Dr. Xuejun Yu Dr. Xuejun Yu is director-general, department of development planning and information, National Population and Family Planning Commission of China (NPFPC). He holds a B.A. M.A. in Economics and a Ph.D. in Population Economics from Beijing University, and conducted post-doctoral research in the Economics Department of Yale University between 1996 and 1998. Prior to taking his current position, he worked as executive director of China Population Information and Research Center (1998-2004); director-general, department of policy and legislation, NPFPC (2004-2009); vice mayor of Jinzhou city, Liaoning province (2010-2012). He also serves as Standing Council member and director of Panel on Aging, China Population Association, Adjunct professor of People s University and Jilin University. Xuejun Yu s research interests are in population statistics, ageing, and population policy. In recent years, he is involved in many research activities, and makes efforts to be the bridge between academic research and government policy. He published widely on Chinese demographic topics, with particular emphasis on population aging and economic development.
Hee Joo CHOI Deputy Minister for Aging Society and Population Policy Ministry of Health and Welfare Republic of Korea Personal data Name Hee Joo CHOI Date of birth October 3, 1965 Academic Background Sep 2005 Feb 2008 Doctor of Public Health, Gachon University, Korea Sep 1992 Sep 1994 Master of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, UK Mar 1983 Feb 1987 Bachelor of Social Welfare, Seoul National University, Korea Main Career Experience Mar 2, 2011 Present Deputy Minister, Office of Aging Society and Population Policy, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) Aug 2011 Feb 2011 Director General, Bureau of Health Insurance Policy, MOHW Oct 2010 Aug 2011 Director General, Bureau of Population and Child Policy, MOHW Feb 2009 Oct 2010 Director General, Bureau of Health Policy, MOHW Aug 2008 Feb 2009 Director General, Bureau of Pension Policy, MOHW Mar 2008 Aug 2008 Senior Administrative Officer, Office of Secretary to the President for Health and Welfare Sep 2005 Jan 2006 1
Public Relations Officer, MOHW Jan 2005 Sep 2005 Director, Division of Health Insurance Policy, MOHW Dec 2003 Jan 2005 Director, Division of Health Care Policy, MOHW Dec 2002 Dec 2003 Director, Division of Public Health, MOHW Mar 2002 Dec 2002 Director, Division of International Cooperation, MOHW Sep 2000 Mar 2002 Director, Division of Health Resources Policy, MOHW Nov 1999 Sep 2000 Head, Drug Prescription and Dispensing Separation Reform Taskforce, MOHW Jun 1999 Nov 1999 Senior Deputy Director, Bureau of Health Policy, MOHW Jun 1997 Jun 1999 World Health Organization, dispatched from MOHW Jul 1996 Jun 1997 Senior Deputy Director, Bureau of Food Policy, MOHW May 1987 Jul 1996 Deputy Director, Division of Food Policy, Bureau of Medical Insurance, Office of Planning and Management, MOHW Nov 1986 Youngest to pass the 30 th Senior Civil Service Examination for Administrative Service 2
Dr. Hanam Phang is a senior research fellow at the Korea Labor Institute and an adjunct professor of the Yonsei University (Dept of Social Welfare). He is currently the president of Korea Pension Association. He also served as the president of Social Security Association (2010) and the vicepresident of the Population Association of Korea (2009-2010). He is serving as an advisory committee member for Korean government on Population Ageing and Social Policy Initiatives since 2000. He also served as the principal expert for Asia Productivity Organization s research project: Population Ageing and Productivity (2009-2010).
Yi Zeng s Summary Biography Dr. Yi Zeng received his PhD degree in Demography from Brass Free University in 1986 and conducted his post-doctorial research at Princeton University in 1986-1987. He is a Professor at Center for Study of Aging and Human Development, Medical School of Duke University,China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development at Peking University, Distinguished Research Scholar of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, and a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. His main research interests are healthy aging, family household and population projections and policy analysis. Up to Sept. 15, 2011, he had 114 professional articles written in English published in academic journals or as book chapters in the United States and Europe; among them, 77 articles were published in anonymously peer-reviewed academic journals. He has had 95 professional articles written in Chinese and published in China; among them, 71 articles were published in anonymously peer-review Chinese academic journals. He has published twenty-three academic books; among them, eight were written in English (three published by Springer Publisher and one by University of Wisconsin Press).
Profile of HIGUCHI, Keiko Education: Graduated from Tokyo University (Literature). Finished the Institute of Journalism (now the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies), Tokyo University Profession: Experienced as an editor at Jiji Press news agency and publishing houses. In the 1960s. joined research groups on women s problem. In the 1970s worked as a critic for the media, writing for newspaper and magazines, and appearing on TV programs 1986: Professor of Tokyo Kasei University. Teaching Women s Studies and Family Relations to undergraduate students, and Aged Society Theory to postgraduate students. 2000:Director of the newly established Human Culture Institute of Tokyo Kasei University. 2003:Professor Emeritus 2000:1 st.director, the Center for Advancement of Working Women (The first national institute to promote working women s status created by the Ministry of Labor. (until 2003) NGO Activities: 1982:Representative organizer of 1 st Symposium on the problems of an Aging Society. 1983:Following the above symposium, Women s Association for a Better Aging Society (WABAS) was established. Representative(chairperson) of the Association ever since 2003:Co-Chairperson, Japan NGO Council on Aging(JANCA) Chairperson, Women s Health Network Japan(WHJ)(until 2010) Representation in National and Local Government Advisory Bodies: National Government:
Member of, *Council for Gender Equality, Prime Minister s Office, *Committee for the Promotion of Decentralization (appointed by the Parliament), *Subcommittee on Health and Welfare for the Elderly of Council for Medical Insurance and welfare, Ministry of Health and Welfare deliberation on the Public Long-Term Care Insurance Local Government Chairperson, Council on Women s Issues, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Others: 1994 Participated in the UN International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo as a member of the Japanese delegation representing an NGO Women and Health Network 94, 1995 Participated in the World Conference on Women in Beijing, as a representative of a NGO. 1999 OECD Paying for Care Percussions for a Women Who Care report on the Public Long-Term Care Insurance Scheme. Japan-Korea conference on an Aging Society co-organized by WABAS and two Korean Government agencies. Keynote Speaker. 2003 Ran for the election for Tokyo Metropolitan Governor 2004 Vice-Chairperson, Research Committee on the Evaluation on the Long Term Care Insurance Services, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Publications *Bringing Up Girls (both in Japanese and English) *Passport to an Aged Society (Japanese) *Power of Grandma (Japanese) *Women s Work Style for Life,...not to fall in poverty in older ages (Japanese) Authored or edited more than 100 other books
Sung-Jae Choi, MSW, Ph.D. Dr. Sung-Jae Choi is Chair Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, Hanyang University and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Social Welfare, Seoul National University in Korea. He earned his Bachelor degree from Seoul National University in Korea, his Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA and his Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He served as Director of the Institute on Ageing of Seoul National University, Director of Seoul National University Press, and Chairperson of Asia/Oceania Region, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG). He is currently Vice Chairperson/Secretary General of Organizing Committee for the 20 th IAGG World Congress in Seoul Korea (2013), and also Vice President/Secretary General-Elect of IAGG (2013-2017). He also served as President of the Korean Council on Social Welfare Education, President of the Korean Academy of Social Welfare, and President of the Korean Gerontological Society. He was a member of the Editorial Boards of Australasian Journal on Ageing, and currently is a member of Editorial Board of Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, Geriatrics and Gerontology International, and Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. He has been widely involved in government policy-making on ageing and social welfare in general: served as Advisor to the Minister of Health and Welfare, member of the Long-Term Care Policy Planning Committee of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Chairperson of the Social Welfare Policy Review Committee of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, a member of Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy, Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government, and currently serving as a member of Long-Term Care Committee of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. He has also actively participated in non-governmental organizations: served as Chairperson of Social Welfare Committee of Citizens Coalition for Economic Justice, Chairperson of Social Welfare Committee of Christian Ethics Movement Korea, Chairperson of Board of Directors of Korean Work Force Development Institute for the Aged, and President of Korean Information & Referral Service Center on Ageing. He is author and co-author of many books in the fields of social welfare and gerontology: Research Methods in Social Welfare, Data Analysis Methods in Social Welfare, Social Welfare Administration, Social Welfare for Older Persons, Ageing Society with All Ages, etc., and also chief editor of many books including Social Problems and Social Welfare, Ageing in Korea, etc. He also published more than 130 papers in major journals and edited books in Korean, and in international journals and edited books in English.
SAWABE Hitomi (Ms.) Profile Born in 1952 in Shizuoka Prefecture, the midland of Japan. Currently living in Tokyo. Studied at Waseda University Graduate School. A nonfiction writer, concerned mainly with biographies. Yuriko, dosvidania! The adolescence of Yuasa Yoshiko (1990) is my masterpiece. In the process of publishing my latest book titled An Introduction to OIRAKU (enjoyable ageing) Life (2010) as an older-citizen-to-be, I became convinced that housing, money, and communication are the three key elements that most older people require to feel relaxed about their ageing (in addition, needless to say, to coming to terms with the fact that we are all mortal). Above all, the biggest theme of OIRAKU (enjoyable ageing) Life is being able to decide where, how and with whom to live. In order to be able to make these decisions for oneself, one needs to communicate with both oneself and others. In an attempt to make this possible for many people, I have been working as a facilitator in workshops to write self-history/herstory which helps prepare oneself for the next steps, as well as in assertiveness training to communicate with others frankly. I am very happy to have this opportunity, at this Symposium, to introduce a Japanese model case of older people s housing run autonomously by the residents.
Mr. Mark Brandon Profile Chief Executive Officer, Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency, Ltd, Australia Mr. Mark Brandon is a Chief Executive Officer of Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency, an Australian company responsible for accreditation of long term care facilities and guaranteed with the Minister for Mental Health. He formerly conducted management consultancy business and was a former National Operations Manager with Medibank Private. He was a former senior executive with the Health Insurance Commission and Former board member of the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care. He is an Associate Fellow of Australian College of Health Service Management, Fellow Australian Institute of Management, Vice-chair of ISQua International Accreditation Federation Council.
Dr. Donghee Han is Secretary General of Research Center for Anti-aging Technology Development. She is also Director of Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly (RISBLE) in Busan, Korea. She served on Korean representative board member of the Active Ageing Consortium Asia Pacific (ACAP) and member of board of directors on the Korean Gerontological Society in 2012-2013. She is columnist writing various topics of aging on newspapers and broadcast in Busan, Korea. She was Director of Busan Health Family Support Center and an invited professor at Kosin University. She had contributed the National Unification Advisory Council in Korea and the Korean representative of International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA). She served on a mediation committee of Family Court of Busan District Court She oversees the delivery of a variety of programs to empower older adults and strengthen family. She has won Korean government awards for RISBLE programs, including prizes for Information and Culture in Cyberspaces for Older Persons and Re-design for Dementia Patients and their Families. She has developed Cyber Family as intergenerational programs. She belongs to Task Force Team to develop new concept of Anti-aging industry in Busan Korea. She is leading a new approach rethink aging for the better life for old person. She has developed strategy a new model of aging business from Anti-aging industry as a Platform R&D Programs and Industry in Busan Korea.