{"id":574,"date":"2025-03-21T07:34:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.64.101.110\/jcecc-con\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:14:35","slug":"keynote-sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/keynote-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"574\" class=\"elementor elementor-574\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3968dd7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3968dd7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\" data-e-bg-lazyload=\"\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3440fc22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3440fc22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote Sessions<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ba87d6 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"19ba87d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"jki jki-right-arrow-7\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Keynote Sessions<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5578c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b5578c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b30795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b30795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">International Keynote Speakers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69342fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69342fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-829dd55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"829dd55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5615fdc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5615fdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b769919 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b769919\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1c8de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c1c8de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ddad1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68ddad1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"607\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Professor-Eric-Finkelstein-607x450-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1216\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Professor-Eric-Finkelstein-607x450-1.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Professor-Eric-Finkelstein-607x450-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Professor-Eric-Finkelstein-607x450-1-370x274.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e83303 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e83303\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e7ea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05e7ea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professor Eric Finkelstein<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3c96f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d3c96f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Executive Director<br><\/strong>Lien Centre for Palliative Care<br><strong>Professor of Health Services and Systems Research<\/strong><br>Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8623010 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8623010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Finkelstein is Professor of Economics at the Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore and the Executive Director of the Lien Centre for Palliative Care. His research focuses on the economic causes and consequences of health behaviors. A major focus are studies to better understand the complicated decisions that revolve around end-of-life care. He has published over 300 manuscripts and 2 books in these areas. Based on google scholar, he has an h-index of 78, i10-index of 272 and his publications have been cited over 120,000 times, including in the landmark Supreme Court decision upholding the U.S. Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). He was included in the list of the World&#8217;s Most Highly Cited Researchers in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by Thomson Reuters and Clarivate Analytics and among the Top 2% of scientists worldwide in a study by Stanford University in 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4126c0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a4126c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Abstract_Professor-Eric-Finkelstein.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Presentation Abstract<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72cb3ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72cb3ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc2a99b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc2a99b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc1bc0e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc1bc0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a1892 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96a1892\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e3fd36 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e3fd36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a341eb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a341eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"607\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Northumbria-Photo_AK-607x450-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1215\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Northumbria-Photo_AK-607x450-1.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Northumbria-Photo_AK-607x450-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Northumbria-Photo_AK-607x450-1-370x274.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6630051 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6630051\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f4e31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46f4e31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professor Allan Kellehear<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f15709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f15709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Professor<br \/><\/strong>Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing<br \/>Northumbria University, United Kingdom<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0a983f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0a983f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Allan Kellehear is Professor in Health &amp; Social Care at Northumbria University in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK. Allan has worked as a full professor in Australia, Japan, the UK, and the USA. He is widely recognized as founder and one of the leading advocates of the international public health movement in palliative care, also known as the \u2018compassionate community\u2019 or the \u2018health promoting palliative care\u2019 approach.<\/p><p>With Julian Abel, he is co-editor of the recently published <em>Oxford Textbook of Public Health Palliative Care<\/em> (2022) and <em>Wellbeing at the End-of-Life<\/em> (forthcoming), and a contributing author to the <em>Lancet Commission Report on the Value of Death <\/em>(2022). A medical and public health sociologist, he is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK) and is an honorary professor in theology and religion at Durham University (UK) and in family medicine at McMaster University Medical School (Canada). He serves as patron to the national doula associations in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af8fece elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"af8fece\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Abstract_Professor-Allan-Kellhear.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Presentation Abstract<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d52bf9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d52bf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1d504 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e1d504\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff3c51b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff3c51b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321239c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"321239c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6d8fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b6d8fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d8804f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d8804f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"607\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Professor-Ning-Xiao-Hung-607x450-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1214\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Professor-Ning-Xiao-Hung-607x450-1.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Professor-Ning-Xiao-Hung-607x450-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Professor-Ning-Xiao-Hung-607x450-1-370x274.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e0941 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8e0941\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58cc9d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58cc9d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professor Xiaohong Ning\u200b<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ae2545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ae2545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Professor<\/strong><br \/><strong>Director of Palliative Medicine Center<br \/><\/strong>PUMCH (Peking Union Medical College Hospital)<br \/>PR China<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b39f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49b39f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Ning is the Director of Palliative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Chief Physician, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. She was awarded the title of &#8220;China Charming Personality&#8221; in 2016. In 2017, she received the Global Times &#8220;Respect for Life, Glory to Doctors, Humanitarian Spirit Award&#8221;. She is also a TED &amp; Yixi Speaker.<\/p><p>Professor Ning graduated from Peking Union Medical College with a doctoral degree in 1998. She is a former Associate Chief Physician of Oncology Department, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and a Course Director for &#8220;Palliative Medicine&#8221; at Peking Union Medical College. She is the President of the Palliative Care Branch of China Health Management Association. She was an Expert Trainer for National Hospice Care Pilot Programs in 2017, 2019, and 2023.<\/p><p>Professor Ning is also the Chinese Executive Chairman of China-UK Joint Training, Beijing Advance Directives Promotion Association and the Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Palliative Care Branch, China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af4ba69 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"af4ba69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Abstract_Professor-Xiaohong-Ning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Presentation Abstract<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b9679 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0b9679\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bd4e37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bd4e37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Local Keynote Speakers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d12a00 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d12a00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e5e72d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e5e72d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-083664b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"083664b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95b6c7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95b6c7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albert-Lam-HK-607x450-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albert-Lam-HK-607x450-1-370x274.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a352c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a352c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8f694c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8f694c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Albert Lam<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36cead2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36cead2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Consultant (Health)<\/strong><br \/>Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fc3248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fc3248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr Lam has served in various bureaux and departments of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.\u00a0 He has vast experience in public administration, including policy formulation and overseeing drafting and enactment of legislation.\u00a0 In his role as a Consultant to the Health Bureau, Mr Lam\u2019s current work covers the formulation of policies to facilitate the further development of end-of-life care services in Hong Kong, providing comprehensive and patient-centric support to terminally ill patients and their families throughout the end-of-life journey.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c53cc18 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c53cc18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Abstract_Professor-Xiaohong-Ning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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data-id=\"f9bdb25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professor Peter Tanuseputro\u200b<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30cf89c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30cf89c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Clinical Professor<\/strong><br \/>Department of Family Medicine &amp; Primary Care<br \/>School of Clinical Medicine<br \/>LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd3de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfd3de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter Tanuseputro completed all his higher education at the University of Toronto. He subsequently conducted post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada before obtaining his first academic appointment at the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa in 2016. In 2017 he transferred his primary appointment to the Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa. He has held several competitive salary awards, including a Tier 2 Clinical Research Chair in Palliative Care and Predictive Analytics and a Physician Services Incorporated Knowledge Translation Fellowship.<\/p><p>His main focus of research is health services research on frail, older, and marginalized populations. He has published over 300 PubMed papers including several in high impact journals such as JAMA (4), BMJ (6), NEJM (2), CMAJ (12), JAMA Psychiatry (3), PLOS Medicine (2), JAMA Network Open (15) and Intensive Care Medicine (3). He has also obtained over 145 grants totaling over $290 million HKD. He and his trainees have received numerous research and teaching awards. He joined the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Hong Kong in 2024.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f54c924 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f54c924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/JCECC\/conf2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Abstract_Professor-Peter-Tanuseputro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Presentation Abstract<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynote Sessions Home Keynote Sessions International Keynote Speakers Professor Eric Finkelstein Executive DirectorLien Centre for Palliative CareProfessor of Health Services and Systems ResearchDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Professor Finkelstein is Professor of Economics at the Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore and the Executive Director of the Lien Centre for Palliative Care. 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