Building Foundation to Digital Health
International Symposium
on Digital Health
29 May -2 June 2019
School of Public Health Building, Hong Kong
Organisers:
Supporting Organisations:
Partners:
(in alphabetical order)
Please visit www.ISDH2020.org for the symposium in 2020.
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!
General Information
Date: 29 May - 2 June 2019
Venue: School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
Organisers
SH Big Data Decision Analytics (BDDA) Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Partners
The City University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
National University of Singapore
Supporting Organisation
Institute of Healthcare Management, The Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA)
National eHealth Living Lab (NeLL), Netherlands
Advisory Committee
Members (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Hong FUNG, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Joseph SUNG, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Samuel Wong, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Justin Wu, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Organising Committee
Chair
Prof. Kelvin TSOI, SH Big Data Decision Analytic Research Centre, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Co-Chair
Prof. Simon POON, School of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies, The University of Sydney
Members (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Roy CHEUNG, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Jason HO, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Kin-Fai HO, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Yong-Hong KUO, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Eman LEUNG, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Wilson TAM, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Prof. Maggie WANG, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Grace WONG, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Benjamin YIP, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Qingpeng ZHANG, School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong
General Information
A) Symposium
Date: 29 - 30 May & 1-2 June 2019
Venue: School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
B) Workshop
Date: 31 May 2019
Venue: The HKMA Advanced Management Development Centre,
3/F, Tower 2, South Seas Centre, 75 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Organisers
Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics (BDDA) Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Partners
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
National University of Singapore
Supporting Organisation
The Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) Institute of Healthcare Management (HCM)
National eHealth Living Lab (NeLL), Netherlands
Worldwide Universities Network
Advisory Committee
Members (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Hong FUNG, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Joseph SUNG, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Hector TSANG, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Samuel WONG, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Justin WU, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Organising Committee
Chair
Prof. Kelvin TSOI, Stanley Ho BDDA Research Centre, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Co-Chair
Prof. Simon POON, School of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies,
The University of Sydney
Members (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Roy CHEUNG, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Jason HO, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Kin-Fai HO, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Yong-Hong KUO, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Eman LEUNG, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Carrie LING, Division of Integrative Systems and Design, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Prof. Wilson TAM, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Prof. Maggie WANG, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Grace WONG, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Benjamin YIP, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Eric ZHANG, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University
Prof. Qingpeng ZHANG, School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong
Invited Speakers
Speaker from The Lancet Digital Health
Dr. Rupa SARKAR
Editor-in-Chief
The Lancet Digital Health
Invited Speakers from Faculties of Medicine (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Kendall HO
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Lead, Digital Emergency Medicine Unit
Attending Emergency Medicine specialist, Vancouver General Hospital
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Prof. Bryant LIN
Associate Professor, Primary Care and Population Health
Medical Director, Consultative Medicine Clinic
Co-director, Center for Asian Health Research and Education
Stanford University
United States
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. Jeremy WYATT
Professor of Digital Healthcare
Director of Wessex Institute of Health Research
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Dr. Pieter KUBBEN
Neurosurgeon, Dept of Neurosurgery
Maastricht University Medical Center, 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
Prof. Hao-min CHENG
Director, Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Public Health
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Prof. Justin WU
Chief Operating Officer, CUHK Medical Centre
Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Prof. Zhiyao DUAN
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Rochester
United States of America
Dr. Owen JOHNSON
Senior Teaching Fellow
School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
Dr. Charlie C. KOO
CEO & Founder
Envive Inc.
USA. China. Hong Kong
Prof. Simon POON
Associate Professor, School of Computer Science
Program Director, Master of Health Technology Innovation
University of Sydney
Australia
More information on invited speakers will be uploaded later.
Prof. Justin WU
Chief Operating Officer, CUHK Medical Centre
Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Prof. Kelvin TSOI
Associate Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care
Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr. Nicholas R. FUGGLE
Dunhill Clinical Research Fellow, Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute
Rheumatology registrar
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Dr. Nicholas R. FUGGLE
Dunhill Clinical Research Fellow, Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute
Rheumatology registrar
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Invited Speakers
Speaker from The Lancet Digital Health
Dr. Rupa SARKAR
Editor-in-Chief
The Lancet Digital Health
Invited Speakers from Faculties of Medicine (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Kendall HO
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Lead, Digital Emergency Medicine Unit
Attending Emergency Medicine specialist, Vancouver General Hospital
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Prof. Bryant LIN
Associate Professor, Primary Care and Population Health
Medical Director, Consultative Medicine Clinic
Co-director, Center for Asian Health Research and Education
Stanford University
United States
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. Jeremy WYATT
Professor of Digital Healthcare
Director of Wessex Institute of Health Research
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Dr. Pieter KUBBEN
Neurosurgeon, Dept of Neurosurgery
Maastricht University Medical Center, 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
Prof. Hao-min CHENG
Director, Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Public Health
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Prof. Justin WU
Chief Operating Officer, CUHK Medical Centre
Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Prof. Justin WU
Chief Operating Officer, CUHK Medical Centre
Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Prof. Kelvin TSOI
Associate Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care
Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr. Nicholas R. FUGGLE
Dunhill Clinical Research Fellow, Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute
Rheumatology registrar
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Dr. Nicholas R. FUGGLE
Dunhill Clinical Research Fellow, Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute
Rheumatology registrar
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Prof. Zhiyao DUAN
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Rochester
United States of America
Dr. Owen JOHNSON
Senior Teaching Fellow
School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
Dr. Charlie C. KOO
CEO & Founder
Envive Inc.
USA. China. Hong Kong
Prof. Simon POON
Associate Professor, School of Computer Science
Program Director, Master of Health Technology Innovation
University of Sydney
Australia
More information on invited speakers will be uploaded later.
Invited Speakers
Speaker from The Lancet Digital Health
Dr. Rupa SARKAR
Editor-in-Chief
The Lancet Digital Health
Invited Speakers from Faculties of Medicine (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Bryant LIN
Associate Professor, Primary Care and Population Health
Medical Director, Consultative Medicine Clinic
Co-director, Center for Asian Health Research and Education
Stanford University
United States
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. Jeremy WYATT
Professor of Digital Healthcare
Director of Wessex Institute of Health Research
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Dr. Pieter KUBBEN
Neurosurgeon, Dept of Neurosurgery
Maastricht University Medical Center, 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
Prof. Hao-min CHENG
Director, Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Public Health
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Dr. Charlie C. KOO
CEO & Founder
Envive Inc.
USA. China. Hong Kong
Invited Speakers
Speaker from The Lancet Digital Health
Dr. Rupa SARKAR
Editor-in-Chief
The Lancet Digital Health
Invited Speakers from Faculties of Medicine (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Hao-min CHENG
Director, Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Public Health
National Yang-Ming University
Taiwan
Prof. Roy CHEUNG
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
Dr. Nicholas R. FUGGLE
Dunhill Clinical Research Fellow, Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute
Rheumatology registrar
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Prof. Kendall HO
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Lead, Digital Emergency Medicine Unit
Attending Emergency Medicine specialist, Vancouver General Hospital
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Dr. Pieter KUBBEN
Neurosurgeon, Dept of Neurosurgery
Maastricht University Medical Center
Netherlands
Prof. Bryant LIN
Associate Professor, Primary Care and Population Health
Medical Director, Consultative Medicine Clinic
Co-director, Center for Asian Health Research and Education
Stanford University
United States
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
Prof. Kelvin TSOI
Associate Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care
Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Prof. Jeremy WYATT
Professor of Digital Healthcare
Director of Wessex Institute of Health Research
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Prof. Justin WU
Chief Operating Officer, CUHK Medical Centre
Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hospital Authority
Hong Kong
Invited Speakers from Faculties of Engineering (in alphabetical order)
Prof. Zhiyao DUAN
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Rochester
United States of America
Dr. Owen JOHNSON
Senior Teaching Fellow
School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
Dr. Carrie H.Y. LING
Senior Lecturer, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Prof. Simon POON
Associate Professor, School of Computer Science
Program Director, Master of Health Technology Innovation
University of Sydney
Australia
Invited Speakers from the Industry (in alphabetical order)
Mr. Ian HUEN
Founder, Cheif Executive Officer, Executive Director
Aptorum Group Limited
Dr. Charlie C. KOO
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Envive Inc.
USA. China. Hong Kong
Ms. Viola LAM
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Find Solution AI
Programme-at-a-Glance
Registration
Registration Fee
Registration Guideline
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Delegates with full-registration are entitled to all conference sessions, workshops, conference proceedings, refreshments, and lunches.
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Early bird registration is available on/ before 10 May 2019. In addition to a completed registration form, payment must be made by:
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Online Credit card payment received on/ before 10 May 2019 to entitle early bird discount.
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If you would like to use other payment methods, please contact the Symposium secretariat for details.
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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.
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The Symposium Committee holds the final decision on early bird eligibility in cases of dispute.
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Application for "Continuing Medical Education ("CME") point is in progress.
VISA application
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If you require an invitation letter for visa applications, please email us at with your full name and date of birth clearly stated.
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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
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Notice of registration cancellation must be received in writing by symposium secretariat no later than 1 May 2019. No refunds will be processed thereafter.
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Fifty percent (50%) of the registration fee will be refunded with written notice received on or before 1 May 2019.
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All refunds will be processed after the Symposium.
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Reserve your accommodation with a discounted price at our appointed hotels! Please visit HERE for more details.
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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
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Abstracts must be written in ENGLISH.
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The title must be within 40 words. Capitalize only the first and any principal words of the title.
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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.
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Description of the following headers are required:
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Objective
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Method
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Result
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Conclusion
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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.
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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.
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All presenting authors will be required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement prior to the submission deadline.
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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.
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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.
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Upon acceptance of your abstract, the presenting author is expected to register in the Symposium.
