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The FHT and FRS programmes exhibited some of their best research at the recent STEM Teachers' Fest on 10 November.  

Dr Iris Haberkorn spoke about SEC’s "Urban Microalgae Protein Project” and the insights gained at Berlin Science Week 2023.

On 10 July, SEC presented its best digital health, urban sustainability and resilience research at the CREATE Symposium 2023.

Mr Martin Candinas and other members of the Swiss National Council visited the SEC on Tuesday, 27 June.

Funding Instruments at the Leading House Asia  ETH Zurich ETH Zurich as Leading House Asia is responsible for the promotion of collaboration in science and technology with the East and Southeast Asia region and offers different funding instruments to researchers (postdocs, senior scientists, professors). 

8 Feb | Visiting Prof. Dr Dr Norman Sieroka will explain the importance of the concept of 'time' in what we do at the SEC, and share about his current research.

15 Dec | The Polonium Foundation, the Embassy of Poland in Singapore and SEC will be hosting a networking event to share international perspectives on research and development.

25 Oct | The future is vertical and circular – The Swiss startup YASAI will present on their pioneering work in vertical farming based on circular economy

23 Jun | Prof. Michael Siegrist will elaborate and speak about consumers’ perception and acceptance of novel and sustainable alternative proteins.  

25 Mar | Prof Alexander Mathys will speak on the SEC Microalgae project's aims to deliver affordable, palatable, and nutritious microalgae-based food products to market.

3 Nov | Dr Heiko Aydt presents how a digital twin can support climate-informed urban planning at a National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) webinar. Recording now available!

3 Nov | Dr Kristina Orehounig will present Cooling Singapore and how the Digital Urban Climate Twin could help planners tackle the urban heat at the 'Smart City Living' event at the World Expo.

27 Apr | The Natural Capital Singapore team will discuss findings on terrestrial and marine ecosystems in a tropical city at this webinar, alongside studies done beyond Singapore's shores.

3 Sep | At this webinar, Prof. Gerhard Schmitt and Dr Heiko Aydt share on Cooling Singapore 2.0 and the importance of high performance computing in planning for a balanced urban climate system.

23 Oct | Dr Anne Guerry will explore how current case studies of nature's contributions to human wellbeing can be used to inform decisions for the future.

22 Oct | What are the challenges and opportunities of urbanisation in relation to natural resource management? Join us at the lunch talk by Prof Thomas Elmqvist from the Stockholm Resilience Centre.

27 Sep | At the upcoming Natural Capital Singapore seminar, Dr Chen Mengli discuss the important roles of sediments in regulating metal pollutants in coastal waters.

26 - 30 Sep | How do you live and breathe innovation? By living in a glass cube for four days with other creative minds to ideate and prototype solutions to real-world challenges.

8 Aug | At the CLC lecture, Professor Gerhard Schmitt will speak about mitigating urban heat island effect and improving outdoor thermal comfort, and Cooling Singapore's interface with Singapore's development.  

5-25 June | Singapore-ETH Centre to host the first ETH Singapore Month, bringing ­together ETH other talented ­students to Singapore to explore the theme ­of "Future of Urban ­Society" using design thinking approaches.

29 Jan | Prof Hans Heinimann, PI and director of the FRS programme will address the implications for the Palu Earthquake and Tsunami at this lunch talk.

2 Nov | At this PI Seminar, Prof Ian Smith will present error domain model falsification for civil-infrastructure asset management and Rob Van Son will share Digital Underground's latest results.

6 - 7 Dec | The upcoming Complex Systems Design & Management (CSDM) conference will gather key players from the complex industrial systems engineering community to discuss smart transportation.

27 Sep | The Natural Capital Singapore Seminar will feature talks by Zhang Liqiang, on the effects of urban green spaces on health, and Richard Belcher on the impacts of urban vegetation on property prices.

7 Sep | The CREATE PI Seminar will feature two examples of "Responsive Cities". Dr Pieter Fourie will present a case on autonomous mobility and Dr Devisari Tunas will speak on engaging citizens in Bandung.

30 Aug | Dr Rafael Ball, director of the ETH Library will discuss the impact of big data, digital disruption, open access, open data and open science on science communication and the role of libraries.

11 Jul | The Cooling Singapore team will present the roadmap towards mitigating Urban Heat Island effect and enhancing outdoor thermal comfort alongside the World Cities Summit.

16 - 20 Jul | The third edition of the Science, Technoloy and Policy Workshop puts the spotlight on the Future of Work, exploring topics on AI, robotics, cybersecurity and governing disruptive changes.

10-14 Jul | Singapore-ETH Centre partners SMART, NUS and SUTD in the seminar themed Smart City to explore the intersection of science, technology and policy.

03 Jul | The first Cooling Singapore workshop brought together agencies and researchers to explore various mitigation strategies for tackling the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.

20 Jun | The Cooling Singapore launch brought together researchers and government agencies for an introductory discussion and informal networking session.

8 Mar | Prof Peter Edwards to speak on 'Technological Myopia' at the upcoming Para-Limes conference themed 'Causality-Reality'.

1 Feb | An introduction to Cooling Singapore and Cooler Calmer Singapore - two new projects targeted at mitigating the urban heat island effect.