Institute of Ageing

CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing Launch Conference 2015
"Creating Age-Friendly Communities"

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With the theme of "Creating Age-Friendly Communities", the conference brings together prominent scholars around the world as well as renowned not-for-profit organizations to participate and share their vision to building age-friendly communities. Speakers include distinguished scholars from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the United States. Topics covered in the conference include Redesigning Communities for Aged Society, the Age-Friendly City movement led by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, Frailty and Geriatric Syndromes as well as Age-friendly Hospital and Service.

Date

Time

Venue

8 October 2015 (Thursday)

9:00am-5:00pm

Shaw Auditorium, Postgraduate Education Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sha Tin

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Programme Rundown and Presentations

Open Ceremony	Welcoming Remarks Prof Joseph Sung SBS JP Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Opening Address Mr Anthony W K Chow SBS JP Deputy Chairman, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Officiating Address Mr Matthew Cheung GBS JP Secretary for Labour and Welfare, HKSAR Government
Presentations	A Philanthropist's Understanding of the Ageing Challenge in Hong Kong Mr Leong Cheung Executive Director, Charities and Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
	Modern Ageing and Joint Learning Dr William Haseltine Chairman and President, Access Health International Dr Chang Liu Managing Director, Access Health International Dr Wong Sweet Fun Chief Transformation Officer, Alexandra Health System, Singapore
	Redesigning Communities for Aged Society "Experience in Japan" Prof Hiroko Akiyama Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo, Japan "Importance of Space Audit" Prof Ng Mee Kam Department of Geography and Resource Management The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Panel Discussion	Session 1: Hong Kong Jockey Club Age-Friendly City Movement "Age-Friendly City Project in Hong Kong" Prof Jean Woo Director, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing Mrs Teresa Tsien Director, Institute of Active Ageing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Dr Carol Ma Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies; Associate Director, Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University Dr Vivian Lou Director, Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong
Presentations	Session 2: Frailty and Geriatric Syndromes "Community Frailty Screening" Dr Ruby Yu Research Assistant Professor; Research Fellow of CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing "Comparison of Frailty in Beijing and Hong Kong" Prof Piu Chan Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing, China
Presentations	Symposium: Age-friendly Hospital and Service "Age-friendly hospital" Prof Timothy Kwok Deputy Director, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing "Dementia friendly ward" Dr Maria Chui General Manager (Nursing Service) Shatin Hospital & Bradbury Hospice, Hospital Authority
Concluding Remarks	Prof Jean Woo Director, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing