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SUMMARY:The 2019 Dr Seng Tee Lee Lecture: Prospero’s Practicum - Conjuri
 ng the 4th Industrial Revolution on an Even Smaller Island -  Jacqueline P
 oh\, Deputy Secretary\, Prime Minister's Strategy Group\, Singapore
DTSTART:20191028T173000Z
DTEND:20191028T184500Z
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CONTACT:Laura Sayer
DESCRIPTION:*The 2019 Dr Seng Tee Lee Lecture will be delivered by Jacquel
 ine Poh\, Deputy Secretary\, Prime Minister's Strategy Group\, Singapore*\
 n\n*28 October 2019\, St John's Divinity School\, Cambridge\n(5:30pm-6:45p
 m followed by drinks and networking)*\n\nDoors open at 5pm\n\n*Attendance 
 is by registration only here * http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/s-t-lee-le
 cture-28-oct-2019/signup/\n\nChaired by Professor Stephen Toope\, Vice Cha
 ncellor\, University of Cambridge\n\nTechnology has been touted as a solut
 ion for many countries seeking new forms of economic progress\, higher lev
 els of productivity or a better life for citizens. In reality\, the journe
 y to make technology meaningful\, widely deployed and socially inclusive i
 s a complex endeavour. Too often\, governments fail to partner effectively
  with business to promote technology or to provide deliberate and innovati
 ve governance of new technology that advances our collective well-being ov
 er the long term.\n\nHow do we ensure that the technologies being rolled o
 ut are at the right stage of maturity and meet real needs that exist? How 
 do we strike the delicate balance between policies that enable new technol
 ogies to gain traction and ensuring that the implementation of technologie
 s like AI is ethical\, sound and socially responsible? How do we ensure th
 at technological disruption proceeds at a pace that allows citizens to kee
 p up and firms to reap dividends?\n\nIn 2014\, Singapore declared an ambit
 ion to become the world’s first Smart Nation. This was a quantum boost f
 or a country that was already considered one of the most high-tech places 
 in the world. Five years on\, Singapore has made significant strides in ma
 king the promises of AI\, IoT\, AVs\, and biomedical advances a reality fo
 r its citizens\, but not without some hard lessons learnt along the way.\n
 \nIn this lecture\, Ms Jacqueline Poh\, Deputy Secretary of the Prime Mini
 ster’s Office Strategy Group and founding CEO of the Government Technolo
 gy Agency of Singapore offers some insights on Singapore’s Smart Nation 
 journey. The existential constraints of being a tiny island with no natura
 l resources continues to be a catalyst to innovation in areas like water\,
  urban tech and Fintech.\n\nBeyond this\, Singapore built a digital techno
 logy stack to be used by businesses and individuals supported by a Nationa
 l Digital Identity\, cashless payments and sensor networks. Cybersecurity 
 and privacy concerns have spurred policy innovations in the governance of 
 data-sharing and AI.\n\nThe effects of tech disruption on jobs has spawned
  one of the world’s most ambitious attempts at reskilling a population f
 or the future. Ms Poh will share the challenges of working in the nexus of
  technology and policy\, how to plan for the future across decades\, and h
 ow R&D supports innovation and enterprise development.\n\nRegister your at
 tendance here.\n\n*About S T Lee Public Policy Lectures*\n\nThe S T Lee Pu
 blic Policy lectures were established in 2003 thanks to a benefaction from
  Seng Tee Lee\, Singaporean business executive\, philanthropist and Honara
 ry Fellow of Wolfson College\, Cambridge. Each lecture considers aspects o
 f scientific\, medical or technological research and developments that are
  likely to have significant implications for public policy over the next d
 ecade.
LOCATION:Main Lecture Theatre\, Divinity School\, St John’s College
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