8th Annual SMU-Soka International Peace Symposium

On 2 February, over 1,000 people attended the 8th Annual SMU-Soka International Peace Symposium held at the Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium at the Singapore Management University.

This year’s symposium, titled “Happiness in Times of Crisis: Pain, Precarity, and Planetary Suffering,” delves into the intricate relationships between achieving happiness and well-being during periods of adversity and crisis.

This is the eighth in a series that SGS has collaborated with SMU since 2016.

If you’ve missed it, you may catch the full video recording at the SMU Mediacast website at the following links:

• Panel 1: Pain and the Humanities
• Panel 2: Planetary Suffering
• Panel 3: Precarity of Work
• Keynote Lecture: Coping with Adversity