FCL Global launch event
What are the challenges that FCL Global seek to tackle and what is our approach? Hear from the directors of FCL Global and our partner institutions at the onilne launch event.
Future Cities Lab Global brings together scientists from Singapore and Switzerland to develop solutions to help cities and their surrounding regions achieve sustainable growth. Through this collaborative programme, some 120 engineers, architects, environmental scientists, economists and social scientists from ETH Zurich, NUS, NTU and SUTD will jointly tackle these global challenges.
At this virtual launch event, we will provide a glimpse of the challenges that the programme seeks to tackle and innovative approaches by FCL Global. Leaders from the National Research Foundation and partner institutions will also provide insights into how new forms of collaboration can help us achieve more sustainable futures.
Programme
Welcome Address
Prof. Gisbert Schneider, Director of the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC)
Address by NRF
Dr Lim Khiang Wee, Executive Director for Academic Research, National Research Foundation (NRF)
Address by ETH Zurich
Prof. Detlef Günther, Vice President for Research, ETH Zurich
Shaping Sustainable Cities & Settlement Systems
Prof. Stephen Cairns & Prof. Sacha Menz, FCL Global Directors
Panel: Collaboration for Sustainable Futures
Panellists:
Ms Hwang Yu-Ning, Chief planner and Deputy CEO, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore
Prof. Lam Khee Poh, Dean, School of Design and Environment, NUS
Dr Maria Lezzi, Director, Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), Switzerland
Prof. Tim White, Assoc. Vice President for Infrastructure & Programmes, NTU Singapore
Prof. Yeo Kiat Seng, Assoc. Provost, Research & International Relations, SUTD
Moderators:
Dr Tanvi Maheshwari & Dr Matthew Skjonsberg, FCL Associate Directors
Summing up FCL Global
Prof. Adrienne Grêt-Régamey, FCL Global Steering Committee