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Date: Saturday, 18 March 2000
Time: 9 am - 1 pm
Venue: Marriott Hotel (Ballroom Room I and II, Level 3)
Some Photos of the Seminar (courtesy of Kenneth Lim)
1. Exco members 2. Browse 3. Q&A
4. Makan 5. Speakers 6. Audience
PROGRAMME
8:30 am Registration
9:15 am Chairperson's Welcome Address
9:30 am The Relevance of Geosophy in a Knowledge-Based Society
Speaker: Associate Professor Victor Savage, Department of Geography, NUS
10:15 am Tea Break and GTA AGM
11:15 am Exploring Geographies of the
Knowledge-Based Economy
Speaker: Dr. Neil Coe, Department of Geography, NUS
12:00 pm Q&A and Closing Remarks
Chair: Dr. Henry Yeung, Department of Geography, NUS
12:30 pm End of Seminar
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Associate Professor Victor R Savage is currently the Head of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Arts, National University of Singapore. Associate Professor Savage, a Singaporean, did his undergraduate Arts (Honours) degree at the University of Singapore and obtained his MA and PhD in geography from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his MA and PhD under the Fulbright Hayes Scholarship. His research interest is mainly on Singapore and the Southeast Asian region historical and cultural landscapes, sustainable development and sustainable urban development issues. He was made a Fellowship of the Indian Society for Environment and Culture in June 1995. He is a member of the Green Plan Advisory Committee on Environmental Education, the Singapore Ministry of the Environment and a Board member of the Singapore Environment Council. Associate Professor Savage is the Secretary of the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau, President of the Fulbright Association, Singapore and a member of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Board of Trustees. He is also a member of the Singapore History Museum Board and an advisor for eduMall, a joint venture between Paupac E Media and the National Computer Systems (NCS). Associate Professor Savage is Director of the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography and a member of the International Advisory Board of World Literatures Written in English. He continues to work actively with the Hanns Seidel Foundation on environment-related issues in Malaysia, Vietnam and Myanmar.
Neil Coe undertook his Ph.D at the University of Durham,
England, graduating in 1996. He then spent a year at the University
of British Columbia, Vancouver as a postdoctoral fellow, before
joining the Department of Geography at the National University
of Singapore as a Lecturer in June 1998. His main research interests
fall within the subdiscipline of economic geography, and include
the dynamics of cultural industries and the service sector, processes
of internationalisation and globalisation, and transnational
corporate activity. He has published several papers on the software
and computer service industries of the UK, Ireland and Singapore,
and the Canadian film industry. His current research focuses
on transnational IT-sector linkages between Southeast Asia and
the USA.
REGISTRATION FORM
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participant)
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S$35 (non-member)
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Attn: Ms. Doris Ho, Treasurer, Talks and Seminar
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by 26 February 2000
We will not be writing to you to confirm your attendance due to cost reasons. We can, however, acknowledge receipts of your payments via email. Official receipts can be collected at the registration desk on the day of the seminar.
If you have any queries, please contact Doris
Ho at email: <hosf@moe.edu.sg> or
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Lam at 344 6444 (H) or email: <karenlw@mbox4.singnet.com.sg>
No receipts or confirmation will be sent to you via mail. They will be issued on the seminar day. Please check out our seminar website for further details.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Talks and Seminar Committee would like to thank:
· A/P Victor Savage and Dr. Neil Coe for sharing their
views on the geography of knowledge-based economy with us.
· All those who have helped to ensure the success of the
seminar.
Talks and Seminar Sub-Committee
Dr. Henry Yeung (Chair)
Ms. Doris Ho (Treasurer)
Ms. Karen Lam
Mr. Homer Galistan
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