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August 2008
Workshop: Consensus Building in Asia: Developing Energy and Natural Resources, Building a Sustainable Society
Organised by CBAsia, hosted by the Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S) Project and the Sustainable Energy/Environment and Public Policy (SEPP) Project at the University of Tokyo
Co-funded by the Centre on Asia and Globalisation
Date: 29-30 August, 2008
Venue: University of Tokyo
By Invitation Only
 Seminar: China's AIDS Politics Transnationalized
Speakers: Wu Fengshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: 18 August 2008
Time: 12.15 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
Seminar: Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan Areas: Lessons for Singapore and Beyond
Organised by Centre on Asia & Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Speaker: Marilyn Brown, Professor of Energy Policy, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date: 12 August 2008
Time: 12.15 pm-1.30 pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
Synopsis:The world’s metropolitan carbon footprints have distinct geographies that are not well understood or recognized in debates about climate change, partly because data on greenhouse gas emissions is so inadequate. In this presentation, Dr. Brown will discuss the results of the most comprehensive assessment of carbon footprints for major metropolitan areas available to date, focusing on residential and transportation carbon emissions for 300 of the largest cities in the United States. She will then explain the study’s implications for Singapore and Southeast Asia, with a special emphasis on policies that can help metropolitan areas shrink their carbon footprints. These findings will be put into the context of efforts across the globe to characterize carbon impacts and policy linkages.
July 2008
 Forum: Is Singapore Ready for Renewable Energy?
Supported by the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore
Date: 16 July, 2008
Venue: Manasseh Meyer Building, Level 3, Seminar Room (MM03-01), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
Click here for the media coverage of the forum.
Click  here for the podcast of the forum.
June 2008
International Workshop on Autonomy and Armed Separatism in South and Southeast Asia
Jointly hosted by Asia Research Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Supported by The Asia Foundation and the Centre on Asia and Globalisation
Date: 28-27 June 2008
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
May 2008
Seminar: Winning the Oil Endgame
Speaker: Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute, Inc.
Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Time: 12.15pm - 1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Synopsis: The United States can eliminate its use of oil by the 2040s, led by business for profit, at an average cost of about US$15 per barrel—half by redoubling the efficiency of using oil ($12/bbl) and half by replacing the rest with saved natural gas and advanced biofuels ($18/bbl). A detailed roadmap published in 2004 ( www.oilendgame.com ) is being implemented with gratifying speed through "institutional acupuncture". Singapore has similar opportunities to make oil no longer a strategic commodity; indeed, its industrial capabilities are peculiarly well suited to making some of the key technologies, both for home use and for export."
To view the webcast of the lecture, please click  here.
Seminar: Sustainable Investing with Asian Characteristics - Will Asia’s Short-Term Investors Warm to Long-Term Themes?
Speaker: Melissa Brown (Executive Director, Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia)
Date: Thursday, 15 May 2008
Time: 12.15pm - 1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Synopsis: Sustainable investment funds have been growing in Asia since the launch of the Nikko Eco Fund in Japan in 1999. Last year we saw a mini-boom in climate change indexes and water funds. Sustainable investment captures a range of environmental, social, and governance fundamentals. Fund strategies range from highly disciplined screens to opportunistic funds focused on clean technology and sustainable agriculture. How do these sweeping issues and implementation challenges fit with the investment needs of Asia ’s diverse market?
Please click here for Seminar's PDF
Sustainable Energy/Environment and Public Policy (SEPP) Scenario Workshop:
An Interaction between Japan and Singapore On the Future of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Cosponsored by The University of Tokyo, the Energy Studies Insitute and the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Date: Thursday, 8 May 2008
Venue: Li Ka Shing Building Seminar Room 1-2, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
March 2008
Energy Policies and Technologies for a New Millennium: Perspectives for Singapore
By Dr. Robert K. Dixon
Senior Coordinator, NSC-CEQ Task Force on Energy Security and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President, The White House, USA
Date: 24 March 2008
Time: 11:00am -12:30pm
Venue: University Hall Auditorium, Lee Kong Chian Wing, Level 2. NUS
Forum on Clean Energy, Good Governance and Regulation
Co-sponsored with the World Resources Institute, Prayas Energy Group, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
with Funding from the Asian Development Bank
Date: 17-18 March 2008
Venue: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
The Natural State
Public lecture by Prof Douglass C. North, Nobel Economics Laureate 1993
Date: 11 March 2008
Venue: Auditorium, Level 3, Block B, Faculty of Law, NUS Bukit Timah Campus, 469G Bukit Timah Road Singapore 25977
To view the webcast of the lecture, please click here.
A New Nuclear World Order: Asian Perspectives
Co-sponsored with The Brookings Institution
Date: 6-7 March 2008
Venue: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
By invitation only.
December 2007
International Advisory Group of the Brookings / NYU / Stanford Project on Managing Global Insecurities
Date: 9-10 December 2007
Venue: Li Ka Shing Seminar Room 1-1, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
By invitation only.
New Modes of Governance in the Asia-Pacific: Transparency and Accountability
Co-sponsored by Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University
Date: 3-4 December 2007
Time: 9:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: Li Ka Shing Seminar Room 1-1, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
By invitation only.
November 2007
Global Governance of Health Research - Current Perspectives and Future Challenges
by Dr Tikki Pang (Director, Department of Research Policy & Cooperation, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
Date: 23 November 2007
Time: 12:15pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 1-2, Li Ka Shing, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
Negotiating the Road Beyond Kyoto
by Thomas C. Heller Shelton Professor, International Legal Studies, Stanford Law School & Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for International Studies, Stanford, CA
Date: 7 November 2007 Time: 12:15pm to 1:30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Please click here to download the powerpoint presentation.
To view a video clip of the Seminar, please click here.
Roundtable on Global Energy Governance
In Association with the Helsinki Process
Date: 4-6 November 2007
Time: 9:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: Li Ka Shing Seminar Room 1-1, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
By invitation only.
October 2007
1st Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators
Co-sponsored with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Date: 1-2 October 2007
Time: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Venue: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
September 2007
Energy Policies and Technologies for a New Millennium: Perspectives on Asian Global Competitiveness
by Dr Robert K. Dixon, Head - Energy Technology Policy Division, International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris, France
Date: 11 September 2007
Time: 12:15pm to 1:30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Please click here to download part one of Dr Dixon’s PowerPoint presentation.
Please click here to download part two of Dr Dixon’s PowerPoint presentation.
August 2007
Addressing the Risk of Climate Change
By Ms Sherri K. Stuewer, Vice President - Safety, Health and Environment Exxon Mobil Corporation
Date: 17 August 2007
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Level 3 (MM-03-01), Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
For more information about this seminar, click here.
To download Ms. Stuewer’s PowerPoint presentation, please click here.
Click here for the media coverage of the seminar.
June 2007
What's Stopping Renewable Energy in the U.S. - And What Can Southeast Asia Learn?
by Benjamin K. Sovacool, Postdoctoral Fellow, Office of the Vice President for Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in Blacksburg, VA
Date: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Time: 12:15pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Level 3 (MM-03-01), Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
For more information about this seminar, click here.
May 2007
Regional Biosecurity Workshop
Co-sponsored with the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Date: May 28-30, 2007
Venue: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Conference on Transparency and Governance
Date: May 10 - 11, 2007
Venue: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
For more information about this conference, click here.
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| Photos from “Conference on Transparency and Governance” |
The Centre on Asia and Globalisation hosted an international Conference on Transparency and Governance at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy on May 10th and 11th, 2007. The purpose of the conference is to advance the public debate in Asia on openness and public accountability. The conference brought together leading practitioners and analysts to provide new insights into whether, how, and when greater openness serves public interests, and how to bring about beneficial forms of transparency. The Conference on Transparency and Governance was held in association with the launch of a compelling new book: The Right to Know: Transparency for an Open World (Ann Florini, editor, Columbia University Press, 2007). The Right to Know distills the lessons of many nations’ experiences and provides careful analysis of transparency’s impact on governance, business regulation, environmental protection, and national security. The conference was attended by 100 people from Singapore and around the world. It received extensive media coverage.
To view more information about The Right to Know: Transparency for an Open World click on this link http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/978023114/9780231141581.HTM
Click here to read the introduction “ The Battle Over Transparency ” by Ann Florini.
Click here to read the conclusion “ Whither Transparency? ” by Ann Florini.
April 2007
Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia Workshop
Co-sponsored with Business for Social Responsibility
Date: 17 - 18 April 2007
Venue: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
View workshop summary (PDF)
February 2007
Date: 16 February 2007
Seminar: Questions and Dilemmas Concerning the Institutions of Economic Development
Speaker: Lee Benham, Professor of Institutional Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A
Date: 13 February 2007
Public Lecture: Human Population: Past, Future and Implications
Speaker: Joel E. Cohen, Head, Laboratory of Populations, Columbia and Rockefeller Universities
2006
Date: Friday, 17 November 2006
Seminar: Responsible Competitiveness
Speaker: Simon Zadek, Chief Executive, AccountAbility
Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Seminar: Transnational Activism, States and International Institutions: Insiders, Outsiders, and Contentious Interaction
Speaker: Sidney G. Tarrow, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government & Professor of Sociology, Cornell University | 
