AI Governance for the Global Financial System Tom Worthington (me) and Jason Grant Allen from SMU at Insights Forum 2025Greetings from the Insights Forum roundtable on "AI Governance, stability and competitive dynamics: Aligning priorities for safe and effective AI adoption". I am not exactly sure what the forum is, or who by, But I happened to be in Singapore for another conference, so thought I would come along. Chatham House rules apply,
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Singapore Fintech Festival 2025: The FinTech Talent Blueprint: Navigating the New Era of FinTech Workforce Transformation, Greetings from day two of Singapore Fintech Festival 2025. I have managed to navigate my way to Hall 3 (each is the size of a football field) at the right time (my calendar is on Sydney time). I am here to look at skills gaps, so this session on "FinTech Talent Blueprint: Navigating the New Era of FinTech Workforce Transformation" looks relevant. However, no one on the panel seems to be from
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Lessons from history for the ADF Greetings from the  Chief of Army History Conference in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra. This might seem an academic exercise, literally. However there are very relevant lessons for today. As an example, Professor Bob Breen detailed the "graveyard of reputations" experienced by some nations militaries while conducting peacekeeping operations in Somalia. With the possibility of
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China's Digital Economy and Moore's Law  Greetings from the Australian National University's China Update. The first session is on China's digital economy, innovation, finance and growth. Harry X Wu started with industry policy implications and the difficult issue of productivity. He argues ICT drives China's productivity, despite the "productivity paradox". This is due to government policy promotion of ICT in State Owned
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Networking the Old Way  Greetings from Tasa Cafe at the Australian National University. After dealing with the morning's mail I wandered over for a coffee. On the way one staff member explained the "Quiet Hour" at student services, for those who can't cope with noise. Then I offer a colleague a coffee, but they are off to talk at consulting company about an initiative to recruit and support a more diverse student
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