Singapore–MIT Alliance
The 6th SMA Annual Symposium will be held at the University Cultural Centre Theatre, and the Prince George's Park Function Rooms. The theme for this year's symposium is 'Technology Revolution of the Global Economy'. Programme highlights include addresses by prominent leaders in research and industry, and presentations by faculty, research fellows and graduate students.
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| Tuesday January 17, 2006 |
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| Venue: University Cultural Centre Theatre, NUS Plenary Session |
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| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration/Refreshments Guests are requested to be seated by 08:45 |
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| 09:00 - 09:05 | Introduction and Welcome Professor NG Wun Jern SMA Co-Director, Singapore |
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| 09:05 - 09:25 | Directors' Messages Professor NG Wun Jern SMA Co-Director, Singapore Professor Anthony T. PATERA SMA Co-Director, MIT |
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| 09:25 - 09:55 | Keynote Speaker Chair: Professor SHIH Choon Fong President, NUS Speaker: Dr Tony TAN Chairman, National Research Foundation; Deputy Chairman, Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council; and Chairman, International Academic Advisory Panel |
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| 09:55 - 10:00 | Memento presentation to Dr Tony TAN by Professor SHIH Choon Fong |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | ||
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Topic: New approaches in the fight against tropical diseases Chair: Professor TAN Chorh Chuan Deputy President & Provost, NUS Distinguished Speaker 1: Dr Alex MATTER Director, Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases |
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| 11:15 - 12:00 | Topic: Technology Revolution of the Global Economy--- the Excitement, the Possibilities and the Challenges Chair: Professor LIM Mong King Deputy President and Dean, College of Engineering, NTU Distinguished Speaker 2: Mr FONG Saik Hay Chief Technology Officer, Singapore Technologies Engineering; and President, Singapore Technologies Dynamics |
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| 12:00 - 12:05 | Memento presentation to Dr Alex MATTER by Professor TAN Chorh Chuan Memento presentation to Mr FONG Saik Hay by Professor LIM Mong King |
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| 12:05 - 13:45 | Lunch End of Plenary Session |
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| 13:30 | Shuttle bus service From the University Cultural Centre front porch to Prince George's Park Function Rooms for the Technical Programme (Parallel Sessions) |
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| Venue: Prince George's Park Function Rooms, NUS Technical Programme (Parallel Sessions) Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems (AMM&NS)* Computer Science (CS) High Performance for Computation for Engineered Systems (HPCES)* Innovation in Manufacturing Systems and Technology (IMST)* Molecular Engineering of Biological and Chemical Systems (MEBCS) |
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| 13:45 - 14:00 | Registration | ||
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Presentations | ||
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Break | ||
| 16:15 - 17:30 | Presentations | ||
| 17:30 | End of Technical Programme (Parallel Sessions) | ||
Venue: Prince George's Park Multi-Purpose Hall for Reception |
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| 17:30 - 20:00 | Reception |
Note:
Prior to the 2006 SMA Annual Symposium, the SMA-CSB programme will sponsor the 2006 CSBi Symposium, "Systems Biology of Stem Cells". This event will be beamed live from Kresge Auditorium, MIT to NUS Global Classroom at Computer Centre Level 3, on Thursday, January 12, 2006, 21:00 to 01:00 (January 13, 2006).
* with participation from SMA-2.
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