Time

Programme

08:00-09:00

Registration

09:00-09:45

Opening Ceremony

• Welcoming Address by Prof. Jin-Guang TENG, JP
  President, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
• Welcoming Address by Hui ZHANG
  Counselor (DG level), Department of Ageing and Health
  National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China
• Welcoming Address by Dr Ronald LAM, JP
  Director of Health, Department of Health
  The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
• Opening Remarks by Prof. Chung-mau LO, BBS, JP (by video)
  Secretary of Health, Health Bureau
  The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
• Opening Remarks by Dr Hiromasa OKAYASU
  Director of Division of Healthy Environments and Populations
  WHO Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO)

09:45-10:15

Keynote Speech 1
Healthy Ageing as a Pathfinder for Future Society

Dr Hiromasa OKAYASU
Director of Division of Healthy Environments and Populations
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Moderator:
Prof. Angela LEUNG
Professor and Associate Head (Research)
Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

10:15-10:45

Coffee Break and Poster Presentation

10:45-11:15

Keynote Speech 2
Healthy Ageing - Concepts, Measurements and Trends

Prof. Somnath CHATTERJI
Former Director
Department of Data and Analytics and Senior Adviser
Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact
World Health Organization, Geneva

Moderator:
Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS
Deputy Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

11:15-11:45

Keynote Speech 3
Ageing and Health – The Hong Kong Approach

Dr Raymond HO
Assistant Director of Health (Elderly Health), Department of Health
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Moderator:
Prof. Frances Wong
Chair Professor of Advanced Nursing Practice & Associate Dean (FHSS)
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

11:45-12:45

Symposium
ICOPE Symposium: Integration in the Care System in Hong Kong, China and Singapore

Speakers:
Dr Yuka SUMI
Acting Unit Head, Medical Officer
Ageing and Health Unit
Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health & Ageing
World Health Organization

Prof. Angela LEUNG
Professor and Associate Head (Research)
Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services
School of Nursing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Dr Carol MA
Associate Professor & Head of Gerontology Programmes & Senior Fellow (Service-Learning & Community Engagement)
Centre for Experiential Learning
Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

Ms Karen WEE
Executive Director
Lions Befriender Service Association, Singapore

Dr Elsa LEE
Executive Director
Wong Tai Sin District Health Centre, Hong Kong, China

Moderator:
Dr Yan Ivy ZHAO
Research Assistant Professor
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

12:45-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Panel Discussion
Discussion on Healthy Ageing Issues

Speakers:
Prof. Noriko YAMAMOTO-MITANI
Professor, Department of Gerontological Homecare & Long-term Care Nursing
Graduate School of Medicine
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Dr Jed MONTAYRE
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

and representatives from Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Malaysia and Mongolia

Moderator:
Dr Mikiko KANDA
Technical Lead, Healthy Ageing Unit
Division of Healthy Environments and Populations
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break and Poster Presentation

16:00-17:00

Concurrent Session 1
(Please refer to the programme book for details)

Invited Speakers:

Technology-Assisted Living in Old Age: Fostering Age-Friendly Cities (CS1.1)
Ms Grace CHAN Man-yee
Business Director
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Hong Kong, China

Age-inclusivity Design Strategies in Urban Development (CS1.2)
Prof. Kar-kan LING, SBS
Director
Jockey Club Design Institute of Social Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Time

Programme

08:30-09:30

Concurrent Session 2
(Please refer to the programme book for details)

Invited Speakers:

Users as Co-designers: Co-creating a Social Robot with Elderlies (CS2.1)
Ms Debby CHENG
Project Manager I / Leader of Social Team
Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong China

Co-creating a Sensor-enabled Urban Green Care Farm (S-FARM) with Older Citizens in Hong Kong: Challenges and Opportunities (CS2.1)
Dr Aria Chien-hui YANG
Research Assistant Professor
School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Social Prescribing for Healthy Ageing (CS2.2)
Dr Mikiko KANDA
Technical Lead, Healthy Ageing Unit
Division of Healthy Environments and Populations, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Keynote Session

Moderator:
Ms April Siwon LEE
Technical Officer
Healthy Ageing Unit, Division of Healthy Environments and Populations
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

09:30-10:00

Keynote Speech 4
Digital Interventions and Chronic Conditions in Older People

Prof. Wenru WANG
Professor
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore

10:00-10:30

Keynote Speech 5
Oral Health-an Essential Element of Healthy Aging: Direction for Research, Education, and Practice

Prof. Bei WU
Vice Dean for Research, Dean’s Professor in Global Health
Rory Meyers College of Nursing
New York University, USA

10:30-10:45

Coffee Break and Poster Presentation

10:45-11:45

Concurrent Session 3 (Please refer to the programme book for details)

11:45-12:45

Concurrent Session 4 (Please refer to the programme book for details)

12:45-13:00

Closing Remark

Prof. Angela LEUNG
Professor and Associate Head (Research)
Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services
School of Nursing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

13:00-14:00

Lunch (self-arranged)

14:00-16:00

Field visits (registration is required on first-come first-served basis)

• Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Tseung Kwan O Aged Care Complex
• Hong Kong Housing Society – The Tanner Hill Joyous
• PolyU Industrial Center and Smart Ageing Hub
• Wong Tai Sin District Health Centre (by invitation only)