08:15 - 09:00

Breakfast and Registration

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome Address

By Mr Peter Ong, Head, Civil Service, Singapore

09:15 - 10:00

Keynote Speech: Using Commitment: Firm and Lax, Rich and Poor, Health and Money

By Professor Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University

10:30 - 12:00

Panel Session: Finance and Regulation

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:30

Break-out Sessions

1) Public Transport

• How can behavioural insights be applied to influence public transport behaviours?

2) Environment

• How can behavioural insights be applied to encourage more environmentally-friendly behaviours?

3) Service Delivery

• How can behavioural interventions enhance service delivery and raise compliance rates?

4) Design Thinking in Action *

• How can Design Thinking be used to solve complex problems?

5) Understanding Bandwidth Tax *

• Understand the challenges faced by low-income groups when making decisions.

Presenters:

• Mr Alexander Lau, Senior Design Lead, The Human Experience, Public Service Division (PS21 Office), Singapore

• Dr Ang Yan Hoon, Senior Consultant (Department of Geriatric Medicine), Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

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Moderator:

• Mr Alexander Lau, Senior Design Lead, The Human Experience, Public Service Division (PS21 Office), Singapore

Presenters:

• Mr Leonard Chen, Manager, Public Service Division (PS21 Office), Singapore

• Ms Wong Hefen, Senior Assistant Director, Co-Lab (Behavioural Insights and Design), Ministry of Manpower, Singapore

• Ms Sabrina Ng, Senior Assistant Director of Behavioural Insights Unit, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore

• Ms Rose Verspaandonk, Manager (Economics Branch), Australian Government Department of Employment

Moderator:

• Mr Samuel Hanes, Director, Behavioural Insights Team (Singapore Office)

Presenter:​ 

• Associate Professor Catherine Yeung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Mr Samuel Omolade, Senior Research Officer, Department for Transport (UK)

• Ms Tiffany Foo, Economist, Land Transport Authority, Singapore

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Moderator:

• Dr Leong Wai Yan, Senior Economist, Land Transport Authority, Singapore

Presenters:​​

• Mr Ng Chee Yong, Senior Assistant Director, 3P Network Division, National Environment Agency, Singapore

• Ms Luo Yuzheng, Senior Executive, Environmental Behavioural Sciences and Economics Research Unit, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore

• Professor Lorenz Goette, Professor of Economics, University of Bonn; Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore

• 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

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Moderator:

• Mr Huang Jianyun, Head of Environmental Behavioural Sciences and Economics Research Unit, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore

14:30 - 15:00

Tea Break

15:00 - 16:30

Panel: Public Health and Wellbeing

End of Conference Day 1

17:30 - 19:00

Cocktail Reception

08:15 - 09:00

Breakfast

09:00 - 09:15

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

09:15 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:15

Tea Break

11:15 - 12:00

Keynote Address: Data Science for Social Good and Public Policy: Examples, Opportunities, and Challenges

By Mr Rayid Ghani, Director, Center for Data Science and Public Policy, University of Chicago

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:30

Break-out Sessions

1) Philanthropy

• How can behavioural insights be used to encourage more charitable giving?

2) New Intersections

• How can data science and behavioural insights work hand in hand to achieve more effective public policies?

3) Online Environments

• How do nudges affect the way people think and behave online?

4) Design Thinking in Action *

• How can Design Thinking be used to solve complex problems?

5) Understanding Bandwidth Tax *

• Understand the challenges faced by low-income groups when making decisions.​

Facilitators:​

• Mr Leon Lim, Lead Researcher, Institute of Governance and Policy, Civil Service College, Singapore

• Ms Jaclyn Lam, Senior Researcher, Institute of Governance and Policy, Civil Service College, Singapore

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Q&A with:​

• Mr Zheng Yi, Senior Assistant Director of ComCare and Social Support Division, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore

Presenters:

• Mr Alexander Lau, Senior Design Lead, The Human Experience, Public Service Division (PS21 Office), Singapore

• Dr Ang Yan Hoon, Senior Consultant (Department of Geriatric Medicine), Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

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Moderator:

• Mr Alexander Lau, Senior Design Lead, The Human Experience, Public Service Division (PS21 Office), Singapore

Presenters:

• Dr Daniel Lim, Data Scientist; Special Assistant to Chief Executive, Government Technology Agency, Singapore

• Mr George Hodge, Trade Portfolio Lead, United Nations Global Pulse, Jakarta

Moderator:

• Mr Kuhan Harichandra, Senior Economist (Data Analytics Unit), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore

Presenters:

• Assistant Professor Benjamin M. Marx, University of Illinois

• Dr Michael Sanders, Chief Scientist and Head of Research, Evaluation and Social Action, Behavioural Insights Team

• Dr Frank Roeland Hubers, Research Fellow, Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy, National University of Singapore

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Moderator:

• Dr Weina Zhang, Research Director, Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy, National University of Singapore

Presenters:

• Dr Rory Gallagher, Managing Advisor and Director, International Programmes, Behavioural Insights Team

• Mr Faisal Naru, Senior Economic Advisor, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Assistant Professor He Ruimin, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

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Moderator:

• Mr Donald Low, Associate Dean (Research and Executive Education), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

15:00 - 16:30

Panel Session: Lessons Learnt - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Presenters:

• Dr David Halpern, Chief Executive and Board Director,  Behavioural Insights Team

• Professor Colin Camerer, Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioural Economics, California Institute of Technology

• Mr Rayid Ghani, Director, Center for Data Science and Public Policy, University of Chicago

Moderator:

• Mr Donald Low, Associate Dean (Research and Executive Education), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

17:30 - 18:00

*These are smaller interactive break-out sessions. As spaces are limited, these sessions are repeated from Day 1.

10:00 - 10:30

Tea Break