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CADENZA Symposium 2010: Age-Friendly World Cities and Environment

07 Oct 2010

Highlights World Health Organization's Guidelines for Contributing to an Elder-friendly Hong Kong

CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors, Faculty of Social Sciences of The University of Hong Kong and Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong will jointly present the CADENZA Symposium 2010: Age-Friendly World Cities and Environment on 8 and 9 October (Friday & Saturday) at The University of Hong Kong. The World Health Organization (WHO) initiated the Age-friendly Cities movement in 2005 in response to ageing populations living in cities all over the world. The Symposium will highlight the WHO guidelines with respect to New York, discuss how health outcomes may be influenced by health and social care systems, neighbourhoods, and how urban design and use of information technology may contribute to making the environment more elder-friendly.

Thirteen distinguished overseas and local speakers as well as over 300 health and social care providers will share their experiences and insights in ways to address various needs of the older persons and to make our society more age-friendly. Speakers include the following three internationally renowned experts in the field:

Professor Ruth Finkelstein, Vice President for Health Policy, The New York Academy of Medicine
Professor Victor Rodwin, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Professor Michael Gusmano, Research Scholar, The Hastings Center

You are cordially invited to cover the event. Details are as follows:

Day 1 - Opening Ceremony and Symposium

Date:         8 October 2010 (Friday)
Time:         9:15 am - 5:00 pm
Venue:        Loke Yew Hall, HKU
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Programme rundown:
0845 Media registration
0915 Opening ceremony begins
       Welcoming Remarks by Professor John G Malpas,
          Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, The University of Hong Kong
       Opening Address by Dr Donald Li, JP, Steward, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
       Officiating Address by Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, GBS, JP,
          Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Labour and Welfare Bureau
0935 Training Programme Graduation Ceremony
0955 Keynote Address by Dr the Hon Leong Che-hung, GBM, GBS, JP,
          Chairman of Elderly Commission
1010 End of opening ceremony

For details of the Symposium, please visit: http://www.cadenza.hk

Day 2 - Forum on "Ageing in Place: Matching Policy to Needs"

Date:         9 October 2010 (Saturday)
Time:        10:00 am - 1:00 pm (media registration: 9:30 am)
Venue:        Council Chamber, 8/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Discussants:

Dr the Hon Leong Che-hung, GBM, GBS, JP, Chairman of Elderly Commission
Mr Patrick Nip, JP, Director of Social Welfare, Social Welfare Department
Ms Christine Fang, Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Dr Bernard Kong, Deputy Cluster Service Director (Community), Hong Kong East Cluster, Hospital Authority and President of The Hong Kong Geriatrics Society
Ms Perina Li, Chief Manager of Senior Citizens and Rehabilitation Services, The Salvation Army
Professor Victor Rodwin, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University

For media enquiries, please contact Miss Erica Leung, CADENZA (Tel: 2219 4479 / Pager: 7778 6606 / Email: ericale@hku.hk) or Miss Vanessa Sit, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (Tel: 2859 2983 / Mobile: 9267 8877).

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