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Organizers: Supporting Organization: Central Policy Unit The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Building Bioethics Capacity in Hong Kong: Ethical Dimensions of Policy for Ageing and Genetics Conference Hall, 2/F, Central Government Offices 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong 9 and 10 January 2015 CUHK Centre for Bioethics Launch Conference Exclusive Chinese Media Partner: Exclusive English Media Partner:
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Organizers:
Supporting Organization:
Central Policy UnitThe Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Building Bioethics Capacity in Hong Kong: Ethical Dimensions of Policy for Ageing and GeneticsConference Hall, 2/F, Central Government Offices2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong9 and 10 January 2015
CUHK Centre for Bioethics Launch Conference
Exclusive Chinese Media Partner: Exclusive English Media Partner:
Themes and TopicsThe Challenges of Population Ageing for Health Systems in Global Cities
• Health System Challenges in Global Cities• Changing Demographics and Health Status in Global Cities• Ethical Challenges of Managing Chronic Diseases• Ethics of Care Transitions• Who Pays for the Elderly? Does Population Ageing Raise Concerns About
Intergenerational Equity?• What Does it Mean to Respect Our Elders – Perspectives from East and West
Genes and Health Systems in Global Cities
• The Ethics of Psychiatric, Neurologic, and Behavioral Genetics• What New Questions will the Wider Availability of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
Raise for the Healthcare System?• Ethics of Biobanking and Bio Applications of Big Data• Ethics of Alzheimer’s Disease Testing• Caring for People with Alzheimer’s Disease
Benjamin BerkmanNational Human Genome Research Institute, USA
Alastair CampbellCentre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Yin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Alfred ChanElderly Commission, HKSAR
Michael DunnThe Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, UK
Ruiping FanCity University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Elsie Hui, CK Li and James LukHospital Authority, HKSAR
Alexandre KalacheInternational Longevity Centre – Brazil
Robert KlitzmanColumbia University, USA
Christopher LienChangi General Hospital, Singapore
SpeakersWilliam NelsonDartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice, USA
Wai Chong NgHua Mei Centre for Successful Ageing, Tsao Foundation, Singapore
David PhillipsLingnan University, HKSAR
Yuan RenFudan University, China
Victor RodwinNew York University, USA
Paul YipThe University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Wai-Yee Chan, Helen Chiu, Timothy Kwok, Linda Lam, Diana Lee, Kai-Yee Wong, Jean Woo, EK Yeoh, Huso Yi, Nancy Berlinger, Michael Gusmano, Karen Maschke and Erik ParensThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR and The Hastings Center, USA
Programme and Registration InformationDate : 9 and 10 January 2015 (Friday and Saturday)
Time : 8:30am to 5:00pm
Venue : Conference Hall, 2/F, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong(Traffic Directory : http://www.td.gov.hk/mini_site/tamar/)
Language : English
Registration Method : Advance registration is mandatory.(1) Online Registration : https://www.icc-hk.com/bioethics2015/reg.asp(2) Email enquiry : [email protected]
Close of Registration : 5 January 2015
Academics, researchers, healthcare professionals, social workers, policy makers and interested parties are welcome!
CME (specialists and non-specialists) and CNE accreditations are pending.
Conference SecretariatRegistration International Conference Consultants LimitedTel.: (852) 2559 9973Email: [email protected]
Programme EnquiryCUHK Centre for BioethicsTel.: (852) 3943 9876Email: [email protected]: http://bioethics.med.cuhk.edu.hk
