WUN Public Health Global Challenge Conference 2015 ‘Healthy Ageing – Researching a Lifecourse Approach’ Monday, 27 April 2015 LT6, 2/F, Cheng Yu Tung Building The Chinese University of Hong Kong
(Preliminary Programme as at 25 February 2015)
Time Programme 8:30am- Registration 9:00am
Opening Ceremony Remarks by Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor & President, CUHK 9:00am – Remarks by Prof. John Hearn, Executive Director of WUN 9:15am Remarks by Prof. Sophia Chan, Under Secretary for Food & Health of the HKSAR Government Group photo
Keynote Address 9:15am – Dr. John Beard, Director, Department of Ageing & Life Course, World Health 9:30am Organization (via video)
Plenary 1: Developmental Factors Influencing Healthy Ageing
Co-Chairs: Prof. Jane Harding, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Research), The University of Auckland & Chair, WUN Public Health Global Challenge Steering Group Prof. Tai-fai Fok, Professor of Paediatrics & Pro-Vice-Chancellor, CUHK
Speakers: 1. Developmental Perspective on Healthy Ageing Prof. Mark Hanson, Director, Academic Unit of Human Development Health, University of Southampton 9:30am – 2. Theme/Title 11:00am Prof. YAN Guo, Vice President, Health Science Center, Peking University 3. Life course trajectories: development and decline Prof. Rebecca Hardy, Scientific Programme Leader, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing, University College London
Panel: Prof. Ronald Ma, Professor, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, CUHK Prof. Hengjin Dong, Executive Director, Center for Health Policy & Management Studies, Zhejiang University Prof. Stewart Mercer, Chair in Primary Care Research, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
11:00am – Coffee break & group photo (CYT main staircase) 11:30am
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Time Programme
Breakout Meetings – Discussion for Collaborative WUN projects
Theme 1 - Mechanisms & Biomarkers (CYT 201) Prof. Mark Hanson, Director, Academic Unit of Human Development Health, University of Southampton (WUN PH rep) Prof. Ronald Ma, Professor, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, CUHK
11:30am – Theme 2 – Interventions (CYT 211) 12:30pm TBC (WUN PH rep) Prof. YAN Guo, Vice President, Health Science Center, Peking University
Theme 3 – Economic & Policy Implications (CYT 212) Prof. Sian Griffiths, Emeritus Professor, Jockey Club School of Public Health & Primary Care, CUHK (WUN PH rep) Prof. Hengjin Dong, Executive Director, Center for Health Policy & Management Studies, Zhejiang University
12:30pm – Lunch (The Stage, CYT 3/F) 1:30pm
Plenary 2: Promoting Healthy Ageing in Adults
Co-Chairs: Prof. Alfred Chan, Chairman, HKSAR Elderly Commission & Chair Professor of Social Gerontology, Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Lingnan University Prof. Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Professor, School of Social & Community Medicine, University of Bristol
Speakers: 1. Theme/Title Prof. Leon Flicker, Winthrop Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia 1:30pm – 2. Theme/Title 3:00pm Prof. Timothy Kwok, Professor, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, CUHK 3. Theme/Title Dr. Enrique Vega Garcia, Regional Advisor on Healthy Ageing, Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization
Panel: Dr. Helen Elsey, Lecturer in Public Health, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds Dr. Rebecca Hardy, Scientific Programme Leader, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing, University College London Prof. Elaine Dennison, Professor of Musculoskeletal Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
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Time Programme 3:00pm – Coffee break 3:30pm
Breakout Meetings – Discussion for Collaborative WUN projects
Theme 1 – Social & Wider Factors (CYT 201) Dr. Kue Young, Professor and Dean, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (WUN PH rep) Dr. Rebecca Hardy, Scientific Programme Leader, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing, University College London
Theme 2 – Interventions (CYT 211) 3:30pm – Prof. Nanne de Vries, Professor of Health Promotion, CAPHRI School of Public 4:30pm Health & Primary Care, Maastricht University (WUN PH rep) Dr. Helen Elsey, Lecturer in Public Health, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds
Theme 3 – Economic & Policy Implications (CYT 212) Prof. Sian Griffiths, Emeritus Professor, Jockey Club School of Public Health & Primary Care, CUHK (WUN PH rep) Prof. Anne Christine Johannessen, Professor of Oral Pathology & Vice-Rector for International Affairs, University of Bergen (WUN PH rep)
Public Health Global Challenge Plenary led by Prof. Jane Harding, Chair, WUN Public Health Global Challenge Steering Group 4:30pm – 5:35pm Sharing discussion outcomes from breakout meetings (report by WUN PH reps in the breakout meetings) Next steps agreed
6:30pm Coach pick-up at hotel main entrance
7:00pm – Conference dinner at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Shatin Clubhouse 9:00pm
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