Fulbright@SMU Seminar Series

jointly organised by Fulbright Association (Singapore) and Lee Kong Chian Scholars' Programme

Date : 12th March 2010

Time : 5pm - 7pm (Dinner will be provided)

Venue: Seminar Room 1.1, LKCSB, Singapore Management University

Topic : The Self-Regulation of Advertising, Private Schools and Used Cars in Singapore: Lessons from Their Success and Failures

Please register for the talk by 9th March by sending an e-mail to Ms Chan Sze Min <smchan@smu.edu.sg>

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About the Speaker:

A formal journalist with a Singapore Daily and a qualified lawyer, A/P Ang’s research covers legal and policy issues in the media on such areas as copyright, media self-regulation, and free speech and censorship. He has received numerous fellowships and grants for his research, and a paper derived from his dissertation won a top award. He is on the main board and advisory council of the Internet Content Rating Association. He has also consulted for organizations in Europe and Asia, including local ones.

In 2000, he received a Fulbright award and held a visiting position at Harvard University’s Information Infrastructure Project at the Kennedy School of Government. In 2001, he was a visiting fellow at the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Oxford University. In 2004, he was appointed by the UN Secretary General to the Working Group on Internet Governance to prepare a report for the 2005 meeting of the World Summit on Information Society. He later helped co-found the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) where he served as inaugural chair.

A/P Ang is currently a faculty member of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. He has a law degree from the NUS, a Master’s in communication management from the University of Southern California, and a PhD in mass media from Michigan State University.

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About the Fulbright Programme and the Fulbright Association (Singapore)

The Fulbright Programme was established in 1946 and since its inception, more than 294,000 people have participated in the programme, which is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Association (Singapore)

www.fulbright.org.sg contributes to the ideals of global cooperation and mutual understanding through conduct of seminars and discussions as well as awards for further studies in the United States.