The Inaugural Greater China eHealth Forum

Introduction

The Greater China eHealth Forum is a joint effort among Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan initiated by CHIMA and eHC, aimed at: raising the awareness of ehealth and health informatics; promoting ehealth development, project collaboration and experience sharing among Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan; introducing new technologies and international standards; encouraging cooperation between domestic and foreign regions on medical informatics and internationalization of standards.

Themed "Connect. Collaborate. Care.", the Forum has brought together representatives of authoritative and renowned ehealth/medical informatics organizations in the Greater China Region as members of the Forum's Regional and Local Organizing Committees, and has invited international experts to form an Scientific Program Committee where they would provide professional guidance on the preparation and scientific program of the event.

The Forum is expected to bring together over 800 participants, including policy makers and key executives from relevant government departments and agencies, as well as healthcare/IT professionals and practitioners from the public and private sectors. The second Forum will be held in Beijing in 2012.

Organizers

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Co-Organizers

Guangdong Hospital Information Management Association

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Sponsors

(Updated on 16 May)

If you are interested in any of our sponsorship package, please click here.

Diamond Sponors:

Silver Sponsor:

Bronze Sponsor:

IT Sponsor:

PR Sponsor:

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Date and Venue

7-8 October 2011 (Friday and Saturday)

Venue: Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (KITEC), 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Link)

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Honorable Guests

(Updated on 16 May 2011.)

• Dr York CHOW, GBS, JP, Secretary for Food and Health, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
• Dr PY LAM, JP, Director of Health, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
• Ms Nancy TSE, Director (Finance & Information Technology Services), Hong Kong Hospital Authority
• ... and more. Stay tuned!

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Keynote Speakers

(Updated on 23 May 2011.)

• Dr Mike BAINBRIDGE, Adjunct Professor Clinical Informatics, University of British Columbia, Canada and Clinical Architect and Managing Consultant, ASE Consulting UK Ltd
  
  
• Mr Samuel CHEUNG, General Manager, St Paul's Hospital, Hong Kong



• Dr NT CHEUNG, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Hong Kong Hospital Authority and Consultant (eHealth), Food & Health Bureau, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  
  
• Dr James CIMINO, Chief, Laboratory for Informatics Development, National Institues of Health Clinical Center, USA
  
  
• Mr Sheldon DORENFEST, President and CEO, the Dorenfest Group
  
  
• Dr Itiel DROR, Cognitive Neuroscientist, University College London (UCL) and Principal Consultant, Cognitive Consultants International (CCI)
  
  
• Prof W Ed HAMMOND, Director, Duke Center for Health Informatics, Duke University
  
  
• Mr Kerry STRATTON, Global Healthcare Managing Director, InterSystems
  
  
• ... and more. Stay tuned!

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Who Should Attend

The Forum is expected to draw over 800 delegates from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and other regions around the world:

• Top executives of all levels of health departments from Cross-Strait-Four-Regions;
• Heads of Medical Informatics offices and decision makers from private/public healthcare sectors in Cross-Strait-Four-Regions;
• Decision makers and professionals from information centers, clinical engineering, computerization engineering, nursing, financial management;
• Professionals interested in the health informatics from around the world; and,
• Manufacturers, suppliers and related IT managers and engineers of ehealth products and services.

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Topics

1. eHealth Record in Greater China & Worldwide
2. Health Data Exchange
3. Health Data Standards for Interoperability
4. Confidentiality, Security and Privacy of Medical Record
5. Building Capacity for IT in Health
6. Improving Quality & Safety
7. Disease Surveillance and Monitoring
8. Public eHealth
9. Aging as a Driving Factor for eHealth
10. Mobile Health / Telehealth
11. Public-Private Partnership
12. eHealth Certification

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Program

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Call for Paper / Poster Abstracts

Announced on 16 May 2011: Deadline for Call for Paper / Poster Abstracts extended to 7 June.

The Forum invites you to submit a speaking proposal for consideration by the Scientific Program Committee, to share your insights on topics relevant to applications of ICT in the medical and healthcare arena. 

Send your abstract using the ONLINE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM before 7 June 7 May. 

Please email abstracts@ehealth.org.hk for related enquiries.

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Official Languages

Putonghua and English
(Simultaneous Interpretation Available in Plenary Sessions and Selected Breakout Sessions)

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Committees

Regional Organizing Committee

	Chairman: Dr Heston KWONG, Advisor, eHealth Special Interest Group, Internet Professional Association (iProA)
	Dr NT CHEUNG, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) and Consultant (eHealth Record), eHealth Record Office, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR		Prof Chien-Yeh HSU, President, Taiwan Association for Medical Informatics (TAMI)
	Prof LI Baoluo, Vice Chairman, China Hospital Information Management Association (CHIMA) and Professor, IT Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital		Prof Yu-Chuan (Jack) LI, Vice President, Taipei Medical University and President, Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI)
	Mr LIANG Minghui, Head, Institute of Hospital Management, Ministry of Health, PRC		Mr MIAO Tao, Director, Zhejiang Health Information Technology Research Development Center
	Dr Winnie TANG, President, Internet Professional Association and Chairperson, Steering Committee, eHealth Consortium (eHC)		Dr CHAN Wai Sin, Deputy Director, Health Bureau, the Government of the Macau SAR and Director, Hospital Conde S. Januario, Macau

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Local Organizing Committee

(Updated on 23 May 2011.)

	Chairman: Dr CP WONG, President, eHealth Consortium and Chairman, Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics
	Ms Grace AU, Co-Chairman, PR & Communications, Internet Professional Association and Executive Director, MediaMix Ltd		Ms Ingrid AU, Business Development Manager, Large Enterprise and Government, Cisco Systems (HK) Ltd
	Dr CHAN Kwok Tim, Senior Medical & Health Officer (Communicable Disease Information System), Department of Health, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR		Mr Ricky CHAN, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Fresenius Netcare
	Dr CHAN Wai Sin, Deputy Director, Health Bureau, the Government of the Macau SAR and Director Hospital Conde S. Januario, Macau		Mr Bill CHENG, Senior Director, Alliances & Channel and Marketing, Health Sciences Global Business Unit, Oracle (China) Software Systems Co Ltd
	Mr Anthony CHEUNG, Chief Systems Manager - ITD, Hong Kong Hospital Authority and Honorary Treasurer, Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics		Mr Ray CHEUNG, Chairman, eHealth Special Interest Group, Internet Professional Association and Director, HKC Systems Ltd
	Dr NT CHEUNG, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Hong Kong Hospital Authority and Consultant (eHealth Record), eHealth Record Office, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR		Mr Kenny CHIEN, Vice President (Internal Affairs), eHealth Consortium and Vice Chairman & Secretary - China Committee, Internet Professional Association
	Mr Danny HO, Senior Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts, SAP Hong Kong Co Ltd		Mr Michael JIANG, Senior Sales Director for North Asia, Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit, Oracle (China) Software Systems Co Ltd
	Mr Eric LAU, Head of Public & Macau, Dell Hong Kong Limited		Dr Heston KWONG, Advisor, eHealth Special Interest Group, Internet Professional Association
	Mr LAM Yu, Account Manager, PCCW Solutions Ltd		Mr Joseph LAW, Executive Director, eHealth Consortium
	Mr Happy LEE, Co-Chairman, Green ICT Special Interest Group, Internet Professional Association		Mr David LEUNG, Senior Client Representative, Public Sector, IBM China/Hong Kong Ltd
	Prof Chien-Tsai LIU, Professor, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Taipei Medical University and President, HL7 Taiwan		Mr Matthew LUI, Co-Chairman, Survey & Policy Committee, Internet Professional Association and Managing Director, KDware Ltd
	Dr Antonio SEK, Senior Health Informatician (eHealth Record), Hong Kong Hospital Authority		Ir LC SO, Senior Manager Mobigator Technology Group
	Mr Wilfred TAN, Director, Health & Public Service, HK, Accenture Hong Kong		Ir Prof Philip TSANG, Vice President (Academic and Research), Caritas Institute of Higher Education
	Ms Connie TSE, Director, Inzpire Limited and Member, eHealth Special Interest Group, Internet Professional Association		Dr TSE Hung Hing, Immediate Past President, Hong Kong Medical Association
	Mr Kelvin TSE, Business Manager, Public-Sector Group, Microsoft HK Ltd		Mr Pascal TSE, Secretary, Health IT Special Interest Division, Hong Kong Computer Society and Chief Information Technology Officer, St Teresa's Hospital
	Mr KW WONG, General Manager, Healthcare, Siemens Hong Kong		Dr Henry Chiu Fat YEUNG, President, Hong Kong Doctors Union
	Prof ZHOU Yi, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Computer Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University

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Scientific Program Committee

(Updated on 23 May 2011.)

	Chairman: Dr NT CHEUNG, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Hong Kong Hospital Authority and Consultant (eHealth Record), eHealth Record Office, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR
	Dr David Westfall BATES, Chief, General Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital		Prof Shien-Young CHANG, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Informatics, Tzu Chi University
	Prof David CHEUNG, Board Member, HL7 Hong Kong and Head, Department of Computer Science, the University of Hong Kong		Prof Sian GRIFFITHS, Professor of Public Health and Director, CUHK School of Public Health and Primary Care
	Prof HE Yu Sheng, Director, Medical Informatics Center, People's Hospital, Peking University		Dr W Ed HAMMOND, Professor & Director, Duke Center for Health Informatics, Duke University
	Prof Ean-Wen HUANG, Associate Professor, Department of Information Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences		Dr Janice JOHNSTON, Deputy Head (Education), HKU School of Public Health
	Dr Michio KIMURA, Director, Department of Medical Informatics, Hospital of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan		Mr Kei Hong LEONG, Head of Organization and Information Technology Department, Health Bureau of Macao SAR Government
	Prof Yu-Chuan (Jack) LI, Vice President, Taipei Medical University and President, Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI)		Prof Jiming LIU, Head & Chair Professor, Computer Science, HK Baptist University
	Dr Vimla PATEL, Vice-Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Arizona State University		Prof SHEN Tao, Director, Information Management Center, Peking University Third Hospital
	Dr KP TAI, Senior Medical & Health Officer (eHealth Record), Department of Health, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR		Ir Prof Philip TSANG, Vice President (Academic and Research), Caritas Institute of Higher Education
	Dr CP WONG, President, eHealth Consortium and Chairman, Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics		Prof Thomas WONG, President, Tung Wah College
	Dr WONG Wing Nam, Senior Health Informatician (Clinical Systems), Hong Kong Hospital Authority

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Hong Kong - Asia's World City

A modern, multicultural metropolis, Hong Kong has always been a magnet for information and ideas. Hong Kong's strategic location close to the world's fastest-growing economies provides an id eal platform for international organizations and professional bodies to work with Mainland China and other Asian counterparts.

No conference is complete without experiencing some of the more spectacular entertainment programmes, diverse shopping opportunities and great food that Hong Kong offers. A wide selection of tours, ranging from sightseeing harbor cruises to a heritage tour, is also available for delegates to join before and after meetings.

Situated on the doorstep of Southern China, Hong Kong is also a stone¡¦s throw from a variety of exciting Mainland cities, including the burgeoning metropolis of Shenzhen and the provincial capital, Guangzhou. A convenient visa system allows foreign visitors in Hong Kong to visit Guangdong Province for a maximum of six days (144 hours).

The Forum's Event Management Agency, Swire Travel, is pleased to arrange your itinerary for a memorable stay.

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Registration

Announced on 16 May 2011: Early Bird Discount for Registration extended to 30 June.

(Registration Deadline: 31 August 2011)

Individual Registration: ONLINE REGISTRATION SYSTEM

Group Registration: Manual Registration Form (.xls)

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Sponsorship/Exhibition/Advertising Enquiry

• Sponsorship and Exhibition Enquiry: Please email mwong (AT) ehealth.org.hk
• Advertisement in Program Book: Please click here for the order form.

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Contacts

Event Management Agency

(For General, Logistics and Registration Enquiries, Air Travel, Local Transportation and Accommodation Arrangements)

Swire Travel
Email: ehealth2011 @ swiretravel.com
Tel: +852 3151 8900 / +852 3151 8822
Fax: +852 2590 0099

Event Secretariat

eHealth Consortium
Email: forum @ ehealth.org.hk
Tel: +852 3488 3762
Fax: +852 3909 2160

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