APRU World Institute

Conference Program

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Thursday 17 June

2:20 pm

Meet at Hotel Lobby for Transport to Symposium Venue

2:30 pm

Depart from Hotel for Symposium

3:00 pm

Nanjing University Symposium:
Health Reform - Lessons from Around the World
Venue:
Meng Minwei Building
Nanjing University Medical School

WU Zhi Wei (Co-Chair)
Director & Professor
Center for Public Health Research,
School of Medicine, Nanjing University

Retneswari MASILAMANI (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor & Head
Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
University of Malaya

Panel Speakers:

Health Reform in the US: Towards Universal Coverage
Karen EGGLESTON
Asia Health Policy Program Director
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)
Stanford University
Health Reform in the United States

	Health Reform in Taiwan: What Works and What Doesn’t Tung-Liang CHIANG Professor and Dean College of Public Health National University of Taiwan Health Reform in Taiwan
	Health Reform in Hong Kong: Focus on Primary Care Sian GRIFFITHS Director & Professor School of Public Health & Primary Care Chinese University of Hong Kong Health Reform in Hong Kong
	Health Reform in Singapore: Public-Private Partnership LIM Meng Kin AWI Public Health Director & Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore Health Reform in Singapore

4:30 pm

End

7:00 pm

Welcome Dinner

Hosted by:
Nanjing University
Venue:
Nanjing International Conference Hotel
Jade Hall, 1st Floor, Zijin Building

Welcome Remarks

Richard DROBNICK
Managing Director, APRU World Institute
Director, Center for International Business Education and Research
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California

Cheng LI
Assistant to President
Nanjing University

Self-introduction of Participants

9:30 pm

End

Friday 18 June

8:45 am	Registration Venue: Nanjing International Conference Hotel Lilac Room, 2nd Floor, Zijin Building
9:00 am	Welcome Remarks
		Richard DROBNICK Managing Director, APRU World Institute Director, Center for International Business Education and Research Marshall School of Business University of Southern California
		Qian GAO (Co-Chair) Dean & Professor School of Medicine Nanjing University
		LIM Meng Kin (Co-Chair) AWI Public Health Director & Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore
9:15 am	Keynote 1: The Challenge of Chronic, Non-communicable Diseases in the Asia Pacific
		Speaker: Young-Soo SHIN Regional Director, Regional Office for the Western Pacific World Health Organization Keynote 1
		Chair: James YAGER Edyth H. Schoenrich Professor in Preventive Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University
9:35 am	Q&A
10:05 am	Group Photo Session
10:15 am	Tea Break
10:45 am	Keynote 2: The Economic Impact of Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases in China
		Speaker: John C. LANGENBRUNNER Lead Health Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region The World Bank Keynote 2
		Chair: Stephen LEEDER Professor & Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy University of Sydney
11:05 am	Q&A
11:35 am	Panel Discussion I Chronic, Non-Communicable Disease – Challenges to China
		Michael ERIKSEN (Co-Chair) Professor and Director Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University GSU - Tobacco Control as a Model for Achieving Social Change
		Karen EGGLESTON (Co-Chair) Asia Health Policy Program Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) Stanford University
	Panel Speakers:
		Shan-Kuan ZHU Dean & Professor, School of Public Health Zhejiang University
		Hongbing SHEN Dean & Professor, School of Public Health Nanjing Medical University NJ MedicalU - Different Genetic Susceptibility of Non-Communicable Diseases in Chinese –Another Challenge
		Jin Ling TANG Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK - Re-Examination of the Evidence about Hypertension and Its Control Strategies
12:35 pm	Q & A
1:00 pm	Lunch Venue: Nanjing International Conference Hotel Rose Room, 1st Floor, Zijin Building
2:00 pm	Panel Discussion II Chronic, Non-Communicable Disease: the Challenge to Health Research
		Chouwen ZHU (Co-Chair) Director, Medical Center Office & Deputy Director, Foreign Affairs Office Fudan University
		Michael ERIKSEN (Co-Chair) Professor and Director Institute of Public Health Georgia State University
	Panel Speakers:
		Biao XU, Director, Cardiovascular Disease Gulou Hospital Nanjing University NJU - Hypertension and Stroke---more important problem in China
		Masamine JIMBA Professor Department of International Community Health Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo U Tokyo - NCDs in Low Income Countries: Universal Coverage or Universal Access?
		Janice JOHNSTON Deputy Head (Education), Department of Community Medicine School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine University of Hong Kong UHK - Research to practice: knowledge transfer for populations with chronic non-communicable diseases
		Kee Seng CHIA Head, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore NUS - Challenges to Chronic Disease Research in the Post-Genomic Era
3:15 pm	Q&A
3:45 pm	Tea Break
4:15 pm	Panel Discussion III Chronic, Non-Communicable Disease: The Challenge to Public Health Education and Training
		Tung-Liang CHIANG (Chair) Professor and Dean College of Public Health National Taiwan University
		Kun CHEN (Co-Chair) Professor School of Public Health Zhejiang University
	Panel Speakers:
		Peiyu WANG Head, Department of Social Medicine and Health Education School of Public Health Peking University PKU - Chronic, Non-communicable Diseases: Challenge to Public Health
		Sian GRIFFITHS Director & Professor, School of Public Health & Primary Care Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK - Education for Tackling Non-Communicable Diseases
		Wei-Jen CHEN Vice Dean, College of Public Health National Taiwan University NTU - Reform of Public Health Education in Taiwan
		Alan MARYON-DAVIS President Faculty of Public Health United Kingdom FPH - NCDs and the challenge to education & training for Public Health - The UK Experience
5:30 pm	Q & A
6:00 pm	Adjourn
7:00 pm	Dinner Hosted by: APRU World Institute Venue: Qinhuai Restaurant, near Confucius Temple Qinhuai District Tai Shiba Street No. 128
9:30 pm	End

Saturday 19 June

9:00 am	Keynote 3: China’s Healthcare Reforms Venue: Nanjing International Conference Hotel Lilac Room, 2nd Floor, Zijin Building
		Speaker: Ling LI Professor of Economics China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development Peking University Keynote 3
		Chair: Richard DROBNICK Managing Director, APRU World Institute Director, Center for International Business Education and Research Marshall School of Business University of Southern California
9:20 am	Q & A
10:00 am	Tea Break
10:30 am	Panel Discussion IV Chronic, Non-Communicable Disease: the Challenge to Health Systems
		Eng Kiong YEOH (Co-Chair) Director & Professor, Centre for Systems for Health Faculty of Medicine Chinese University of Hong Kong
		Cu Linh LE (Co-Chair) Chair, Dept. of Demography & Head, Dept. of Graduate Education Hanoi School of Public Health
	Panel Speakers:
		China: Hua FU Deputy Dean and Professor School of Public Health Fudan University FDU -Improving quality of life of patients with NCDs through health system reform
		Japan: Hideki HASHIMOTO Professor, Department of Health Economics and Epidemiology Research School of Public Health, University of Tokyo UTokyo - The case of Japan
		New Zealand: Toni ASHTON Associate Professor, Health Economics;Head, Health Systems School of Population Health University of Auckland UAuckland - What can health systems do and what might stop them from doing it?
		Singapore: Kai Hong PHUA Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore NUS - Chronic Non-Communicable Disease:Towards a Comparative Analysis of Health Systems in Asia
11:45 am	Q & A
12:15 pm	Lunch Venue: Rose Room, 1st Floor, Zijin Building
2:00 pm	Keynote 4: Climate Change & Public Health - Implications for the Asia Pacific
		Speaker: Jonathan SAMET Professor and Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine and Director USC Institute for Global Health, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Keynote 4
		Chair: Bambang WISPRIYONO Dean & Professor, Faculty of Public Health University of Indonesia
2:20 pm	Q&A
3:00 pm	Panel Discussion V Climate Change and Public Health – Implications for Research, Education and Policy
		Jamal HASHIM (Co-Chair) Professor of Environmental Health & Research Fellow International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) United Nations University
		Kuo-Liong CHIEN (Co-Chair) Associate Professor, College of Public Health National Taiwan University
	Panel Speakers:
		Bao LIU Associate Professor, Department of Health Economics School of Public Health Fudan University FDU - Climate Change and Public Health: an Economic Perspective
		Budi HARYANTO Head, Department of Environmental Health Faculty of Public Health University of Indonesia UI - Climate Change & Health Adaptation: Research Priorities in Asia Pacific Region
		Jim FALK AWI Climate Change Theme Director Visiting Professor, United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies & Director, Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society University of Melbourne UMelb - Public Health & Climate Change - a potential for collaborative research and intervention?
4:15 pm	Q&A
4:45 pm	Tea Break
5:15 pm	Conference Statement by Co-Chairs
		Qian GAO Dean & Professor, School of Medicine Nanjing University
		Meng Kin LIM AWI Public Health Director & Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore
		Chair: Richard DROBNICK Managing Director, AWI Director, Centre for International Business Education and Research Marshall School of Business University of Southern California
	2010 Public Health Workshop Conference Statement
5:30 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Closing Reception Hosted by: Nanjing University Venue: Nanjing International Conference Hotel Jade Hall, 1st Floor, Zijin Building
7:15 pm	End