Program Overview

8.30am – 9.00am

Registration

9.00am – 9.05am

Welcome by Conference Chair

Prof Ng Huck Hui

SIRION Conference Organising Committee Chair

9.05am – 9.25am

Guest of Honour Addresses

Prof Chng Wee Joo

Vice President (Biomedical Science Research), NUS

Prof Ernst J Kuipers

Vice President (Research), NTU

Session 1: Research with integrity - beyond the ethics checklist

Moderated by AP Desmond Chong (SIT)

9.25am – 10.15am

Prof David Vaux

Honorary Professor, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Research integrity - Whose responsibility?

10.15am - 10.45am

Morning tea

10.45am – 11.20am

Prof Abhi Veerakumarasivam

Provost, Sunway University, Malaysia

Bridging the Trust Deficit: Building a Culture of Research Integrity in Southeast Asia

11.20am – 11.55am

Prof Mai Har Sham

Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President (Research), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Fostering Responsible Conduct of Research through Data Management and Open Science

Session 2:  Research integrity in focus - overcoming challenges in specialised fields

Moderated by Prof Tang Hang Wu (SMU)

11.55am – 12.30pm

Dr Voo Teck Chuan

Head, Office of Ethics in Healthcare, SingHealth

Research Integrity and Emerging Technologies: Clarity, Sustainability, and Accountability

12.30pm – 1.05pm

Asst Prof Lisa Winstanley

Assistant Professor, School of Art, Design and Media, NTU

Visual Integrity in the Age of Gen AI: Ethical Challenges and Opportunities in Art and Design

1.05pm – 2.15pm

Lunch

Session 3: Navigating the Ethics of AI

Moderated by AP U-Xuan Tan (SUTD)

2.15pm – 2.50pm

Prof Simon Chesterman

Senior Director of AI Governance at AISG, NUS, Vice Provost (Educational Innovation), NUS

The AI Made Me Do It: Research Integrity in an Age of Hallucinations and Perverse Incentives

2.50pm – 3.25pm

Assoc Prof Jeannie Lee

Deputy Director, Centre for Immersification, Associate Professor, SIT

Ethical challenges of the Metaverse

3.25pm – 3.55pm

Afternoon tea

Session 4: Can AI revolutionise academic publications?

Moderated by AP Nicholas Sim (SUSS)

3.55pm - 4.45pm

Dr Magdalena Skipper

Editor-in-Chief, Nature

Research integrity – a common responsibility to be taken seriously

4.45pm – 5.20pm

Prof Chien Chou

Senior Vice President & Chair Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Academic Peer Review: Enhancing Efficiency or Threatening Integrity?

5.20pm – 5.30pm

Poster Awards

5.30pm – 5.40pm

Closing speech by SIRION Chair

Prof Andy Hor

SIRION Chair and A*STAR Deputy Chief Executive (Research)