Time

Programme

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:15

Opening Ceremony
Welcome Speech
Dr. Fei Chau PANG
President, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine

Opening Address
Dr. Libby H. Y. LEE
Under Secretary for Health, The Government of the Hong Kong SAR

09:15 - 10:00

Keynote Address (I)
Tracking the Latest Evidence Connecting Climate Change and Public Health
Dr. Marina ROMANELLO
Executive Director, Lancet Countdown, United Kingdom

10:00 - 10:30

Guest Lecture (I)
Evidence of Climate Change and Its Impact to Health – The Hong Kong Case
Prof. Emily Y. Y. CHAN
Director, Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

10:30 - 11:00

Tea Break

11:00 – 11:30

Guest Lecture (II)
What Can the Health Sector Contribute to Carbon Neutrality?
Dr. Ching Choi LAM
Chairman, The Council for Carbon Neutrality & Sustainable Development
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

11:30 - 12:15

Free Papers Session

Free Paper 1
Very Brief Smoking Cessation Advice in Community and Clinical Settings: Evidence, Practice and Challenges
Prof. Derek Y. T. CHEUNG
The University of Hong Kong

Free Paper 2
COVID-19 Vaccination Reduced SARS-Cov-2 Reinfection: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Hong Kong
Dr. Wenhua LIN
Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health

Free Paper 3
Dietary Inflammatory Potential and Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nine-Year Cohort Study among UK Biobank Participants
Ms. Peipei HU
Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Free Paper 4
Incidence Distributions, Risk Factors and Trends of Vaginal Cancer: A Global Population-Based Study
Prof. Junjie HUANG
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:15

Keynote Address (II)
Delivering Net Zero Health Service
Prof. Nick WATTS
Director, Centre for Sustainable Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore

14:15 – 15:00

Keynote Address (III)
Ecology and Evolution of Human Infectious Diseases in a Changing Natural Ecosystems
Dr. Serge MORAND
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Tropical Medicine of Mahidol and Faculty of Veterinary Technology,
Kasetsart University, Thailand

15:00 - 15:30

Guest Lecture (III)
Environmental Dimension of Antimicrobial Resistance under One Health Framework
Prof. Tong ZHANG
Chair Professor, Environmental Engineering in Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Hong Kong

15:30 - 16:00

Guest Lecture (IV)
From the Right to a Healthy Planet to the Planetary Right to Health
Prof. Eric C. IP
Co-Director, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law
The University of Hong Kong

16:00 – 16:45

Keynote Address (IV)
Pathways to a Healthy Climate Net Zero Emission Future
Prof. Andrew HAINES
Professor, Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

16:45 - 16:50

Closing Ceremony