At The Straits Times Education Forum 2019, which was hosted by and held in partnership with SMU, SMU President Professor Lily Kong said, “I hope (these forums) contribute to thought leadership on the issues that impact society.” Arguing against the motion "Entrepreneurs do more harm than good" were SMU Provost Professor Timothy Clark and SMU Associate Professor of Strategic Management Reddi Kotha. Arguing for the motion were cyborg activist, software developer and co-founder of Ind.ie Aral Balkan and Ashoka Country Director for Singapore and Malaysia Sumitra Pasupathy. Prof Clark said that entrepreneurship is about creating innovation and seeing opportunities that are not there before. Economies will also continue to shift into knowledge-intensive sectors, where entrepreneurial creativity and agility are important in generating new ideas. Assoc Prof Kotha said that entrepreneurs were needed for society’s development and that governments could also interfere if monopolies hindered creativity and users themselves could choose to walk away from businesses they deemed harmful.