Cross City Engagement - Regional
Day 1
Schedule
2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
Summit stage
English
Cross City Engagement - Regional
Panelists
Dr Donghee HAN
Director, Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly, Korea
Dr. Donghee Han is Director of Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly (RISBLE). She is Board members of Korean Gerontological Society, Korean Family Welfare Society and SeniorNet in USA. She won Korean government awards for RISBLE programs “Information and Culture in Cyber Spaces for Older Persons” and “Re-design for Dementia Patients and their Families. She has developed innovative programs for older people by ICT; Cyber Family, Cyber Neighbours, Internet Navigators, so on. She is columnist writing various topics of aging on newspapers and broadcast in Korea. She is leading a new approach rethink aging for the better life and age friendly city.
Ms Thelma KAY
Former Chief, Social Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Thelma Kay is the former Chief of the Social Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and also the former Senior Advisor on Ageing Issues, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore. She serves as advisor and consultant to governments and international organizations and was on the boards of entities of UNESCO and Asian Institute of Technology. Ms Kay was educated at the National University of Singapore and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Dr Takeo OGAWA
President, Asian Ageing Business Center
Founder, Active Ageing Consortium in Asia -Pacific
Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University & Yamaguchi University. Ph.D.(Letters)
Founder, Active Ageing Consortium in Asia/Pacific. Project Manager, The Preventive Long-term Care Promotion Project, Supported by JICA. Vice-Chairman, Fukuoka-city Master Plan. Committee Member of Social Welfare Council in Kumamoto-prefecture.
Founder, Active Ageing Consortium in Asia/Pacific. Project Manager, The Preventive Long-term Care Promotion Project, Supported by JICA. Vice-Chairman, Fukuoka-city Master Plan. Committee Member of Social Welfare Council in Kumamoto-prefecture.
Dr Tri Budi RAHARDJO
Director, Centre for Ageing Studies of Universitas Indonesia
Tri Budi W. Rahardjo is Professor in Gerontology at Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia. Since March 2010 she has also been the Director of Centre for Ageing Studies Universitas Indonesia (CAS UI). She was awarded as An Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford 2011-2014, and a Consultant for Ageing Programmes to Indonesian Government and Private sectors, since 2011. She has also been a Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Respati Yogyakarta since 2011 to 2014, and recently being a Rector of University of Respati Indonesia. She has been supervising PhD students in Gerontology/ ageing issues at universities in Indonesia and Loughborough University (UK), since 2000 . She is a member of Board of Active Ageing Consortium Asia Pacific since 2009; Temporary Advisor to WHO SEARO in 2013 ; Technical Advisor for Healthy Ageing Strategy to WHO in 2015; and Member of Steering Board of APRU Population Ageing Research Hub, since 2014. She was also a member of National Commission for Older Persons (NCOP) Indonesia 2005 – 2011, and recently being active as national consultant on LTC for the older persons. Her current research interests include the fields of:, Ageing and Dementia, Age Friendly Communities and Cities, Long Term Care and Quality of life of older persons.
Panel Host
Mr Hoi-wai CHUA
Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Mr. Chua Hoi Wai is the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), which represents close to 450 non-governmental social services organisations. The HKCSS aims at building a socially sustainable society through enhancing social services and policies development and promoting cross-sectoral collaboration.
Mr. Chua participates in a number of advisory and statutory bodies of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, including the Commission on Poverty and the Housing Authority.
Mr. Chua participates in a number of advisory and statutory bodies of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, including the Commission on Poverty and the Housing Authority.