2019 AHWIN FORUM

Achieving Healthy Aging in Asia:
Envisioning Better Care for Older Adults

October 17, 2019, 13:30–18:00
Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, Japan

Opening Session

EMCEE: Satoko Itoh, Managing Director, JCIE

Akio Okawara, President and CEO, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)

Yasuhiro Suzuki, Chief Medical and Global Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan

KEYNOTE SPEECH:

Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific, World Health Organization (WHO)

Nguyen Van Tien, Former Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Social Affairs of the National Assembly of Vietnam; Former Vice Chairman of the Asian Parliamentarians Forum on Population and Development (AFPPD)

Keizo Takemi, Member of the House of Councilors, Japan; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Universal Health Coverage

INTRODUCTION TO THE ASIA HEALTH AND WELLBEING INITIATIVE (AHWIN):

Hirokazu Morita, Deputy Director-General, Office of Healthcare Policy, Cabinet Secretariat, Japan

Special Lecture: CHALLENGES FACED IN DEMENTIA AND COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES IN PREVENTION

Takao Suzuki, Director of the Institute of Gerontology and Professor, J.F. Oberlin University; Distinguished Secretary, National Center for Geriatrics & Gerontology, Japan

DISCUSSANT

Peh Kim Choo, Chief Executive Officer, Tsao Foundation, Singapore

Session 1: Changing Health Status of Older Adults: Getting Better? Getting Worse?

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Yasuhiko Saito, Professor, College of Economics, Nihon University, Japan (SESSION MODERATOR)

PANEL

Tengku Aizan Hamid, Director, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing

Tribudi Wahyuni Rahardjo, University President, Universities Respati Indonesia

Khaing Khaing Soe, Director, Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Myanmar

Kurihara Masaaki, Policy Planning Officer, General Affairs Division, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly, MHLW, Japan

OPEN DISCUSSION

Session 2: Who Will Be the Caregivers? Meeting the Growing Elder Care Needs in Asia

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Reiko Hayashi, Director, Department of International Research and Cooperation, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan (SESSION MODERATOR)

SESSION KEYNOTE

Shoko Sasaki, Commissioner, Immigration Services Agency, Japan

PANEL

Grace Trinidad Cruz, Professor of Demography, University of the Philippines Population Institute

Pham Duc Muc, President, Vietnam Nurses Association

Mohd Rohaizat Hassan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia

Duangjai Lortanavanich, Director, Ageing Business & Care Development Centre, Thammasat Business School, Thailand

OPEN DISCUSSION

Closing Remarks

Hidetoshi Nishimura, President, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)