APRU World Institute

Conference Program

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Monday 23 June

3:30 pm

Pre-Workshop Symposium: Ageing Populations in East Asia - How are health systems responding?

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5:00 pm

Bus from Hotel to Opening Reception venue (Kantoku-tei, Koishikawa-Korakuen Garden) - to be confirmed

5:30 pm

Registration

6:00 pm

Opening Reception at the Kantoku-tei, Koishikawa-Korakuen Garden
Hosted by: APRU World Institute

Welcome Remarks

	Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI (Co-Chair) Vice President, International Relations University of Tokyo
	Meng Kin LIM (Co-Chair) AWI Public Health Director & Associate Professor, Community, Occupational & Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
	Richard DROBNICK Managing Director, AWI Director, Centre for International Business Education and Research Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Self-introduction of Participants

Tuesday 24 June

8:00 am

Bus from Hotel to University of Tokyo

8:30 am

Registration

8:45 am

Welcome

	Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI (Co-Chair)
	Meng Kin LIM (Co-Chair)

9:00 am

Opening Keynote & Discussion

Ichiro KANAZAWA
President, Science Council of Japan

9:45 am

Panel Discussion I
How Well Are Our Public Health Systems Performing?

	Chair: Don NUTBEAM Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Sydney
Panel Speakers:
	Usman Chatib WARSA Former Rector and former Dean of the Medical School, University of Indonesia Public Health Performances in Indonesia: Future Academ Academy Contributions
	Qingyue MENG Dean and Professor, School of Public Health Shandong University, China Public Health Infrastructure and Role of the Universities in China
	George RUBIN Professor and Director, Centre for Health Services & Workforce Research School of Public Health, University of Sydney Public Health in Australia: The contributions of teaching and research
	Soichiro IWAO Vice President, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan Public Health System in Japan

Q&A

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Panel Discussion II
Ageing & Chronic Diseases: Role of Research Universities

	Chair: Sian GRIFFITHS Professor and Director, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine & Chairman Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ppt
Panel Speakers:
	Peiyu WANG Professor, School of Public Health Head of Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, Peking University Challenges to Public Health in building healthy longevity society in China and the Role of University
	Chorh Chuan TAN Senior Deputy President, National University of Singapore and formerly Singapore’s Director of Medical Services Ageing, chronic diseases and the research university: A view from Singapore
	Toshihiko HASEGAWA Professor, Department of Health Policy Management Nippon Medical School, Japan Ageing & Chronic Diseases: Role of Research Universities
	Zuo-Feng ZHANG Director, Molecular Epidemiology and Carcinogenesis Program, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Co-Director, UCLA Center for Environment Genomics & Scientific Director, UCLA Central Tumor Registry University of California Los Angeles Environmental Exposure and Cancer in Aging Population, UCLA’s Role in Research and Training in People People’s Republic of China

Q&A

1:00 pm

Lunch at Capo Pellicano

2:15 pm

Panel Discussion III
Infectious Diseases: Role of Research Universities

	Chair: Lynn GOLDMAN Professor and Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Applied Public Health Johns Hopkins University
Panel Speakers:
	Aikichi IWAMOTO Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo Japan and Infectious Diseases: A historical View
	Guojing YANG Research Fellow Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases-China CDC The potential impact of climate changes on transmission of schistosomiasis and research practical significance in China
	Elma TORRES Director Health Safety and Environmental Management Consulting Services, Philippines Burden of Infectious Diseases due to poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WSH) practices in the Philippines
	Vonthanak SAPHONN Head, School of Public Health & Deputy Director, National Institute of Public Health Ministry of Health, Cambodia Infectious Diseases: Role of Research Universities A reflection on HIV/AIDS prevention and control program in Cambodia

Q&A

3:45 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Panel Discussion IV
Health Security: Role of Research Universities

	Chair: Masamine JIMBA Professor, Department of International Community Health Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo ppt
Panel Speakers:
	Soonman KWON Professor & Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management School of Public Health, Seoul National University Health Care Financing and Risk Protection in Asia
	Krishna C. POUDEL Assistant Professor Department of International Community Health Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo Efforts to protect children’s life during armed conflict: Lessons from Nepal
	Edward MILLS Research Scientist, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
	Paula PALMER Assistant Professor, Clinical Preventive Medicine and Director of Global Development, Institute for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Global Health Research and Training to Improve Health Security in the Pacific Rim

Q&A

5:30 pm

Poster Session & Reception

6:30 pm

Dinner at 1st Floor, Sanjo Conference Hall

Hosted by Hiroshi KOMIYAMA
President, University of Tokyo

Wednesday 25 June

8:00 am

Bus from Hotel to University of Tokyo

8:30 am

Arrival of Participants

9:00 am

Panel Discussion V
Engagement of Universities with Government, Business and NGO stakeholders

	Chair: Meng Kin LIM AWI Public Health Director & Associate Professor, Community, Occupational & Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore ppt
	Co-Chair: Vu Anh LE Dean, Hanoi School of Public Health, Vietnam
Panel Speakers:
	Michael J. KLAG Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University Building Bridges to Improve Health: Trials and Tribulations
	Eng Kiong YEOH Director of Centre for Systems for Health School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and formerly Secretary of Health and Welfare, Hong Kong SAR “Engaged Governance” – An Institution of University- Government Engagement
	Kai Hong PHUA Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore From Public Health Policy to Action: Engagement with Government, Business and NGO Stakeholders

Q&A

10:30 am

Break

	Naoki IKEGAMI Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management Keio School of Medicine, Keio University Engagement of Universities with Government, Business and NGO stakeholders: Developing payment systems in healthcare
	Pengiran HISHAMUDDIN Head of Division Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam Public Health Practice, Academia & Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
	Tung-Liang CHIANG Professor and Dean, College of Public Health National Taiwan University University Professors and Taiwan’s National Health Insurance
	Fereydoun (Fred) NAZEM Founder, Flagship Patient Advocates Inc. Founder & Managing General Partner, Nazem and Company, New York To Make A Difference Right Now: Applied Medicine and the Role of Socially Conscious Universities

Q&A

12:00 pm

Lunch at Gakushi Club Annex

1:30 pm

Multi-Disciplinary Discussion Groups: Session VI

The goal of this session is to identify key challenges and develop specific recommendations for teaching, research, and policy influence that APRU/AWI member universities can do to better contribute to public health issues among Pacific Rim economies.

	MDG1 Chair: Karen EGGLESTON Centre Fellow, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
	MDG2 Chair: Carl Anderson JOHNSON Sidney Garfield Professor of Preventive Medicine & Psychology and Director, Institute for Prevention Research Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
	MDG3 Chair: Roger DETELS Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles
	MDG4 Chair: Stephen MATLIN Executive Director, Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva, Switzerland

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

University Leaders Panel Discussion

	Chair: Richard DROBNICK
University Leaders:
	Yuichiro ANZAI President, Keio University
	Gene BLOCK Chancellor, University of California Los Angeles
	Gavin BROWN Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Sydney
	Hiroshi KOMIYAMA President, University of Tokyo
	Lawrence LAU Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
	Choon Fong SHIH President, National University of Singapore
	Shigeru OMI Regional Director, Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organization