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Programme at a Glance
Time 29 Oct 2014 (Wed)
09:00 - 09:25 Opening Ceremony
Congratulatory video message from Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO
09:25 - 09:30 Salute to late Prof Lee Shiu-hung
Pioneer of “Healthy Cities” Movement in Hong Kong
09:30 - 10:30 Keynote Session I
Mrs Carrie Lam
Chief Secretary for Administration, HKSAR

Dr Shin Young-soo
Regional Director for the Western Pacific, WHO
10:30 – 11:00 Tea Break / Poster Viewing
11:00 – 12:00 Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Alliance for Healthy Cities
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break / Poster Viewing
13:30 – 15:10 Keynote Session II: Health in All Policies
Prof John Ashton

Pioneer of the Global Healthy Cities Movement, United Kingdom
15:10 – 15:30 Tea Break / Poster Viewing
15:30 – 17:00 Keynote Session III: Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD)
Prof Fran Baum

Flinders University, Australia Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor & ARC Federation Fellow Director, Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity & SACHRU, Australia

Prof Gabriel Leung
Dean, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
19:00 – 21:30 Gala Dinner

Time 30 Oct 2014 (Thu)
09:00 - 10:35 Keynote Session IV: Age Friendly Cities
Ms Lindsay Goldman
Project Director (Health Policy), New York Academy of Medicine, USA

Prof Alfred Chan
Chair Professor of Social Gerontology, Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Lingnan University
Chairman, Elderly Commission, HKSAR
10:35 – 11:15 Tea Break / Poster Viewing
11:15 – 12:30 Sub-plenary Session
12:30 – 13:30 Open Forum on the Hong Kong Declaration for Healthy Cities Workshops on Health Promotion through Traditional Medicine Seminar on Age Friendly Cities and Communities by WHO
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break / Poster Viewing
14:00 – 15:15 Parallel Session I (Mandarin Only Session Available)
15:15 – 15:45 Tea Break / Poster Viewing
15:45 – 17:00 Parallel Session II (Mandarin only session available)

Time 31 Oct 2014 (Fri)
09:00 - 10:10 AFHC General Assembly
(AFHC Members Only)
Oral Poster Presentation by Students
10:10 – 10:30 Signing of the Hong Kong Declaration for Healthy Cities
Dr Ko Wing-man

Secretary for Food & Health, HKSAR
10:30 – 11:00 Tea Break / Poster Viewing
11:00 – 13:00 Keynote Session V: Public Health Emergency
Mr Alex Ross

Director, WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe, Japan

Dr Leung Ting-hung, JP
Controller, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, HKSAR
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break / Poster Viewing Satellite Session on "Action Across Sectors for Health and Health Equity" by WHO
13:30 – 14:00 Oral Poster Presentation
14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Session III
15:30 – 16:00 Closing Ceremony

Remarks
• Mandarin only session available in Parallel Sessions I and II.
• Post-conference technical visits on 1 November (Sat).
Conference Secretariat
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7, Haven of Hope Road, Tseung Kwan O, N.T.,
Hong Kong.
Tel:(852) 2703 3233     Fax: (852) 2706 0463    
Email: hcpo@hohcs.org.hk