Programme

Date:January 27, 2024 (Saturday)
Time*:14:00 - 17:30
Format:In-person
Venue:Lecture Theatre, 1/F, HKUMed Academic Building, 3 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (view map)


* Poster Session will start at 13:00.

12:45 - 14:00
Registration

13:00 - 14:00
Welcome Reception cum Student Poster Session

14:00 - 14:15
Welcome Remarks

Professor Chak-sing Lau
Dean of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Keynote Speech

14:15 - 14:50
Introduction of Keynote Speaker 

Professor David Bishai
Director and Clinical Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong 

Keynote Speech (Via Zoom)
Getting ahead of the Curve: Exploring the Development of Risk-based Early Warning Surveillance for Emerging Diseases

Professor Marion Koopmans
Head of Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre

Moderator
Professor Malik Peiris
Tam Wah-Ching Professor in Medical Science and Chair Professor of Virology, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Lecture: Non-communicable Diseases

14:50 - 15:20
The Role of the University of Hong Kong in Overcoming Obstacles to Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) Control

Dr Judith Mackay
Director, Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control

Senior Policy Advisor, World Health Organization

Honorary Consultant, Department of Health, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Honorary Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong


Moderator
Professor Daniel Ho
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

15:20 - 15:50      Intermission and Student Poster Session

Lecture: Infectious Diseases

15:50 - 16:30
Hong Kong Public Health and Infectious Diseases

Professor Leo Poon
Chair Professor of Public Health Virology and Head of Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Moderator
Professor Hui-Ling Yen
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Plenary Session: Primary Healthcare

16:30 - 17:10
The Primary Healthcare Blueprint and Origins

Professor Sophia Chan
Professor in Nursing, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Senior Advisor, President’s Office, The University of Hong Kong

HKU Primary Health Care Academy Director 

Current Issues in Primary Healthcare in Hong Kong: From Blueprint to Implementation

Dr Fei-chau Pang
Commissioner for Primary Healthcare, Primary Healthcare Office, Health Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

President, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine 

Global Opportunities in Primary Healthcare

Dr Luis Gabriel Bernal-Pulido
Professor, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Rosario University, Bogotá, Colombia

Panel Discussion 

Moderator
Professor David Bishai
Director and Clinical Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Award Presentation cum Closing Ceremony

17:10 - 17:25
Award Presentation cum Closing Ceremony

Professor David Bishai
Director and Clinical Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong