Humanity is ushered into a world presented with multiple alternative realities by Artificial Intelligence powered social media and interest groups. Access to domain experts’ candid sharing is more important than ever.

(1) Today, domain experts expressing views on circular economy and future resilience benefited more than 1500 attendees of the IES World Engineering Day 2025 : https://charlesrudd.com/charles-rudd-2025/panellists/

Minister of State Associate Professor Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim informed the audience that Singapore has just committed to the UN about its plans to reduce GHG emissions to between 45 to 50 million tonnes by 2035 : https://www.mnd.gov.sg/newsroom/speeches/view/speech-by-mos-faishal-ibrahim-at-the-charles-rudd-distinguished-global-lectures-2025

(2) It’s also heartening to chair the circular economy panel with a majority of females on Feb 11, designated as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/2025-international-day-women-and-girls-science). Our esteemed panelists are Mr Yew Chiong Loh, Ms Suzy Goulding, Ms Kate Drews, Ms Karina Cady, Ms Violet Chen, and Mr Boon Jin Gan.

(3) I am delighted to be presented with the book entitled Building the Nation and Beyond : https://issuu.com/desmond6/docs/ies_lr_removed

Ref:
(1) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/singapore-polytechnic_sp-was-proud-to-lead-the-conversation-on-activity-7295013998570221568-5Mqk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
(2) https://www.nccs.gov.sg/
(3) http://linkedin.com/posts/bcasingapore_ies-sp-builtenvironment-activity-7295252815004803072-7VHQ/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
(4) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/engineerssg_charles-rudd-distinguished-global-lectures-activity-7295320839485333504-QX-j/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios