Programme

Time Event
9:00 am – 9:30 am Reception and Registration
9:30 am – 9:45 am Opening Address by Guest of Honour
Dr Cecilia FAN, JP
Under Secretary for Health, Health Bureau, HKSAR
Session I
Moderator: Professor Ben FONG (Professor of Practice, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
9:50 am – 10:10 am Universal Healthcare in Hong Kong – Dual Track System
Professor Peter P. YUEN
Conference Chair and Dean, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:10 am – 10:30 am Tradeoffs and Strategies in the Quadruple Aim: Lessons from Hong Kong’s Health System
Professor David BISHAI
Clinical Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
10:30 am – 10:50 am Universal Healthcare in Chinese Mainland (To be confirmed)
Profssor Gordon LIU
Peking University BOYA Distinguished Professor of Economics, China
10:50 am – 11:30 am Morning Tea Break
 
Session II
Moderator: Professor HU Bing-Jie (Vice President, Guangzhou Medical University, China)
11:30 am – 11:50 am Challenges of Thai UHC after 20 years
Dr Somsak CHUNHARUS
President, National Health Foundation, Thailand
11:50 am - 12:10 pm Universal Health Coverage: Perspectives from Policy, Health Economics, and Quality of Care
Professor Tomonori HASEGAWA
Professor Emeritus, Toho University School of Medicine, Japan
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Q & A and Discussion
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Lunch
 
Session III
Moderator: Dr Vincent LAW (Associate Division Head, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Universal Healthcare in China – Recent Reforms in Greater Bay Area
Professor HU Bing-Jie
Vice President, Guangzhou Medical University, China
2:50 pm - 3:10 pm Universal Healthcare in South Korea – Lessons for the Asia-Pacific Region
Professor Dongwoon HAN
Professor, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, South Korea
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm The Role and Implication of Insurance in UHC
Professor Vivienne Hui ZHANG
Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Networking Break
 
Session IV
Moderator: Dr Pimtong TAVITIYAMAN (Associate Division Head, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm Universal Health Coverage Challenges Across the Region: An Australian Primary Care Case Study
Professor Zhanming LIANG
Associate Dean and Academic Head, College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University, Australia
4:20 pm - 4:40 pm Building a Resilient Healthcare System in Singapore
Dr Sabrina LUK
Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm Primary Health Care (PHC) - Part of the UHC in Thailand
Associate Professor Dr Jukkrit WUNGRATH
Program Chair, Master of Primary Health Care Management, ASEAN Institute for Health Development (AIHD), Mahidol University, Thailand
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Q & A and Discussion
 
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Parallel Sessions