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The Future-Ready Society Conference 2024 was held on 1 October 2024 as part of the Future-Ready Society programme, organised by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and Institute of Policy Studies, with support of Tote Board.

LKYCIC researchers Poon King Wang, Dr Harvey Neo and Dr Samuel Chng are part of a first-of-its-kind labour research community, the NTUC Labour Alliance Co-laB (LAB) launched by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) on 26 September 2024 at the Labour Research Conference 2024.

The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh (UEH) on 17 July 2024 during the 2nd International Conference on Resilience by Technology and Design to collaborate in interdisciplinary and sustainable urban development research and education.

At the Opening Plenary of the recently-concluded World Cities Summit 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, spoke about how the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) at SUTD was undertaking research on ageing urbanism – to better understand older residents’ needs, and work with partners to develop innovative designs and solutions to meet these needs.

The ‘Getting to Net Zero’ Report was jointly launched on 15 May 2024 by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) at the National University of Singapore, and the Environmental Behavioural Sciences and Economics Research Unit (EBERU) of the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.

The Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) launched its latest book “The City Rebooted: Networks, Connectivity and Place Identities in Singapore”, edited by Prof Chan Heng Chee, SUTD Honorary Professor, and Dr Harvey Neo, Professorial Research Fellow at LKYCIC. The book launch was held on 26 April 2024 in the Living Room at the Arts House.

On 25 April 2025, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) hosted Professor Stephen Hamnett for a public lecture titled “Planning for Australian Cities: Nation Urban Policies and Future Challenges”.

The Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) presented a double seminar on 18 April, 2024 as part of the Ministry of Education’s inaugural Ideas Festival, organised to showcase the latest insights and contributions from humanities and social science researchers in Singapore.

Dr Harvey Neo delivered a lecture titled “Making Cities of the Future Better Today” to top-government officials and industry and university leaders in Cambodia in an event jointly organised by the Embassy of Singapore in Cambodia and Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction.

The Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) recently to explore research and academic collaborations in cities.   As part of the collaboration, a delegation comprising Prof Cheong Koon Hean, Dr Harvey Neo and Dr Samuel Chng (LKYCIC) and Assoc Prof Yeo Kang Shua (Architecture and Sustainable Design; ASD) visited Shanghai from 20 to 24 Aug 2023 for an academic exchange with the Shanghai Academy of Social Science.