Six leading Swedish Universities have established the Swedish Academic Collaboration Forum (SACF), whose purpose is to facilitate international academic collaborations and enable researchers and research students to connect with the global research community. The SACF aims to create opportunities for collaborative exploration of critical global issues and links between enterprise and research through the search for innovation solutions. The SACF is holding seminars in Singapore to discuss Challenges within Urbanization. On behalf of SACF, the Department of Surgery at the National of Singapore is pleased to host the 2015 Singapore-Sweden Excellence Seminar to discuss on 4 Nov 2015. The 2015 Singapore-Sweden Excellence Seminar will cover an eclectic mix of topics spanning ageing societies, innovative ideas, biology of ageing, burden of chronic disease, healthcare services and health care systems, housing, policy as well as care for the elderly. The speakers will include leading researchers and domain experts from Chalmers of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Linköping, Lund, Stockholm, Business Region Göteborg AB, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Geriatric Education and Research Institute - Alexandra Health System, Centre for Ageing Research & Education - Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Nanyang, National Health System, National Hospital, National of Singapore, Institute of Geriatrics and Active Ageing - Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore Management and Urban Redevelopment Authority. The seminar is open to all including faculty, clinicians, researchers, university students from all disciplines and the public who seek to learn more about the issues facing ageing societies in both the East and West. The seminar and networking lunch and tea sessions with leading domain experts in ageing will provide a unique and in-depth insight into the innovative solutions that address the gaps and needs in this challenging space. Date & Time : 4 November 2015, 08:30 17:15 Venue : National of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Lecture Theatre 35 Mary & Peter Fu Lecture Theatre Block MD6, Centre for Translational Medicine, 14 Medical Drive, Singapore 117599 Registration Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/dvtdgjn Contact Persons: Delcie surdcls@nus.edu.sg & Alice suramja@nus.edu.sg An exchange between: 14-Oct-15 1
Time Programme 08:30 REGISTRATION 09:00 09:05 09:10 09:15 09:25 09:30 INTRODUCTION Dr David Lai Director of Surgical Research and Development, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National of Singapore WELCOME ADDRESS Professor Barry Halliwell Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor and Senior Advisor to the President, National of Singapore Professor, Department of Biochemistry, National of Singapore Programme Leader, Neurobiology/Ageing Research Programme at National of Singapore His Excellency Sven Håkan Oskar Jevrell Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden OPENING ADDRESS Ageing and Chronic Disease Burden - It s MORE than Ageing Professor Chia Kee Seng Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National of Singapore Ageing in Singapore and Sweden Associate Professor Mikael Hartman Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National of Singapore Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National of Singapore Senior Consultant, Breast and Trauma Surgery, National Hospital Adjunct Staff, Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Sweden Empowering the Ageing Community and Improving the Quality of Life (on behalf of Professor Lam Khin Yong, Vice-President (Research) and Chief-of-Staff) Professor Theng Yin Leng Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Director, Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Cities (CHESS), Nanyang Research Director, Research Strategy and Coordination Unit (President s Office), Nanyang SESSION 1 Ageing Societies 09:40 10:40 Barry Halliwell, Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor and Senior Advisor to the President, National of Singapore; Professor, Department of Biochemistry, National of Singapore; Programme Leader, Neurobiology/Ageing Research Programme at National of Singapore Kristina Göransson, Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer in School of Social Work, Lund 09:40 Doing Age, Doing Difference Janicke Andersson Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group, Lund 09:50 Topic to be advised and presentation to be confirmed Ong Yunn Shing Director of Ageing Planning Office, Ministry of Health 10:00 Opportunities and Challenges of Ethnographic Research on Family and Intergenerational Relations Kristina Göransson Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer in School of Social Work, Lund 14-Oct-15 2
10:10 Ageing and Retiring Healthily and Happily Ng Yew Kwang Albert Winsemius Chair Professor in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang 10:20 Ageing, Life-Course and Social Change Andreas Motel-Klingebiel Professor in Ageing and Later Life, Department for Social and Welfare Studies (ISV), National Institute for the Study of Ageing and later Life (NISAL), Linköping 10:30 Q & A 10:40-11:00 NETWORKING TEA BREAK SESSION 2 Innovative Ideas 11:00-12:10 Theo Kanter, Professor of Computer Science, Distributed Systems, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm David Lai, Director of Surgical Research and Development, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National of Singapore 11:00 Human-Computer Interaction: Creating Global Bridges Morten Fjeld Professor in Human Computer Interaction, Department of Applied Information Technology, Chalmers of Technology 11:10 Enabling Ageing in Place Miao Chunyan Associate Professor, Director of The Joint NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly (LILY), Nanyang Technological 11:20 Innovating Society with Internet-of- Things Services 11.30 Integration of Ambient Intelligence with Care Provisioning for Sustainable Ageing-in-Place: A Singapore Example 11.40 When Quality of Life is Paramount: Innovations that Matter to Elderly People Theo Kanter Professor of Computer Science, Distributed Systems, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm Tan Hwee Pink Associate Professor of Information Systems (Practice), Academic Director, SMU-TCS icity Lab, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management Russell Gruen Professor of Surgery, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang ; Director, Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health and Medicine, Nanyang 11:50 Topic: to be advised Chin Jing Jih Associate Professor, Senior Consultant in Department of Continuing and Community Care, Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Chairman, Division of Integrative and Community Care, Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Director, Institute of Geriatrics and Active Ageing (IGA), Tan Tock Seng Hospital 12:00 Q & A 12:10 13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH 14-Oct-15 3
SESSION 3 Biology of Ageing 13:00 13:50 James Best, Professor, Dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Hans Hebert, Professor in Biotechnology, Dean of School of Technology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology 13:00 Studying the Biology of Human Ageing in Singapore Chong Yap Seng Associate Professor, Senior Consultant in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National of Singapore; Executive Director, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), A*STAR 13:10 Muscle Metabolism and Ageing Alfredo Franco-Obregon Senior Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National of Singapore 13:20 Structural Biology of Ageing Hans Hebert Professor in Biotechnology, Dean of School of Technology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology 13:30 Physical Activity as a Complement- Modality for Promoting Cardio-Metabolic Health over Lifespan 13:40 Q & A Fabian Lim Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang SESSION 4 Ageing and Burden of Disease (1) Russell Gruen, Professor of Surgery, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological ; Director, Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health and Medicine, Nanyang Technological 13:50 14:30 Eleonor Antelius, Junior Lecturer, Centre for Dementia Research (CEDER), National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life (NISAL), Department of Social and Welfare Studies (ISV), Linköping 13:50 Metabolism and Ageing: Survival of the James Best Slimmest? Professor, Dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang 14:00 Dementia Prevention: Is There Enough Evidence for Population Prevention Interventions? 14:10 Caregiver Burden: Beyond the Unidimensional Score 14:20 Q & A Josip Car Associate Professor, Director of Health Services and Outcomes Research Programme, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological ; Director, Global ehealth Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London Lim Wee Shiong Adjunct Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National of Singapore; Senior Consultant in Department of Geriatric Medicine, Institute of Geriatrics and Active Ageing (IGA), Tan Tock Seng Hospital 14-Oct-15 4
SESSION 5 Ageing and Burden of Disease (2) 14:30 15:10 Jaishankar Raman, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rush Medical Center, Chicago; Visiting Totalisator Professor of Surgery, National of Singapore Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Professor in Ageing and Later Life, Department for Social and Welfare Studies (ISV), National Institute for the Study of Ageing and later Life (NISAL), Linköping 14:30 End-of-Life Care Preferences of Older Adults, Patients with Advanced Cancer Chetna Malhotra Assistant Professor, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School 14:40 Ethnocultural Diversity and Dementia Eleonor Antelius Junior Lecturer, Centre for Dementia Research (CEDER), National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life (NISAL), Department of Social and Welfare Studies (ISV), Linköping 14:50 Rethinking Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning in an Ageing World 15:00 Q & A 15:10 15:40 NETWORKING TEA BREAK 15:40 16:20 Andy Ho Hau Yan Assistant Professor, Division of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang SESSION 6 Aged Care, Health Services and Healthcare Systems Angelique Chan, Associate Professor, Executive Director of Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE), Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Janicke Andersson, Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group, Lund 15:40 Why Move Health Services Back into the Community? David Matchar Professor and Director, Program in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School 15:50 Triple Helix Ulf Landin Director International Business, Business Region Göteborg AB 16:00 Ageing and Integrated Care Wee Shiou Liang Geriatric Education and Research Institute Alexandra Health System 16:10 Q & A 14-Oct-15 5
SESSION 7 Housing, Policy and Care for Elderly 16:20 17:00 Inga Malmqvist, Professor in Design and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Chalmers of Technology David Lai, Director of Surgical Research and Development, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National of Singapore 16:20 Housing and Care for Elderly Inga Malmqvist Professor in Design and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Chalmers of Technology 16:30 Ageing, Intergenerational and Psychosocial Well Being Theng Yin Leng Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang ; Director, Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Cities (CHESS), Nanyang ; Research Director, Research Strategy and Coordination Unit (President s Office), Nanyang 16:40 Urban Implications of an Ageing Population: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities 16:50 Q & A Lee Wai Kin Group Director (Strategic Planning) Urban Redevelopment Authority 17:00 CLOSING ADDRESS Professor Astrid Söderbergh Widding Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Cinema Studies, Stockholm 17:15 END 14-Oct-15 6