Dr Karen EGGLESTON is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Director of the Stanford Asia Health Policy Program, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University. Eggleston is a health economist studying government and market roles in the health sector and health policy in Asia, especially in China, India, Japan, and Korea; healthcare productivity; and the economics of demographic transition, healthy aging, technology and chronic disease control. She is faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Eggleston earned her PhD from Harvard University, after a BA summa cum laude (valedictorian) at Dartmouth College and MA degrees at the University of Hawaii.






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Professor FORMOSA published widely in the field of ageing studies and educational gerontology, and his most recent publications include:
· The University and the Third Age: European and Asian-Pacific Perspectives, Population ageing in the Middle-East and North Africa (with Abyad),
· Ageing and COVID-19: Making sense of a disruptive world (with Łuszczyńska).

He is also Malta’s Country Team Leader for the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).











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Dr Adrian HAYTER read a Pharmacology degree at Kings College London before starting Medicine at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. He decided to pursue a career in General Practice and continue to work clinical sessions to this day. He visits a care home one or two sessions a week. He is passionate about the role of GPs not only in the delivery of healthcare but also in leading Health systems by working to improve the health of populations whilst living within the allocated health resources.

He became a board member of the Windsor and Ascot Primary Care Group in 1999 and took on a lead role for Older People’s Services, developing local falls services and working with the local authority on an Older People’s Partnership Board. Other roles include Medical Director for East Berkshire Out of Hours, NHSCC regional representative, Frimley ICS clinical lead in the Integrated Care Decision work stream, the Frailty advisory Board and the Connected Care Programme.

In October 2019 He was appointed National Clinical Director for Older people and Integrated Person Centered Care, NHS England & NHS Improvement. He is also an NED for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS.

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Dr Karoline SCHMID works in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs-Population Division. She has been serving the United Nations since 1995 in various capacities serving at different duties stations (Albania, New York, and Trinidad & Tobago). Dr Karoline SCHMID is currently heading the Fertility and Population Ageing Section in the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. The section leads the Division’s work on population ageing as well as on fertility. In this capacity she has led research on social, economic as well as health related aspects of population ageing, such as living arrangements of older persons, measuring population ageing and the impact of COVID-19 on morbidity and mortality of older persons. She has also worked on population ageing in a wide range of capacities supporting countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Caribbean on evidence-based social policies. Karoline holds a diploma in Sociology from the University of Bamberg (Germany) and a Ph. D. in sociology from the University of Marburg (Germany).

Ms Maira QAMAR is a Policy Researcher at Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF). OHKF is Hong Kong's leading think tank that carries out extensive public policy research, analysis, and recommendations to promote the long-term interests and development of Hong Kong.

As part of her work at OHKF, she specialises in the research areas of healthcare and gerontechnology. Her latest work includes a research report on further developing Hong Kong’s gerontech ecosystem, entitled “Building an Age-Friendly City — Embedding Gerontechnology into Everyday Life”.

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Professor Peter P. YUEN is Dean of the College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He is also Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing of PolyU. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Master in Business Administration degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Health Economics from the University of Birmingham. He is a founding Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Health Services Executives, and an Honorary Fellow of the Australian College of Health Services Management. Professor Yuen’s research involves public policy formulation and evaluation, and health services management. He is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Public Administration and Policy, an Editorial Committee member of Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management.

Mr Herman CHAN is the Co-Founder of Eldpathy, an organization that promotes understanding between the older and younger generations. Having been raised by his grandparents, Herman is deeply committed to improving the livelihood of the elderly in Hong Kong and promoting empathy for senior citizens.

Witnessing first-hand the gap between generations in today’s society, Herman set up Eldpathy, the purpose of which is to develop young people’s understanding towards seniors. Eldpathy also advocates “active ageing” by recruiting elderly instructors for their Elderly Simulation Programmes. Since 2012, Eldpathy has organised over 800 activities with 30,000 participants experiencing how life changes with ageing through the Elderly Simulation Programmes. Around 30 elderly instructors were trained to interact with the young participants to enhance mutual understanding.