AsianScientist (Oct. 2, 2013) – Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is hosting two prestigious events this week – the World Cultural Council’s 30th Award Ceremony and the World Academic Summit.
Three leading scholars and artists will be honored at the World Cultural Council Award Ceremony taking place today. The World Cultural Council, a Mexico-based international organisation that promotes academic achievement, will present its Albert Einstein World Award of Science to Professor Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society (United Kingdom), and the Leonardo da Vinci Award of Arts to Prof Petteri Nisunen and Mr Tommi Gronlund in a ceremony on NTU’s campus.
Ms Indranee Rajah, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Ministry of Education, will grace the World Cultural Council Award Ceremony as the Guest of Honor.
Singapore will also host the World Academic Summit, which NTU is co-organizing with Times Higher Education. The Summit will feature a slate of high profile speakers including Mr S R Nathan, former President of the Republic of Singapore; Dr Marcus Storch, former chairman of the Nobel Foundation and Lord David Puttnam of Queensgate, the Oscar-winning producer of the film ‘Chariots of Fire’.
The Presidents of world-leading universities, including Prof Tony Chan from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Prof Edward Byrne of Monash University and Prof Oh Yeon Cheon from Seoul National University, will also be participating as speakers and panelists.
“Singapore is one of the most exciting and dynamic world centers for innovation and research – a true global hub for attracting top talent – and its two leading institutions are both rising up the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, with strong scores for research, industry links and international outlook,” said Mr Phil Baty, Editor, Times Higher Education Rankings and Editor at Large, Times Higher Education.
The official worldwide launch of the 2013-14 Times Higher Education World University Rankings will be held in conjunction with the Summit and a master class on ranking methodology and performance trends will be conducted by THE Rankings editor and Mr Simon Pratt of Thomson Reuters.
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Source: NTU.
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