CONFERENCE MATERIALS


​Behavioural Exchange 2017 Highlights
​Conference Day 1
29 June 2017
Welcome Address
By Mr Peter Ong, Head, Civil Service, Singapore
Keynote Speech: Using Commitment: Firm and Lax, Rich and Poor, Health and Money
Professor Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University
Panel Session: Finance and Regulation
Mr Bilal Zia, Senior Economist, The World Bank
Applying Behavioral Insights to Regulation and Public
Ms Patricia de Jonge, Consumer Behaviour Expert and Financial Supervisor, The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets
Applying Behavioural Insights in Financial Supervision
Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor of Finance and Economics, Georgetown University
Consumer Behaviour, Household Finance, and the Role of Regulation
Break-out Session: Public Transport
Mr Samuel Omolade, Senior Research Officer, Department for Transport (UK)
Opportunities to Apply Behavioural Insights to Influence Public Transport Behaviours
Ms Luo Yuzheng, Senior Executive, Environmental Behavioural Sciences and Economics Research Unit, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore
Reducing Carbon Footprint: Impact of a Daily Season Parking Scheme on Car Park Usage at the Workplace
Mr Ng Chee Yong, Senior Assistant Director, 3P Network Division, National Environment Agency, Singapore
Project Buddy Clean (NEA)
Break-out Session: Environment
Professor Lorenz Goette, Professor of Economics, University of Bonn; Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore; and
Associate Professor Sing Tien Foo, Deputy Director of the Institute of Real Estate Studies; Deputy Head (Admin & Finance) of the Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore
​The Role of Real-Time Feedback and Goal Setting in Resource Conservation
Break-out Session: Service Delivery
Mr Leonard Chen, Manager, Public Service Division (PS21 Office), Singapore
Behavioural Insights in Service Delivery
Ms Sabrina Ng, Senior Assistant Director of Behavioural Insights Unit, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore
Nudging Compliance in MHA
Ms Wong Hefen, Senior Assistant Director, Co-Lab (Behavioural Insights and Design), Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
Service Delivery is No Piece of Cake!
Ms Rose Verspaandonk, Manager (Economics Branch), Australian Government Department of Employment
Improving Employment Outcomes
Break-out Session: Design Thinking in Action
Mr Alexander Lau, Senior Design Lead, The Human Experience, Public Service Division (PS21 Office), Singapore
How Can Design Thinking be Used to Solve Complex Problems
Panel: Public Health and Wellbeing
Dr Alex King, Director, Behavioural Insights Unit, New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet, Australia
Health and Behavioural Insights in NSW
Mr Zee Yoong Kang, Chief Executive Officer, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
National Steps Challenge
Associate Professor Jason Doctor, Director of Health Informatics, University of Southern California
Behavioral Insights to Improve Acute Respiratory Infection Prescribing
Keynote Speech: How to Nudge the Habitual Brain
Professor Colin Camerer, Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioural Economics, California Institute of Technology
​Conference Day 2
30 June 2017
Welcome and Recap of Day 1
By Associate Professor Joanne Yoong, National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health; Senior Economist and Director of the Center for Economic and Social Research (East), University of Southern California
Panel Session: Public Communication and Engagement
Ms Jerril Rechter, Chief Executive Officer, VicHealth, Australia
Behavioural Insights in Health Promotion
Mr Philip Ong, Deputy Secretary (Community, Youth and Sports); Senior Director (Strategic Planning and Finance, and Office for Citizen Engagement), Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Singapore
Applying Behavioural Insights in Comms and Engagement
Keynote Address: Data Science for Social Good and Public Policy: Examples, Opportunities, and Challenges
Mr Rayid Ghani, Director, Center for Data Science and Public Policy, University of Chicago
Break-out Session: Philanthropy
Assistant Professor Benjamin M. Marx, University of Illinois
Motives for Point-of-Exchange Donations
Dr Michael Sanders, Chief Scientist and Head of Research, Evaluation and Social Action, Behavioural Insights Team
Social Diffusion and the Social Good
Dr Frank Roeland Hubers, Research Fellow, Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy, National University of Singapore
The Effect of Mood and Request Size on Small Charitable Donations
Break-out Session: New Intersections
Dr Daniel Lim, Data Scientist; Special Assistant to Chief Executive, Government Technology Agency, Singapore
Data Science for the Public Sector
Mr George Hodge, Trade Portfolio Lead, United Nations Global Pulse, Jakarta
Data Science for Effective Public Policies
Break-out Session: Online Environments
Dr Rory Gallagher, Managing Advisor and Director, International Programmes, Behavioural Insights Team
Online Environments and Digital Nudges
Mr Faisal Naru, Senior Economic Advisor, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Behavioural Insights and Online Environments
Break-out Session: Design Thinking in Action
Mr Alexander Lau, Senior Design Lead, The Human Experience, Public Service Division (PS21 Office), Singapore
How Can Design Thinking be Used to Solve Complex Problems
Panel Session: Lessons Learnt - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Mr Faisal Naru, Senior Economic Advisor, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Behavioural Insights in Public Policy
Mr Kok Ping Soon, Deputy Secretary (Development), Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
BI in Singapore Government: The Good, The Bad, The Bumpy
Professor Michael J. Hiscox, Director, Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Ms Shobhini Mukerji, Executive Director, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), South Asia
Using Evidence to Inform Policy
Closing Panel: Frontiers and Cutting-Edge Research
Dr David Halpern, Chief Executive and Board Director, Behavioural Insights Team
New Frontiers
Professor Colin Camerer, Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioural Economics, California Institute of Technology
Closing Remarks
Mr Rayid Ghani, Director, Center for Data Science and Public Policy, University of Chicago
From Open Data to Open Policies