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Assoc Prof Jamie Davidson, Asia Research Institute, and Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore

ABSTRACT

The world has been buffeted by interlinked shocks, pressures, and transformations, which have challenged the global food system and elevated the pressure and strategic focus on food security. Our speaker will draw on diverse perspectives as a food systems pundit, ex policy staffer, (non-PhD) historian and political scientist, food and sustainability consultant, and professional futurist – poking about from different angles to unclog the “kitchen sink” on the state of global and regional food security amidst the “polycrisis”, key drivers and issues moving forward, and outlines of future scenarios for the region. He will complement this outside-in view with reflections on Singapore’s own “Food Story” journey, including the marquee “30-by-30” ambition, and the wider pursuit of Green Growth. How may Singapore do well by doing good and advance food security synergistically at home and abroad? Amid reshoring and friendshoring of critical value chains, what may a concentric, layered approach to local and regional food security look like?

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Luke Tay is Founder of Cornucopia FutureScapes and Executive Education Singapore Futures Fellow at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He leads Cornucopia, a Singapore-based, globally oriented foresight and strategy practice with a focus on food security, sustainability, and urban, national, and international development, with cross-cutting consideration of technology, geopolitics, and the information sphere. He advises public, private, international, and civil society organisations on emerging trends and scenarios, and future-ready strategic transformation and innovation, supporting foresight capability development, future-ready strategic transformation, and initiatives in sustainable food and urban systems. He speaks at, writes for, and convenes a range of policy, foresight, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation platforms, addressing emerging opportunities in resilience, ESG, environmental citizenship, countering misinformation, and the future of strategic agrifood value chains. As Resident Futurist at venture builder Budding Innovation, Luke helps shape BI’s work to ideate, innovate, and implement future-ready nutrition, wellness, and sustainability solutions. Before founding Cornucopia, Luke served for two decades in leadership and management roles in the agrifood and transport spheres of the Singapore public service, including portfolios in foresight and strategic planning, international relations, people development, infrastructure development, operations, and corporate governance. His work involved advising leaders at the political and senior official level, and engagement with the UN FAO, ICAO, UNDP, APEC, G20, ASEAN, and various country-level stakeholders.

REGISTRATION

Registration is closed, and instructions on how to participate in this hybrid talk has been sent out to registered attendees. Please write to ziqi@nus.edu.sg if you would like to attend the event.