Technology and Ageing
Day 1
Schedule
5:15 pm
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6:45 pm
Lab I
English
Technology and Ageing
Speakers
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.
Prof Yongping Zheng
Founding Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor Yongping Zheng is the Founding Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Henry G. Leong Professor in Biomedical Engineering. His research interests include biomedical ultrasound imaging and instrumentation and smart ageing technologies.
Mr Garrick NG
Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
Garrick Ng is the Chief Technology Officer for Cisco Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, leading Cisco’s Enterprise, Commercial and Service Provider systems engineering strategy and operation in these markets. Bringing to the company more than two decades of technical and business experience in the ICT industry, Garrick joined Cisco in 2007 and assumed the role of Head of Systems Engineering for Cisco Hong Kong and Macau in 2012.
Ms Irene LEUNG
CEO, Senior Citizen Home Safety Association
With her passion in leveraging technology for social good, Irene has led the transformation of SCHSA that involved the creative use of ICT, including Asia’s first Life Journey Centre that promotes smart ageing and cross-generation engagement. Irene has been awarded ‘Hong Kong Outstanding ICT Woman’ by Hong Kong Computer Society.
Moderator
Ir Dr Eric W. C. Tam
Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ir Dr. Eric W. C. Tam, Assistant Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Ir Dr. Tam has over twenty years of experiences in providing rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology services to the local community.