Nobel Prize Dialogue
Our line up of panellists participating both in-person and digitally in this Nobel Prize Dialogue included Nobel Prize laureates and inspiring thought leaders.
Vivian Balakrishnan
Vivian Balakrishnan is guest of honour for the morning session and Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Wharton Chan
Wharton Chan is a MD-PhD Candidate at Duke-NUS Medical School. He is currently training in the fields of virology, immunology and bioinformatics.
Nobel Prize laureate
Steven Chu
Former United States Secretary of Energy and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1997, Steven Chu has devoted a significant part of his recent scientific career in search for new solutions to our energy and climate challenges.
Anna Cristina D’Addio
Anna Cristina D’Addio is an economist by background, and has worked as a senior policy analyst in the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report team at UNESCO since 2017.
Teguh Dartanto
Teguh Dartanto is the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at Universitas Indonesia. Teguh Dartanto will participate on-site.
Sally Davies
Sally Davies is the 40th Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University and the UK Government’s Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance. Sally Davies will be participating on-site.
Angus Deaton
Prize in economic sciences 2015.
Sir Angus Deaton received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.” Sir Angus Deaton will participate online.
Margianta Surahman Juhanda Dinata
Margianta Surahman Juhanda Dinata is founder and executive director of Emancipate Indonesia and Youth Engagement and Adolescent Health Consultant for UNICEF.
Esther Duflo
Prize in economic sciences 2019.
Esther Duflo received the prize in economic sciences for her experimental approach to alleviating poverty. Her research seeks to understand the economic lives of the poor, with the aim to help design and evaluate social policies. Esther Duflo will participate online.
Claudine Enduma
Claudine Enduma is pursuing her Master of Arts (urban and regional planning) at the University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP SURP).
Goh Xin Ni (Emma)
Goh Xin Ni (Emma) is a sophomore reading psychology at the National University of Singapore.
Nobel Prize laureate
Serge Haroche
Serge Haroche shares the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Wineland for “ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems.”
Lian Pin Koh
Lian Pin Koh is director of the National University on Singapore’s Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions. Lian Pin Koh will participate on-site.
Shiao-Yin Kuik
Shiao-Yin works as a cultural change strategist. She is a Gestalt-based systems and organisational development consultant, process designer, trainer, facilitator, coach, communications advisor and public writer. Shiao-Yin will participate on-site.
Zarni Lynn Kyaw
Zarni Lynn Kyaw is Deputy Director at Community Partners International.
Jolene Lin
Jolene Lin is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law (NUS). She is also Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law. Her research focuses on climate change law. Lin will be participating on-site.
Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani is a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore and has spent 33 years as a Singapore diplomat, Kishore Mahbubani will participate on-site.
Kenneth Mak
Associate Professor Kenneth Mak is Director of Medical Services at the Ministry of Health Singapore. In this role, he oversees the provision of all public health services in Singapore. Kenneth Mak will participate on-site.
Nobel Prize laureate
May-Britt Moser
May-Britt Moser shares the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, jointly with Edvard Moser and John O’Keefe.
Reuben Ng
Reuben Ng is an assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and lead scientist at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk. Reuben Ng will participate on-site.
Karin Nilsdotter
Karin Nilsdotter is an astropreneur and international advisor to the tech and space industry.
Devashi Paliwal
Devashi (Dia) Paliwal is a medical student at the Australian National University, passionate about youth education and global health issues including migrant and refugee health.
Jessica Pan
Jessica Pan is an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on applied topics in labour economics and the economics of education. Jessica Pan will participate on-site.
Tikki Pang
Tikki Pang is presently Visiting Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He has a recognisable profile as a public health expert both nationally and internationally. Tikki Pang with participate on-site.
Joanne Roberts
Joanne Roberts is the third President and Professor of Social Sciences (Economics) at Yale-NUS College. She is a public economist, interested in how incentives affect behaviour in broad number of situations. Roberts will be participating on-site.
Nobel Prize laureate
Paul Romer
Prize in economic sciences 2018.
Paul Romer is an economist and policy entrepreneur that has spent his career at the intersection of economics, innovation, technology, and urbanisation, working to speed up human progress. Paul Romer will participate online.
Junofy Anto Rozarina
Junofy Anto Rozarina is a lecturer, researcher, public speaker and consultant in the fields of behavioural economics, decision making and strategic thinking.
Stuart Russell
Stuart Russell is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley, holder of the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering, and Director of the Center for Human-Compatible AI and the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public.
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana will participate online.
Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel Peace Prize 2014.
Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his lifetime of struggle against the exploitation of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. He has been a tireless global advocate of children’s rights for more than four decades. Kailash Satyarthi will participate on-site.
Aqsa Shafique
Aqsa Shafique is a postgraduate public health student. She is an emerging medical educationist, working as a lead course developer at the School of Health Professions Education (SHaPE), CMH Lahore Medical College.
Nicole Shanahan
Nicole Shanahan is a California based attorney, venture investor, and the founder and president of Bia-Echo Foundation, a private foundation that aims to invest in changemakers at the forefront of innovation who are tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith is Chief Scientific Officer for Nobel Prize Outreach. His background is in scientific research and science publishing.
Nobel Prize laureate
George Smoot
Nobel Prize in Physics 2006.
George Smoot was co-awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for “discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation.” George Smoot will participate on-site.
Laura Sprechmann
Laura Sprechmann is CEO for Nobel Prize Outreach, the company that aims to spread knowledge and raise interest in the Nobel Prize-awarded achievements to a global audience, through digital media and international events.
Bill Tai
Bill Tai is a venture capitalist, educator and athlete. He will be participating in the event online.
Elaine Tan Su Yin
Elaine Tan Su Yin is one of the Malaysian Youth Delegation (MYD) Climate Policy and Research group members working on Malaysia’s national adaptation strategies to climate change.
Yik-Ying Teo
Yik-Ying Teo is Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Yik-Ying Teo will participate on-site.
Thirumeninathan Thaarun
Thirumeninathan Thaarun is currently a third-year medical student at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore.
Pok Wei Heng
Pok Wei Heng works as a climate change and sustainability consultant at Ernst & Young Ltd (EY), with a focus on sustainability strategies and modern slavery.
Maria Monica Wihardja
Maria Monica Wihardja is a visiting fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, and a former World Bank Economist in the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice. Maria Monica Wihardja will participate on-site.
Lin Xueling
Lin Xueling is Executive Producer of 'In Conversation', CNA’s ((Channel NewsAsia) flagship current affairs interview show that has been running for more than 20 years. Lin Xueling will participate on-site.
Sha-En Yeo
Sha-En Yeo is the founder of Happiness Scientists, a TEDx speaker and a graduate of the prestigious Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program at the University of Pennsylvania. Sha-En Yeo will participate on-site.
Joanne Yoong
Joanne Yoong is an applied economist working at the intersection of behavioural economics and health and financial decision making. She is the founder of Research for Impact. Joanne Yoong will participate on-site.
Junzhe Zhao
Junzhe (Jacky) Zhao is an MD-PhD candidate at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.