The ASEAN-Japan Centre invite everyone to the webinar, “Health Without Borders: Advancing Digital Health Services between ASEAN and Japan“.
Friday, 19 July 2024
15:00-16:30 JST | 14:00-15:30 SGT | 13:00-14:30 ICT
Zoom webinar
English with simultaneous Japanese translation
About the ASEAN-Japan Insights Series
The Series aims to be a relevant and leading information sharing platform in the region on ASEAN-Japan matters. It will be a hybrid, bilingual (English and Japanese) webinar series that will regularly feature hot topics in ASEAN and Japan and facilitate information sharing and knowledge sharing among industry, academia, governments, and enterprises within the region.
Introduction
The Asia-Pacific is set to become the fastest-growing region in healthcare spending, and by 2030 will account for more than 20% of global spending (Bain & Company, 2024). Driven by necessity, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly and unprecedentedly accelerated the adoption of digital health technologies, particularly telehealth across Southeast Asia. Faced with disrupted access to medical care, ASEAN member states rapidly embraced telehealth, adapting regulations to facilitate teleconsultations and remote healthcare services. Despite this progress, several fundamental challenges remain for establishing a robust digital health ecosystem in the region. Key issues include the development of digital transformation guidelines tailored to healthcare and data protection, interoperability of health data systems, and addressing patient trust in digital services.
This dialogue presents views from government, ecosystem builder, business, and accelerator perspectives in understanding the potentials, challenges, and opportunities of advancing digital health services in Japan and ASEAN countries.
The webinar will also serve as the official launch of the report, “Assessing Digital Health Adoption in ASEAN“, co-authored by the ASEAN-Japan Centre’s Katrina Navallo, and the Tech for Good Institute’s Keith Detros.
Registration is free and open to interested audiences from the business, government, academic, and related sectors.
Registration link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sI0tZR3yRgeewhRrBkxWHw
Programme as of 16 July 2024
| 15:00-15:02 | Introduction to the ASEAN-Japan Insights Aurora Tinio Programme Associate, Research and Policy Advocacy Team, ASEAN-Japan Centre |
| 15:03-15:05 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Kunihiko Hirabayashi, MD, PhD Secretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre |
| 15:06-15:40 | Health Without Borders: Advancing Digital Health Services between ASEAN and Japan Speakers: 1. Katrina Navallo, PhD, Programme Manager, Research and Policy Advocacy Team, ASEAN-Japan Centre 2. Takanori Fujita, MD JD (Senior Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research) 3. Mohamad Hazwan Daut, PhD (Head of HealthTech Hub, MRANTI) 4. Kazuma Abe (President and CEO, MEDRiNG) 5. Ho Yuan Lu (Vice President, Outreach & Talent Development, Diagnostics Development Hub, at Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research A*STAR/Chief at Singapore Public Sector Science & Technology Policy and Plans Office) |
| 15:41-16:29 | Panel Discussion and Open Forum 1. Katrina Navallo, PhD, Programme Manager, Research and Policy Advocacy Team, ASEAN-Japan Centre 2. Takanori Fujita, MD JD (Senior Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research) 3. Kazuma Abe (President and CEO, MEDRiNG) 4. Ho Yuan Lu (Vice President, Outreach & Talent Development, Diagnostics Development Hub, at Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research A*STAR/Chief at Singapore Public Sector Science & Technology Policy and Plans Office) |
| 16:30 | Wrap up and end |
