Professor Alfred Chan, Chairman, Elderly Commission, Government of Hong Kong SAR
Prof.
Chan has been both a practitioner in welfare services for
older persons and an academic in social gerontology. Starting his career as a
nurse and later on as a social worker in serving older persons, Prof. Chan has extensive skills and knowledge in health and social
care services and policy making. His academic interests, such as the
interpretation of intergenerational relationships, ageing and long-term care
policies in Asia Pacific, the development of health and social care
measurements, Quality of Life, Caring Index, etc. are closely related to this
area and his research have been widely published in refereed journals and as
book chapters. He is currently the Director of Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing
Studies and Office of Service-Learning, which he founded in 2006 in the
promotion of “Liberal Arts Education” to university students through
“Serving-to-Learn; Learning-to-Serve.” He has recently been appointed by Tsao’s
Foundation of Singapore and National University of Singapore (NUS) to be the
Advisor for their International Longevity Centre (ILC) from June 2011. In
recognition of Prof Chan’s invaluable contributions to
the community, he was appointed as Justice of Peace (JP) in 2001, and was
awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by the HKSAR Government in 2006.
Dr Audrey Weiner, President and CEO, Jewish Home Lifecare, USA
Audrey S. Weiner, DSW, MPH is President and CEO of the Jewish Home
Lifecare in New York, which serves 12,000 elders each year through its
post-acute rehabilitation, long term skilled nursing, senior housing, certified
home health agency, adult day health care and care management services. She
received her doctorate in Social Welfare Administration from the Graduate
Center of the City University of New York and her Masters in Public Health from
Yale University. She is the founding editor of the Journal of Social Work in
Long-Term Care. She edited the first text on culture change in long-term care
with Judah Ronch, PhD, and in 2013 edited Culture Change in Elder Care and
Models and Pathways for Person-Centered Elder Care, both published by Health
Professionals Press and edited with Judah Ronch. She is a board member and
immediate past chairperson of LeadingAge, past chairperson and member of board
of the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition, the New York area non-profit long
term care provider association, and a member of the Board of Greater New York
Hospital Association. She previously chaired the LeadingAge Ethics Commission
and Talent Cabinet.
Mr Fabian Bigar, Director (NKEA Healthcare) & (NKRA Low Income Household) Performance Management and DeliveryUnit (PEMANDU), Prime Minister's Department, Malaysia
Mr. Fabian Bigar
has been with PEMANDU since January 2010. His primary responsibilities include
monitoring the progress of the Healthcare Entry Point Projects (EPP) under the
Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), facilitation and intervention where
necessary and designing and conducting problem solving labs. Between August and
December 2014, Fabian was seconded to the Tanzanian Government as the lead
coordinator for the Big Results Now Healthcare Lab. In January 2015, Fabian helped
in facilitating the Harvard School of Public Health’s Health Sector
Strengthening Planning and Strategy Development Workshop in Pretoria, South
Africa. He was elevated to the position
of Director and took on the additional portfolio of NKRA Low Income Household
in May 2015. Prior to joining PEMANDU, he spent 15 years with the Ministry of
Health, Malaysia and served in various capacities including; health budget
management; international relations; as well as dealing with trade related
issues in health. He was part of the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on
Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property from 2006 to 2008 and was
involved in various trade in health related forums organized by both WHO and
WTO. Fabian received his BSc. from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
Ohio and his Masters in Public Policy from the National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies, Tokyo.
Professor Hiroyuki Murata, CEO, Centre for Studies on Ageing Societies, Japan
Professor Hiro Murata is the most pioneer
of active ageing business in Japan and an internationally recognised thought
leader in ageing societies. He has worked with over 850 companies and
contributed to develop various innovative products and services such as Curves
Japan, the world’s largest fitness chain for women in Japan, Raku-Raku phone,
the best-selling age-friendly mobile phone, and the first college-linked
retirement community in Japan. He serves as Professor at Smart Ageing
International Research Center (SAIRC) at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.
Not only created the concept of “Smart Ageing” but also he contributed to
establish the Smart Ageing Square, the ageing-business-on-campus with various
industry partners and the Smart Ageing College, the intergenerational school on
the campus. Both are the first implementation in Japanese national universities.
He is an entrepreneur, business producer, gerontologist, and best-selling
author of several books, including The Business of Aging: 10 Successful
Strategies for a Diverse Market, The Successful Business of Ageing: Turning the
super-aged society into business opportunities.
Mr John Collyns, Executive Director, Retirement Villages Association (NZ) Inc, New Zealand
Prior to this appointment John was the Executive Director of the Bus and
Coach Association (NZ) Incorporated, a position he had held since September
1994. John was a founding director of the Road
Transport and Logistics Industry Training Organisation and he is a Fellow of
the Australasian Society of Association Executives. He has a BA from Victoria
University in Wellington.
Ms Mary Wood, Executive Director, Retirement Living Council, Australia
Mary
Wood was appointed as the inaugural Executive Director of the Retirement Living
Council in January 2013. Mary has a long history of working for government. She
has been a Chief of Staff to a federal minister, a press secretary and a policy
adviser, helping to deliver multi-million dollar subsidised housing programs as
well as human services. She has worked on the creation and marketing of
innovative schemes such as the National Rental Affordability Scheme, service
delivery reforms at Medicare and Centrelink, and public housing policy. She has
qualifications in law, public policy and company directorship, and worked as a
project manager for an aged care provider before commencing work for the
Retirement Living Council.
Ms Ninie Wang, Founder & CEO, Pinetree Senior Care Services Ltd, China
In 2004 Ninie founded Pinetree Care Group (www.qskh.cn), focusing on
business model innovation, professional service and talent development. Ninie
has a BA in Economics from UIBE, China, and MBA from INSEAD in France and
Singapore. She is a Young Global Leader and member of Global Agenda Council on
Ageing by World Economic Forum. In 2014 she was awarded “Excellent Young Scholar”
by China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics.
Mr Wilfred Tan, Acting Chief Information Officer, Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), Integrated Health Information Systems Pte Ltd (IHiS), Singapore
Wilfred Tan is an IT professional with more than 20 years of International experience in consultancy services, operation, planning, programme and project executions, sales and strategy. He is presently the Acting CIO for the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), the agency that was formed as an independent corporate entity under MOH Holdings (MOHH) to look into the enhancement and integration of Long-Term Care sector in Singapore.
Prior to joining AIC, Wilfred had held various key positions in multi-national companies such as Executive Sales Director of NEC, Sales Director (Public and Healthcare) of Accenture and General Manager of NCS Hong Kong operation. He had also represented the companies in presenting innovative business solutions in Genève, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. Wilfred holds a Bachelor Degree in Computing Science from Curtin University, Australia and a Master Degree in Software Engineering from the Institute of System Science, National University of Singapore.
