Opening Ceremony

Moderator

LIANG Wannian

Executive Vice Dean of Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University; Dean of the Institute for Healthy China at Tsinghua University

09:30-10:15

Opening remarks

lSenior leadership from Chinese Government

lSHEN Hongbing

Vice-minister and member of the Leading Party Members Group of the National Health Commission; Director and secretary of the Leading Party Members Group of the National Administration of Disease Prevention and Control

lMargaret CHAN

Founding Dean of Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University; Emeritus Director General of World Health Organization

lWANG Shi

Honorary Chairman & Founder, Vanke Co., Ltd.; Chairman of the Board, Vanke Foundation; Founder，DeepRock Group

lQIU Yong

Chairperson of Tsinghua University Council

10:15-10:30

Group Photo & Coffee Break

Plenary Session: AI Empowers the Future of Health 

Moderator

WANG Kaibo

Chairman of the Council of Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University

10:30-12:00

Keynote Speech

lAndrew Chi-Chih Yao

Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Dean of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences at Tsinghua University; Dean of the College of AI at Tsinghua University

lZHAO Houlin

Former Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU); Honorary Chairman of China Institute of Communications

lEllen MacKenzie（艾伦·麦肯齐）

Member of National Academy of Medicine of America; Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

●LIANG Wannian

Executive Vice Dean of Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University; Dean of the Institute for Healthy China at Tsinghua University

Session 1: The application of AI in major diseases prevention and control

This panel focuses on the application of AI and other new technologies in the prevention and control of major diseases. The first session will focus on the prevention and control of major infectious diseases and the second session will focus on the prevention and control of major chronic diseases (including psychiatric disorders). The keynote speeches will include an overview of relevant research progress at home and abroad and the sharing of successful experience cases, and the discussion will mainly focus on the prospects of the key applications of AI in the prevention and control of major diseases, as well as the current difficulties, problems and challenges.

14:30-15:50

Part 1: The application of AI in Infectious Disease Control

Keynote Speech

●Nils Chr. Stenseth (尼尔斯·克里斯蒂安·斯坦塞斯)

Professor at the University of Oslo; Elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science, the US National Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the French Academy of Sciences, the Finnish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, and Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences

lErasmus Morah (莫易睿)

Director of UNAIDS China Office

●Gabriel Leung (梁卓伟)

Member of the National Academy of Medicine; Executive Director of Charity and Community Affairs at the Hong Kong Jockey Club; Former Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong

Panel Discussion

（together with 3 keynote speakers）

lZHOU Xiaonong

Chief Scientist on parasitic diseases control in Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases

lGUO Wei

Strategic Information Advisor at the UNAIDS Representative Office in China

●ZHANG Qingpeng

Associate Professor, Data Science Institute, and Department of Pharmacy, University of Hong Kong

15:50-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:20

Part 2: The application of AI in Chronic Disease Control

Keynote Speech

lElena Altieri（埃琳娜·阿尔特里）

Head of Behavioral Insights Unit, World Health Organization

lNING Guang

Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; President of Ruijin Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; Director of the Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases

lSmita Baruah (斯米塔·巴鲁克)

Executive Vice President of Global Tobacco Control Programs, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Panel Discussion

（together with 3 keynote speakers）

lWU Jing

Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

lChen Wanqing

Deputy Director, Tumor Resource Center, National Cancer Center; Director, Office of Cancer Screening, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

●YUAN Tifei

Executive Dean of School of Psychology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

3 November, 2024 (Sunday)

Session 2: AI empowers cultivation of interdisciplinary and full-fledged talents in public health

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology present both challenges and opportunities for cultivating interdisciplinary and full-fledged talents in health and wellness (H&W). AI has demonstrated significant potential in various areas, including disease diagnosis, drug development, epidemic monitoring, intelligent health management, and evidence-based decision-making. Traditional H&W knowledge struggles to keep pace with the swiftly evolving digital era, making it essential to integrate and collaborate with disciplines such as information technology, data science, and engineering. Simultaneously, the development of AI provides powerful tools and momentum to overcome the challenges of interdisciplinary integration. Exploring how AI can empower interdisciplinary and full-fledged talents development in H&W will become a crucial topic for future educational reforms in the field. This not only helps to enhance the professional standards and service quality in H&W but also propels the field towards a new era of digitalization, intelligence, and personalization.

9:00-10:30

Keynote Speech

lGAO Bin

Deputy Director-General of Higher Education Department, Ministry of Education of China

lSHI Ying

Deputy Director-General of Department of Technology, Education and International Cooperation, Chinese National Disease Control and Prevention Administration

●Howard Bergman (霍华德·伯格曼)

Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University

●Getachew ENGIDA (格塔丘·恩吉达)

Co-Director of Tsinghua China-Africa Leadership Development Institute; Former Deputy Director-General of UNESCO

lWafaie W. Fawzi (福泽)

Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences, and Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

●Jim Campbell（吉姆·坎贝尔）

Director of the Health Workforce Department, World Health Organization

10:30-10:50

Coffee Break

10:50-11:50

Panel Discussion

●K. Srinath Reddy (斯里纳特·雷迪)

Former President of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)

●XU Huan

Technical Officer, Health Workforce Department, World Health Organization HQ

lPAN Hui

Director of the Medical Affairs Office of Peking Union Medical College Hospital

lHU Qiangqiang

Spokesperson and Deputy director of the Department of Publicity, National Health Commission of China

Session 3: Advancing Modern Healthcare Governance through Artificial Intelligence

With the rapid progress of artificial intelligence technology and the continuous deepening of its penetration and application in the field of health, we have witnessed its enormous potential in innovating service models and assisting precise decision-making. However, the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare scenarios still faces many practical challenges that need to be solved urgently. This session will focus on the role of artificial intelligence in the modernization of healthcare system, in order to reach consensus on controversial topics, including challenges of applying artificial intelligence in healthcare system, exploring possible policy breakthroughs, overcoming data barriers, strengthening quality control. The final goal is to facilitate AI application in the path to a healthy China.

14:30-16:00

Part 1: Advancing Modern Healthcare Governance through Artificial Intelligence: the role of government

Keynote Speech& Panel Discussion

lZHUANG Ning

Deputy Director, Department of Healthcare Reform, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China

lZHANG Linghan

Professor at the Institute of Data Law and Governance at China University of Political Science and Law; Expert of the United Nations High Level Advisory Body on AI; Director of the Internet and Information Law Society of China Law Society

lDetlev Ganten

Co-Founder and Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees, Virchow Foundation; Founding President, World Health Summit

lZENG Yi

Director of International Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance of the Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences; Member of the United Nations High Level Advisory Body on AI; Member of WHO Expert Group on Ethics & Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health

lMarelize Gorgens

Lead for Digital and AI for Human Capital, World Bank

16:00-16:10

Coffee Break

16:10-17:30

Part 2: Advancing Modern Healthcare Governance through Artificial Intelligence: the role of private sector

Keynote Speech& Panel Discussion

●DAI Tao

Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the National Health Commission's Statistical Information Center

lWONG Tienyin

Vice Provost of Tsinghua University Founding Head and Chair Professor of Tsinghua Medicine; Senior Advisor of SingHealth & Singapore National Eye Centre

lLI Shizheng

Vice President, Baichuan AI, Inc. 

lHUANG Haifeng

Head of R&D, Baidu Health, Inc.

Youth Forum - Technology empowering health: The power of youth (Parallel Session)

The widespread application of AI technology is transforming traditional healthcare models, bringing revolutionary changes to research and work in the health field. As the primary beneficiaries and drivers of technology, the younger generation carries significant responsibility and mission. Young people possess sharper innovative abilities, allowing them to deeply understand the potential applications of AI in health and translate these insights into innovative practices. These practices include using AI to analyze and understand medical data, identify and predict population health risks, provide accurate diagnoses and personalized treatment plans for patients, promote drug development and clinical trials, and optimize the allocation of medical resources. This year’s Youth Forum invites young scholars worldwide to share their AI-based research, technological achievements, and practical case studies, highlighting their contributions to building a smarter and more sustainable health ecosystem.

14:30-17:30

Moderator:

Syeda Ishrat Farjana Supty, IMPH student, Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University

lOpening Remarks

WANG Youfa

Dean of Global Health Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University

lPresentations by Young Scholars

FENG Mengling

Associate Professor of National University of Singapore

Yu Moriguchi

Associate Professor / Lecturer, Osaka University

TAN DIINSON

Regenerative Bio Co-Founder, LAIFE Anti-Aging Centre Director

Lalita Kaewwilai

Faculty of Public Health, Department of Public Health Nursing, Mahidol University

Karoli Mathias Peter

Fellow of Northwestern University (HBNU Consortium)

SUO Yuhan

PhD student, School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Techonology

CHEN Kaiyuan

Associate Professor, Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University

WANG Ziyang

PhD student, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, College of Engineering, Peking University

KANG Qiaoli

Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

BAO Lei

PhD student, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

lExperts’ Review

WANG Hong

Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

WU Gang

Director of the Third Division of the Management Science Department of the National Natural Science Foundation of China

lAwards Presentation

lClosing Remarks

Closing Ceremony

Moderator

LIANG Wannian

Executive Vice Dean of Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University; Dean of the Institute for Healthy China at Tsinghua University

17:30-18:00

lHighlights of the 4^th World Health Forum: a featured video

lClosing remarks

YANG Bin

Vice President of Tsinghua University