Agenda

8 Oct 2026 (Thurs)

09:00 – 09:15 

Opening remarks

09:20 – 10:00

[Case Study]

Designing Engagement That People Actually Show Up For

Many engagement initiatives struggle with low participation despite good intentions. This session explores how engagement can be designed from the community’s perspective — moving beyond top-down programming to co-creation that drives genuine participation.

10:00 – 10:40

[Case Study]

Building Trust in Hard-to-Reach Communities
Trust is the foundation of meaningful engagement — and one of the easiest things to lose. This session examines how trust is built on the ground, where it breaks down, and how organisations can rebuild credibility.

Speaker:

10:40 – 11:00

Morning networking break

11:00 – 11:40

[Case Study]

Engaging Youth Beyond Surveys and Events

Youth engagement often defaults to surveys and one-off events with limited impact. This session explores how to engage youth as contributors and co-creators using approaches aligned with how young people engage today.

11:40 – 12:20

[Case Study]

Engaging Seniors with Dignity and Agency
As Singapore’s population ages, engagement approaches must evolve. This session focuses on how to engage seniors in ways that preserve dignity, agency, and purpose — beyond activity-based participation.

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:10

[Panel]

Making Cross-Sector Collaboration Work
Cross-sector collaboration is essential but often difficult. This session explores how public agencies, NGOs, and corporate partners collaborate effectively while managing power dynamics and aligning goals.

14:10 – 14:50

[Case Study]

Turning Community Insights into Action
Collecting feedback is easy. Acting on it is not. This session examines how community insights are translated into real programme or policy change — and how to close the feedback loop meaningfully.

14:50 – 15:30

[Case Study]

Measuring What Matters in Community Engagement
Engagement impact is often reduced to numbers that miss the human story. This session focuses on how to measure outcomes that matter while meeting accountability requirements.

15:30 – 15:50

Afternoon break

15:50 – 16:30

[Reflection Circle]

Building Resilient Engagement Teams: Reflection to Action
Community engagement work is emotionally demanding and often invisible. This facilitated session combines practical guidance on sustaining team wellbeing with guided individual reflection, small-group or team-based reflection circles, and a plenary share-back. Participants will examine their current realities, learn people-first practices that support frontline staff, and leave with concrete actions they can apply immediately — either individually or with peers from the same organisation.

Speaker:

Andrew Buay

Andrew Buay

Former Vice President, Group Sustainability of Singtel, Community Engagement Specialist

Singtel

16:30 

Closing remarks and end of conference