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Past IPS Events 
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| IPS Events 2008 |
| January 2008 |
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| Date: 25 January 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Seminar - "Managing Sovereign Wealth Fund: The Norwegian Experience" |
| by Mr Martin Skancke, Director General, Asset Management Department, Ministry of Finance, Norway |
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| February 2008 |
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| Date: 1 February 2008 |
| Venue: Shangri-La Hotel |
| Event: SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVES 2008 |
| "Singapore Futures" |
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| Date: 14 February 2008 |
| Venue: Orchard Hotel |
| Event: Corporate Associates Lunch |
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"The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East" by Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore |
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| Date: 21 February 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Seminar - "US Presidential Election 2008: Who Wins & What Implications for Asia?" |
| by Dr Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies & W. Averell Harriman Chair, Brookings Institution |
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| March 2008 |
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| Date: 10 March 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Roundtable |
| IPS Roundtable with Nobel Laureate, Douglass North |
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| Date: 20 March 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Seminar |
| Seminar by PlaNet Finance |
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| April 2008 |
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| Date: 9 April 2008 |
| Venue: Orchard Hotel |
| Event: Corporate Associates Breakfast - featuring PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 11th Annual Global CEO Survey |
| by PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore |
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| Date: 9 April 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Roundtable |
| "Impact of ICTs on the Malaysian Elections - Lessons for Singapore" |
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| Date: 30 April 2008 |
| Venue: Orchard Hotel |
| Event: Corporate Associates Breakfast - "Iskandar Development Region: A Perspective from Singapore" |
by Mr Manu Bhaskaran, Partner and Member of the Board, Centennial Asia Advisors Pte Ltd
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| May 2008 |
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| Date: 6 May 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Roundtable "Economic Implications of Building a Welfare State" |
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by Professor Peter Lindert, Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis; Distinguished Visitor, Civil Service College |
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| June 2008 |
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| Date: 2 June 2008 |
| Venue: Orchard Hotel |
| Event: Corporate Associates Breakfast - "Re-engaging Asia: Policy Options for America" |
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by Dr Ellen L Frost,Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Adjunct Research Fellow, National Defense University’s Institute of National Strategic Studies |
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| Date: 2 June 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Roundtable "Is there life after the East Asian Miracle?" |
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by Mr Vikram Nehru, Director for Poverty Reduction, Economic Management, and Private and Financial Sector Development and Acting Chief Economist in the East Asia Region of the World Bank |
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| Date: 12 June 2008 |
| Venue: The Regent |
| Event: Corporate Associates LUNCH "Pedra Branca – The Inside Story" |
| by Professor Tommy Koh, Chairman, Institute of Policy Studies |
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| July 2008 |
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| Date: 25 July 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Roundtable - "Responding to Climate Change: What can Businesses do" |
| by Mr Mr Andreas Schaffer, Principal, The Monitor Group |
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| August 2008 |
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| Date: 15 August 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: Closed Door Discussion |
| "Breakdown of WTO’s Doha Round" |
| Date: 22 August 2008 |
| Venue: The Regent Singapore |
| Event: Corporate Associates LUNCH - "Singapore’s Chairmanship of ASEAN" |
| by Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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| September 2008 |
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| Date: 2 September 2008 |
| Venue: Orchard Hotel |
| Event: IPS forum |
| "Religious Diversity in Singapore", 2 September 2008. |
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| Date: 10 September 2008 |
| Venue: Orchard Hotel |
| Event: Public Lecture |
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"The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development", by Professor A Michael Spence, Chair, Commission on Growth and Development. |
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| Date: 18 September 2008 |
| Venue: IPS Conference Room |
| Event: LAUNCH OF THE FAMILY RESEARCH NETWORK (FRN) AND FORUM |
| "Marriage And Fertility" |
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| Date: 19 September 2008 |
| Venue: Seminar Room 4-4, NUS Law School, BTC |
| Event: IPS-NUS Law Faculty Public Forum |
| "Consultation Paper by the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS)", 19 September 2008. |
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| October 2008 |
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| Date: 8 October 2008 |
| Venue: Marina Mandarin |
| Event: IPS Roundtable in the City |
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"Electronics: Fueling Asia's Prosperity" by Mr François Guibert, Corporate Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, STMicroelectronics. |
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| Date: 15 October 2008 |
| Venue: Conference Room, LKYSPP |
| Event: Roundtable - "Developments in Future Studies" |
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by Professor Sirkka Heinonen, Professor of Futures Research, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC), Turku School of Economics; Member, World Future Society |
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| Date: 15 October 2008 |
| Venue: Marina Mandarin |
| Event: Corporate Associates Breakfast - "Uncertain Times, Robust Answers: Decision-Making in a Complex Environment" |
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by Dr Steven Popper, Senior Economist, RAND Corporation, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Evolving Logic, United States Evolving Logic, United States |
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| Date: 24 October 2008 |
| Venue: Grand Ballroom, The Pines |
| Event: IPS-TSAO Foundation Conference |
| "Successful Ageing in Singapore : Older Men & Women in a Society of Longevity" |
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| Date: 28 October 2008 |
| Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Manasseh Meyer, LKYSPP |
| Event: Launch of World Bank's Report "Doing Business 2009" |
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| Date: 31 October 2008 |
| Venue: Conference Room, LKYSPP |
| Event: Closed Door Discussion |
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"Attitudes On Emigration Among Young Singaporeans", by Dr Leong Chan-Hoong, Head of Psychology Programmes, School of Arts and Social Sciences, SIM University. |
| November 2008 |
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| Date: 10 November 2008 |
| Venue: Conference Room, LKYSPP |
| Event: Closed Door Discussion |
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"The Role and Influence of the Internet on Voters During the Malaysian General Elections of 2008" by Dr Baharuddin Aziz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. |
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| Date: 18 November 2008 |
| Venue: Conference Room, LKYSPP |
| Event: Roundtable "Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids" |
| by Dr Bryan Caplan, Center for Study of Public Choice, Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University. |
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| Date: 20-21 November 2008 |
| Venue: Orchard Hotel |
| Event: YOUNG SINGAPOREANS CONFERENCE 2008 |
| "Cultivating a Singapore Creative Class". |
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| December 2008 |
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| Date: 3 December 2008 |
| Venue: St Regis |
| Event: Public Lecture |
| "Peace with Nature: A Costa Rican Green Initiative", by HE Ỏscar Arias Sảnchez, President of the Republic of Costa Rica. |
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| Date: 9 December 2008 |
| Venue: Seminar Room 2-1, Manasseh Meyer Building |
| Event: 10th Singapore Economic Roundtable |
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| Date: 18 December 2008 |
| Venue: Seminar Room 2-1, Manasseh Meyer Building |
| Event: Seminar - "New Media Challenges For Old Media – From Behind the Battle Lines" |
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by Mr P N Balji, Director, Asia Journalism Fellowship, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University |
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*All events held in Singapore unless otherwise indicated.
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