Surviving and Thriving in a Pandemic: Wellbeing in a Time of Crisis Wednesday 24 June 2020
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Surviving and Thriving in a Pandemic: Wellbeing in a Time of Crisis This event focusses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on day-to-day living and our prospects for the future after the pandemic. Speakers discuss this topic, sharing perspectives from their own personal and professional experience. This includes issues such as: u How the Singapore Health Promotion Board has maintained the importance of general well-being in a time of great stress and illness. u How Sport Singapore has adapted to the circuit breaker and how this has influenced their plans for promoting sport both nationally and internationally. u How the ‘Class of COVID-19’ will fair in the job market. u The importance of humanities in decision making during the pandemic.
This guide provides details on how to complete a profile ahead of the event, as well as tools and information for using the UoL Event Space.
Event Chair Professor Peter Kopelman President of Development, University of London; Professor of Medicine Professor Peter Kopelman is President of Development at the University of London and Professor of Medicine. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of London (2018-2019). Prior to this, he was Vice-Principal, Queen Mary, University of London (2001-2006); Dean of the Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia (2006-2008); and Principal of St George’s, University of London (2008-2015). Peter is active in university leadership and management, as well as health policy, education and research. He has been chair or deputy chair of national and international university and NHS committees. He is a member of NHS national policy and workforce committees and is presently Chair of the UK Pharmacy Education Governance Board, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Education and Standards Committee, and Health Education England’s Oversight Board for Medical Associate Professionals. He is a member of the UK Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration. Peter has a long-standing interest in diabetes care, nutrition and obesity, with a major research interest in obesity; he was Science Advisor to the Government Office of Science and Innovations Foresight Obesity Project (2005-2009).
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Event speakers Zee Yoong Kang
Asha Menon
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Health Promotion Board (HPB)
Founder and Principal HR Consultant, AMTalent Partners
Zee Yoong Kang is the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB). Established in 2001, HPB’s mission is to help Singaporeans increase the quality and years of healthy life and to prevent illness, disability and premature death. Zee Yoong Kang has served in various capacities in Singapore Government (Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Development). He also worked for a period in the private sector, where he was with Bain & Company subsequently as a management consultant, working on projects in the Heavy Engineering, IT and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods sectors. After Bain, Zee joined Singapore’s National Trades Union Congress, where he founded NTUC LearningHub and the Employment & Employability Institute, also known as e2i.
Asha Menon is the Founder and Principal HR Consultant of AMTalent Partners, an independent Talent Resources and Industrial Relations consultancy. Her aim is to provide a complete range of services to a broad region by executing her knowledge acquired through 17 years of hands-on practice and experience across various industries in Asia Pacific, serving in senior roles. She deploys concepts from serial learning and best industry practice by implementing integrated plans to ensure accelerated productivity, synergy towards employee engagement and wellbeing, and alignment of HR systems to that of organisational goals. Asha is also an active player in the space of Design Thinking, Agile Manifestos, Thought Leadership Development, Redefining Diversity and Inclusion through belonging and acceptance, as well as an avid personal growth evangelist.
Kon Yin Tong Chairman, Sport Singapore; President, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA); MP, Foo Kon Tan LLP
Yin Tong graduated with first class honours from the University of London (London School of Economics). An accountant by profession, he is responsible for the overall strategy and stewardship of Foo Kon Tan LLP. His areas of practice include litigation support. He has given expert evidence overseas including in the UK High Court. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has won numerous awards including the ISCA Gold Medal Award 2011 and ISCA Outstanding Practitioner Award 2016. His past roles include President of the ASEAN Federation of Accountants and Chair of the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals. He is also a qualified rugby coach.
Professor Barry Smith Director of the Institute of Philosophy, University of London Barry C Smith is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. He is also the founding director of its Centre for the Study of the Senses, which pioneers collaborative research links between philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists. Barry works on the multisensory nature of perception, and on taste, smell and flavour. He has published theoretical and experimental papers, writing in Nature, Food Quality and Preference, Flavour and Chemical Senses and is the editor of Questions of Taste: the philosophy of wine, Oxford University Press 2007. He collaborates with artists and chefs and has recently been the UK lead for a global consortium of clinicians and sensory scientists researching the link between COVID-19 and loss of taste and smell. Barry is a frequent broadcaster. In 2017, he wrote and presented a ten-part series for BBC Radio 4 called The Uncommon Senses, and in 2019, he wrote and presented a five-part series on the Art and Science of Blending. University of London | Surviving and Thriving in a Pandemic
A guide to the UoL Event Space Update Your Profile Updating your profile on the platform acts like a virtual business card, allowing other attendees to learn more about you and your current job role. You also have the option to display your contact details, should you wish to. We encourage all attendees to complete their profile details before the event to make the best use of networking opportunities during and following the panel discussion. To do this, visit the UoL Event Space and sign in. Then please follow these steps:
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Once you have signed in click on the grey ‘cog’ in the top right corner.
From the drop down menu click on ‘Your Profile’.
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On the left side, above your picture, click on ‘Edit Profile’.
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From this page you can update your details. Please be aware that information you share here will be available to other event attendees to allow them to network with you. This includes your email address.
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Please note you must change your password before you can submit changes to your profile.
How to Ask Questions to the Panel During the panel discussion, you are able to ask questions using the chat box. We encourage you to submit any questions you may have for the panel. Using the chat box our panel will reply directly to your questions. You can also use the chat box to raise a discussion point with attendees. Attendees can reply directly to these points using the reply function.
How to Network To message another attendee privately during the event, please follow the instructions below:
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Whilst you are watching the event, click on the button with an image of a person.
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This will bring up the attendee list. By clicking on the name of an attendee, their profile will appear in a new window.
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To access your private messages, return to the ‘Your Profile’ section, as you did when you updated your profile, and click on the ‘mail’ icon.
From this screen, you can look at their profile, download their contact information (to contact them outside of the UoL Event Space) or click on the ‘mail’ icon to send a private message.
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