Programme

Date:April 12, 2025 (Saturday)
Time*:09:30 - 12:45
Venue:Lecture Theatre, 1/F, HKUMed Academic Building, 3 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (view map)


* Poster Session will start at 09:00.

09:00 - 09:30
Registration

Welcome Reception cum Poster Session

09:30 - 09:35
Welcome Remarks

Professor Zhang Xiang
President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong

09:35 - 09:40
Welcome Remarks

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

09:40 - 09:45
Group Photo

Introduction of Speakers

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

Guest Lecture 1

09:45 - 10:20
Strengthen Multi-Pronged Infectious Disease Surveillance, Safeguard Public Health

Professor Hu Qinghua
Deputy Director, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Moderator
Professor Zhang Tong
Professor (by courtesy), School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Chair Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
 

Guest Lecture 2

10:20 - 10:55

Dr Fan Ning
Founder, Health In Action
Chairman, Forget Thee Not
Former President, Médecins Sans Frontières Hong Kong


Moderator
Dr Nason Tan
Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

10:55 - 11:25      Intermission and Poster Session

Roundtable Discussion

11:25 - 12:30

Panellists
Dr Rebecca Grais
Executive Director, Pasteur Network

Professor Yik-ying Teo
Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

Professor Eng-kiong Yeoh
Professor of Public Health and Director of Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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

Award Presentation cum Closing Ceremony

12:30 - 12:35
Best Poster Award Presentation

Host
Professor Maria Zhu
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Presenter
Professor Youngwon Kim 
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

12:35 - 12:40
Closing Remarks

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