Every year, the LKY School is privileged to host as many as 300 speakers, including academic experts, leading diplomats, top government officials, captains of industry and past alumni, who share their insights on different areas of public policy. The school also boasts a diverse body of students from 56 nationalities that includes distinguished civil servants, former diplomats, mid-career and senior executives. Below are reports by our staff (email: ) and students on the talks given by guest speakers at the School. To view and attend our events, please visit here.

• H.E. Dr T C A Raghavan: Looking East in India’s Foreign Policy: General Reflections

• Lee Jones: ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in South East Asia “In many ways, South East Asia is the last bastion of absolute state sovereignty in a world that’s moved on” – Dr Lee Jones

• Shailendra Mehta: Why is Harvard No. 1? Governance and the Dominance of US universities The good performance of US universities can be attributed to alumni control of the board of trustees.

• Anindya Bhattacharya: East Asian Energy Market Integration and Its Impact on The Regional Economy and Environment The gap in the levels of energy infrastructure development in Asia provides much potential for energy cooperation in the region.

• Mahmood Pradhan & Ravi Balakrishnan: Regional Economic Outlook and Issues “The financial crisis is delayed but not derailed” – Mahmood Pradhan

• Salil Tripathi: The Protect-Respect-Remedy Framework For Business and Human Rights States need to safeguard individuals from human rights abuses by companies, private institutions should act with due diligence in respecting human rights, and victims of human rights violations should have recourse to remedies.

• Valerie Dourdin-Fernandez: At the Cutting Edge of Migration Issues in the 21st Century - Causes of Migration and Responses From Fieldwork and Policymaking Perspectives “Get your hands dirty” if you want to understand the realities on the ground – Valerie Dourdin-Fernandez

• Book launch for publications of Drs. Darryl Jarvis, M Ramesh, Wu Xun, Eduardo Araral, Vu Minh Khuong, Paul Barter and Toby Carroll The LKY School launched 6 books on a diverse range of themes, such as ASEAN industries, competitiveness, World Bank policy, infrastructure regulation, Vietnamese prosperity, and Asian parking policy

• Dr Paul Volcker: Dialogue Session on The Current Financial Crisis “There is no set of lobbyists in the United States bigger, more important, and more rewarded than the financial lobbyists." — Dr Paul Volcker

• Ngiam Tong Dow: Future Directions in the Political Economy of Singapore To be self-sustaining, Singapore must take a ground-up approach and grow its own timber – Ngiam Tong Dow

• Launch of Professor T. N. Srinivasan’s book, Growth, Sustainability and India’s Economic Reforms “Even if a leader is market-oriented, it does not mean he is prone to or receptive of democracy” – T N Srinivasan

• Petr Blizkovsky: Can Europe Turn the Economic Crisis into an Opportunity? The EU must strike a balance between economic and political considerations as it overhauls itself to become stronger, says Petr Blizkovsky.

• Chandran Nair: Consumptionomics - Asia’s Role in Reshaping Capitalism and Saving the Planet The key to sustainability lies in limited consumption-led economic growth rather than the Western ideal of “bigger” and “cheaper”, says Chandran Nair.

• Rajat M. Nag: Asia 2050 - Realising the Asian Century The Asian Century is achievable, but not without governments first addressing the need for inclusive growth, productivity and climate change.

• Parth J. Shah: Challenges of Inclusive Growth in India India’s uneven growth is best explained by the gap between reformed versus unreformed sectors, rather than the rural-urban divide.

• Ambassador Gopinath Pillai: Unplanned Journey From A Student Activist to Ambassador

• Roundtable discussion on "Rising Asia, Growing Inequality" Preview | Report

• Global Financial Regulation Post-Crisis: Is the World a Safer Place?

• Dialogue session: Emerging Powers: Shifts in the Strategic Balance in the Asia Pacific

• C. Raj Kumar: Corruption and The Crisis of Governance in India

• Rt. Hon Lord Mandelson: The Case of Singapore - Building on Economic Success in a Changing World

• Siddharth Kara: Overview of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

• In dialogue with Singapore's former Minister Mentor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy's 7th anniversary

• Deb Henretta: Passion is Our Power