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End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

End-Term Course Feedback

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 January Term - Regular Academic Session (12-Jan-26 to 05-Apr-26). Term Week: Week 10 to Week 11. Subject: Academic. Type: Course Feedback. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 16, 2026, 12:00 AM – Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:59 PM.

Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module 4: Legal Innovation

SMU Law Academy Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://registration.smu.edu.sg/RuntimeExternal/Runtime/Form/CRS.CourseRegistration/?CA=Technology%20%26%20Intelligent%20Systems&PRG=10432&MOD=24388&_ga=2.257687755.1965502871.1623058616-948450435.1616397375. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Training. Subject: Law. Audience: Professionals. Public. Practice Area: Professional Skills. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required. Monday, March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM – Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 5:00 PM. Singapore Management University. For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg.

Finance Research Seminar

Area Administration We show that the age composition of the population can shape the speed at which businesses adopt new technologies, using evidence from mobile payments in India. Consumers’ propensity to use new payment technologies declines with age, creating stronger incentives for businesses serving younger customers to accept these technologies. We document this pattern in the rollout of a mobile payment option by a major fintech company. A model where consumer attitudes toward technology vary by age implies that business adoption is inefficiently low, with the young bearing disproportionate welfare losses from network externalities. Jointly subsidizing transaction and adoption costs restores efficiency. Subtitle: Demographics and Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Mobile Payments. Speaker Details: Associate Professor Nicolas Crouzet Northwestern University Please click here to view profile. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Academic Community. Monday, March 16, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 2, Seminar Room 2.2 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

Strategy & Entrepreneurship Research Seminar

Area Administration Are real options useful for management research? This topic was hotly debated twenty years ago. Real options were said to be inapplicable to management research and to lack conceptual uniqueness. Whereas responses to the caveat about the non-uniqueness of real options were disparate, the concern about the non-applicability of the theory was considered remediable. Such responses left the impression that real options lost the debate, and the use of real options in management research started to stagnate. This paper reviews the opposing positions in the debate, establishes the conceptual uniqueness of real options, and outlines responses to the concern about the non-applicability of real options to management research to establish the promise of the theory as a key pillar for research in strategic management. Subtitle: REAL OPTIONS REASONING, REAL OPTIONS PRICING, REAL OPTIONS...NOTHING: TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE REAL OPTIONS DEBATE. Speaker Details: Associate Professor Arkadiy Sakhartov University of Illinois Arkadiy Sakhartov is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and International Business Area at Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received Ph.D. in Strategic Management at Krannert School of Management, Purdue University and worked at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Arkadiy’s research focuses on strategic resource allocation and real options, with a particular… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Strategic Management. Audience: Academic Community. Monday, March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 5, Meeting Room 5.4 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

Bilateral Trade with Costly Information Acquisition

School of Economics Subtitle: Seminar by Daniil Larionov (University of Munster). RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Economics. Audience: Public. Monday, March 16, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5 School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903.

Scale and Skill

School of Economics Subtitle: Seminar by Diego Comin (Dartmouth University). RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Economics. Audience: Public. Monday, March 16, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5 School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903.

Finance and Economics for Financially Distressed Firms: An Introduction for Insolvency Professionals

SMU Law Academy Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Audience: Public. Alumni. Professionals. Practice Area: Corporate/Commercial. Training Levels: General – Default. Include activities with mixed levels. Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Singapore Management University. For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg.

Ideas Festival 2026 | Managing Technology and Trade Disruptions: Building Resilience in a Shifting International Landscape

School of Social Sciences We are entering a new era of global trade (dis)order, shaped by powerful waves of technological and economic disruption. From generative AI transforming production and services, to tariff escalations redrawing trade routes, these shifts are reconfiguring the foundations of international commerce. They bring real opportunities—efficiency gains from emerging technologies, new markets, and innovative business models—but also serious challenges, including fragmentation, heightened uncertainty, and systemic complexity. Together, these dynamics underscore the urgent need for resilience. Bringing together diverse perspectives, this event will explore how businesses and other actors in the region can adapt to and navigate this fast-changing landscape. Key questions include: How can we better understand and prepare for emerging trends? Do these disruptions challenge our long-held assumptions? And how can actors remain resilient and agile in the face of volatility? Join us to exchange insights, build partnerships, and… Contact: socsc_seminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Chair: , Pasha L. Hsieh Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law Jean Monnet Chair in EU-ASEAN Law and Relations, SMU Pasha is Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair at SMU’s Yong Pung How School of Law. He has held visiting faculty and fellowship positions at the University of Melbourne, Seoul National University, and the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies. Panellists: , Chris Humphrey  Executive Director, EU-ASEAN Business Council Chris is… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTUGH9G9u-WtAl9UVUOJ8iDJUMlFGSjZVV1NBNzY5SVE4NzNQRUZJNVc5Ni4u&route=shorturl. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Public. Academic Community. Alumni. Current Student. SMU Faculty & Staff. Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM. SMU Administration Building, Level 6 Function Room 6-1 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065. For more info visit forms.office.com.

[ISEP/VSP] Exchange Student Ambassador (ESA) Training sessions

Exchange/NG Matriculation For students selected as Exchange Student Ambassadors, 21 & 28 Jan , 4, 11 & 25 Feb , 11 & 18 Mar 2026. Subject: Campus Life. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Ceremonies & Special Events. Audience: Incoming Students. Contact: isep.outbound@smu.edu.sg. Units: Centre for Global Education and Opportunities. Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

SMU MBA Session 18 March - From Specialist to Leader: What the SMU MBA Delivers for Your Career

Infosessions Hourly Sessions: 12.30PM - 1:15PM (Singapore Time). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-038e/t/page/fm/1. Event Details: Event Sypnosis Many professionals reach a stage in their careers where technical expertise alone is no longer enough to progress into leadership roles. Join us for a 45-minute lunch-time fireside chat featuring Tobias Bufler (Class of 2025), who shares how the SMU MBA shaped his transition from a specialist role into broader leadership and business responsibilities. Drawing from his personal experience, he will reflect on how the programme shaped his mindset, decision-making, and leadership approach — bey… Contact: mba.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM.

MEI Virtual Information Session and Alumni Sharing (Singapore)

Infosessions Hourly Sessions: 7PM - 8.30PM SGT (half-hourly sessions). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0399/t/page/fm/1. Event Details: We welcome you to discover how our postgraduate programmes, with emphasis on leadership and management training, can help boost your career. Virtual This session will be held virtually. To improve security, Zoom sign in details will be sent to you an hour before the start of the event. To invite a friend, simply forward them this registration link: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0399/t/page/fm/2. Contact: mei.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. For security reasons, the zoom link will be sent two hours before the start of the event.

SMU MIM Fast-Track Event

Infosession Hourly Sessions: Thursday, 19 March 2026 (hourly sessions) 10.30am to 8.30pm. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-03ad/t/page/fm/3. Event Details: Ready to take the next step towards your SMU MIM journey? Don’t miss our virtual Fast Track Event — your one-stop opportunity to receive personalised guidance, complete your application, and sit for the 30-minute online admissions interview, all in a single day. All attendees will also enjoy an application fee waiver. Slots are limited, so secure yours today! RSVP by 18 March 2026, 3pm (SGT)! Contact: mim.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Analytics for Business, Consumer & Social Insights. Leadership. Organisational Behaviour. Operations Management. Strategic Management. Communication & Marketing. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Thursday, March 19, 2026, 10:30 AM – 8:30 PM.

SMU Wellness BalanceUP: Laughter, the Best Medicine?

Office of Alumni Relations This guided session combines gentle movement, breathing exercises and intentional laughter to help release stress, boost mood and improve overall wellbeing. No yoga mats, poses or prior experience are required. Just come as you are and be open to having a little fun. Paired with a short wellbeing sharing by a Principal Occupational Therapist, the session will also explore the science behind laughter and stress, and why simple practices like laughter can have a powerful impact on our mental and emotional health. Whether you are looking to unwind, try something new or simply enjoy a joyful moment with fellow alumni, this session offers a refreshing pause from everyday life. Come laugh, breathe and leave feeling lighter. Speaker Details: Workshop trainer: Singapore Women's Association Speaker: Joycelyn Neo (MBA 2022), Principal Occupational Therapist, Sunrise Wing, Institute of Mental Health, Moderator: Florence Neo, Director, SMU Office of Alumni Relations. Type: Social & Networking. Talks & Forums. Seminars & Workshops. Subject: University Events. Audience: Alumni. Thursday, March 19, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM. SMU ALCove (School of Computing and Infosystems - SCIS 1) 80 Stamford Rd, #B1-62, Singapore 178902.

Marketing Research Seminar

Area Administration The literature on online reviews has documented the effect of different review presentation formats on consumer behavior. However, far less is known about the reasons why such formats differ across platforms. This paper addresses this question and investigates the relationship between a platform's strategy, in the form of its business model, and its incentives to provide review-based insights in different formats. Specifically, we derive a platform's optimal solicitation, processing, and presentation of consumer reviews. We envision the platform as an intermediary receiving information from previous consumers and transforming it into actionable data for prospective buyers. The platform has control in how it gathers, transforms and displays data. For example, the platform can control the precision of the multiitem scales when it gathers feedback and can decide whether to include multi-media submissions, direct QA, and machine learning-enabled summarization. While some of these interventions clearly benefit t… Subtitle: Strategic Review Presentation. Speaker Details: Professor Dina Mayzlin Marshall School of Business University of Southern California Professor Mayzlin’s research focuses on how businesses manage social interactions, advertising, and communication strategies, including word of mouth and social media. Professor Mayzlin has written numerous scholarly articles on social media management, the manipulation of online reviews, measuring online word of mouth, and online influencers. She also served as Associate Editor at Marketing Science and Journal of Market… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Communication & Marketing. Audience: Academic Community. Friday, March 20, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 2, Seminar Room 2-8 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

PGP Pre-Term Course Registration

ISIS Events Term: 2025-26 April Term - Regular Academic Session (13-Apr-26 to 05-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM.

Operations Management Research Seminar

Area Administration As organizations adopt generative AI, its use can improve productivity but reliance can lead to atrophy of worker knowledge and skills over time. The challenge is how to incentivize human oversight and maintain long-run expertise. Using a principal-agent framework, we study optimal incentive design when workers can exert costly effort to verify and correct imperfect AI output, where effort both improves current performance and preserves expertise. A central managerial challenge is that improving AI quality makes oversight harder to motivate, since acceptable outcomes increasingly occur even when workers shirk. Consequently, profit-maximizing compensation can be non-monotonic in AI quality, skill, or return on effort, and organizations may even be better off, in terms of profitability, with worse AI systems. More subtle implications arise when skills decay with AI reliance. First, due to contracting frictions, we find that firms may (rationally) allow expertise to deteriorate by substituting higher effort from… Subtitle: Use it or Slowly Lose it: Expertise Atrophy with Organizational AI Usage. Speaker Details: Professor Robert Shumsky Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Robert Shumsky is a Professor of Operations Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and is faculty co-director of Health Care Management Education at Dartmouth. His research focuses on the improvement of service operations, and he has written about capacity estimation and control, how to allocate work to improve quality, and how to coordinate service supply chains. He has conducted research on the U.S. air traffic management syst… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Operations Management. Audience: Academic Community. Friday, March 20, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business 50 Stamford Road Level 3, Seminar Room 3-3 Singapore 178899.

Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources Research Seminar

Area Administration Interpersonal interactions are central to creativity because they can provide not only access to knowledge but also the emotional energy required to sustain intrinsic motivation for creative engagement. While prior research has emphasized knowledge transfer within work-related networks, less attention has been devoted to how interactions, particularly those outside of work, can replenish the emotional resources necessary for creative engagement and endurance. This omission is especially notable in the context of remote and hybrid work, where nonwork relationships increasingly shape the social environment surrounding creative effort. In this paper, we theorize how singular interactions with nonwork contacts can build and restore emotional energy for creativity at work. Adopting an affective primacy perspective, we introduce the construct of temporary intense interactions (TIIs): discrete, captivating exchanges characterized by emotional relevance, vulnerability, empathy, and focused attention. Although tempora… Subtitle: Interactions with Nonwork Connections as Fuel for Creative Engagement and Endurance at Work. Speaker Details: Associate Professor Nora Madjar University of Connecticut Nora Madjar is Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor of Management at the University of Connecticut School of Business. She received her Ph. D. in Business Administration from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Her main expertise is creativity in the workplace, and her research examines the social and contextual factors that stimulate or hinder creative performance. Her scholarly work also explores different… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Organisational Behaviour. Audience: Academic Community. Friday, March 20, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 1, Seminar Room 1.2 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

SOSS Seminar | Multipolarity: Living in a Hobbesian world,

School of Social Sciences Multipolarity will consider the risks and opportunities of a world without a hegemon. The central institutions of the post-war and post-cold-war "rule-governed liberal order" were artifacts of American power. Now that the US has turned to hemispheric geopolitics and American First unilateralism, that order has passed into history. Globalization is not dead: China aims to promote its own model, but it will be more universally accepted than was the American version. The transition that is underway is not from one global hegemon to another but to a world without a hegemonic power. Is such a world inherently unstable? If so, how can the risks be managed? Contact: socsc_seminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: SPEAKER , John Gray Emeritus Professor of European Thought London School of Economics John Gray is Emeritus Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. Previously he was Fellow in Politics at Jesus College, Oxford University, Professor of Politics at Oxford and Visiting Professor in Politics at Harvard and Yale. he has published over 25 books, which have been translated into over 30 languages. His latest is The New Leviathans: thoughts after liberalism (2023). MODERATOR , … RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/r/eh1QAJGNhY. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Public. Academic Community. Alumni. Current Student. SMU Faculty & Staff. Friday, March 20, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. SMU Yong Pung How School of Law Function Lounge, Level 4 55 Armenian St, Singapore 179943. For more info visit forms.office.com.

SMU Odyssey 2026

Office of Alumni Relations Contact: zaccheng@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: By invite only. Type: Social & Networking. Subject: Accounting. Business. Economics. Law. Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Alumni. Current Student. Professionals. Friday, March 20, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. SMU Hall.

SMU Alumni Reunion in Seattle

Office of Alumni Relations We are bringing the SMU alumni community together in Seattle on 21 Mar (Sat) 6.30pm - 9.00pm (PST) for a warm and lively reunion. Come reconnect, share stories, and strengthen the local network. Ms Florence Neo, Director of Office of Alumni Relations, will also join us to share University updates and hear your post‑graduation journeys. We look forward to seeing you there! Contact: jasmineler@smu.edu.sg. Type: Social & Networking. Subject: University Events. Audience: Alumni. Sunday, March 22, 2026, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM. to be advised.

Plan Declaration/Change

ISIS Events Term: 2026 March Term - Regular Academic Session (23-Mar-26 to 24-May-26). Term Week: Week 1 to Week 2. Subject: Academic. Type: Application Dates. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Monday, March 23, 2026, 9:00 AM – Sunday, April 5, 2026, 5:00 PM.

Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology Module Module 9: Digital Assets and IP Disputes

SMU Law Academy Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://registration.smu.edu.sg/RuntimeExternal/Runtime/Form/CRS.CourseRegistration/?CA=Technology%20%26%20Intelligent%20Systems&PRG=10432&MOD=24388&_ga=2.257687755.1965502871.1623058616-948450435.1616397375. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Training. Subject: Law. Audience: Professionals. Public. Practice Area: Intellectual Property. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required. Monday, March 23, 2026, 9:00 AM – Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 5:00 PM. Singapore Management University. For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg.

Finance Research Seminar

Area Administration We examine nonpecuniary preferences across a broad set of corporate actions using a representative sample of the U.S. population. Our core findings, based on large scale online surveys, are that (i) self-reported nonpecuniary concerns are large both for stock market investors and non-investors; (ii) concerns about the treatment of workers and CEO pay rank highest—higher than concerns about workforce diversity and fossil energy usage; (iii) moral universalism emerges as an important driver of nonpecuniary preferences. Combined, our findings provide new evidence on the importance of moral concerns as a key determinant of nonpecuniary preferences over corporate actions. Subtitle: Corporate Actions as Moral Issues. Speaker Details: Professor Oliver Spalt University of Mannheim Please click here to view profile. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Academic Community. Monday, March 23, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 2, Seminar Room 2.2 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

Operations Management Research Seminar

Area Administration Problem definition: Charitable donations are a vital source of funding for nonprofit organizations, enabling them to carry out their mission of addressing social issues and providing support to those in need. To boost contributions, third parties often donate large sums that fundraisers use to incentivize individual donations, with one-to-one matching being the most common mechanism. However, alternative designs may lead to even higher contributions. This paper investigates the effectiveness of two design choices in the context of fundraising: (i) the incentive mechanism, focusing on the two most prevalent ones (i.e. matching and gift unlock); and (ii) the solicitation mechanism, i.e. whether donations occur simultaneously or sequentially. Methodology/Results: We introduce a stylized game-theoretical model where a fundraiser decides the design choices and corresponding design parameters to maximize overall donations. Following the fundraiser's decision, donors, endowed with a certain amount of wealth, make… Subtitle: Designing Effective Fundraising Campaigns: The Role of Incentives and Solicitation Mechanisms. Speaker Details: Assistant Professor Ignacio Ríos University of Texas at Dallas Ignacio Ríos is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations, Information, and Technology and an M.A. in Economics from Stanford University, as well as degrees in Operations Management and Industrial Engineering from the University of Chile. His research expertise lies in behavioral market design, with a focus on how incentives, information, al… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Operations Management. Audience: Academic Community. Monday, March 23, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business 50 Stamford Road Level 2, Seminar Room 2-3 Singapore 178899.

From Carbon Credits to Renewable Energy: Charting the Agreements and Regulatory Frameworks Powering a Greener Singapore Tomorrow

SMU Law Academy Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Audience: Public. Alumni. Professionals. Practice Area: Alternative Dispute Resolution. Corporate/Commercial. Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Government. Contemporary issues in legal practice. International Law. Banking and Finance. Training Levels: Foundation – No prior knowledge required. Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 2:00 PM – 5:55 PM. Singapore Management University. For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg.

Ideas Festival 2026 | Still Worth Doing? A Public Conversation on the Future of Work

School of Social Sciences Perhaps the only thing clear about the future of work is its own uncertainty. Yet, amid economic disruption and the rise of AI, public discussion has mostly been limited to predicting available jobs and “employable” degrees. This panel shifts our attention back to the question of work and its role in social life. What will change in the everyday tasks we fulfil as workers, and what meaning should we give to such efforts? What sort of career is still worthy of human skill and emotion? How do we review a performance when labor is partly outsourced to technology? Featuring researchers from across Singapore’s universities, this panel will discuss the changes and challenges in three major aspects of work: care, creativity, and communications. In looking ahead, this panel explores not only what jobs will likely persist, but how work must and should evolve. Join us to reimagine the future of work! *Registration starts at 3.00pm. Light refreshment will be served during registration. Contact: socsc_seminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Chair: , Yasmin Y. Ortiga Associate Professor of Sociology, SMU Yasmin is Associate Professor of Sociology at SMU’s School of Social Sciences. She studies how the changing ideas of “skill” shapes how and why people migrate across borders. Her book, Stuck at Home: Pandemic Immobilities in the Nation of Emigration was published by Stanford University Press.   Panellists: , Cheng Chi-Ying Associate Professor of Psychology, SMU Chi-Ying is Associate Professor of Psychology at School of Social… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTUGH9G9u-WtAl9UVUOJ8iDJUMjVNMUJHSzQ2UUVITFkyU1hMSkY4RFlQNC4u&route=shorturl. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Public. Academic Community. Alumni. Current Student. SMU Faculty & Staff. Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. SMU Yong Pung How School of Law Level 4, Function Lounge 4-2 55 Armenian Street, Singapore 179943. For more info visit forms.office.com.

SMU Professional Doctorates Hybrid Information Session & Current Student Sharing

Infosessions Hourly Sessions: 7-8.30 PM (Singapore time). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-039a/t/page/fm/2. Event Details: We welcome you to find out more about the Professional Doctorate programmes we have here in SMU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business. We offer two Professional Doctorate programmes that can be completed in 3-5 years while working: PhD in Business (General Management) , Doctor of Business Administration, The session will be hosted on Zoom and a physical session happening concurrently. Hence, this would be a hybrid session. * Participants that are registering for the session via the Zoom platform, please… Contact: lkcsbpd.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Meeting Room 5-4 (Level 5) SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business 50 Stamford Road, Singapore 178899 Singapore.

SMU Alumni Reunion in San Francisco

Office of Alumni Relations Join us in San Francisco on 24 Mar (Tue) 6.30pm - 9.00pm (PST) as we bring the SMU spirit to the Bay Area - reconnect with fellow alumni, relive memories, and build new connections in the heart of innovation. Ms Florence Neo, Director of Office of Alumni Relations, will also be joining us to share campus updates and reconnect with the community. We look forward to seeing you there! Contact: jasmineler@smu.edu.sg. Type: Social & Networking. Subject: University Events. Audience: Alumni. Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. to be advised.

Power BI 101 [PBI]

DSP This workshop is designed to equip participants with the foundational skills needed to confidently navigate and use Power BI. By the end of the session, attendees will understand the core components of Power BI, including how to connect to data sources, build interactive reports, and create basic visualizations. Participants will gain hands-on experience in transforming raw data into meaningful insights, setting the stage for more advanced data analysis and reporting capabilities in the future. Fee(s): This workshop is designed to equip participants with the foundational skills needed to confidently navigate and use Power BI. By the end of the session, attendees will understand the core components of Power BI, including how to connect to data sources, build interactive reports, and create basic visualizations. Participants will gain hands-on experience in transforming raw data into meaningful insights, setting the stage for more advanced data analysis and reporting capabilities in the future. Power BI… RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Operations Management. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Admin Executive Media Theatre, Level 5, Admin Building.

[AILP 2026] AI Workshop: AI Use Cases Identification (Foundation Course) - Run #1

DSP This interactive workshop introduces participants to practical framework for ideating and prioritizing AI use cases. Rather than focusing on technical details, the workshop emphasizes how AI can be applied to solve real challenges and improve daily processes within the university. Through guided activities, participants will learn how to generate creative ideas for AI applications, evaluate their potential benefits, and prioritize the most impactful opportunities. This workshop is non-technical in nature and open to all departments. You will only need to bring your laptop along for this workshop. Additional materials will be provided in this workshop. RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Learning & Professional Development. Information Technology & Systems. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Thursday, March 26, 2026, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. LKS Library, Learning Lab 2 at Level 5.

Motor-Mediated Creativity: Bridging Embodied Skill Training and Digital Expression

School of Computing and Information Systems Expressive digital drawing requires nuanced motor control, subtle variations in pressure, velocity, and rhythm that convey affect and style. While experts develop this embodied fluency through years of practice, novices struggle to produce marks that match their intentions, creating a gap between vision and execution. We propose motor-mediated creativity: treating motor training as integral to digital expression. Our system, MOTUS, instantiates this through structured practice of expressive primitives, expert-referenced feedback, and ideation prompts that encourage exploration. We report a two-stage investigation. A formative study characterized: (a) novice challenges in motor fluency, (b) examined how different feedback types, including corrective feedback, helped participants understand their mistakes, (c) how prompts, generic or embodied, support engagement with abstract expressive content. A controlled evaluation then linked fluency gains to subjective and expert ratings of expressiveness. Together, our f… Subtitle: Pre-Conference Talk by WITHANA KANKANAMALAGE Gevindu Ganganath Sumanasekara. Contact: scisseminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , WITHANA KANKANAMALAGE Gevindu Ganganath Sumanasekara PhD Student School of Computing and Information Systems Singapore Management University, Currently pursuing PhD in Computer Science at Singapore Management University, Gevindu Ganganath works at the intersection of AI and Education. Under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Thivya Kandappu, he explores Human-Centered AI to bridge the gap between machine intelligence and pedagogical effectiveness. His research aims to transform how we learn by refining… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTejbEKPlArBJhZomj91naG9UQk1RWFE3N1EySk9RTFFDTVVJNlYwMFlYMy4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Thursday, March 26, 2026, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM. Meeting room 4.4, Level 4. School of Computing and Information Systems 1, Singapore Management University, 80 Stamford Road, Singapore 178902. For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg.

SGRI Professorship Lecture: Does Global Insolvency Law Affect Cross-border Capital Flows?

Centre for Cross Border Commercial Law in Asia The restructuring of financially distressed multinational firms is often costly and inefficient because insolvency proceedings must be coordinated across jurisdictions. Weak coordination between domestic and foreign courts increases legal uncertainty and hampers effective restructuring. To address this problem, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) introduced the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, which has been adopted by a growing number of countries, including the United States in 2005 and Singapore in 2017. This study examines how reducing legal uncertainty in global insolvency affects cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and financing. We first use the U.S. adoption of the Model Law through Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code in 2005 as a benchmark setting. Using a comprehensive dataset of Chapter 15 filings from 2005–2020, we show that the law has been actively used by foreign firms, particularly those from countries with strong creditor rights and efficient bankru… Fee(s): Complimentary. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Wei Wang Smith School of Business, Queen's University’s Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative (SGRI) Visiting Professor Dr. Wei Wang is Bank of Montreal Professor of Business and Finance (at the rank of Full Professor) at Queen's University’s Smith School of Business. Previously, he served as Associate Dean of Professional Graduate Programs, managing a portfolio of 13 MBA and specialized graduate programs. He was also the founding director of Queen’s Master of Finance program in Beijing… RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Public. Academic Community. Professionals. Alumni. Thursday, March 26, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM. Function Lounge 4.02, Level 4 Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law 55 Armenian Street Singapore 179943. For more info visit site.smu.edu.sg.

SMU MAF/MQF Hybrid Information Session and Alumni Sharing

MAF Infosessions Hourly Sessions: Thursday, 26 March 2026. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-039c/t/page/fm/1. Event Details: We welcome you to discover how the SMU's MAF & MQF programme, with emphasis on finance, leadership and management training, can help boost your career. This session will be held in hybrid mode. You are welcome to bring a friend with you. Simply forward them this registration link: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-039c/t/page/fm/2. Contact: lkcsbpg.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Public. Prospective Student. Thursday, March 26, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 4, Postgraduate Office 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899 We will be sending the zoom link 2 hours before the start of the event.

BOSS Round 1 Window 1

ISIS Events (UG) Term: 2025-26 Term 3B - Regular Academic Session (22-Jun-26 to 26-Jul-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 27, 2026, 10:00 AM – Monday, March 30, 2026, 10:00 AM.

BOSS Round 1 Window 1

ISIS Events (UG) Term: 2025-26 Term 3A - Regular Academic Session (04-May-26 to 07-Jun-26). Term Week: Before Term Starts. Subject: Academic. Type: BOSS/Course Registration. Audience: Current Student. Critical Date: Yes. Friday, March 27, 2026, 10:00 AM – Monday, March 30, 2026, 10:00 AM.

Lee Kong Chian Professorship Public Lecture

Area Administration Neglected diseases disproportionately affect developing and poor countries. Privately held biopharmaceutical firms often lack adequate financial incentives to invest in drug development for these diseases. In this paper, we build a principal-agent model to help governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) manage a multilateral alliance to develop a new drug for neglected diseases. The model consists of three parties: A funding NGO with a social welfare objective; a privately held innovation specialist (innovator) and a privately held manufacturing specialist (manufacturer). We assume the innovator can invest two types of R&D efforts: one toward efficacy and safety, which creates the likelihood of drug approval by relevant regulatory authority; and the other toward manufacturability, which decreases the marginal cost of production once successful. We characterize the optimal contract structures for the NGO to incentivize the other two parties, and the condition when the NGO should induce investment in… Subtitle: Multilateral Alliances for the Development and Distribution of Drugs for Neglected Diseases. Speaker Details: Professor Shantanu Bhattacharya Singapore Management University Shantanu Bhattacharya is a globally recognized scholar and educator in operations, strategy, and digital transformation, with over 5,000 research citations. He is currently the Lee Kong Chian Professor of Operations Management and Deputy Dean (Education) at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University and previously, served as Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD. He holds a B.Tech. in Electric… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Operations Management. Audience: Academic Community. Friday, March 27, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business 50 Stamford Road Level 2, Seminar Room 2-2 Singapore 178899.

SMU EMBA Virtual Masterclass & Information Session

EMBA Infosessions RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0392/t/page/fm/1. Event Details: From Innovation to Impact: Designing Business Ecosystems, (by Dr. Shantanu Bhattacharya, Academic Director (PhDGM) Program & Deputy Dean (Education), Lee Kong Chian Professor of Operations Management) Innovation and process excellence start with understanding customers, markets, and supply chains - but they don’t end there. In practice, innovation must also be designed to scale, adapt, and sustain over time. Business ecosystems are living systems that evolve, requiring thoughtful orchestration across… Contact: emba.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Friday, March 27, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.

MPA Alumni Sharing Session (27 March) - Virtual

MPA Infosessions Seats are limited. Sign up now! RSVP: . Event Details: This online session will showcase how SMU Accounting Masters alumni are leading with AI in today’s evolving business landscape. Featuring our Associate Dean/Programme Director and alumni across sectors, the session will highlight how graduates are leveraging artificial intelligence, data analytics, automation, and digital transformation to create impact in accounting, finance, consulting, and beyond. Prospective students will gain insights into how the MPA programme equip them with future-ready skills th… Contact: SOAMasters@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Accounting. Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Alumni. Professionals. Current Student. Incoming PG Students. Friday, March 27, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.

MSA Alumni Sharing Session (27 March) - Virtual

MSA Infosessions Seats are limited. Sign up now! RSVP: . Event Details: This online session will showcase how SMU Accounting Masters alumni are leading with AI in today’s evolving business landscape. Featuring our Associate Dean/Programme Director and alumni across sectors, the session will highlight how graduates are leveraging artificial intelligence, data analytics, automation, and digital transformation to create impact in accounting, finance, consulting, and beyond. Prospective students will gain insights into how the MSA programme equip them with future-ready skills th… Contact: SOAMasters@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Social & Networking. Subject: Accounting. Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Incoming PG Students. Professionals. Alumni. Current Student. Friday, March 27, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.

SMU Alumni Reunion in Toronto

Office of Alumni Relations Join us in the GTA on 28 Mar (Sat) 6.30pm - 9.00pm (EST) for an SMU alumni reunion - reconnect with fellow grads, reminisce about your time in Singapore, and strengthen network over great food and company. We are also thrilled to welcome Ms Florence Neo, Director of Office of Alumni Relations, who will share campus updates and reconnect with our Toronto community. We hope to see you there! Contact: jasmineler@smu.edu.sg. Type: Social & Networking. Subject: University Events. Audience: Alumni. Sunday, March 29, 2026, 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM. to be advised.