Welcome Message

We are pleased to announce that the International Symposium on Digital Health (ISDH) 2019 will be held on 29th May to 2nd June 2019 in Hong Kong.  The symposium is co-organised by the Jockey Club (JC) School of Public Health and Primary Care of the Faculty of Medicine, and Stanley Ho (SH) Big Data Decision Analytics (BDDA) Research Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong with the support of The Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) Institute of Healthcare Management and the National eHealth Living Lab (NeLL) from Netherlands. 

Digital Health has been steadily gaining attention as a relatively new field for improving public health due to recent technological advancements.  Many healthcare applications and insights have emerged, especially by harvesting the strengths of big data or machine learning.  As such, this symposium strives to promote interdisciplinary research on Digital Health by bringing experts from both healthcare and engineering sectors together to share their innovations on different aspects of the field, including eHealth, mHealth and other emerging areas such as big data and artificial intelligence.

You are cordially invited to participate in this exciting programme to share your insight and experiences in digital health.  We are looking forward to seeing you in this symposium!

Invited Speakers

Speaker from The Lancet Digital Health

Invited Speakers from Faculties of Medicine   (in alphabetical order)

Dr. Esther TALBOOM-KAMP
Senior Researcher, eHealth Applications in Disease Management

Board member, National eHealth Living Lab

Department of Public Health and Primary Care

Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden University

Netherlands

Prof. Joseph JY SUNG

Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics 
Director, Institute of Digestive Disease
Faculty of Medicine,The Chinese University of Hong Kong

More information on invited speakers will be uploaded later.

Invited Speakers

Speaker from The Lancet Digital Health

Invited Speakers from Faculties of Medicine   (in alphabetical order)

Dr. Esther TALBOOM-KAMP
Senior Researcher, eHealth Applications in Disease Management

Board member, National eHealth Living Lab

Department of Public Health and Primary Care

Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden University

Netherlands

Prof. Joseph JY SUNG

Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics 
Director, Institute of Digestive Disease
Faculty of Medicine,The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Invited Speakers

Speaker from The Lancet Digital Health

Invited Speakers from Faculties of Medicine   (in alphabetical order)

Prof. Joseph JY SUNG

Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics 
Director, Institute of Digestive Disease
Faculty of Medicine,The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Dr. Esther TALBOOM-KAMP
Senior Researcher, eHealth Applications in Disease Management

Board member, National eHealth Living Lab

Department of Public Health and Primary Care

Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden University

Netherlands

Invited Speakers from Faculties of Engineering   (in alphabetical order)

Invited Speakers from the Industry   (in alphabetical order)

Programme-at-a-Glance

Registration

Registration Fee

Registration Guideline

• Delegates with full-registration are entitled to all conference sessions, workshops, conference proceedings, refreshments, and lunches.  

• Early bird registration is available on/ before 10 May 2019.  In addition to a completed registration form, payment must be made by: 

  • Online Credit card payment received on/ before 10 May 2019 to entitle early bird discount.  

• If you would like to use other payment methods, please contact the Symposium secretariat for details.

• For country teams of at least 5 persons, a discount on registration fee can be offered – unless participants register individually in which case the standard registration fee applies.  Please email us at  for details.

• The Symposium Committee holds the final decision on early bird eligibility in cases of dispute.

• Application for "Continuing Medical Education ("CME") point is in progress.

VISA application

• If you require an invitation letter for visa applications, please email us at with your full name and date of birth clearly stated.

• Please refer to the “Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” (http://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html) for more information on the Hong Kong Visa application.

Cancellation

• Notice of registration cancellation must be received in writing by symposium secretariat no later than 1 May 2019.  No refunds will be processed thereafter. 

• Fifty percent (50%) of the registration fee will be refunded with written notice received on or before 1 May 2019.

• All refunds will be processed after the Symposium.

Reserve Your Hotel Today!

• Reserve your accommodation with a discounted price at our appointed hotels! Please visit HERE for more details.

• For any questions regarding hotel reservations, please contact International Symposium on Digital Health 2019 Secretariat at isdh2019@cuhk.edu.hk.

Abstract Submission

With a focus on innovation, the conference program committee is looking for your contributions to the key domain areas including Digital Health as well as applications of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data or Machine Learning on Healthcare. Original clinical and technical researches are both welcome. All submissions will be evaluated by the scientific committee, which will select abstracts for oral or poster presentation. 

Important Dates:

Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 April 2019

Abstract Submission Deadline:  30 March 2019

Abstract Notification:  20 April 2019
End of Early Bird Registration:  10 May 2019

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

• Abstracts must be written in ENGLISH.

• The title must be within 40 words. Capitalize only the first and any principal words of the title.

• Author’s and co-authors’ names should be given in surname-last format. Capitalize the initial character of each word only. Only up to 15 authors, including a presenting author, can be listed in each abstract. Author’s and co-authors’ affiliations should contain his/her institution, city and country.

• Description of the following headers are required:

  • Objective

  • Method

  • Result

  • Conclusion

• All words in the abstract will be counted. All four sections must not exceed 350 words in total. Please kindly verify the word count prior to your entry.

• There is a strict limit of ONE graph, figure or table to each submitted abstract. Any image should be uploaded in our submission system in JPEG or PDF file format. The maximum file size of each image is 500 KB, whereas the maximum pixel size of the image is 600(w) x 800(h) pixels. No exceptions would be allowed.

• All presenting authors will be required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement prior to the submission deadline. 

• All emails for abstract submission and notification process will be sent from . Please add this e-mail address to your safe sender list or address book to ensure that you will receive all communications.

• Acknowledgement emails will be sent to the submitter when the submission process is started and when your submission is completed. Invitation emails will be sent to the presenting author only.  Please contact  isdh2019@cuhk.edu.hk if you do not receive the system-generated emails.

• Upon acceptance of your abstract, the presenting author is expected to register in the Symposium.