical
Sciences Initiative since its inception in 2000, for which
he was awarded the National Science and Technology
Medal in 2008.
He also received the Public Service Star in 2003 for outs-
tanding contributions to overcoming SARS in Singapore;
the Public Administration Gold Medal in 2004 for his
work as Director of Medical Services in the Ministry of
Health; the Meritorious Service Medal in 2015; the Albert
Schweitzer Gold Medal from the Polish Academy of Me-
dicine; Honorary Doctor of Medicine from King’s College;
and Honorary Doctor of Science from Duke University,
among others.
Prof Tan, who has been a member of the World Econo-
mic Forum’s Global University Leaders Forum (GULF)
since 2008, was appointed Chair of GULF in 2014 for a
two-year term. He was the Chairperson of the Interna-
tional Alliance of Research Universities, a consortium of
10 leading research-intensive universities from 2008 –
Prof Tan Chorh Chuan
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François Houllier was elected President of Sorbonne
Paris Cité in March 2017. A graduate from the Ecole Po-
lytechnique (X78) Prof Houllier also graduated in rural
Engineering, Waters and Forests and he completed a
PhD at the Université de Lyon (1986). He spent 15 years
working for INRA (French National Institute for Agricul-
tural Research) where he held different positions until
he became President and CEO in 2012. His portfolio in-
cluded being Deputy CEO in charge of the organisation,
resources and scientific assessment (2010-2012) INRA,
Scientific Director of Plants and Plant Products (2005-
2009); Head of the Forest, Grassland and Freshwater
Ecology Division (2004); Head of the Forest and Natu-
ral Environment Division (2001-2004). Prof Houllier was
previously Director of the CIRAD-CNRS-INRA-IRD-Mont-
pellier II Research Unit for Botany and Computational
Plant Architecture (2000-2002); Director of the Joint
CIRAD-INRA Research Unit for Plant Modeling (1998-
1999).
He was also Director of the French Institute of Pondi-
cherry, India between 1994 and 1997.
His scientific background is in forest biometrics, eco-
logical and plant modeling. Over time he has also built
up a strong expertise in research and innovation policy,
management and evaluation.
François Houllier is the author of more than 150 scien-
tific publications and communications cited more than
2,000 times, including 52 papers in international peer-re-
viewed journals.
In the past two years he authored 3 official reports to
the French Government on issues related to science and
innovation: “Agriculture Innovation 2025” (2015); “Parti-
cipatory Sciences” (2016) to foster citizen sciences in
France; “Research and Innovation for the Forest-based
Sector in 2025” (2016) to develop an inter-ministerial
roadmap for stimulating research and innovation in fo-
restry and in the wood industry.
He has been chairman of several boards - AllEnvi, Ge-
noplante, Ecofor and European Forest Institute among
others.
President, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité
Prof François Houllier
President, Sciences Po
Mr Frédéric Mion
Frédéric Mion became President of Sciences Po and
administrator of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences
Politiques in April 2013.
Frédéric Mion graduated from Sciences Po in 1992 and
completed his studies at the École Normale Supérieure
and at the École nationale d’administration, the top civil
service school in France (class of 1996). He is “maître
des requêtes” (master of petitions) in the French Council
of State.
Frédéric Mion taught public law at Sciences Po until
2003, and headed the university’s Department of Public
Administration from 1996 to 1999.
A member of the French Council of State, from 1996 to
2003, he occupied various roles within the French go-
vernment; first as a member of the “Attali Commission”
whose report “For a European Model of Higher Educa-
tion” laid the foundations for a harmonized European
higher education system, then as an advisor to the Mi-
nister of Education, Jack Lang.
He later served as the Deputy Head of the General Di-
rectorate in charge of the French civil service from 2001
to 2003.
He joined the law firm Allen & Overy in 2003 and be-
came a partner in 2005. In 2007 he was appointed ge-
neral counsel of Groupe Canal + (France’s largest media
group) a position he held until 2013.
Since taking up his current post a Sciences Po, Mion has
led a number of major initiatives at Sciences Po, inclu-
ding the reform of the university’s governance and sta-
tutes, renovation of the regional campuses, completion
of the restructuring of graduate studies into Schools,
continuation of the internationalization and scientific
development strategy, and the real estate reorganisa-
tion and development of the regional campuses. This
strategy, set out in “Sciences Po 2022” in May 2014,
aims to further Sciences Po’s development as a leading
international university while preserving all that has un-
derpinned its identity and success since it was founded
in 1872: the exceptional social and geographic diversity
of its student body, the combination of an advanced
academic curriculum and practical courses delivered
by thousands of professionals from all fields, the excel-
lence of its research – particularly in the social sciences
– and its strongly international perspective.
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K E Y N O T E S P E E C H
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Nutrition and longevity:
cellular and organismal mechanisms
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Guido Kroemer
Université Paris Descartes,
Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research 2017
Guido Kroemer is Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of
the Université Paris Descartes, Director of the research
team «Apoptosis, Cancer and Immunity» of the French
Medical Research Council (INSERM), Director of the Me-
tabolomics and Cell Biology platforms, Gustave Roussy
Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Hospital Practitio-
ner at the Hôpital Européen George Pompidou, Paris.
He is also Adjunct Professor at the Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Prior to joining INSERM (1994), Prof Kroemer was Se-
nior Scientist of the European Community at the Spanish
National Research Council (CSIC), at the National Center
of Molecular Biology (1990-1992) and at the National
Center of Biotechnology (1993). Prof Kroemer did his
post-doctoral training at the Collège de France (1988-
1989) and at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, after
receiving his PhD/MD degree at the same University
(1985). He also holds a PhD degree in Molecular Biology
(Autonomous University of Madrid, 1992).
Prof Kroemer has made important contributions to me-
dical research through his groundbreaking work in the
fields of cell biology and cancer research. He is best
known for the discovery that the permeabilization of
mitochondrial membranes constitutes a decisive step
in programmed cell death. Kroemer has explored the
fine mechanisms of mitochondrial cell death control,
the molecular pathways that explain the inhibition of
cell death in cancer cells, upstream of or at the level of
mitochondria, and the mechanisms that make cancer
cell death immunogenic. His work has had far reaching
implications for the comprehension, detection and the-
rapeutic manipulation of cellular demise. He has publi-
shed 1050 papers including in Science (12x), Cell (10x),
Nature (5x), Nature Medicine (14x), Journal of Experi-
mental Medicine (25x), EMBO Journal (19x), Journal of
Clinical Investigation (15x), Molecular Cell (12x), Nature
Cell Biology (11x), Cell Research (9x), Immunity (7x), Cell
Metabolism (5x), Journal of Cell Biology (5x), Cancer Cell
(4x), Science Translational Medicine (3x), Nature Struc-
tural Biology (2x), Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences of the USA (2x), Nature Communications,
and New England Journal of Medicine.
Guido Kroemer’s contributions have been recognized
with numerous awards, including the Monika Kutzner
Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
(1998), the Gallet & Breton Prize of the French Academy
of Medicine (1999), the Descartes Prize of the European
Union (2006), the Carus Medal of the German Academy
of Sciences (2007), the Grand Prix Mergier-Bourdeix of
the French Academy of Sciences (2007), the Lucien Dau-
trebande Prize of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medi-
cine (2009), the Duquesne Prize of the French National
League against Cancer (2010), the «Coup d’Elan» Prize
of the Bettencourt-Schueller Foundation (2011), the Léo-
pold Griffuel Prize of the French Association for Cancer
Research (2012), an Advanced Investigator Award from
the European Research Council (2013), the Mitjavile
Prize of the French Academy of Medicine (2014), the
Galien Prize for Pharmacological Resarch (2015), the
Grand Prix Claude Bernard of the City of Paris (2016),
and the Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research (2017),
among others.
He serves on the Editorial Boards of Cell Death & Diffe-
rentiation, Cell Research, EMBO Journal, EMBO Molecu-
lar Medicine, Oncogene, Oncotarget, Molecular & Cellular
Biology, and Science Signaling. He is the founding Edi-
tor-in-Chief of Cell Death & Disease, Cell Stress, OncoIm-
munology, Microbial Cell, and Molecular & Cellular Onco-
logy. He is member of the European Molecular Biology
Organization (EMBO), German Academy of Sciences,
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea,
European Academy of Sciences, European Academy of
Sciences & Arts, European Academy of Cancer Sciences
and Institut Universitaire de France. He is the Director of
the Paris Alliance of Cancer Research Institutes, Foun-
ding Director of the European Research Institute for
Integrated Cellular Pathology, the Director of the LabEx
Immuno-Oncology, and the Founding President of the
European Academy of Tumor Immunology.
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How science and public policy
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the implications for our societies?
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Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy, NUS
A student of philosophy and history, Kishore Mahbubani
has had the good fortune of enjoying a career in govern-
ment and, at the same time, in writing on public issues.
With the Singapore Foreign Service (1971-2004) he had
postings in Cambodia (where he served during the war
in 1973-74), Malaysia, Washington DC and New York,
where he served two stints as Singapore’s Ambassador
to the UN and as President of the UN Security Council in
January 2001 and May 2002. He was Permanent Secre-
tary at the Foreign Ministry from 1993 to 1998. Currently,
he is the Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Po-
licy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National
University of Singapore. Concurrently, Prof Mahbubani
continues to serve in Boards and Councils of several
institutions in Singapore, Europe and North America,
including the Yale President’s Council on International
Activities, University of Bocconi International Advisory
Committee and Chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew World
City Prize Nominating Committee.
Prof Mahbubani was awarded the President’s Scho-
larship (1967).
He graduated with a First Class honours degree in Phi-
losophy from the University of Singapore (1971). From
Dalhousie University, Canada, he received a Master’s
degree in Philosophy (1976) and an honorary doctorate
(1995). He spent a year as a fellow at the Center for In-
ternational Affairs at Harvard University (1991-1992).
Prof Mahbubani was listed as one of the top 100 public
intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy and Pros-
pect magazines in September 2005, and included in the
March 2009 Financial Times list of Top 50 individuals
who would shape the debate on the future of capitalism.
Prof Mahbubani was selected as one of Foreign Policy’s
Top Global Thinkers in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he was
described as “the muse of the Asian century”. He was
also selected by Prospect magazine as one of the top 50
world thinkers in 2014.
Kishore Mahbubani
Dean, Paris School of International Affairs,
Sciences Po
Enrico Letta is the Dean of the Paris School of Internatio-
nal Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po and the founder of the
Scuola di Politiche in Italy.
He was the Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to
February 2014.
Before he served as Minister for EU Affairs (1998-1999),
as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Crafts (Janua-
ry-April 2000, during the second D’Alema Government),
as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Crafts and Fo-
reign Trade (2000-2001, during the second Amato Go-
vernment) and as Undersecretary of State to the Prime
Minister of the centre-left government led by Romano
Prodi (2006-2008).
Between 2001 and 2015 he was Member of the Italian
Parliament, excluding between 2004 and 2006 when he
was Member of the European Parliament. He also ser-
ved as deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD)
from 2009 to 2013. From 1993 to May 2013 he ma-
naged an independent think tank, Arel, founded by the
late Beniamino Andreatta. He was also Vice Chairman
of Aspen Institute Italia, President of the Italy-Spain
Dialogue Forum, and a member of the Trilateral Com-
mission.
He was born in Pisa, Italy and he spent the first years of
his life in Strasbourg, France. He graduated in Internatio-
nal Law at the University of Pisa and obtained a PhD in
European Union Law at the School for Advanced Studies
“Sant’Anna” of Pisa.
His whole career and thought have been shaped by a
strong commitment to Europe. He is the author of many
books on international and economic affairs, with par-
ticular reference to EU enlargement, including: Euro sì -
Morire per Maastricht (1997); Dialogo intorno all’Europa
(with L. Caracciolo, 2002); L’allargamento dell’Unione Eu-
ropea (2003); L’Europa a Venticinque (2005); In questo
momento sta nascendo un bambino (2007); Costruire
una Cattedrale (2009), L’Europa è finita? (with L. Carac-
ciolo, 2010) and Andare insieme, andare lontano (2015).
Enrico Letta
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Deputy CEO, National Research Foundation,
NRF
Dr CHEONG Wei Yang is Deputy Chief Executive Offi-
cer of the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Sin-
gapore. Dr Cheong also serves as a Board member of
the Urban Redevelopment Authority and of ISEAS-Yusof
Ishak Institute. Prior to NRF, he was Divisional Director,
Planning Division in the Ministry of Education (MOE). He
has also served as Deputy Director in Ministry of Trade
& Industry and Head, Fiscal Strategy Unit of the Ministry
of Finance. Dr Cheong was awarded the Rhodes Scho-
larship in 1999 and obtained his PhD in Economics from
the University of Oxford.
Dr Cheong Wei Yang
LKY School of Public Policy and Financial times
James Crabtree is a visiting fellow at the LKY school,
on sabbatical from his previous position at the Financial
Times, where he remains a contributing editor. Between
2011 and 2016, James led the FT’s coverage of Indian
business as Mumbai bureau chief, having previously
worked on the opinion page in London, as Comment Edi-
tor. James was previously the deputy editor of Prospect,
Britain’s leading monthly magazine of politics and idea,
and has written for a range of other global publications,
including Economist, Wired, and Foreign Policy.
Before to journalism, James was a senior policy advi-
sor in the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit under Prime
Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He also worked
for various think tanks in London and Washington DC,
and spent a number of years living in the United States,
initially as a Fulbright Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy
School of Government. He is currently writing a book on
India, forthcoming from Oneworld.
James Crabtree
M o d e r a t e d b y
Full bio p.27
President, Université Sorbonne
Paris Cité
Prof François Houllier
34. S E S S I O N 1
1 8 M A Y - 4 : 3 0 P M
Innovative approaches to public
health challenges
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Executive Director, Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris Hôpitaux de France
Danuta Pieter – an Imperial College London, HEC Paris and Sciences Po graduate - is the Executive Director of the
Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris - Hôpitaux de France, a leading non-profit organization for bringing about change in
public health policies for the hospital, co-founded by AP-HP Greater Paris University Hospitals, the largest hospital
group in Europe.
She is the special advisor to its President, former First Lady Bernadette Chirac.
Danuta teaches several courses, at Sciences Po in Paris and at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, including
one on Philanthropy and Fundraising. Previously, Danuta was an associate researcher at the Center for Geostrategic
Studies of Normale Sup’ Ulm. She then created and ran the department of know-how transfer at Suez Environment - a
worldwide utility company. Fluent in 6 languages, she has travelled extensively around the world and is a passionate
contemporary art collector.
Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris - Hôpitaux de France
The Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris – Hôpitaux de France (HP-HF) is a non-profit organization based in Paris with the
objective of increasing the wellbeing of the most fragile hospitalised individuals in France. Since 1989, the founda-
tion has contributed to the implementation of around 13 400 projects in French hospitals. Near 8 500 projects were
supported in favour of children and teenagers and about 4 900 benefiting the elderly.
Former First Lady of France, Bernadette Chirac, serves as the organisation’s president.
Each year, HP-HF appeals to the generosity of the public to fund projects for two different operations: “Pièces Jaunes”
to improve the lives of hospitalized children and adolescents and “Plus de Vie” which focuses on elderly patients.
Danuta Pieter
C h a i r e d b y
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P R O M O T I N G M O B I L I T Y
I N T H E P O P U L AT I O N :
A C O M P A R AT I V E , S Y S T E M I C
P U B L I C H E A L T H A P P R O A C H
T H R O U G H U R B A N I S M
The proximal determinants of health are explored for long. However, there is increasing evidence
that distal, minute, complex and intricate determinants exert considerable influence on health and
well-being. Among these, land planning in a context of growing urbanization and climate change is a
promising research area, which should be addressed adequately through an interdisciplinary approach.
Accordingly, the best mix of methods and the identification of data needs are to be considered. The aim
of this project is to allow the comparison of practices, the assessment of strengths and weaknesses
from both Singaporean and French side. For example, Singapore is considered as an efficient model
in managing its rapid economic development while enhancing environmental quality for its citizens,
but the health impact assessment approach doesn’t appear to have been used in Singapore, while
it is developing fast in France. In addition, a sizeable capacity in environmental epidemiology and
risk assessment is established in there. The healthy urban planning perspective would be addressed
in exploring five axes, that is, i) Pollutants and nuisances control; ii) Healthy behaviors promotion
(physical activity and healthy food); iii) Social cohesion, people’s empowerment consideration; iv) To
identify possible antagonisms or conflicting measures, and conversely the possible synergies; v) To
identify the relevant indicators of the effectiveness of the overall approach finally designed and of the
specific measures taken. To meet this objective, a two-day workshop in Singapore was organised in
2016. The outcome was to produce a common appropriate conceptual model, to be later tested and
evaluated on a longer term. The first step would be to implement a pilot, concept-of-proof study, at
the National University of Singapore around the concept of developing a health-promoting academic
campus. Finally, we feel that such a research perspective could inform our training activities and
encourage the development of a joint educational project, including students’ and faculty mobility
from both sides.
Abstract
Teo Yik Ying, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
Denis Bard, EHESP School of Public Health
Anne Roué-Le Gall, EHESP School of Public Health
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EHESP School of Public Health
Trained first as a physician, Denis Bard was a general
practitioner for 8 years. Interested then in public health
issues, he got degrees in epidemiology and public health.
He has been an environmental health risk assessor for
more than 15 years. His research and practice have fo-
cused on risk assessments concerning free-living ame-
bas, ionizing radiation, and chemical agents (dioxins
and its related compounds, and lead). After working as
a research scientist at the French national utility com-
pany, he headed and developed the Laboratory of Epide-
miology at the French Institute for Radioprotection and
Nuclear Safety for 4 years.
He is currently a professor of Epidemiology at the École
des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (EHESP School
of Public Health) in Rennes, France. He is president
of the IRSTEA-IFSTTAR Ethics Committee, vice-pre-
sident of the Committee for Prevention and Precau-
tion, under the aegis of the French Minister of the
Environment.
He co-founded (2008) and is vice-president of the French
Society of Health and Environment. He has written or co-
written more than 60 articles published in scientific jour-
nals and 21 books, book chapters and numerous reports
for both governmental bodies and the industry.
Denis Bard
EHESP School of Public Health
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
After her PhD and experience gained working for an en-
vironmental research and consultancy firm, Dr Le Gall
completed a post-doctorate at the University of Quebec,
Montreal (UQAM) as part of the pan-Canadian research
network COMERN (Collaborative Mercury Research
Network) where she specialised in the field of complex
environmental system analysis, multi-criteria decision-ma-
kingmethodologies and public health protection. She also
held the position of Research Professor at the Institute
of Engineering and Environmental Management, MINES
ParisTech and was responsible for the Franco-Chinese
environmental management project. As an environmen-
tal health Research Professor the EHESP since 2010
(Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
and Heath Engineering) she has applied her skills to
health promotion in urban planning & regional planning
and has developed, in collaboration with other depart-
ments, a line of expertise, research and reaching dedi-
cated to these issues.
Teo Yik Ying is a Professor and Vice Dean (Research)
at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Natio-
nal University of Singapore. He was also the Founding
Director for the Center for Health Services and Policy
Research, and Chair of the Asian Diversity Program. He
received his DPhil training in statistical genetics at the
University of Oxford, and has been working in the trans-
lation and implementation of genomics in public health.
Anne Roué-Le Gall
Teo Yik Ying
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F R O M C L I N I C A L P R A C T I C E
T O B A S I C S C I E N C E ,
A B E T T E R U N D E R S TA N D I N G
O F H E A R T F A I L U R E
Heart failure is defined as the inability of the heart to dispense sufficient blood flow to the downstream
organ. Patients with chronic heart failure will undergo several episodes of acute heart failure, i.e. the
sudden and abrupt decrease in cardiac function. Heart failure is a public health concern as it affects
2-3% of the general population; its prevalence reaching up to 10% in people over 75 years of age.
One of the most common symptoms of acute heart failure at the emergency department is shortness
of breath, which is not specific. Over the past decades, the introduction of blood marker to identify
patients with shortness of breath of cardiac origin have revolutionized the management of these
patients; the gold standard marker is the B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP). Importantly, recent studies
have shown that BNP metabolism is different in human compared to other mammals and we therefore
investigated these differences in heart failure. One of the major finding is that human BNP inhibits a
protease called neprilysin that is a major actor that regulates the endocrine response to heart failure.
These finding are even more important considering the recent pharmacological use of neprilysin
inhibitor as therapeutic in heart failure. Overall, the study of human specific aspects of BNP biology
in heart failure offers a unique opportunity to tackle the physiopathology of heart failure through a
different angle.
Abstract
Alexandre Mebazaa, Université Paris Diderot
Arthur Mark Richards, NUHS
Nicolas Vodovar, Université Paris Diderot
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Université Paris Diderot
NUHS
Alexandre Mebazaa, MD, PhD, is professor of Anaesthe-
siology and Critical Care Medicine at the Hôpital Lariboi-
sière, Paris His research interests include mechanisms
of contractile impairment during acute heart failure and
global studies on biomarkers in acute heart failure. He
acted as member or Chair of several Steering Com-
mittees including SURVIVE, COMPOSE, TRUE-HF. He is
also involved in several European and global registries
on circulatory failure. He has authored or co-authored
more than 200 papers and is Lead-Editor of the Acute
Heart Failure textbook. Prof Mebazaa also serves as the
Chair of Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
in Paris.
Prof Richards is the Director of the Cardioendocrine Re-
search Group, University of Otago, New Zealand since
1996. As founder of the CCERG Prof Richards has coor-
dinated an integrated programme of research incorpo-
rating clinical applied research, cardiovascular peptide
biochemistry, molecular biology and preclinical physio-
logy. Prof Richards has managed a diverse group of over
45 Doctors, Nurses, scientists, technicians and general
staff. The CCERG has been prominent internationally in
making many original contributions in the field of neuro-
hormonal aspects of cardiovascular health and disease
with particular world-leading discoveries in the natriu-
retic peptides over a period of 25 years. Prof Richards
has taken up the Directorship of the cardiovascular Re-
search Institute, NUHS, Singapore in October 2010.
Alexandre Mebazaa
Arthur Mark Richards
Université Paris Diderot
Nicolas Vodovar is a Senior Research Associate at In-
serm UMR-S 942 in Paris, where he leads a research
group on BNP biology and metabolism. Dr Vodovar ob-
tained his PhD from UPMC-Paris 6 on the genetic and
genomic analysis of host-pathogen interactions. He did
a first post-doc studying the intracellular trafficking of
proteins using live in vivo imaging at Ecole Normale Su-
périeure in Paris, and a second in arbovirus-insect inte-
ractions at Pasteur Institute. In 2013, Dr Vodovar joined
the laboratory of Alain Cohen Solal, focused on biomar-
kers in Heart Failure, where he studies human-specific
aspects of BNP in Heart Failure. Dr Vodovar has au-
thored numerous high impact factor articles.
Nicolas Vodovar
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E N H A N C I N G T H E
E F F E C T I V E N E S S O F S K I N
I M M U N E R E S P O N S E S
T H R O U G H M A S T C E L L S
Mast cells are highly granulated immune cells found at the interface of the host and environment
such as the skin. In view of their strategic location and the large number of inflammatory mediators
that these cells release upon activation, they are recognized as key modulators of the early innate
and adaptive immune responses to various infectious agents. Mast cells are also key players in many
chronic inflammatory conditions of the skin where severe dysregulation of the immune response
occurs. In view of the prominent role of mast cells in mediating beneficial as well as detrimental
inflammatory reactions, there is growing interest in utilizing mast cell targeting agents to either
enhance or inhibit local immune reactions. Here we will review some of the key immune regulatory
activities of mast cells in the skin and describe early studies utilizing mast cell activators to boost
immunity to vaccines.
Abstract
Soman N. Abraham, Duke-NUS Medical School
Jean Davoust, Paris Descartes Medical School
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Duke-NUS Medical School
Dr. Soman Abraham is a Professor in the Departments
of Pathology, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, and
Immunology and is Director of Graduate Studies in the
Department of Pathology at Duke University. He is also
a Professor in the Program in Emerging Infectious Di-
seases at Duke-NUS, Graduate Medical School, Singa-
pore.
He received his BSc from Ahmadu Bello University, Nige-
ria and his PhD from Newcastle University in the UK. He
has worked at several universities in Africa, Europe, Asia,
and the United States. He has published extensively
in the field of microbial pathogenesis and has made
pioneering contributions in elucidating the role of mast
cells in regulating host immune responses to micro-
bial infections. Dr. Abraham is an Elected Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
and an Elected Fellow of the American Association of
Microbiology.
He is a recipient of a MERIT award from the NIH, USA.
He has previously been on the editorial boards of Infec-
tion and Immunity and the Journal of Clinical Microbiolo-
gy and serves now in the Editorial Board of the Journal of
Clinical Investigation. He has authored over 150 peer re-
viewed papers and holds 3 international patents. He has
a long history of mentorship, with many of his trainees
now holding senior positions in Academia, Government
or Industry in the US and abroad.
Soman Abraham
Research Director at Institut
Necker-Enfants Malades
Dr Jean Davoust is CNRS Research Director, Immuno-
logist, leader of the team “Regulatory T cell biology and
biotherapy applications” at Hôpital Necker-Enfants Ma-
lades, Paris.
A graduate from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (rue
d’Ulm 1975), he completed a PhD in Biophysics at Uni-
versity Pierre et Marie Curie (1979) and a PhD (Thèse
d’Etat) in Biochemistry at University Paris Diderot (1983).
Appointed at CNRS in 1980, he spent five years at the
European Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Heidelberg,
Germany) in Physical Instrumentation and Cell Biology
programs. He spent two years (1998-2000) at the Bay-
lor Institute for Immunology Research (Dallas, USA). He
deciphered MHC class II trafficking and antigen presen-
tation in dendritic cells (DC) and teamed to settle new
immunization strategies for anti-tumor immunotherapy
in human with Dr Jacques Banchereau. He also headed
the Immunology group at AFM-Genethon and teamed
with Dr David Gross to develop a novel strategy to induce
antigen-specific tolerance with CD4+CD25+ regulatory T
cells (Treg), focusing on DC-Treg interactions and im-
mune tolerance for gene therapy applications.
His scientific background is in biophysics, confocal ima-
ging, cell biology, immune responses, immune tolerance
and gene therapy. He pioneered confocal fluorescence
imaging in France and applied it to unravel immune cell
functions. He spent over two decades elucidating the
initiation and regulation of adaptive immune responses
with applications in the fields of tumor immunotherapy,
gene therapy and autoimmune disorders.
Dr Davoust is an editorial board member in several jour-
nals. He has served as an evaluator for Inserm & CNRS
and has organised multiple scientific manifestations
and congresses in the field of Immunology. Dr Davoust
is the author of more than 120 scientific publications
and communications cited more than 13,000 times, in-
cluding 98 papers in international peer-reviewed journals
referenced (32 on dendritic cells, 24 using confocal ima-
ging, 12 in Gene & Cell Therapies, H index: 49).
Jean Davoust
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President, Université Paris Diderot
Professor Christine Clerici was elected President of University Paris Diderot in May 2014.
She studied medicine (class of 1984) and earned her PhD (1986) at the University of Paris XII. After a medical spe-
cialization in pneumology, she became an MD and worked in hospitals. She became Professor of Physiology in 1995
and joined the medical school of University Paris Diderot in 2002.
Prof Clerici was Head the Department of Physiology & Functional Explorations for adults and children at Hôpital
Bichat and Hôpital Louis Mourier in Paris, from 2005 to 2009. In 2009, she became Director of the «Cell Biology, Phy-
siology, & Physiopathology» Program in the Master’s Degree in Medical Science, and Director of the MSc «Epithelia:
Interface Structure» at University Paris Diderot.
She is concurrently a member of the «Physiopathology and Epidemiology of Respiratory Failure» research unit at
INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research). Her research focuses on the mechanisms that
regulate alveolar epithelial solute, fluid and protein transport under normal and pathological conditions. Her work
has also explored the potential role of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (bone marrow derived) for their effect on
improving lung function after injury.
She served as a permanent member on the board of the Society for Physiology and she is a permanent member of
CCM at Hôpital Bichat in Paris.
Christine Clerici
D I S C U S S I O N
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LKY School of Public Policy & WHO
Tikki is visiting professor at the LKY School of Public Policy after 13 years at the World Health Organization (WHO)
in Geneva, Switzerland as Director of its Research Policy & Cooperation department. In this capacity he worked with
countries to strengthen their national health research systems, developed mechanisms and initiatives to improve the
efficiency and transparency of global health research, and helped formulate an Organization-wide research policy. Prior
to his WHO career, Tikki was Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the Institute of Postgraduate Studies & Research,
and Associate Professor/Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
After following a traditional academic career path in Malaysia, his experience at the WHO convinced him that the
generation of knowledge must be accompanied by its translation and utilization, and the bridging of the ‘know-do’ gap
into effective and sustainable public policies in order to improve the health of humankind, especially in the developing
world.
Tikki’s main research and academic interests are in infectious diseases, the impact of genomics on public health,
global health governance, national health research systems, knowledge translation, research transparency & accoun-
tability, and the use of evidence in health policy development. In these areas he has published more than 200 scientific
articles and 12 books, edited volumes and reports. This includes several major WHO reports, includingGenomics and
World Health (2002), the World Report on Knowledge for Better Health (2004) and a History of Research in WHO
(2010). His involvement with the LKY School of Public Policy began in 2009 through the ST Lee Project on Global
Health Governance.
Tikki holds a BSC (Honours) and PhD degrees from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia in the fields
of biochemistry and microbiology/immunology. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK), American
Academy of Microbiology (USA), Institute of Biology (UK) and the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia. He was the Foun-
ding Editor of Health Research Policy & Systems and the Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.
Tikki Pangestu
48. K E Y N O T E S P E E C H
1 9 M A Y - 9 : 0 0 A M
Trust, collaboration & interdisciplinarity
for a smarter society
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Director, Centre for Research and
Interdisciplinarity, Université Paris Descartes
François Taddei is a researcher in evolutionary systems
biology and an expert on the future of research and
education. He has created a bachelor, master & PhD
programs in the Center for Research and Interdiscipli-
nary (CRI) in Paris to empower the new generations of
change makers by training them through research at the
frontiers of disciplines.
He conducted a “learning through research” experiment
in a primary school from an underprivileged area.
Schoolchildren worked with two of France’s leading
myrmecologists exploring the frontiers of knowledge.
The students were empowered to be actors of their own
learning process and their findings about science and
themselves triggered the desire to be effective actors in
a global society. This experiment is spreading through
France where learners from interdisciplinary PhD stu-
dents to high school work hands in hands in learning
through research weekly workshops.
François Taddei has taken the lead of the Institute for
Learning Through Research (selected in 2012 by an In-
ternational Scientific Committee for the French govern-
ment Innovative Training Program (IDEFI)).
He participates in various working groups on the future
of research and education in France and internationally
(EU, UNESCO, OECD…).
He holds the UNESCO Chair “Learning sciences”
and has submitted in March 2017 a report on life-
long learning at the request of the French Minister of
Education.
François Taddei
Dean, School of Public Affairs, Sciences Po
Yann Algan is the Dean of the School of Public Affairs
and Professor of Economics at Sciences Po. His re-
search focuses on Digital Economy and Public Action
3.0. He also specializes on social capital and well-being
in relation to individual outcomes and economic beha-
vior, with particular attention to the role of education,
culture, and institutions. His work incorporates methods
from psychology, sociology, and economics, including
randomized evaluations of public policies.
Yann Algan is a member of the OECD High Level Expert
Group on Well-Being, and is affiliated with CEPR and IZA.
His awards include the Best French Young Economist
(2009), and his books on trust and French society have
been awarded Best French Economics Book and French
Essay (2009) and Best French Economics Book, Prix
Lycéen (2013). In 2010 he was awarded an ERC Star-
ting Grant for his project “Trust”. In 2015, he received a
second ERC grant, a consolidator one, for the project
“Sowell” on Social Preferences, Well-Being, and Policy”.
Yann Algan
Consultant in education policies
Malminder is a Communications, Public Policy & Edito-
rial Consultant with The HEAD Foundation, Airbnb, the
AON Centre for Innovation & Analytics and educational
institutes such as the Institute of South Asian Studies,
NUS, as well as a speech writer to policy-makers. He is
also an Adjunct Lecturer at the Singapore University of
Social Sciences. He was previously the Executive Direc-
tor of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce &
Industry and a Correspondent with The Business Times.
Malminder has contributed pieces to several academic
and non-academic publications. He is the editor of The
Birthday Book series on Singapore.
Malminder Singh
M o d e r a t e d b y
50. S E S S I O N 2
1 9 M A Y - 1 0 : 0 0 A M
Digital technologies to facilitate
collective intelligence
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“ O N E W E E K ”
O N L I N E S I M U L AT I O N G A M E
T O F O S T E R E M P AT H Y
Goal 16 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is dedicated to the promotion of
just, peaceful and inclusive societies. The targets set to achieve Goal 16 include investments in
infrastructure and strengthening institutions of governance. But how does one even begin to design
policies to address the needs of the less privileged when one might not be able to relate to their
experiences?
This presentation argues that none of the current efforts to improve policy-making addresses one
of the most pervasive cognitive biases: the Fundamental Attribution Error. We propose that Online
Policy Simulations can help bridge this divide by building an awareness or understanding of the life
circumstances and difficulties faced by others, particularly those with limited resources. In turn,
this improves the decision-making process of policymakers, thereby facilitating the design of better
policies.
Abstract
Norshahira Abdul Aziz, MPP student, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
LKY School of Public Policy, NUS
Norshahira Abdul Aziz is in her final year pursuing her
Masters in Public Policy (MPP) at the Lee Kuan Yew
School of Public Policy. She received her Bachelor of So-
cial Sciences (Honors in Psychology) from the National
University of Singapore in 2010. Prior to joining the MPP
program, Shahira held appointments at the Ministry of
Communications and Information as well as Yayasan
MENDAKI in Singapore.
She is interested in the behavioral sciences, and in
viewing political behavior through the lenses of cogni-
tive and social psychology. An optimist, she also hopes
for the reconciliation of civilizations.
Norshahira Abdul Aziz
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D O E S E N R I C H I N G L E C T U R E
V I D E O S A N D W E B C A S T W I T H
D I G I TA L TA G S P R O M O T E
A C T I V E L E A R N I N G ?
Many universities across the globe are compelled to make changes to the way education is delivered
because of the explosive growth in information coupled with the increasing demands on relevant
skills and competency training. NUS medical school curriculum is being redesigned and pedagogic
processes restructured to achieve these learning outcomes.
The potential of IT in supporting these pedagogic objectives is beyond doubt. E-learning has made
major strides in becoming one of the fastest growing modes of instruction. YLL SOM has made an
important paradigm shift to migrate up to approximately 50% of curriculum to e-platforms. An initial
idea of this pedagogy is based on a ‘flipped-classroom’ approach where the more didactic parts of the
curriculum are migrated, and live-interactions with a tutor/teacher is reserved for discussions that can
focus on integrative content.
The migration of course content to e-platforms needs to be thoughtful in its implementation. The
final product must be innovative and create value. One of the easiest means of developing e-content
is to make lectures available online as webcasts. But these webcasts are usually difficult to navigate
through. The videos are not digitally tagged and the content not searchable. In this context, we have
been working on video recording of the lectures in bite size segments, or chapters, rather than as a
single lengthy video.
In this talk, we will discuss the methodology of enriching recorded videos. To begin, we used a
traditional webcast and a self-directed documentary and added the first layer of chapter structure to the
curated videos. Each video is published with a chapter structure that enables users to navigate easily
throughout the video in order to jump to the parts that they are interested in. A key tool is the chapter
search feature that will enable users to search keywords and jump quickly to the relevant chapter. We
also edited the video by enriching it with related contents. These enriched contents include readings,
videos, websites, audios, quotes, notes and bibliography. These additional contents provide the
audience with an improved user experience. The materials are now being evaluated for their usability
in the undergraduate medical and also the non-medical cohorts. We hope we can further consider this
as a tool to create e-learning materials to migrate online for medical school undergraduate program.
Abstract
Judy Sng , Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Maxime Marzin, Sciences Po
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Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Dr. Judy Sng is a senior lecturer in the Department of
Pharmacology, National University of Singapore. She is
passionate about e-learning and integrative curriculum.
She focuses on the pedagogical aspects of learning
between the different disciplines of health care practi-
tioners.
Judy Sng obtained her Ph.D. in Life sciences at Kana-
zawa University, Japan and a Bachelor of Sciences
(Honors) at the National University of Singapore. She
was Principal Investigator in the Neuroepigenetics La-
boratory at the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences,
A*STAR and Research Fellow at the Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Judy Sng
Centre for Entrepreneurship, Sciences Po
Biomedical engineer and entrepreneur, Maxime is
responsible of the entrepreneurship programme at
Sciences Po since 2008. He created the startup incuba-
tor in 2009 where 100 startups from Sciences Po have
been trained and supported. In 2017-2018 he will launch
a new phase of entrepreneurship initiative with the crea-
tion of the Sciences Po Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Maxime Marzin
56. S E S S I O N 3
1 9 M A Y - 1 1 : 0 0 A M
Enriching pedagogical approaches
through intercultural partnerships
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Co-Dean, School of Management and Innovation, Sciences Po
Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic, PhD, Dr.h.c, HDR, is Professor at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (CSO), Sciences
Po and Co-Dean of the School of Management and Innovation. Her research interests range from the role of profes-
sions and social networks in the transnational diffusion of rules, practices and ideas, to the historical transformation
of capitalism and national institutions, with a particular interest for the evolving nature of the social responsibility of
firms and for the changing conditions of governance in the context of globalization. She has published broadly on
those issues in books and top journals of her field. Before joining Sciences Po in September 2016, Marie-Laure was
Professor at ESSEC Business School, where she also was for a time Dean of the Faculty and Associate Dean for the
PhD Program. She has been visiting professor in different institutions – Stanford University, Stockholm University
(Sweden), Uppsala University (Sweden), Luzern University (Switzerland), Graduate Institute Geneva (Switzerland).
School of Management and Innovation at Sciences Po
The School’s mission is to train business professionals with the creativity and entrepreneurial vision needed to trans-
form companies and rethink the role of business in society with a view to the common good. It aims to respond to the
pressing need to reinvent the way economic leaders are educated at a time of digital revolution. It proposes a unique
educational model capable of preparing students for the profound, multidimensional changes that are redefining
companies and the business world.
The School has set a threefold objective it calls the 3 Cs:
Complexity: To provide an understanding of globalisation and the digital revolution, and of the complex issues and
changes associated with them.
Creativity: To anticipate and Support the development of a creative economy and new business models
Common Good: To highlight the role of companies and their managers in society and the responsibility of economic
leaders with regard to issues of the common good.
Marie-Laure Djelic
C h a i r e d b y
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A N E X C H A N G E P R O G R A M M E
F O R E N T R E P R E N E U R S
& S TA R T - U P S T O
E X P L O R E N E W C U L T U R A L
E C O S Y S T E M S
France and Singapore, as well as USPC and NUS, have built local ecosystems to support start-ups
and entrepreneurs. The next step of this public policy is to create innovative programs to connect
local start-ups and entrepreneurs to the global economy and other innovative ecosystems worldwide.
NUS and USPC, like every other university in the world, are firmly committed to exchange with foreign
universities. The academic microcosm is built upon the principle of exchanging ideas and concepts
internationally through student exchange programs, professors’ exchange programs, international
conferences and publications. This joint innovative project aims at expanding this academic tradition
in the field of entrepreneurship and start-ups’ development by implementing a thorough methodology
(feasibility study + pilot) whose final target is to build and run an exchange program for entrepreneurs
and start-ups between NUS and USPC.
Abstract
Sarah Cheah, NUS Business School
Maxime Marzin, Sciences Po
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NUS Business School
Dr Sarah Cheah is Associate Professor with the NUS
Business School, with research and practice in business
model innovation, corporate entrepreneurship and
early-stage technology development and commercia-
lisation. She lectured in Management of Technological
Innovation with the MBA and Technopreneurship Pro-
grams and MSc Business Analytics. She has led consul-
ting practicum and research studies on innovation with
business federations and MNCs.
Dr Cheah also provided executive training for corpora-
tions such as Dow Corning, NIPSEA and Bank of China,
and public policymakers from Singapore, Indonesia and
China.
She has been advisor to the Agency for Science, Tech-
nology and Research (A*STAR) Institute of Materials
Research and Engineering on technology road-mapping,
and panel member to A*STAR ETPL for Diagnostics Eco-
system Study. In addition, she was appointed Consul-
tant with A*STAR Science and Engineering Research
Council Futurescape 2025 programme and Reviewer
Sarah Cheah
with Singapore National Research Foundation’s grant
call for Science of Research, Innovation and Enterprise.
Dr Cheah is Scientific Panel Member with The Interna-
tional Society for Professional Innovation Management.
Dr Cheah held the position of Vice President with A*S-
TAR ETPL in 2009-2014, responsible for strategic plan-
ning, technology foresight and market analytics. She
played an instrumental role in the review of government
policies pertaining to intellectual property, spin-off and
technology commercialisation matters.
Prior to joining A*STAR ETPL, Dr Cheah was a Lean
Six Sigma Belt Black overseeing service excellence
programmes and Programme Manager with US MNC,
where she played various roles, from Solution Architect
to Business Development Manager. She headed the Chi-
na Desk Research Unit at IE Singapore where she had
an active advisory role to promote bilateral trade & in-
vestment between Singapore and Greater China in the
technology sector.
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H O W T O I N C R E A S E
C R E AT I V I T Y ?
T H E E F F E C T O F T R A V E L L I N G
A N D E X P O S I T I O N S T O N E W
C U L T U R E S
Creativity is one of the most valuable skills in the modern age and how creativity can be enhanced
is a perennial query for scholars and social scientists. In this research, we propose a large-scale
collaborative effort to examine the effect of traveling abroad on creativity. Based on the assumptions
that travelling, and exposure to new cultures in particular, activates a flexible creative thinking style,
and that traveling is an extraordinary experience that has long-lasting impact on the individual, we
propose that one’s past history of overseas travelling has a positive and enduring effect on one’s
creativity. The proposed project builds on and will substantially extend preliminary studies from
Singapore, with detailed documentation of participants’ travelling experience, subjective feelings
during traveling, a comprehensive measure of components of creativity cognition. The cross-cultural
nature of the collaboration also allows us to test the cultural specificity (or universality) and identify
important boundary conditions of the relationship. The proposed project will form the solid foundation
for fruitful collaboration and attracts external grant in the future.
Abstract
Lile Jia , NUS
Franck Zenasni, Université Paris Descartes
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NUS Université Paris Descartes
Dr Lile Jia is Assistant Professor of Psychology, National
University of Singapore. Lile has broad research interests
in social cognition, but is most fascinated by the inter-
play between various conscious and nonconscious goal
pursuit processes. He believes that much of people’s
behavior is governed by their pursuit of multiple goals
in life. Studying the cognitive and affective processes
underlying goal pursuit, thus, can shed important light
on human behavior.
Lile is also fascinated by people’s responses to conflicts
between short-term (i.e., temptations) and long-term
goals. He is particularly interested in the processes that
determine when people would forgo the short-term goal
(e.g., pass on going to a partying) in favor of the long-
term goal (e.g., academic achievement). As someone
who readily succumbs to temptations in life, Lile finds
great satisfaction in taking his own self-control failures
as case studies for generating research ideas.
Lile is also interested in other areas of research such as
creativity, intergroup conflicts, self-handicapping, and at-
titudes, and he strives to conduct research that further
underscore the importance of motivational processes in
these different domains of social behavior.
Franck Zenasni, Ph.D., is full professor of differential
Psychology. After defending his dissertation examining
the links between emotion and creativity, he was post-
doctoral researcher in psycho-oncology where he exa-
mined the impact of treatment on the quality of life of
patients in light of the doctor-patient relationships. He
then studies the academic skills and specific emotional
and creative abilities of gifted individuals. Since 2009,
he is conducting his research focusing on (1) creativity
and imagination (2) emotional and emphatic skills and
(3) skills training. Head of studies of the master econo-
mics and psychology, he teaches on intelligence, creati-
vity and personality.in life, Lile finds great satisfaction in
taking his own self-control failures as case studies for
generating research ideas.
Lile is also interested in other areas of research such as
creativity, intergroup conflicts, self-handicapping, and at-
titudes, and he strives to conduct research that further
underscore the importance of motivational processes in
these different domains of social behavior.
Lile Jia Franck Zenasni
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R H E T O R I C & F O O D
I N F R A N C E & S I N G A P O R E :
A C O M P A R AT I V E
C U L T U R A L A C A D E M Y
The Comparative Cultural Rhetorics Academy is a two-week undergraduate intensive seminar focusing
on cultural, intercultural, and comparative rhetorics. The academy will introduce students to methods
of rhetorical analysis and production developed in and appropriate to American, Asian, and European
contexts. More importantly, the French-Singapore collaboration provides students with a unique
opportunity to continually engage in inter-cultural dialogues across ideological, religious, and cultural
differences with peers rooted in diverse historical and cultural contexts and traditions. Further, the
two-week intensive seminar will bridge two continents, as students study for one week in Singapore
and another week in Paris. By studying in both countries, students will place European and American
rhetorical traditions (stemming from ancient Greece and Rome) alongside Asian rhetorical traditions
(stemming from ancient China and India). In week one, students will learn the rhetorical theories and
histories of these traditions and use these rhetorical theories to analyze texts. In week two, students
will produce texts that put these traditions into practice and that address multi-cultural or cross-
cultural audiences and genres. Throughout the seminar, students will engage in on-site analyses of
public monuments, art, and architecture.
Abstract
Mark Brantner, University Scholars Programme, NUS
Myriam Sfar, Sciences Po
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University Scholars Programme, NUS Université Paris Descartes
Mark Brantner is a senior lecturer in the University Scho-
lars Programme (USP) at the National University of Sin-
gapore. He received his BA and MA in American litera-
ture and critical theory from West Virginia University and
his PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from the University
of South Carolina. Prior to his current appointment, he
was the Interim-Director of First-Year Writing and Visi-
ting Assistant Professor in the Writing Initiative at Bin-
ghamton University, State University of New York. His
scholarly interests include ancient rhetoric, intercultural
literacies, and writing programme administration.
A Ph.D. in literature from the Université Sorbonne Nou-
velle-Paris 3, Myriam joined Sciences Po in 2013 as an
Assistant Dean for International Programs. She has
taught French as a foreign language, French literature
and techniques d’expression in various universities and
grandes écoles (ÉSIT, Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Paris
I, Paris III, Columbia University…). She is also a translator
from English to French and the author of a few studies,
amongst others, on the style of the end of the nineteenth
century.
Mark Brantner Myriam Faten Sfar
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T H E M A N U S A S T R A
P R O J E C T : E N H A N C I N G
T H E H U M A N I T I E S A N D T H E
S O C I A L S C I E N C E S
I N L A O S & C A M B O D I A
The Manusastra Project aims to strengthen training and research in the social sciences, archaeology,
history, history of art, ethnology, linguistics and epigraphy in Laos and Cambodia in particular and in
South-East Asia in general.
Through elevating the Bachelor’s level, creating a Master’s course as well as a research team dedicated
to the region, the Manusastra Project is looking to instill a culture of research which would lead to
developments in higher education and training of talent who can think about issues related to growth
in the region.
Students enrolled at the “Université des Moussons” obtain a double degree, a French one conferred
by INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations) and the other by URBA (Royal
University of Fine -Arts, Phnom Penh). Lectures are complemented by several field visits led by
Francophone researchers well known in their fields.
Abstract
Inalco
Joseph Thach is a linguist on Khmer language, Asso-
ciate Professor at INALCO (National Institute of Oriental
Studies, Paris). Since 2012, he coordinates three pro-
jects in Humanities with Cambodia and Laos.
In addition to his research and publications in linguis-
tics on «Utterance and its components, forms, arrange-
ments, referencing», which constitutes the Axis 1 of the
research Unit SeDyL.
Joseph Thach
J. Thach has been carrying out a multidisciplinary re-
search project since 2014. «CAMNAM: Collective Me-
mory in the Khmer space, linguistic, ethnological and
historical approaches», a project financed by the Wor-
ld Bank and the City of Paris under the “Emergences
Program”. From 2016, he coordinates an EU Project
(Erasmus + KA2) related to the Governance and Emer-
gence of research in humanities in Cambodia.
Joseph Thach, Inalco
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University of Warwick SEA Office
Imran Hashim is an author and a Senior Liaison Manager
with the University of Warwick’s Southeast Asia Office,
based in Singapore. His responsibilities include student
recruitment, partnership building and alumni relations,
with a strong focus on Indonesia and Malaysia. In his
other life, Imran is the author of Annabelle Thong, an Epi-
gram Books Fiction Prize long-listed novel about a Sin-
gaporean girl’s frantic search for a French lover. Imran
earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and
European Studies from NUS, and his Masters degree in
Comparative Politics (Asia) from Sciences Po Paris, and
has come to the realisation that his academic career
was just one long build-up towards his participation in
today’s panel discussion.
Imran Hashim
Director (Education), Infocomm Media
Development Authority (IMDA)
Adrian is Director of the Education Sector (Sectoral
Innovation Group) at the Infocomm Media Development
Authority of Singapore (IMDA). He leads a dynamic team
to work with technology partners to develop innovative
ideas and applications in K-12 schools and the conti-
nuing education and training sector to enhance learning
and teaching and build deep skills in the 21st century.
Adrian was formerly a Principal of a Future School (Ngee
Ann Secondary School). The school was also a Micro-
soft Pathfinder, Mentor and World Tour School. He was
an Honoree Winner (Academic Leadership Category) in
the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ten Outstanding
Young Persons (TOYP) World Award in 2011 and an Ex-
pert Panel member of the US-based New Media Consor-
tium Horizon Report: K-12 Edition.
Adrian Lim
D I S C U S S I O N
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Plural identities and divers societies
in a global world
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Director, IRASEC
Claire Thi Liên Trân is an historian of South East Asia, associated professor at the University Paris Diderot. From Sep-
tember 2016, she is the director of Irasec (Institute of Research on Contemporary South East Asia), a French research
centre based in Bangkok. She is specialised on Contemporary Vietnam (history of Vietnamese Catholicism, relations
between State and religions, history of the elites and the Press). From 2014 to 2016, she has been a member of the
board of the USPC research programme “Plural Societies” and coordinator of the research project “Religious pluralism
in Asia.” At Irasec, she continues to develop research project in cooperation with USPC and NUS/Asia Research Insti-
tute (ARI), on “Religious mobilities in South East Asia”.
Claire Tran
C h a i r e d b y
IRASEC
The Irasec (Institute of Research on Contemporary South-East Asia) is a research centre placed under
the joint tutelage of the French Foreign Ministry and the CNRS, the French National Research Agency.
It is part of a larger network of French research institutes located all over the world. Since its creation in
2001, the institute has been headquartered in Bangkok: researchers from the CNRS and other French
universities, PhD students on scholarships and young researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities
have had the opportunity to become members of the Irasec for 1 to 4 years. They are usually based
in the different South-East Asian countries where they conduct research on contemporary issues. The
Irasec and its researchers develop strong partnerships with academic institutions in South East-Asia
and France and work with an extensive network of researchers all over the world, particularly in Asia
and Europe, co-organizing events (seminars, workshops, international conferences) and copublishing
books with international scientific editors, with a special partnership with NUS Press, Singapore.
The main objective of the Irasec is to extend knowledge of the South-East Asian region and to analyze
the major developments that affect, together or separately, the ASEAN countries: Brunei, Myanmar,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Timor
Leste, as well as the Asean itself. Studies on specific issues in a country, transnational studies from
comparative perspectives are produced by French and international experts from all academic fields
in the Humanities. The Irasec is involved in editing and publishing in French, English and sometimes
in Southeast Asian languages (Translation of Indonésie contemporaine (Irasec/ Indes savantes, 2016)
in Indonesian (Revolusi tak kunjung selesai Potret Indonesia Masa Kini, Irasec/KPG, 2017). It also
proposes a free access to publications on line, on its web site (http://www.irasec.com/). Its annual
publication Asie du Sud Est, Bilan, enjeux, perspectives, in its tenth edition, is the only publication
in French which offers a lively, analytical, accessible annual review of the region. It is the required
reading to understand this diverse and fast changing region, not only for scholars and students, but
for government officials, the business community, the media and anybody interested in contemporary
Southeast Asia.
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The mission of the Who am I? - Exploring Identity Labex (Laboratory of Excellence) is to catalyze
the encounter between disciplines and the synergistic generation of knowledge to benefit science
and society. The project has been designed and developed as a large networking structure which
ambitions are to feed innovative research, to catalyze the exchange of ideas and results, to offer the
best inter-disciplinary training to prepare tomorrow’s young researchers and to engage the lay public
and the scientific community in a common dialogue on the identity question.
A key feature of the Who am I? project is the meeting of minds from different disciplines (Life Sciences,
Physics, Applied Mathematics, Social Sciences) sharing the same deeply-held conviction that
encounters between disciplines create the intellectual environment which catalyzes original thought,
advances in knowledge and scientific progress. As such, Who am I? brings together biologists,
physicists, mathematicians and social scientists to address a fundamental question together for the
next decade: what is the basis of identity?
Defining the role of the genome and the epigenome as determinants of identity is part of a social
debate about the impact of genetics on health and disease. The ease of access to ‘personalized
genomics’ and ‘consumer’ genetic tests raises important questions about how this information is
used and interpreted. More generally, a number of research themes explored by the Who am I? project
are not only crucial to the scientific community but also constitute major social, ethical and political
questioning. A key mission of the Exploring Identity Labex is to engage the lay public in these issues
and to ensure that scientific concepts are communicated in an accurate and accessible manner.
Abstract
W H O A M I ( G E N E T I C A L L Y ) ?
E X P L O R I N G T H E
D E T E R M I N A N T S O F
I D E N T I T Y
Jonathan Weitzman , Université Paris Diderot
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Jonathan Weitzman is a full-professor of Genetics at
the Université Paris Diderot and the founding director
of the UMR7216 Epigénétique et Destin Cellulaire (“Cen-
ter for Epigenetics and Cell Fate”) created by the CNRS
and the Université Paris-Diderot in 2009. He trained at
the University of Manchester, UK and the University of
Oxford, UK. He carried out research at the Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
and was a faculty member at the Pasteur Institute in Pa-
ris. Jonathan has a background in signal transduction
pathways and expertise in gene regulatory networks
and epigenetic contributions to disease. The research
unit he founded and directs develops expertise in epige-
netic mechanisms in stem cells and cellular differentia-
Université Paris Diderot
Jonathan Weitzman
tion. He has demonstrated leadership credentials by his
role in creating and developing the UMR Epigénétique et
Destin Cellulaire and as Coordinator of the Laboratoire
d’Excellence “LABEX Who Am I?” a large, collaborative
and multi-disciplinary research consortium focusing on
the fundamental question of the basis of identity at the
molecular and cellular levels. Jonathan has authored
over 55 research articles and reviews; he contributed to
2 patents and worked temporarily in the Business Deve-
lopment unit at the Institut Pasteur. He is also passio-
nate about teaching and is heavily committed to training
and mentoring young researchers; he directs the first
year of the European Masters’ in Genetics at the Univer-
sité Paris Diderot.
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The overall objective of our research project has been to investigate to what extent the different
languages of the Malay peninsula shape a sense of collective identity in Southeast Asia. The project
has sought to investigate the role of the circulation of languages in issues of nation building, social
cohesion and discrimination, and economic development in contexts which are both globalised and
localised.
In new globalised, superdiverse contexts, we examine how language policies, practices, and education
produce a renewed sense of cultural and linguistic commonality. We are particularly interested in
the way some Southeast Asian nations are witnessing a growing circulation of languages, due to a
vast array of mobilities and the exchange of cultural goods, and how these features lead to the (de)
legitimizing and/or instrumentalisation of linguistics forms.
Some of the researchers have also carried out fieldwork on the same topics in France and have
contributed to this project that aims at developing interdisciplinary approaches within the domain of
language studies.
L A N G U A G E A P P R O P R I AT I O N
A N D C I R C U L AT I N G
L A N G U A G E S
I N S O U T H E A S T A S I A
Gilles Forlot, Inalco
Titima Suthiwan, NUS
Abstract
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Gilles Forlot is Professor of sociolinguistics and lan-
guage education at the French National Institute for the
Studies of Asian and African Languages and Civiliza-
tions (INALCO-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité). He is the
head of INALCO’s Department of Language Education
and Second Language Teaching. His main research in-
terests are educational sociolinguistics, multilingualism
and minority languages.
Dr Titima Suthiwan holds a BA (Hons) in Thai language
and literature from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand,
and a PhD in Linguistics from University of Hawaii,
USA. She was recruited by the Southeast Asian Studies
Programme at NUS in 1998 to set up and coordinate
the Thai language program, which is now a part of the
Centre for Language Studies, and the world’s largest and
fastest growing Thai as a foreign language program.
Prior to joining NUS, she taught in and coordinated Thai
language program at various universities in the U.S., in-
cluding University of Hawaii, University of Washington,
Arizona State University, as well as University of Oregon
where she also coordinated the Laos and Khmer lan-
guage programs. Her publications are in the areas of
Southeast Asian historical linguistics, poetry, and trans-
lation.
Inalco NUS
Gilles Forlot Titima Suthiwan
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This is a project in the domain of the humanities, investigating grammatical variation. We will be
looking at the grammatical representation of negative scope and nominal reference in Singapore
English and its relation to the Chinese contact languages spoken in the region, in particular Mandarin
Chinese which is spoken alongside English as an official language. The results will also be examined
in synchrony with the application of theoretical linguistics, and in terms of the relativistic influence
of Mandarin Chinese vis-à-vis other dialects such as Hokkien which formed the main substrate
languages of the region during the colonial and post-colonial period. The study will therefore involve
empirical work targeting native speakers of Singapore English, Singapore Mandarin, and French, as a
control language. The project will actively involve the work of Professor Bao Zhi Ming (Dept of English
Language and Literature, NUS), Professor Lucia M. Tovena (USPC-Université Paris 7, UFR Linguistique),
and Professor Debra Ziegeler (USPC-Université Paris 3, Institut du Monde Anglophone). It synthesizes
their combined expertise on contact linguistics, formal semantics and grammaticalization, and will
integrate and benefit from collaborations and expertise from their respective institutions, engaging
more team members from these institutions as it progresses. Previous contacts and collaborations
have been already made: Professor Bao and Professor Ziegeler met at NUS in 1999, while Professor
Ziegeler was working in Taiwan, and again in 2003, when Professor Ziegeler invited Professor Bao to
the University of Manchester; contacts were consolidated again in 2007-9, while Professor Ziegeler
was working at NUS. Professor Tovena and Professor Ziegeler first met at 9th International Pragmatics
Association, Lago di Garda I, 2005, renewing contact again at the 44th Conference of the Linguistic
Society of Europe in Logroño Es, 2011, where we discussed and shared interests; we have remained
in contact ever since.
Abstract
S P E A K G O O D E N G L I S H :
S I N G A P O R E E N G L I S H I N A
P L U R A L S O C I E T Y
Bao Zhiming, NUS
Debra Ziegeler, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
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Bao Zhiming is a professor in the Department of Engli-
sh Language and Literature, National University of Sin-
gapore. Bao received his early education in China, and
earned his PhD in linguistics from MIT. He was trained
as a phonologist, but since joining NUS in 1993, he has
branched off to contact linguistics, focusing on the
grammar of Singapore English. He has published on
Singapore English extensively, including the recent book
entitled The Making of Vernacular Singapore English:
System, Transfer and Filter, by Oxford University Press.
Debra Ziegeler started working on Singapore English as
part of her Honours degree at Monash University (1994)
and continued specialising in the same field of dialect
study for her Phd, Monash University, 1997. She has
been working on Singapore English for the past 20 years,
and has authored two books on the topic: Hypothetical
Modality. Grammaticalisation in an L2 Dialect (Benja-
mins, 2000), and Converging Grammars. Constructions
in Singapore English (Mouton, 2015). She has also pu-
blished 20 articles referring to Singapore English, ap-
pearing in books or journals internationally. Her current
interests are to investigate the complementary roles of
the substrate and the lexifier languages in influencing
the grammar of the dialect.
NUS Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
Bao Zhiming Debra Ziegeler
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Despite the strikingly different political climates and models of governance in France and Singapore,
the issues related to the integration of Muslims are intriguingly similar. In this research project, we
are interested in exploring two key aspects: 1) the issue of ‘integration’ in the context of ‘Islam de
France ou Islam en France’ and the ‘Singaporean Muslim Identity’ particularly from the perspective of
the secular state authorities, which also includes national security concerns; and 2) the efforts and
challenges faced by Muslims in France and Singapore in emphasizing the full compatibility between
national and religious identities. What are the factors that account for main cross-national variations?
Is it the difference in a) political climates and systems; b) the different models of managing pluralisms;
or c) the characteristics of Muslims themselves? And what are the main lessons that we can learn?
‘ L A Ï C I T É ’ A N D ‘ I N T E G R AT I O N ’
O F M U S L I M M I N O R I T I E S
I N A M U L T I - E T H N I C
M U L T I - R E L I G I O U S C O N T E X T :
C O M P A R I N G S I N G A P O R E
A N D F R A N C E
Manlio Cinali, Sciences Po
Suzaina Kadir, LKY School of Public Policy, NUS
Abstract
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Manlio Cinalli is Research Professor at CEVIPOF (CNRS -
UMR 7048), Sciences Po. He has delivered teaching and
research in various leading universities and institutes
across Europe and the US, including Columbia Univer-
sity, the University of Oxford, and the École Française de
Rome. He has published widely on citizenship and poli-
tical integration in international journals, and he is also
the author of «Citizenship and the Political Integration
of Muslims in France» (Palgrave). His research draws
on quantitative and qualitative methods. It is noticeable
for having developed a multidisciplinary approach com-
bining contentious politics, network analysis, collective
action and public policy studies. He has many large
grant awards that have contributed more than £2.5M of
research funding to host institutions.
Suzaina Kadir’s research interests and area speciali-
sation include religion and politics, with special focus
on Muslim politics in Southeast Asia and South Asia;
state-society relations and political development in Asia,
with special focus on Southeast Asia; and regional se-
curity of Southeast Asia with a focus on non-traditional
security issues affecting ASEAN such as women’s rights
and the impact of religion.
She has been published in renowned journals and
contributed to several books. In her free time, Suzaina
volunteers at community-oriented projects and has
served on several civic boards and panels. She is also
actively engaged in fostering intra-faith dialogue. Suzai-
na teaches ethnic politics and governance in Asia and
public policy in Southeast Asia. She will be introducing
a course on Islamic frameworks of governance in the
near future.
Sciences Po LKY School of Public Policy, NUS
Manlio Cinali Suzaina Kadir
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Vernie Oliveiro currently serves as Senior Assistant Director (Policy Strategy) at the Ministry of National Development.
She was previously Lead Researcher (Governance) at the Civil Service College.
Prior to joining the Singapore Public Service, she was Lecturer in History at Harvard University. She earned her Ph.D.
and M.A. in History from Harvard University, and her B.A. in History from the National University of Singapore. In 2015
she was selected by the Asia Society as an Asia 21 Young Leader.
Ministry of National Development, Singapore
Vernie Oliveiro
D I S C U S S I O N
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Smart solutions for sustainable societies
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ASEAN Director, French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS
Luc Le Calvez heads CNRS@ASEAN, the regional office of the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research)
since August 2009.
His experience includes over 20 years connecting European and Asian scientific communities (7 years in Jakarta, 8
in Bangkok, 5 in Hanoi, and in Singapore since mid-2014).
A graduate of the French EDHEC Business School, Luc started his career in 1986 as VSNE in the Indonesian represen-
tative office of RHONE-POULENC, then stayed in Jakarta in 1988 to establish the representative office in Indonesia of
SFERE, a French consulting company designing higher education schemes under multilateral funding.
After a MBA in San Francisco in 1991-1992, Luc then joined the pharmaceutical Guerbet group as Area Manager for
Eastern Europe, Austria, Greece and Africa, then moved in 1996, to bioMérieux, an In-Vitro Diagnostics company, to
deploy its ASEAN distribution network.
Back to France in 2007, Luc joined the CNRS, first the International Relations Office in Paris as the Deputy-Director
in charge of Asia-Pacific, then since mid-2009 to head CNRS’ Regional Office for ASEAN, initially in Vietnam, and
relocated to Singapore mid- 2014.
Luc Le Calvez
C h a i r e d b y
CNRS : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is a public organisation under the French Ministry
of Education, Higher Education and Research. Founded in 1939 it is the largest fundamental research
organisation in Europe. A pluridisciplinary institution, it covers all scientific disciplines, including
humanities and social sciences, biological sciences, nuclear and particle physics, information
sciences, engineering and systems, physics, mathematical sciences, chemistry, Earth sciences and
astronomy, ecology and the environment. CNRS encourages collaboration between specialists from
different disciplines, in particular with universities, thus opening up new fields of inquiry to meet
social and economic needs. It has developed interdisciplinary programs, which bring together several
departments as well as other research institutions and industry.
With nearly 32,000 researchers, engineers and technicians, the CNRS is organized around 10 Institutes
which orchestrate its scientific policy, while 19 local delegations represent it in the regions. It has
a budget of around €3.3 billion, for some 1,100 research and service units, including some 95% in
partnership with universities and other research organizations.
The CNRS awards yearly its Gold Medal, the highest scientific distinction in France.
With 21 Nobel laureates and 12 Fields Medals, the CNRS has a long tradition of excellence.
Based on the number of international research labs (UMI) the CNRS has in Singapore its highest
density on foreign ground, with 4 joint laboratories :
UMI IPAL partners A*STAR’s I2R, NUS-SoComp and French UGA, UPMC and IMT and focuses one
pervasive access to information, with application domains spanning from healthcare to wellness and
ambient assistance.
UMI BMC partners NUS through the Mechanobiology Institute (NUS) a new discipline at the interface
between physics and biology
UMI Merlion MajuLAB (with NUS, NTU and French UNS) conducts interdisciplinary research in quantum
physics and quantum information.
UMI CINTRA (with NTU and French Thales group) focuses on nanotechnologies for applications in
electronics and photonics.
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Flexible systems are lightweight, bendable, rollable, portable, and potentially foldable. The market for
flexible, printed, and organic large-area electronics is rapidly growing.The majority of this market growth
will come from new markets enabled or disrupted by the use of flexible substrates, from opportunities
enabled by low-cost printing of full-feature electronics, and from electronic devices integrated into
novel systems or form factors. This increase of activity will be coupled to a need in flexible devices and
functionalities that will complete the panel offered by ink printing. In this frame, sensors, actuators and
communication systems must be available for heterogeneous smart applications mixing electronics,
sensing, actuation and signal processing. Many domains already benefit from flexible electronics
(automobile, camera and phone) or will benefit from it (wearable electronics and smart textiles, display).
It will concern everyday life but also the fields of defense, energy and transport. Many technologies
have been applied to flexible systems, but innovative ways to improve the storage and transfer of
information capabilities must be found. In this project, we propose to develop a new field called
“Flexible Magnonics” that has not been explored by the scientific community. A number of potential
applications of magnonic crystals on rigid substrates have been already envisioned encompassing
data storage, information transmission and processing. Their performance could surpass those of
current systems already used in spintronic devices.
To anticipate the development of this future technology, our ambition is to demonstrate the
technological potential of magnonic crystals on flexible substrates. This project is challenging
because it requires various skills in order to understand the links between spin waves propagation
and mechanical behavior of nanostructures, these areas being individually complex. The proposed
consortium encompasses renowned researchers in magnetism and mechanics of nanostructures. We
have developed a project that aims to meet the various complex problems in this area. It encompasses
both fabrication of magnonic crystals (periodic arrays of magnetic nanostructures) with various
geometries and the whole suit of experimental investigations of the coupling between spin dynamics
and the mechanical degree of freedom at such small scale.
Abstract
M A G N O N I C C R Y S TA L S
F A B R I C AT E D O N P O L Y M E R S :
N E W M AT E R I A L S F O R
F U T U R E F L E X I B L E D E V I C E S
Adekunle Adeyeye, NUS
Damien Faurie, Université Paris 13
Fatih Zighem, Université Paris 13