Overview
Join us for an engaging fireside chat with Professor Dame Sue Black, President of St John’s College, Oxford, and a renowned forensic anthropologist. In this conversation, titled Unconventional Careers: Embracing the Unexpected, Professor Black will share her unique career journey and reflect on how embracing the unexpected can lead to extraordinary opportunities. With a wealth of experience in both academia and real-world investigations, she offers valuable insights into navigating unconventional career paths and the impact of embracing new challenges. Don’t miss this chance to hear from one of the most inspiring voices in her field.
Schedule
Registration: 4.30pm - 5pm
Opening: 5pm - 5.05pm
Fireside Chat / Q&A: 5.05pm - 6pm
Networking: 6pm - 6.30pm
Schedule
Date: 08 Jan 2025, Wednesday
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (GMT +8:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
Location: 32 Carpenter Street, 059911
Speakers
Speaker's Profile:
Prof Dame Sue Black, President, St John’s College, Oxford
Professor Dame Sue Black is President of St John's College at the University of Oxford. After her degree and PhD in human anatomy at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, she ended up in forensic anthropology. Today, she is a leading forensic anthropologist who has been involved in many mass fatality events and war crimes investigations. She was the speaker for the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2022. Dame Sue has received multiple awards and honours over the years. Among them is the prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2014, where she was recognised for her research into identification from the hand. She was also appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 for her investigation on war crimes in Kosovo. In 2016, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the British Empire for her contributions to forensic anthropology.
Moderator's Profile:
Manu Kapur, Director, Singapore-ETH Centre
Manu is currently the Director of the Singapore-ETH Centre, and a Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Before that, he worked in Singapore and Hong Kong, heading various learning sciences labs and initiatives. With a strong technical background in engineering and statistics as well as doctoral training in the learning sciences, Manu brings a unique interdisciplinary skill set to the study of human cognition and learning, both in terms of the fundamental mechanisms of human learning as well as developing applications for translating these mechanisms for teaching and learning. Manu is widely known mainly for his groundbreaking research on learning from Productive Failure. For more information, visit www.manukapur.com
