Steven Chu
Steven Chu is Professor of Physics, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He received the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for laser cooling and trapping of atoms.
Nobel Prize Dialogue
Our line up of panellists participating in this Nobel Prize Dialogue include Nobel Prize laureates and inspiring thought leaders.
Keep checking back as we will be adding more speakers to this list on an ongoing basis.
Teguh Dartanto
Teguh Dartanto is the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at Universitas Indonesia.
Sally Davies
Sally Davies is the 40th Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University and the the UK Government’s Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance.
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.”
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.
Serge Haroche
Nobel Prize in Physics 2012
Serge Haroche is professor emeritus at Collège de France. His main research activities have been in quantum optics and quantum information science.
Lian Pin Koh
Lian Pin Koh is director of the National University on Singapore’s Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions.
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.
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. Jolene’s research focuses on climate change law.
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,
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.
May-Britt Moser
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014.
May-Britt Moser is a professor of neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith is Chief Scientific Officer for Nobel Prize Outreach. His background is in scientific research and science publishing.
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.”
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.
Yik-Ying Teo
Yik-Ying Teo is Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
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.
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.
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