Speaking ENGAGEMENTS

Prof. May frequently speaks at leading international conferences, academic institutions, and high-profile policy events, sharing her expertise in communication, digital health, and behavioral insights. Her invited talks showcase her commitment to fostering dialogue between academia and society, influencing both scholarly and practical approaches to contemporary challenges.

Keynote Presentations

  1. Invited Speaker: Regional Arbovirus Network Webinar Series – Community engagement for dengue prevention and control, 28 October 2025, via Online Zoom
  2. Track Lead: Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress (SHBC) 2025 – Rewiring HABITS: Changing Health Behaviours, 9 October 2025, Singapore Expo
  3. Invited Panel Chair and Moderator: IAMCR 2025 – One health in action: Global insights from multisectoral leaders, 16 July 2025, WKWSCI NTU, Singapore.
  4. Invited Speaker: The Jerome Williams Public Lecture, 3 March 2025, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
  5. Invited Speaker: Battling Vector-borne Diseases: Participatory surveillance at the frontline, 17 Jan 2025, (Invitation from Peking University), Yunnan, China.
  6. Invited Keynote Speaker: Misinformation Threats: In the context of the changing health landscape, 18 Dec 2024, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan.
  7. Invited Lecture: NYCU-DCAT Lecture, 24 October 2024, University (NYCU) at Department of Communication and Technology National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
  8. Invited Panel Lead: A*STAR EP HTCO and CATOS thematic seminar/webinar, 24 January 2024, Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety, Singapore.
  9. Invited Keynote Speaker: Digital Awareness on safeguarding against online harms, 16 December 2023, IMDA, Singapore.
  10. Invited Keynote Speaker: The International Digital Equality Alliance (IDEA): Health Equity, Technology and Population Health: A Post Pandemic Perspective, 7 November 2023, Wuzhen, China.
  11. Invited Keynote Speaker: Transforming Public Health via Digital Communication: 21st Century Participatory Surveillance for Communities, 4 November 2023, Peking University, Beijing, China.
  12. Invited Keynote Speaker: CTeC Asia Conference: Equity and Misinformation in the Post-Pandemic Global Health Landscape: Opportunities and Risks, 20 October 2023, Taipei, Taiwan.
  13. Invited Keynote Speaker: Social Media, Fake News and Communication during Pandemic: Covid-19 lessons and the Need for Recalibrating Future Health Communication, 20 March 2023, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
  14. Opening Speech: WKWSCI 30th Anniversary Industry Panel Discussion – Communicating to Digital Natives: From Indifference to Involvement, 9 January 2023, Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore.
  15. Commemorative Speech: WKWSCI 30th Anniversary Dinner Event, 18 November 2022, Monti, Singapore.
  16. Invited Panel Discussant and Moderator: 4th International Workshop on Participatory Surveillance: The past, present and future of participatory surveillance, 31 October – 3 November 2022, Organized by Ending Pandemics, Raffles Hotel Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  17. Invited Keynote and Chair of Session: 7th World One Health Congress and Temasek Foundation Pinnacle Series: The important role of communication in managing a pandemic or outbreak, 1 November 2022, Sands Expo & Convention Center, Singapore.
  18. Invited Keynote Address: Food Health Asia Expo 2022: The behavioral science behind marketing alternative meats, 6 September 2022, Changi Singapore Expo, Singapore.
  19. Invited Keynote Address: International Communication Association (ICA) Post-conference 2022: The role of online media during COVID-19, 31 May 2022, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
  20. Invited Keynote and Panel Chair: International Communication Association Conference 2022: Vulnerable youth, mental health and the challenges of platform design and regulation, 27 May 2022, Paris, France.
  21. Invited Chair for Opening Plenary: ICA Health Communication Division’s “Conversation Series” Career Advice for Early Career Scholars: Conversations with HC ICA Fellows, 26 April 2022, via Zoom.
  22. Invited Panel Lead: ICA Health Communication Division Conversation Series: Career Advice for Early Career Scholars, Conversation with Health Comm ICA Fellows, April 25, 2022, via Zoom.
  23. Invited Keynote Speaker: COVID-19 Health and Mobile Communication: Perspectives from Three Studies, 12 October 2021, Tianjin University, via Teleconferencing.
  24. Invited Keynote Speaker: Singapore Researchers Global Summit 2021: Impact of Covid on Research, Public Health & Transformation in Singapore, 20 September 2021, NTU, Singapore.
  25. Invited Keynote Speaker: Asia-Pacific Communication Monitor Launch – Webinar with registration, 24 March 2021, Australia.
  26. Invited Keynote Speaker: HKBU Health Communication Symposium – Frontiers of Health Communication in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities, 5 March 2021.
  27. Invited Keynote Address: 3rd International e-Symposium on Communication in Health Care, 1 – 2 March 2021, The University of Hong Kong.
  28. Invited Key Speaker: 27th National Public Relations Congress, Reality Check: When the Virus Hit, 17 February 2021, Philippines.
  29. Invited Speaker: NISTH Think Out: Medical Technology, NISTH Debate Keynote, 21 January 2021, NTU, Singapore.
  30. Invited Keynote Speaker: Digital Technology and Health Communication: Experiences from the Dengue Arena, 7 November 2020, Peking University, Beijing.
  31. Invited Singapore Representative: 2019 Salzburg Global Seminar: Finding Outbreaks Faster: Metrics for One Health Surveillance, Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria.
  32. Invited Lead Speaker: World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Histories Seminar 132 Infectious Diseases: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives, 11 September 2019, Singapore.
  33. Invited Opening Panel Speaker: International Symposium on Communication in Health Care 2019, The Human Dimension in Medicine and Healthcare, 8 – 9 February 2019, LKC School of Medicine, NTU.
  34. Invited Lead Speaker: Symposium on Young People and the Media, 8 – 9 January 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia. Organized by Universitas Indonesia and Marakas Human Behavior Studies.
  35. Invited Solo Lecture: Social Media and Public Engagement to Faculty and Students at the College of Communication, 10 December 2018, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  36. Invited Judge: 13th Singapore Games Creation Competition (SGCC) organized by the National Healthcare Group (NHG) and NTU LKCMedicine on Promoting Healthy Lifestyle for You and Your Family, 31 July 2018, Singapore.
  37. Invited Leading Scholar Address and Thought Leaders Panellist: Forum at the Hong Kong Baptist University in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the School of Communication. 19 – 20 April 2018, Hong Kong.
  38. Invited Speaker and Award Recipient: NMRC Awards Ceremony and Research Symposium 2018 – event encompasses the presentation of awards to outstanding Clinician Scientists and provides a platform to showcase ongoing research and NMRC-funded projects, 17 – 18 April 2018, Singapore.
  39. Invited Lead Speaker: International Symposium on Health Care Communication at ANU International Symposium for Communication in Health Care (ICH), 12 – 13 February 2018, Canberra, Australia.
  40. Invited Workshop Lead: Digital Media and Pandemic Preparedness, 6th International Congress of Infection Control Association, 1 – 3 February 2018, Singapore.
  41. Invited Opening Keynote Speaker: Workshop on Regulatory Landscape for Advertising: Overview, Structure and Experiences, 18 December 2017, Sedona Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar.
  42. Invited Lecture: Digital Surveillance and Health Communication, 17 October 2017, Australian National Humanities Research Centre Lecture on Digital Surveillance and Mobile Media at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
  43. Invited Opening Keynote Speaker: EpiHack 2017 Sri Lanka: focus of workshop is to elevate vector surveillance across the globe, 6 – 10 November 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  44. Invited Plenary Speaker: SingHealth Nursing Research Day 2016 Theme: “Bridging Research and Best Practice towards Zero Harm”, on Digital Media, User Engagement and Disease Prevention: Experiences from Mobile Initiatives, 29 November 2016, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
  45. Invited NTU Professor Installation Ceremony 2016 Installation Speech on Behalf of Recipients, 25 August 2016, Nanyang Technological University auditorium, Singapore.
  46. Invited Plenary Speaker: Annual International Research Center on Communication in Healthcare (IRCCH) Roundtable: “Keeping Populations Safe – Findings from Asia”, 25 – 26 June 2016, Lugano, Switzerland.
  47. Invited Expert Workshop Speaker: 3rd International Workshop on Participatory Surveillance (IWOPS), Skoll Global Threats Fund and the Hunter Medical Research Institute, 22 – 24 March 2016, Newcastle, Australia.
  48. Invited Key Speaker: World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters Digital Technology and Health Data Forum on Social Media and Public Health Communication: Experiences from Asia, 25 February 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.
  49. Invited Expert Talk: Harnessing Social Media for Public Health: The Dengue Engagement Experience in Sri Lanka at the Joint APAN-TEIN Dengue Fever and Public Health Workshop, 24 – 25 January 2016, Manila, Philippines.
  50. Invited Lecture: Sociological Observations of a Communications Revolution: Introducing Mobile Telephones in a Developing South East Asian Society, 2 December 2015, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
  51. Invited Colloquium Speaker: Social Media, Civic Engagement and Public Health: Experiences from a Mobile Initiative in Asia, 13 November 2015, Health & Risk Communication Center and Technology and Research Innovation for Health (Trifecta), College of Communication Arts & Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
  52. Invited Guest Lecture: How Can Digital Technology Influence Physical Activity and Nutrition Intake? Highlights and Insights from Singapore, 5 November 2015, Center for Health and Risk Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, Maryland, USA.
  53. Invited T. C. Chan Lecture: How Can Digital Technology Influence Physical Activity and Nutrition Intake? Highlights and Insights from Singapore at T C Chan School of Public Health and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 26 October 2015, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  54. Invited Key Speaker and Seminar Chair: Advertising Education Foundations and Basics, Yangon University Institute of Economics, seminar for faculty, practitioners and workshops graduate students, 3 – 5 August 2015, Yangon, Myanmar.
  55. Invited Lead Panel Lecture: WARC Webinar on “Cross Cultural Differences in Asian Health, Wellness & Nutrition” International Live Global Webinar Audiences, 14 May 2015, Singapore.
  56. Invited Expert Talk: National Cyber Wellness Student Ambassador Programme (CWSAP) 2015 Conference – Parents Track on “Parenting Styles and How They Affect Your Child in this Digital Age”, 25 March 2015, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. Organized by the Media Development Authority (MDA).
  57. Invited Key Speaker: “Harnessing Social Media for Public Health: The Dengue Engagement Experience in Sri Lanka” at Mo-Buzz Public Launch, 12 – 13 February 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  58. Invited Keynote Speaker: 8th Scientific Seminar on Food Innovation/Renovation for Healthier Food Choices, ILSI Southeast Asia Region, 4 November 2014, Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia.
  59. Invited Opening Key Speaker: Digital Solutions in SEAsia: EpiHack Laos, 17 – 20 June 2014, Vientiane, Laos. Organized by Ministry of Health Laos, Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS), InSTEDD, Opendream and Skoll Global Threats Fund USA.
  60. Invited Keynote Speaker: 3rd Annual Global Healthcare Conference (GHC), 23 -24 June 2014, Singapore.
  61. Invited Main Speaker and Panellist: The Use of Digital Gaming Technology to Promote Physical Exercise at schools in Singapore workshop for the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and school participants, 14 March 2014, Health Promotion Board, Singapore.
  62. Invited Key Address: Public presentation of the Mo-Buzz system to the Colombo health and municipal authorities and stakeholders, “Mo-Buzz Dengue: Social Media for the Fight of Dengue”, November 2014.
  63. Invited Speaker: National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Awards Ceremony and Research Symposium 2014, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, 26 – 27 February 2014. (Presenting Successful HSR projects which have generated positive tangible health outcomes)
  64. Invited Keynote Speaker: International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions, 11 – 15 December 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  65. Invited Key Speaker: The Asian Health Communication Science Workshop at the Institute of Communication and Health, 17 – 18 October 2013. For this workshop, three Health Communication experts from Asia were selected and invited to Switzerland to share experiences regarding emerging trends on Health Communication in Asian and internationally. Lugano, Switzerland.
  66. Invited Key Speaker: The CMC, NTU, Mobitel launch of social media system for dengue surveillance and communication, 3 July 2013, Colombo Municipal Council Town Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  67. Invited Key Speaker: Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) Indonesia symposium on “ICT for Health-Nutrition Communication in Developing Countries”, 3 October 2012.
  68. Invited Speaker: Symposium on Obesity Prevention: High-risk groups and Interventions at the 1st Singapore International Public Health Conference in conjunction with the 7th Singapore Public Health & Occupational Medicine Conference, 2 October 2012, Copthorne Orchid Hotel, Singapore.
  69. Invited Lead Guest Lecture: XI Asian Congress for Nutrition Communications and Marketing Symposium, 15 July 2011, Suntec City, Singapore.
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 Invited Presentations

  1. Invited Speaker: Online Trust & Safety Thematic Seminar Series, Fighting Misinformation in Public Health Emergencies: Digital Technology and Global Health Revisited in the Post-Pandemic Landscape, 23 January 2024, A*Star, Singapore.
  2. Invited Speaker: Trusted Scientific Networks for Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Biological Information Risks, 5 December 2023, Virtual Capstone Event. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), USA.
  3. Invited Moderator as Lead Panel: “Will AI Affect the Lives and Jobs of Medical Professionals?” with Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry Dr Tan See Leng, International AI in Medicine (iAIM) conference, 5 – 7 August 2023.
  4. Invited Presentation at European Conference Health Communication (ECHC): Motivators and barriers of telemedicine adoption, Perspectives from elderly patients and their companions, and comparing older adult patients in dyadic and triadic medical consultations: A qualitative assessment on the needs perspectives, and typology of older adult patients, 16 November 2023, Austria.
  5. Invited Speaker: What we learned from the Pandemic: Opportunities and Risks of Digital Technology in Future Population Health Strategies, 3 November 2023, Peking University.
  6. Opening Address at Safer Internet Day 2023 Live Webinar: Safeguarding the Digital Wellbeing of Children, 7 February 2023, via Zoom.
  7. Invited Panel Speaker: The 7th World One Health Congress: ‘How did governments manage scientific communication during the pandemic?’, November 2022, Singapore.
  8. Invited Panel Speaker: Profiles and Perspectives regarding Dyadic Versus Triadic Medical Consultations in Singapore. ARISE Online Seminar, 23 September 2022, Singapore.
  9. Invited Panel Speaker: Future of Food Symposium: Emerging Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Global Food Security, 21 April 2022 via Zoom (Hosted by Keri Matwick, Lecturer, SOH, NTU & Luke Tay, Founder, Cornucopia FutureScapes).
  10. Invited Panel Speaker: Expert Panel Discussion on “Navigating the Online Jungle: What Parents Can Do to Help our Young Ones”, 3 March 2022, via IG Live. Organized by the Ministry of Community and Information (Moderated by Eric Chua, Parliamentary Secretary).
  11. IC4CH Webinar: Better doctor-patient interaction for a better treatment outcome, 21 October 2021, via Zoom. Organized by University College London (UCL).
  12. Opening speech in Singapore: Identity on Film Symposium, 23 September 2021, via Zoom, Wee Kim Wee School of Comm & Info, NTU.
  13. Roundtable Expert Delegate: The Economist Group’s Roundtable on Vaccine Ecosystem User Acceptance and Uptake, 14 October 2021.
  14. Invited Speaker: Supercomputing Asia (SCAsia) 2021: COVID-19 Big Social Data Analytics: Enabling Communication Science Enquires through Emotion Analytic Social Technologies, 1- 3 March 2021, NTU, Singapore.
  15. Invited Speaker: Women@NTU: The Infodemic and Behaviors Surrounding COVID19: Experiences and Reflections, 6 November 2020, NTU, Singapore.
  16. Invited Speaker: NTU IAS Webinar, Covid-19: Science, Medicine, Communication, and Education, 15 May 2020. Organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies, NTU.
  17. Invited Speaker: The 14th Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference 2019, Population Health and Health Systems Track, focusing on Public Health Communications, Sentosa Island, Singapore.
  18. Invited Panellist: Antimicrobial Resistance in the Asia Pacific & Its Impact on Singapore, 13 – 14 November 2018, LKC School of Medicine, Singapore.
  19. Invited Talk: Infectious Disease and Digital Media at WO+MEN Fest (commemoration of Marie Curie’s Birthday), 7 November 2018, NTU.
  20. Invited Speaker: Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology (IIDE) thematic research meeting on Vaccine Preventable Diseases, November 2017, Singapore.
  21. Invited Expert Panel Speaker: ARISE Networking Session, Efficacy of Transmitting Hypertension and Cardiovascular Health Information, and Promoting BP Screening to Elderly via Youth Agents, 18 August 2017, NTU, Singapore.
  22. Invited Panel Speaker: Digital Health and the Future of Healthcare, McCann Erikson Healthcare Truth about Doctors Workshop, 11 May 2017, Singapore.
  23. Invited Speaker: Singapore Forum on Cyberworlds in Asia Pacific 2017 by Google Singapore Headquarters, 3 August 2017, Singapore.
  24. Invited Speaker: 14th Family Research Network forum: The Impact of the Internet and Social Media on Social and Familial Ties. “Family Communication, Digital Media and Children Online”, 7 October 2016, Auditorium, Civil Service College.
  25. Invited Speaker: Public Health Management in Era of Social & Mobile Media, 9 November 2015, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA.
  26. Invited Talk: Harnessing Social Media for Public Health Communication: Asian Experiences, 29 October 2015, The Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
  27. Invited Symposia Speaker: Lessons from Mobile Health Surveillance in Asia at “Communicating for Compassionate Healthcare: Mobilizing Values to Practice” at the IRCCH 3rd International Symposium on Communication in Healthcare, 29 June 2015, Hong Kong.
  28. Invited Speaker: “Harnessing Social Media for Public Health: The Dengue Engagement Experience in Sri Lanka” at the Joint APAN-TEIN Dengue Fever and Public Health Workshop, 1 – 6 March 2015, Fukuoka, Japan.
  29. Invited Speaker: The 9th Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference (PHOM) on “Digital Technology and Message Framing: Joint Effects on Physical Activity Beliefs among Primary and Secondary School Students”, 29 August 2014, Sheraton Towers,
  30. Invited Meeting Participant: The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Public Health Network’s workshop, “Risk Communications for Public Health Emergencies: What to Learn from Real-life Events”, 2 – 3 October 2014, Oslo, Norway. (ASEF Public Health Network is part of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Initiative for the Rapid Containment of Pandemic Influenza, which was launched during the 9th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. ASEM is an informal dialogue process that brings 49 countries across Asia and Europe, as well as the ASEAN Secretariat and the European Commission.)
  31. Invited Speaker: The Public Health and Occupational Medicine (PHOM) Conference on “New technologies and health”, 28 – 29 August 2014, Sheraton Towers, Singapore.
  32. Invited Panellist: Talking Point, “Regulatory Measures to Curb Smoking in Singapore,” Channel News Asia, 27 June 2013.
  33. Invited Speaker: Pandemic Conference by Rajarathnam School of International Studies on “When Does Risk Communication Become Over-communication?”, 16 April 2011, Traders Hotel, Singapore.
  34. Invited Guest Lecture: International Pandemic Preparedness and Response Conference, 19 April 2011, Singapore.
  35. Invited Speaker: National Healthcare Group’s Annual Scientific Congress on “Content Analysis in Health”, 7 November 2009, Singapore.
  36. Invited Speaker: National Healthcare Group’s Annual Scientific Congress on “Beware of What You Hear and See”, 7 November 2008, Singapore.
  37. Invited Speaker: Health Promotion Board’s doctors and nurses on “Childhood Myopia and Communicating with Parents”, 28 November 2006, Singapore.
  38. Invited Speaker: 11th International Myopia Conference: “Childhood Myopia: A PMT Perspective of Improving Health Marketing Communications”, 16 – 18 August 2006, Singapore.
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