8:30 - 9:00

Welcome and Networking/Registering 

9:00 - 10:00

Opening Ceremony & Keynote Speech

Room: TK Grand Convention, 6th Floor, TK Grand Convention building

Masters of Ceremonies: Thitiporn & Kwanchanok Tantivejkul

Orajitt Bumrungskulswat, Board Member (SEARO Region), International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)  

Keynote speaker: Dr Sathit Pitutecha, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Public Health (Thailand) 

Responder: Dr Vichai Chokvivatt, Chair, Heart to Heart Foundation 

Paul Mendoza, Board Member (WPRO Region), International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)

Ellos Lodzeni, Vice-Chair, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)

10:00 - 11:00

Plenary 1 - Asia-Pacific and Personalised Medicine: Predictive, Preventive, Participatory, Personalised, and Pre-emptive (5Ps) Health Systems in Asia-Pacific 

Networking Coffee

11:15 - 13:00

Plenary 2 - Making an Impact in Women’s Health - A Call to Action Workshop

Room: TK Grand Convention, 6th Floor, TK Grand Convention building

Deepti Saraf, General Manager, Roche (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

Dr Youwanuch Kongdan, Associate Professor, President of Thai Breast Disease Society & Specialist in Surgery for Breast Cancer and Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 15:30

Parallel Session 1 - Primary Healthcare in Asia-Pacific and the Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care: Where are we?

Room: Hydrangea 1, 6th floor, TK Grand Convention building

Moderator: Orajitt Bumrungskulswat, Board Member (SEARO Region), International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Chanthorn Phorng, Senior Coordinator: Policy, Partnership and Networking of the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (KHANA) & Advisor, Allies Improving Primary Health Care (PHC)

Dr Yupadee Sirisinsuk, Deputy Secretary General, National Health Security Office, Thailand

Tanapol Dokkaew, President, Friends of Kidney Diseases Association of Thailand & Chairman, Thailand Chronic Disease Patient Network

Parallel Session 2 - Health Equity and Vulnerable Groups in Asia-Pacific

Room: Hydrangea 3, 6th floor, TK Grand Convention building

Moderator: Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Natasha Howard, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Dr Cynthia Maung, Director, Maetao Clinic, Maesod, Tak Province (Thailand)

Mae Tao Clinic volunteer

15:30 - 16:00

Networking Coffee

15:30 - 17:30

Workshop Women’s Cancer in Thailand – Exploring Areas of Focus and Collaborations with Thai Women’s Cancer Patient Organizations [by invitation only]

Room: Magnolia 1, 4th floor, Lobby building

Moderator: Orajitt Bumrungskulswat, Board Member (SEARO Region), International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Dr Siriwat Tiptaradol, Secretary General, Heart to Heart Foundation

Dr Youwanuch Kongdan, Associate Professor, President of Thai Breast Disease Society & Specialist in Surgery for Breast Cancer and Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

Dr Jakkrit Ngoewsiri, Senior Advisor, National Health Security Office (Thailand) 

16:00 - 17:00

Workshop on Accreditation of NSA/Patient Organizations with WHO SEARO and WPRO

Room: TK Grand Convention, 6th Floor, TK Grand Convention building

Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)

17:00 -18:00

Networking Refreshments

8:30 - 9:00

Welcome and Networking/Registering  

9:00 - 10:00

Plenary 3 - Asia-Pacific Delivering Compassionate and Humanised Healthcare. Putting People, Communities, and Society at the Heart of Healthcare

Room: TK Grand Convention, 6th Floor, TK Grand Convention building

Moderator: Nelia Medina, Program Officer, The Max Foundation

Ranjit Kaur Pritam Singh, Board Member, Reach to Recovery International, Malaysia 

10:00 - 11:00

Plenary 4 - Translating the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan - Patient and Family Engagement Section into National Patient Safety Networks and Alliances in Asia-Pacific

Networking Coffee

11:30 - 12:30

Parallel Session 3 - Rare Diseases in Asia-Pacific and the UN Resolution for Rare

Room: Hydrangea 3, 6th floor, TK Grand Convention building

Moderator: Dr Ratna Devi, CEO, DakshamA Health 

Dr Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon, Professor of Pediatric Genetics, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University 

Preeya Singhnarula, Co-founder, Thai Rare Disease Foundation

Araceli Lanorio, Patient Leader, Neurofibromatosis Friends Phils.

11:30 - 12:30

Parallel Session 4 - Health Technology Assessment and Value Based Healthcare in Asia-Pacific

Room: Hydrangea 1, 6th floor, TK Grand Convention building

Moderator: Paul Mendoza, Board Member (WPRO Region), International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Kanchanok Sirison, Project Associate, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health (Thailand) 

Dr Thomas Kelley, CEO, Sprink 

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Workshop with Thai Patient Organizations: Capability Building of Thai NCDs Patient Organizations to Develop NCDs’ Patient Safety Action Plan [by invitation only]

Room: Magnolia 1, 4th floor, Lobby building

Moderator: Orajitt Bumrungskulswat, Board Member (SEARO Region), International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Dr Siriwat Tiptaradol, Secretary General, Heart to Heart Foundation 

Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Dr Kengkran Louvirojanakul, CEO, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PReMA) 

14:00 - 15:00

Parallel Session 5 - Celebrating the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW): ‘Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together’

Room: Hydrangea 1, 6th floor, TK Grand Convention building

Moderator: Ellos Lodzeni, Vice-Chair, IAPO & Founder, AMR Patient Alliance Africa Chapter 

Asawari Sathaye, Director Communications and Patient Advocacy, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI)

Dr Nithima Sumpradit, Medicines Regulation Division, Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)

Marimel Lamsin, Vice President - Internal, Kidney Transplant Association of the Philippines (KITAP)

14:00 - 15:00

Parallel Session 6 - Mental Health and Asia-Pacific: PARO Declaration on Mental Health and Asia

Room: Hydrangea 3, 6th floor, TK Grand Convention building

Moderator: Josefino De Guzman, CEO, Psoriasis Philippines & Treasurer and Board Member, International Federation of Psoriatic Disease Associations (IFPA) 

Dr Amporn Benjaponpitak, Director General, Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health (Thailand) 

Dr Kannan Subramaniam, MD, Global Medical Lead for Psychiatry, Viatris

Anita Abu Bakar, President & Founder, Mental Illness Awareness & Support Organization

15:00 - 15:30

Networking Coffee

15:30 - 17:00

Plenary 5 - Asia-Pacific Digital Health, Artificial Intelligence and Regulation of Health Devices and Medicines

Room: TK Grand Convention, 6th Floor, TK Grand Convention building

Moderator: Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)

Finny Liu, APAC Regional Regulatory Policy Lead, Roche

Nathalie Bere, Patient Engagement Specialist, European Medicines Agency (currently on sabbatical)

Einstein Rojas, Board Member, Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO)

Chalermsak Kittitrakul, Project Manager for Access to Medicines, Thai Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Russell Williams, Senior Vice-President, Mission, Diabetes Canada

17:00 -17:15

Closing Ceremony

Orajitt Bumrungskulswat, Board Member (SEARO Region), International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 
 
Paul Mendoza, Board Member (WPRO Region), International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Ellos Lodzeni, Vice-Chair, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) 

Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)