FEB 28
Professor Choi Won-Sik, Director of TBI, Miryang National University, Korea met with Professor Andrew Nee to find out about SMA.

Professor Masataka Tanigaki of International Innovation Center, Kyoto University visited SMA and met with Professor Chua Soo Jin to discuss possible collaborations with SMA

MAR 3
Mr Xu Yongji, Director of the Division of Policy and Planning, Department of International Co-operation and Exchanges of the Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China, visited the SMA office. He was accompanied by Mr Wang Yongli, Counsellor of Education at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Singapore. Dialogue between the visitors and Professor Chua Soo Jin included the student selection process, general background of students, tuition fees and entry requirements into the SMA programmes.

MAR 18
Professor Angus K. McDonald, a Trustee of MIT, met Professor Chua Soo Jin to discuss the progress of SMA.

APR 5
Professor Sung Han Park, a Principal Investigator, together with Professor Tae-Hyung Kim and Professor Jin Hyun Son of Hanyang University, Korea met with Professor Andrew Nee to discuss the developments in SMA.