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PROGRAMME

15th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum cum International Forum on Proactive Health and Ageing

October 31 – November 1, 2025

Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, The University of Hong Kong

 

DAY 1

October 31, 2025 (Friday)

08:00 – 09:00   Registration
09:00 – 09:30   Opening Ceremony & celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the HKU School of Nursing
09:30 – 10:10

  Keynote Address 1
  Prof Robert L Klitzman, Columbia University

10:10 – 10:40 Tea Reception and e-Poster Viewing
10:40 – 11:20

  Keynote Address 2

  Prof Nancy Reynolds, Johns Hopkins University

11:20 – 12:00

  Keynote Address 3

  Prof Jing Wang, Florida State University

12:00 – 14:00

Lunch and e-Poster Viewing

Pitching presentation for Poster

14:00 – 15:40

Sub-forum 1

Active and Healthy Aging:

Cutting-edge Technologies and Practical Applications

  Prof Wenru Wang, National University of Singapore

  Prof Hongliu Yu, University for Shanghai of

  Science and Technology

  Prof Cuntai Zhang, Geriatrics Branch of

  the Chinese Medical Association 

Sub-forum 2

Active and Healthy Aging:

Social-Psychological-Behavioral Intervention

  Prof Xiaomei Cong, Yale University

  Prof Doris Yu, The University of Hong Kong

  Prof Anna Axelin, University of Turku

 

 


Concurrent Oral presentation
15:40 – 16:10 Tea Reception and e-Poster Viewing
16:10 – 17:20

  Prof Zhimin Liu, China Center for School Development and

  Planning, Ministry of Education

  Dr the Hon Lam Ching Choi, Non-Official Member,

  Executive Council 

  Prof Lily Dongxia Xiao, Flinders University

  Prof. Rainbow T. H. Ho, The University of Hong Kong

 

 

Concurrent Oral presentation U21 RPg Symposium
17:20 – 17:30

Handover Ceremony for the International Forum on Proactive Health and Ageing

 

DAY 2

November 1, 2025 (Saturday)

08:30 – 09:00

  Registration

09:00 – 10:15

  Young Scholar Forum: Rising Stars in Nursing

  Dr Ock Sim Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yonsei University

  Dr Chaowarit Ngernthaisong, Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University

  Prof Wenjun Chen, Assistant Professor, Central South University

  Prof Kevin Luk, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore

  Prof Jojo Kwok, Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong 

Concurrent Oral Presentation

10:15 – 11:00

  Keynote Address

  Prof Emerita Jill White, The University of Sydney

11:00 – 11:20

Tea Reception and e-Poster Viewing

11:20 – 12:00

  Keynote Address

  Prof Emma Stanmore, The University of Manchester

12:00 – 12:45

  Panel

  Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of HKUSON: Three Decades of Nursing Leadership

  Prof Sophia Chan, HKU Primary Health Care Academy
  Prof Agnes Tiwari, The Nursing Council of Hong Kong
  Prof Chia-Chin Lin, The University of Hong Kong 

12:45 – 14:30

Lunch and e-Poster Viewing

14:30 – 15:45

  Roundtable Discussion

  Future of Leadership in Nursing Education

  Prof Honghong Wang, Central South University
  Prof Aiping Wang, China Medical University

  Prof Yan Hu, Fudan University
  Prof Ka Li, Sichuan University

  Prof June Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University

  Prof Chia-Chin Lin, The University of Hong Kong
 
Prof Xiaomei Li, Xi’an Jiaotong University

15:45 – 16:05

Tea Reception and e-Poster Viewing

16:05 – 17:05

  Symposium

  Leadership in Nursing Workforce

  Prof Sheila R. Bonito, University of the Philippines Manila

  Dr Danny Tong, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

  Prof Mari Ikeda, The University of Tokyo

17:05 – 17:45

  Keynote Address

  Dr Olga Yakusheva, Johns Hopkins University

17:45 – 17:55

  Closing Ceremony