All SESSIONS

HIMSS24 APAC

HEALTH CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
1-4 October | Seoul

All SESSIONS

HIMSS24 APAC
1-4 October | Seoul

Review the session introductions and speakers

Pre-Conference : Tuesday, 1 October

Government Briefing

Speaker

Tom Leary,
Senior Vice President & Head of Government Relations, HIMSS, USA

Eli Fleet,
Senior Government Relations Director, Government Relations, HIMSS, USA

Dr. Alexander Berler,
Strategic Business Development Director, IHE Catalyst AISBL, Vice-Chair at HL7 HELLAS, Greece

Jürgen Brandstätter,
Board Member, IHE International, Austria

Andrew Pearce, 
Vice President Analytics & Global Advisory Lead, HIMSS, Australia

Jay Biggs,
Deputy Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial Service Seoul, South Korea

Exploring the Power of 5G Workshop

Speaker

Dr. Gao Yujia,
Assistant Group CTO, NUHS, Singapore

Terence Wong,
Head of APAC 5G Industry, GSMA, HK

William Chan,
CIO,  CUHK Medical Centre, Hong Kong

Chien-Chang (Paul) Lee,
Chief Medical Information Officer,
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

Networking Night

Networking night by invitation or for those who have purchased a ticket.

Location: Devil’s Door

Day One, Wednesday, 2 October 2024

Opening Addresses

Speaker

(08:40 – 08:50) Co Chair- Dr.Poong-Lyul Rhee,
Chief Digital Officer, Samsung Medical Center, HIMSS APAC Board Member, South Korea

(08:50 – 09:10) Harold (Hal) Wolf ,
Chief Executive Officer, HIMSS, USA

HIMSS24 APAC Recognition for Excellence in Digital Maturity

APAC’s Health Information and Technology community will recognize individuals and organizations across numerous award categories during the HIMSS Asia Pacific Awards.

Opening Keynote: Creating Tomorrow’s Health in Korea: Innovative Digital Health Transformation

Speaker

Dr. Kyung-Hwan Kim,
Head, Institute of Convergence Medicine Innovative Technology, Seoul National University Hospital and Chair of HIMSS24 APAC Steering Committee, South Korea

Keynote : Building a Smart Hospital- Sponsored by iMedway

Speaker

Hongxia Huang,
Vice President, iMEDWAY, China

Plenary: Deploying Generative AI in Clinical Environments

Speaker

Dr Shankar Sridharan,
Chief Clinical Information Officer at Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK

Plenary: Unlocking Value: Effectively Managing and Connecting Transitions of Care across the Health Ecosystem- Sponsored by KPMG

Speaker

Evan Rawstron,
Partner and National Sector Leader, Health, Ageing and Human Services, KPMG Australia

Dr. SUMI Manabu,
MD, MPH, PhD, Director-General, Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Dr Ho-Young Lee,
Associate Dean for Research Affairs, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, South Korea

Dr. Nirvana Luckraj,
Chief Medical Officer, Healthdirect Australia, Australia

Analytics Maturity Assessment Model AMAM24 Launch – Room: 401, Lv4

Speaker

Dr Rohini Omkar Prasad,
Digital Health Strategist, Validation Analytics Services HIMSS APAC, Singapore

Widi Salim,
Senior Digital Health Advisor, Validation Analytics Services HIMSS  APAC, Singapore

Parallel Track: Plenary Room Sessions
Session: Implementing AI in Healthcare

Speaker

Dr. Hyung-Chul Lee,
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea

Parallel Track: Breakout Sessions
Session: HIMSS and IHE – A Collaborative Approach to Interoperability

Speaker

Tom Leary,
Senior Vice President & Head of Government Relations, HIMSS

Dr. Alexander Berler,
Strategic Business Development Director, IHE Catalyst AISBL, Vice-Chair at HL7 HELLAS, Greece

Jürgen Brandstätter,
Board Member,IHE International, Austria

Parallel Track: Plenary Room Sessions
Session: Harmonizing Information – Smarter Clinical Decisions
– Sponsored by Wolters Kluwer

Speaker

Ihtimam Hossain,
Clinical Solutions Consultant, APAC, Wolters Kluwer, Singapore

Parallel Track: Breakout Sessions
Session: Medical Informatics and AI Shaping Our Tomorrow Clinical and Industry Perspectives

Speaker

Dr Ravi Bickram Shrestha,
PhD DIC FFBA ACGI, Vice Chair, The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Global Outreach Committee

A/Prof Steven Wong,
MBChB MMed FAMS, Immediate past Chair, The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)Global Outreach Committee

Parallel Track: Plenary Room Sessions
Session: Interoperability and Clinical Data Integration for Next Generation Clinical Care (Sponsored – Philips)

Speaker

Dr Tamara Sunbul,
MD, CPHIMS, PMP, FHIMSS, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Medical Director of Clinical Informatics, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Saudi Arabia

Anna Kudryavtseva,
MBA, MSc, Business Leader, Clinical Integration and Insights, Growth and Greater China Regions, Philips

Parallel Track: Breakout Sessions
Innovating Medical Services in Korea: The Path to Smart Hospitals

Speaker

Dr Kwon, Deok-cheol,
Ph.D., Professor /Director, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea

Chan-Hee Park,
Team leader, Medical Innovation Office, Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea

Joon-myoung Kwon,
Head of Digital Healthcare Research center, Sejong Medical Group / CEO, Medical AI Co., Ltd, South Korea

Bae, Joa-Sup,
Director, Department of Healthcare Institution Management, Korea Health Industry Development Institute(KHIDI), South Korea

Plenary: AI Horizons: Exploring the Future of Innovations

Speaker

Prof Kee Yuan Ngiam,
Head, AI office, National University Health System, Singapore

Prof. In-Young Choi,
Vice Chief Information Officer, Catholic Medical Center, South Korea

Dr Shankar Sridharan,
Chief Clinical Information Officer at Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK

Dr N T Cheung,
Head of Information Technology and Health Informatics, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Plenary : The Power of Data in Modern Healthcare

Speaker

Prof. Cho Chi-heum,
President, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Vice President of Medical Affair, Keimyung University, South Korea

Dr Shih-Sheng Chang,
M.D., Ph.D, Director of Artificial Intelligence Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

Closing Keynote : Tech Titans in Health: Naver and Kakao’s Role in Transforming Healthcare

Speaker

Dr Hwang Hee,
Chief Executive Officer, Kakao Healthcare, South Korea

Dr. Cha Dongchul,
Head of the Medical Innovation Center, NAVER Healthcare Lab, South Korea

Main Conference Day Two, Thursday, 3 October 2024

Opening Keynote: Smart Hospital Revolution: Redefining Patient Care with Technology

Speaker

Dr. Won-Chul Cha,
Chief Information Officer, Samsung Medical Center, South Korea

Mr Hon Pak,
SVP, Head of Digital Health Team, Samsung Electronic, South Korea

Keynote: Leveraging a Cybersecurity Reference Model to Ensure Safe and Effective Digital Transformation across the Healthcare Ecosystem
Sponsored by KPMG

Anwer Khan,
Global Healthcare Sector Technology Leader, KPMG International;
Partner, Advisory, Customer and Operations, Health and Government, KPMG, US

Keynote : Unveiling the Dark Side of AI

Speaker

Dr Gao Yujia,
Assistant Group Chief Technology Officer, National University Health System, Singapore- KIV

Plenary: Cloud-Powered Healthcare and Research in the Era of Generative AI- Sponsored by Amazon

Speaker

MinSung Cho,
Country Head of Healthcare and Research, Korea, AWS, South Korea

A/Prof. Seng Chan You,
Chief Executive Officer, PHI Digital Healthcare and Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea

Prof. Deok-Hyun Han,
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Team Leader of Data Service Team, Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, South Korea

Dr Eleni Dimokidis,
Head of Healthcare Technology for Asia Pacific and Japan, AWS, Singapore

Prof Kee Yuan Ngiam,
Head, AI office, National University Health System, Singapore

Andrew Wiltshire,
Head of Healthcare Public Policy APAC, AWS, Australia

Plenary: The EMR Experience in Asia-Pacific

Speaker

Thiru Gunasegaran,
APAC Managing Editor, HIMSS, Singapore

Dr Mahesh Appannan,
Head of Digital Health, MOH Malaysia

Gareth Sherlock,
Chief Executive, Turimetta Consulting, Former Chief Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Cleveland Clinic London, Australia

A/Prof Seyoung Jung,
Chief Information Officer, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea

Parallel Track: Plenary Room Sessions
Session: Implementing AI Powered Triage for a National Virtual and Digital Front Door

Speaker

Dr Nirvana Luckraj,
Chief Medical Officer, Healthdirect Australia, Australia

Parallel Track: Breakout Sessions
5G and Beyond – The Increasing Role of Telecommunications in Healthcare

Speaker

Dr Zachery Yeo,
Director, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Mr Terence Wong,
Director and Head of APAC 5G Industry and IOT Community, GSMA, Hong Kong

Dr Paul Lee,
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

Prof Son Meonghi,
Chief Medical Information Officer, Samsung Medical Center, South Korea

William Chan,
Chief Information Officer, CUHK Medical Centre, Hong Kong

Parallel Track: Plenary Room Sessions
Session: Patient-Centered Healthcare Transformation Based on Sustainability: Insights from Korea’s Smart Hospital Initiatives

Speaker

Jong Yeob Kim,
Principal Researcher, Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), South Korea

Parallel Track: Breakout Sessions
Session: Digital Transformation at Severance Hospital: Emergency HIS System Using Third-Party Application and Modernized Workflow with New PACS Solution

Speaker

A/Prof Hyungjin Rhee,
Director, Center for Digital Health Strategy, Division of Digital Health Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea

Parallel Track: Plenary Room Sessions
Session: Enterprise Imaging and Image Exchange Challenges Across the Globe

Speaker

Monief Eid,
Enterprise Imaging & eHealth Senior Consultant, Ministry of Health-Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia

Parallel Track: Breakout Sessions
Digitizing Oncology Care by Implementing Digital Health Framework

Speaker

Dr Shantanu Dhar,
Senior Manager-Clinical Applications (IT), Healthcare Global Enterprise Limited, India

Plenary : Nationwide Initiatives in Healthcare Transformation: The Power of Big Data and Personalized Medicine

Speaker

Tom Leary,
Senior Vice President & Head of Government Relations, HIMSS, USA

Prof Kee Yuan Ngiam,
Head, AI office, National University Health System, Singapore

Dr. Eric Y. Chuang,
Vice President, General Director of Biomedical Technology and Device Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan

Dr Hyun-Young Park,
Deputy Minister, National Institute of Health, South Korea

Plenary : Smart Hospitals, Shaping Population Health and Value-Based Care with Digital Mastery

Speaker

Dr Tamara Sunbul,
MD, CPHIMS, PMP, FHIMSS, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Medical Director of Clinical Informatics, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Saudi Arabia

Closing Keynote: Transforming Healthcare: AI-Driven Clinical Efficiency at Mayo Clinic

Speaker

Dr. Alexander Ryu,
Vice Chair AI Innovation, Department of Medicine
Physician and Data Scientist, Division of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, US

Closing Address

Speaker

Simon Lin,
Managing Director, APAC & Vice President, HIMSS, Singapore