On October 29, 2025, ESS celebrated Singapore’s 60th birthday with a special Distinguished lecture by world-renowned economist Professor Jeffrey Sachs, University Professor at Columbia University. Professor Sachs, speaking on “ASEAN and the World Economy to 2050,” addressed a crowd of nearly 20,0, which filled the ballroom at Voco Orchard Hotel.

Professor Jeffrey Sachs
Questions for Professor Jeffrey Sachs, chaired by Professor Euston Quah, President of the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS)

Credits to: The Straits Times