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Calendar of Activities - Year 2006

December
9 - 30 Dec	Destination Danang 2006
12 - 31 Dec	Venture Kampuchea 2006

November
16 Nov	Problems in the Study of Muslim Revival Time: 8.00AM – 10.30AM Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
2 Nov	Digital Dilemmas Time: 6.00PM – 8.00PM Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
1 Nov	An Inconvenient Truth Time: 6.00PM – 8.00PM Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)

October
27 Oct	SPAN Get-Together Time: 7.00PM – 10.00PM Venue: NUSS Suntec City Guild House
25 Oct	The Greatest Asian Century: Ever! Time: 6.00pm Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
19 Oct	Personhood and Suicidal Devotion to Cause: Kamikaze, Jihadist, Tiger Time: 2.30pm Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
18 Oct	Capitaland Recruitment/ Sharing Session Time: 3.30PM Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
11 Oct	EDB Recruitment/ Sharing Session Time: 3.30PM Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
3 Oct	Project Himalaya Discussion Forum & Exhibition Venue: Cyberart Studio , Blk ADM, Level 5, National University of Singapore (NUS)

September

22 Sep

SINGAPORE DREAMING: Big Dreams, Small Island
Time: 6.00pm to 8.00pm
Venue: LT14 ( Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, NUS) http://www.nus.edu.sg/campusmap/

20 Sep

3rd Singapore SAP (Special Assistance Plan) Schools Mentorship Programme with introductory presentation on USP
Time: 3.00PM – 5.00PM
Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)

14 Sep

Complex Networks
Time: 6.00PM – 8.00PM
Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)

9 Sep

SIIA UNIVERSITY SEMINAR 2006
Time: 8.30AM – 5.30PM

Venue:	Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore
	Lecture Theatre 1	- Keynote Lecture - Plenary Session 1
	Lecture Theatre 2	- Plenary Session 2

6 Sep

EDB Sharing session : What Employers Look for in Interviews.
Time: 3.30pm
Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
Speakers:
Ms Ng Siew Kiang, Deputy Director, HR
Ms Tan Lee Sar, Head - Talent Attraction, HR
and Ms Wong Chee Huey, Senior Officer, Talent Attraction, HR

6 Sep

How Things Fly
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
Speaker: Professor Lim Hock

4 Sep

International Exchange Day : International Learning Experience at USP
Time: 12.00 - 2.00pm
Venue: SR 3, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
For other International Exchange Day activities, please click here.

1 - 2 Sep

A USP-Stanford Undergraduate Forum on Current and Future Priorities for Singapore and the United States

August
16 August	New Media: Divider or Connector? Time: 6 pm Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library) Speaker: Mr Viswa Sadavisan
17 August	Sino-Japanese Relations Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library) Speaker: Dr Ted Gilman
23 August	Stem Cells: Medicine's New Frontier Time: 5:00pm Venue: USP Conference Room, Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library) Speaker: Dr Ariff Bongso
24 August	Post-65 Generation Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm Venue: Seminar Room 3 (SR3), Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library) Speaker: Peh Shing Huei, Laurel Teo, Lydia Lim

July
2 - 25 July	Project Maitri Location: Colaba, in the South of Mumbai, India
25 - 29 July	1° Asia Leadership Festival
26 July - 4 August	Lee Shiu Summer Programme
31 July – 4 August	Developments In Public Policy Seminars (DPPS) 2006

June
5 – 16 June	George Washington University (GWU) Visit
1 June - 7 July 12 - 13 June	USP-Piper Introductory Creative Writing Enrichment Workshops USP & NUS Community Time: Every Thursday (7 pm – 9 pm) & Saturday (10 am – 12 noon) Venue: Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)) JC Partners & Integrated Programme (IP) Schools Time: 10.00 am - 4.00pm Venue: BLK ADM, Level 7, (Conference Room/Seminar Room 3)

May
16 – 30 May	3rd Sino-Singapore Undergraduate Exchange Programme (China Leg)
20 May - 4 June	Himalaya Fieldtrip
21 - 31 May	8th AUN Educational Forum & Young Speakers Contest

April
1 Apr	The Sufi Tradition of Islam Time: 9.00am - 8.00pm Venue: Malay Heritage Centre, 85 Sultan Gate, Singapore 198501
4 Apr	Competitive Career Strategy Time: 6 pm Venue: USP Conference Room (Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)) Speaker: Mr Ankur Malik
5 Apr	Ministry of Finance (MOF) Sharing Session Time: 3 pm Venue: USP Conference Room (Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library))
6 Apr	Managing Across Cultures Time: 6 pm Venue: USP Conference Room (Level 7, Blk ADM, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)) Speaker: Suresh Keerthi
7 Apr	Launch of folio 4 Time: 3.00pm Venue: area outside the Chatterbox, Blk ADM level 3, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS (next to Central Library)
12 Apr	Centennial Writing Competition Prize Award Ceremony Time: 7.15pm - 9.00pm Venue: Kent Ridge Guild House, National University of Singapore (NUS)

March
9 Mar	Outreach to Meridian
11 - 12 Mar	NUS Centennial Open House 2006 Time: 10.00 am - 6.00 pm Venue: Sports and Recreation Centre, Kent Ridge
17 -18 Mar	World Bank Symposium
22 Mar	Uncovering Nature's Laws Time: 2.00 pm Venue: Seminar Room 3 , Blk ADM, Level 7, National University of Singapore (NUS) Speaker: Dr Rajesh R Parwani
23 Mar	Creating Alliances for the Common Good: Stories from experiences in Counter Trafficking Time: 6.00 pm Venue: USP Conference Room, Blk ADM, Level 7, National University of Singapore (NUS) Speaker: Melissa Aratani Kwee
24 -30 Mar	Harvard College in Asia Project
25 Mar	Faculty Visit Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm Venue: Blk ADM, Level 7, Seminar Room 3, National University of Singapore (NUS)
27 Mar	Sustainable Development * Time: 9.30am - 11.00am Venue: USP Conference Room, Blk ADM, Level 7, National University of Singapore (NUS) Speaker: Simon Tay, Assoc Prof of Law, NUS; Director, Singapore Institute of International Affairs, and Director, Singapore National Environmental Agency
27 Mar	Global education and service learning at the National University of Singapore * Time: 2.00pm - 4.00pm Venue: USP Conference Room, Blk ADM, Level 7, National University of Singapore (NUS) Speakers: A/P Anne PAKIR, Deputy Director, International Relations Office. A/P Peter PANG, Director, University Scholars Programme, NUS
30 Mar	Democracy * Time: 9.30am - 11.00am Venue: USP Conference Room, Blk ADM, Level 7, National University of Singapore (NUS) Speaker: Mr Kishore MAHBUBANI, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; former Singapore Ambassador to the UN.
30 Mar	Cinema, Censorship and the State * Time: 1.00pm - 4.00pm Venue: USP Conference Room, Blk ADM, Level 7, National University of Singapore (NUS) Facilitator: Tan Bee Thiam, Executive Director, Asian Film Archive. Speaker: Mr Colin Goh, Filmmaker and Satiricist. Mr Boo Jun Feng, Filmmaker. Ms Amy Chua, Director of Media Content, Media Authority of Singapore.
31 Mar	No Laughing Matter Time: 6.00pm Venue: NUS Guild House Speaker: Mr Colin Goh

*These talks are under the HCAP Conference and are open to all USP students only.

February
13 -27 Feb	The 3rd Sino-Singapore Undergraduate Exchange Programme (Singapore Leg)
14 Feb	Dialogue Session with Dr Ross Lewin from University of Connecticut, USA Venue: Cyberarts Studio , Blk ADM, Level 5, National University of Singapore (NUS)
18 - 26 Feb	The Rise of the megacity and its global impact - visit to Washington DC
21 - 22 Feb	Academic Festival Venue: Conference Room, Blk ADM, Level 7, National University of Singapore (NUS)
24 Feb	UK Universities Talk on Graduate Studies Venue: Cyberarts Studio , Blk ADM, Level 5, National University of Singapore (NUS)

January
12 January	Productive Nanosystems & the Future of Technology Time: 3.00pm - 4.00pm Venue: Engineering Auditorium, National University of Singapore (NUS)
17 January	The Role of Parliament in Furthering Democracy in Russia Time: 5.45pm to 7.00pm Venue: USP Cyberarts Studio, Level 5, Blk ADM, National University of Singapore (NUS)
23 January	"SingaporeGaGa" Show Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm Venue: Seminar Room 6, Blk ADM, Level 5, National University of Singapore (NUS)

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