Events
Designed for People: Expert Insights on Building Smarter Cities
The United Nations Development Programme Global Centre(UNDP) in Singapore is convening a session on 4 June at the World Cities Summit (WCS) on “Designed for People : Expert Insights on Building a Smart City”. Various experts will be sharing on aspects of Smart Cities. Professor Cheong Koon Hean, Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (SUTD) has been invited to speak at the fireside chat in this event.
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “LvL UP; A Holistic mHealth Lifestyle Intervention”
Synopsis Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and depression are the leading causes of death and disability
Trending Thoughts: Seminar Series “Why Complexity Science is essential for the Understanding of how Cities work.”
Mr Peter Ho is the Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures, Chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA), Chairman of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Chairman of the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) Governing Council, among many appointments.
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “What Doesn’t Break Us, Makes Us Stronger: Conflicts and Locus of Control”
Synopsis The destruction caused by wars and conflicts extends beyond its physical domain and has a drastic impact on mental health, which can impair
Book Launch of The City Rebooted: Networks, Connectivity and Place Identities in Singapore
LKYCIC is organizing the launch of the book “The City Rebooted: Networks, Connectivity and Place Identities in Singapore”, edited by Prof Chan Heng Chee, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Honorary Professor, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) and Dr Harvey Neo, Professorial Research Fellow, LKYCIC, SUTD.
Public Lecture: “Planning for Australian Cities: National Urban Policies and Future Challenges”
This presentation briefly reviews the prospects for developing a national urban policy for Australia and outlines the contemporary challenges– demographic, social, environmental, economic and political – which face Australian cities in the post-Covid period.
Ideas Festival – Insights from the Humanities & Social Science: Double Seminar on “AI x Workers + Making Sense of the Future”
The Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) presents a double seminar featuring two presentations that shed light on interesting and highly pertinent topics of our times. Join us for an exciting and insightful session!
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Human Smart Cities, Data Visualisation and Citizen Engagement”
Synopsis The abundance of data has promoted a technology-centric view of a Smart City. Human Smart Cities emphasise the role of citizens, their needs and
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Promises and pitfalls of virtual nature on well-being and human-nature relations”
Synopsis Urbanization and digitalization have contributed to a physical and psychological disconnect between people and nature, which has detrimental
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Urban Agetech: The Automated City as an Ageing-Friendly City?”
Synopsis Having ageing/age-friendly cities continues to be important, with people living longer and populations ageing. While an ageing/age-friendly city
