Keynotes & Plenaries


  1. Lim, S. S. (2022, November 16). Teaching and Learning in an Age of Uncertainty. Raffles Institution Teachers' Conference. 
  2. Lim, S. S. (2022, November 9). Building a Career in Tech: The challenges, the journey, and what it comes down to. She Loves Tech Global Conference 2022. Invited plenary speaker. 
  3. Lim, S. S. (2022, October 14). Asia at the Crossroads: A World Disrupted. Festival of Ideas 2022. Invited plenary speaker. 
  4. Lim, S. S. (2022, October 10). Four Conversations 2022: Engaging Dynamic Realities. National Library Singapore. Invited plenary speaker. 
  5. Lim, S. S. (2022, September 13). More innovation, more actionable knowledge, more tech. DELL Technologies Forum. Invited plenary speaker. 
  6. Lim, S. S. (2022, May 12). Opening Remarks. Digital Workplace 4.0 2022 Conference. Conference Chair and Principal Investigator.
  7. Lim, S. S. (2022, March 25). A Conversation on Protecting Women & Girls from Online Harms. Alliance for Action to Tackle Online Harms against Women and Girls Webinar. Invited panelist.
  8. Lim, S. S. (2022, March 23). ASEAN 2030 Vision: Green, Smart And Connected. Singapore Apex Business Summit. Invited plenary speaker.
  9. Lim, S. S. (2022, March 5). Gendered Disinformation. She Leads Tech #Breakthebias. Keynote speaker.
  10. Lim, S. S. (2022, February 11). Super-Apps and Transactionalism Creep: Modalities and Mindsets. Digital Transactions in Asia IV. Invited plenary speaker.
  11. Lim, S. S. (2021, December 8). The Road to a Human-Centred Digital Society. National University of Singapore Centre on AI Technology for Humankind. Invited plenary speaker.
  12. Lim, S. S. (2021, December 1). Empowering Youths and their University Teachers in a Digital Age. Singapore National Academy of Higher Education. Invited plenary speaker.
  13. Lim, S. S. (2021, November 20). On Fear and Fearlessness: Communication Education and Global Cooperation for a Post Pandemic Future. Renmin University International Journalism and Communication Dean’s Annual Conference. Beijing. Invited plenary speaker.
  14. Lim, S. S. (2021, November 2). Data Dreams: New Ways of Thinking and Talking about Data. Open Data Institute Summit: Data <> People. Invited Panelist. 
  15. Lim, S. S. (2021, July 28-30). Digitally disconnected in a smart city: The imperative for universal digital access in the post-pandemic era. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Conference. Invited Plenary Speaker. 
    Lim, S. S. (2021, June 13). UAE-Singapore: Women’s Empowerment Forum 2021. Embassy of the United Arab Emirates Singapore. Invited Panelist. 
  16. Lim, S. S. (2021, March 30). Making universal digital access a reality: What does it take? National University of Singapore Social Services Research Centre Seminar Series. Invited Speaker. 
  17. Lim, S. S. (2021, February 16). Preparing workplaces for digital transformation: Critical factors at 3 organisational levels. Social Science Research Council Digital Workplace 4.0 Webinar Series. Invited Speaker.
  18.  Lim, S. S. (2021, January 22). Income inequality: Unpacking the challenge. Economic Society of Singapore 5th webinar series. Invited Panellist. 
  19. Lim, S. S. (2021, January 21). Global Peace and Understanding. 5th Annual Wee Kim Wee Soka International Seminar. Invited Panelist.  
  20. Lim, S. S. (2021, January 19). How digital technology can work for workers: 4 key lessons. Social Science Research Council Digital workplace 4.0 webinar series. Invited Speaker.
  21.  Lim, S. S. (2020, October 27). Mindset, motivation and mentoring: Supporting workers through digital disruptions. National Trade Union Congress Labour Research Conference 2020. Invited Panelist.
  22. Lim, S. S. (2020, October 6). More than ever, technology needs the insights of women. International Institute of Communicators International Regulators' Forum 2020. Spotlight Talk Speaker. 
  23. ​Lim, S. S. (2020, September 14-18). Connections that matter. All That Matters, Online 2020. Invited Speaker.
  24. Lim, S. S. (2020, September 10). Managing Your Love-Hate Relationship with Technology. Families for Life, Facebook Live Session. Invited Speaker.
  25. Lim, S. S. (2020, August 1). The Exit Interview: 14th NMP Cohort. Singapore Policy Journal. Invited Panelist. 
  26. Lim, S. S. (2020, July 29). Webinar on Digital Inclusion and Digital Divide. Internet Society Singapore Chapter – ISOC SG. Singapore. Invited Panelist.
  27. Lim, S. S. (2020, June 11). Webinar: Conducting Research During a Pandemic: Will Creativity and Tenacity Suffice?”. Universitas Indonesia. Indonesia. Keynote Speaker.
  28. Lim, S. S. (2020, May 19). Business Unusual – The new norm Now and beyond COVID-19. QED Changemaker Series. Singapore. Invited Panelist.
  29. Lim, S. S. (2020, May 16). Managing Quality Screen Time for Toddlers to Teens through Covid-19 and Beyond. Singapore University of Technology and Design. Singapore. Keynote Speaker.
  30. Lim, S. S. (2020, Apr 21). Live: Cyberwellness: Managing Risks & Benefits. Ministry of Social and Family Development’s Families for Life. Singapore. Keynote Speaker.
  31. Lim, S. S. (2019, Dec 5-6) Putting the Smarts into Smart Cities: Critical Literacies for a Technologizing World. University of Copenhagen Internets of the World Conference. Carlsberg Academy. Copenhagen, Denmark. Invited Speaker.
  32. Lim, S. S. (2019, Nov 20-22) Transcendent Parenting in Digitalising Homes: On Mobile Communication & Social Mobility. Digital Transactions in Asia III Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Keynote Speaker. 
  33. Lim, S. S. (2019,  Nov 11-12) Ethics and the next generation technologist: Taming the zeal for solutionism. RSIS Military Transformations Programme Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and the Future of Defence: The Role of Ethics, Norms, and Governance. Singapore. Invited Panellist. 
  34. Lim, S. S. (2019, Nov 8) Transcendent parenting: Mobile communication and the digitally connected family. Ewha Woman’s University ‘Putting People First: Re-examining the Role of Technology’ Communication & Media Conference . Seoul, Korea . Invited Speaker. 
  35. Lim, S. S. (2019, Nov 7). AI and ethics in smart cities: New frontiers in media education. Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea . Invited Speaker. 
  36. Lim, S. S.  (2019, Oct 10-11). Connecting State and Citizenry: What Lies Beyond Likes, Retweets, Shares & Comments? Cultivating Constitutional Literacy In Asia Workshop. Singapore Management University, Singapore. Invited Panellist. 
  37. Lim, S. S.  (2019, Aug 6-7). On Wicked Problems & Creative Solutions: The Perils and Promise of Interdisciplinarity. Singaporean Researchers Global Summit National University of Singapore, Singapore. Invited Panellist. 
  38. Lim, S. S. (2019, July 15-16). Capacity Building, Networks, and Tools to Support/Increase Digitally Enabled Faculty. APEC Closing the Digital Skills Gap Forum. Unilever Training Campus, Singapore. Invited Panellist.
  39. Lim, S. S. (2019, February 8). Industry 4.0 and Skills Transformation - Global Issues, Local Responses. Unpacking Industry 4.0: The Limit of Digitalizing Everything. College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.  Invited Speaker. 
  40. Lim, S. S. (2018, October 25). The Future of Technology - Issues to Ponder at the Dawn of the Robot Invasion. 11th Singapore Economic Policy Forum.  Mandarin Hotel. Singapore. Invited Speaker and Panellist. 
  41. Lim, S. S. (2018, October 13). Harnessing technologies, disrupting mindsets: Towards interdisciplinary approaches in communication education and research . Journalism and Communication Education in Pan-media Era with Internet of Everything International Journalism and Communication Deans Conference. Renmin University. Beijing, China.  Invited Speaker. 
  42. Lim, S. S. (2018, October 11). Growing up and learning in a wired world - Technology use from toddlers through to teens. Wyeth Nutrition Regional Summit.. Shangri-la Hotel. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Keynote Speaker. 
  43. Lim, S. S. (2018, July 25). Mobile Media and Transcendent Parenting in Asia: When the Technological Meets the Social. Asia Research Institute Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies. National University of Singapore. Keynote speaker.
  44. Lim, S. S. (2018, June 18). Mobile media and parenting in the Singapore household: Home truths and hard realities. Workshop on The Role And Impact Of Digitalisation on our Well-Being and Resilience. Institute of Policy Studies Singapore. Invited Speaker and Panellist. 
  45. Lim, S. S. (2018, June 4). Validate, authenticate, never too late. ASEAN Workshop on Strategies for Combating Fake News. Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre. Invited Speaker and Panellist. 
  46. Lim, S. S. (2018, June 1). How can our youths thrive in the online space, meeting the challenges of the digital age with creativity and humanity? International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology. Resorts World Singapore. Keynote speaker. 
  47. Lim, S. S. (2018, March 15). Technology & the Family: Binding, Dividing, Complicating. Nestle-SUTD Embracing Diversity & Inclusion - Women in Leadership Symposium. JW Marriott Hotel. Keynote speaker. 
  48. Lim, S. S. (2017, August). Optimising technology from toddlers to teens: Issues and imperatives. Singapore Forum on Cyberworlds in Asia Pacific, Google Asia Pacific, Singapore. Keynote speaker.
  49. Lim, S. S. (2016, September). Young people, mobile media and invisible illiteracies. Digital Publics in the Asia Pacific Symposium, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Keynote speaker. 
  50. Lim, S. S. (2015, November). Power, competency, expectations, values: Exploring asymmetries in Asian families’ domestication of mobile communication. Workshop on Mobiles and Social Media in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Sydney, Australia. Featured speaker.
  51. Lim, S. S. (2015, May). Young people and communication technologies: Emerging challenges in generational analysis. International Communication Association Annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Opening plenary speaker.
  52. Lim, S. S. (2014, December). Young people and media in Asia: Of Mobiles and Mobilities. Interactive Futures conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Keynote speaker.
  53. Lim, S. S. (2014, October). Boundaries and intersections of internet research. Association of Internet Researchers Annual conference, Daegu, Korea. Opening plenary speaker.
  54. Lim, S S. (2012, June). Running furiously to stay in place – The role of libraries in the era of digital information. Association of Southeast Asian Nations University Network Inter-Library Online meeting of university librarians, Singapore. Keynote speaker.
  55. Lim, S. S. (2008, September). Youths, Media and Entertainment – On Risks, Rewards and Resignation. 2008 KAIST Information-Media Global Forum: Entertainment meets Technology!, Seoul, Korea. Keynote speaker.
  56. Lim, S. S. (2007, August). Young and New Media: At risk, source of risk or let’s manage the risk?. Singapore Police Force Resilience Building Seminar, Singapore. Keynote speaker.
  57. Lim, S. S. (2007, May). New media, New Literacies: Making the Most of Prosumption. Singapore Press Holdings Foundation and English Language and Literature Teachers’ Association Multiliteracies: Connecting with the Language Classroom Conference. Singapore. Keynote speaker.
  58. Lim, S. S. (2007, May). Singapore’s New Media Landscape –Trends and Issues. Ministry of Home Affairs Hometeam Academy Workshop for Senior Officers, Singapore. Keynote speaker.
  59. Lim, S. S. (2007, January). New media and the Singaporean: Rediscovering the lost art of media literacy. Institute of Policy Studies’ Singapore Perspectives 2007: A New Singapore, Singapore. Plenary speaker.
  60. Lim, S. S. (2006, July). Of racist blogs and Tammy videos – Vesting our wired teens with critical literacy. Ministry of Education Excel Fest Day, Singapore. Keynote speaker.
  61. Lim, S. S. (2005, July). New Media Piracy: The Consumer Perspective. BIEM Workshop on On-Line and Digital Services, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Keynote speaker.
  62. Lim, S. S. (2004, September). From Digital to Socio-Digital Divide - Singapore’s Experience in Infocomm Adoption. Universiti Putra Malaysia Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication Seminar on Impact of ICT Towards Society: Present and Future, Selangor, Malaysia. Keynote speaker.
  63. Lim, S. S. (2003, August). The Singaporean Cyber Youth – Wired but Disconnected?, Youth.Net: Understanding and Guiding the Y-ired Generation” Conference, Singapore. Keynote speaker.