TENTATIVE PROGRAMME


Day 1

Monday, May 21st 2012

0800 – 0900H

Registration

 

0900 – 0920H

Opening Ceremony

Datuk Wira Ali Rustam (Chief Minister of Melaka)

 

Welcoming AddressTan

Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Yasin (Director of  UNU-IIGH)

0920 – 1000H

Keynote Address

 

 

NCDs in Developing Countries - Challenges & Solutions

Professor Abdallah Daar

Professor of Public Health Sciences and of Surgery at the University of Toronto

1000 – 1030H

Morning refreshment

 

Plenary 1: NCD Prevention in Developing Countries

 

1030 – 1130H

Screening in NCDs

Asst. Professor Ali Akbari Sari

School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

 

Economics of NCD Prevention

Professor Dato' Dr Syed Mohamed Aljunid UNU-IIGH

1130 – 1300H

Symposium 1: Free Papers

 

 

 

 

1300 – 1400H

Lunch

1400 – 1530H

Symposium 2 : Scientific Merit Presentation

 

1530 – 1700H

Symposium 3 : Free Papers

 

1700 – 1730H

 

Tea

 

Free & Easy

 

2000H

Gala Dinner & Cultural Performance

 

 

Riverside Cruise

 

 

Day 2 

Tuesday, May 22nd 2012

0800 – 0900H

Registration  

0900 – 1030H

Plenary 2 : Evidence-Based Policy Development in NCD Management

 

Data Mining in NCD Research & Management  Dr Harleen Kaur Research Fellow of UNU-IIGH 

 

Engaging Stakeholders in Developing Evidence-Based Policies in NCD Management Influencing Policies through Research: Case Studies Professor Dr Laksono Trisnantoro Universitas Gadjah Mada Professor Dr Supasit PannarunothaiNaresuan University

1030 – 1100H

Morning refreshment

1100 – 1230H

Symposium 4 : Scientific Merit Presentation

1230 – 1300H

Question & Answer Session  

1300 – 1400H

Lunch

1400 – 1600H

Interactive Forum: Surviving in Graduate Education Program

 

Moderator: Assoc. Professor Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh (UKM, UNU-IIGH Postdoctoral Fellow)

 

Topics to be discussed: Panelist:

 

Securing & managing research funds Dr Khalid Ghailan (UNU-IIGH)

 

Prepare for and ace your viva! Representative from Naresuan University

 

Dealing with your supervisor(s) Dr Hasanain Faisal Ghazi (UKM)

 

Publication & scientific communications (why, oh why do I put myself up for rejection?) Representative from Universitas Gadjah Mada

1600 – 1700H

Prize Awarding & Closing Ceremony  

1700 – 1730H

Tea
 
Day 3 (Optional) Wednesday, 23 May 2012 
0830 – 1300H Day Tour of  Historical Melaka   
1300H Lunch and Go Home