Join us for a hybrid multi-disciplinary event that merges science, policy and action to address some of the most pressing public health issues of our time
Time Topic
Session 1: Mitigating tobacco harm
Comprehensive approaches to mitigating harm from tobacco
09:15–10:15 (20 min x3) Plenary 1: Unmet Challenges in Advancing Tobacco Harm Reduction in Southeast Asia: Barriers & Solutions
  • Professor Tikki Pangestu, Former Director, Research Policy &Cooperation, WHO, Switzerland
Plenary 2: A cardiometabolic physician’s perspective: The health effects of switching from combustible tobacco to NTPs
  • Professor Dr Rohan Sequeira, Cardiometabolic Physician, The Revival Clinic, India
Plenary 3: Lessons to be learned from comparing the different regulatory models in Australia and New Zealand 
  • Professor Marewa Glover, Director, Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking, New Zealand
10:15–10:30  (15 min) TEA BREAK
10:30–10:50 (20 min) Plenary 4: The latest status of tobacco control in Malaysia, consequences of such an approach and the way forward
  • Professor Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia
10:50–11:50 (60 min) Tobacco panel discussion: Challenges and solutions Panellists:
  • Professor Tikki Pangestu, Former Director, Research Policy &Cooperation, WHO Switzerland
  • Professor Dr Rohan Sequeira, Cardiometabolic Physician, The Revival Clinic, India
  • Professor Marewa Glover, Director, Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking, New Zealand
  • Dr Hiroya Kumamaru, Vice Director, AOI Universal Hospital, Japan
  • Professor KJ Chuang, Professor of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
  • Tarmizi Anuwar, Malaysia Country Associate, Consumer Choice Center
  • Assistant Professor Jay Jazul, Pharmacist, Research Center for Social Sciences and Education, University of Santo Thomas, Philippines
Moderator:
  • Professor Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia
Session 2: NCDs
Innovative Strategies for NCD Management: Community and Workforce Perspectives
11:50–12:30 (20 min x2) Plenary 1: NCD National Strategies and Challenges: Future Approaches and Strategies
  • Dr Muhammad Fairuz Abdullah, Head of Health Advocacy Department, ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd
Plenary 2: Nutrition and food security: ​ How public policy can improve ​the status quo to mitigate NCDs
  • Professor Dr Norhasmah Sulaiman, Professor of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine  and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
12:30–13:30 (60 min) Innovative strategies for NCD management forum – Challenges and solutions Panellists:
  • Dr Muhammad Fairuz Abdullah, Head of Health Advocacy Department, ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd
  • Professor Dr Norhasmah Sulaiman, Professor of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine  and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • Associate Professor Dr Imran Ahmad, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains
  • Associate Professor Dr Rusdi Abdul Rashid, Department of Psychological Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Moderator:
  • Associate Professor Dr Geeta Appannah, Associate Professor of  Community Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
13:30 - 14:30 (60 mins) LUNCH
Session 3: Drug reforms
Rethinking Drugs, Addictions and Criminalisation: A Call for Reform
14:30–15:30 (20 min x3) Plenary 1: Social and structural determinants in harm reduction
  • Dr Nur Afiqah Mohd Salleh, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Plenary 2: Latest options in medical-assisted treatment in drug use and its application in Malaysia​
  • Associate Professor Dr Sivakumar Thurairajasingam, Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Head of Monash Clinical School, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia
Plenary 3: Far-reaching implications of drug abuse among adolescents in Malaysia
  • Adjunct Professor  Dr Prem Kumar Shanmugam, Founder and CEO, Solace Asia
15:30–15:40 (10 mins) TEA BREAK
15:40–16:40 (60 min) Rethinking drugs, addictions and criminalisation forum – Challenges and solutions Panellists:
  • Dr Nur Afiqah Mohd Salleh, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
  • Associate Professor Dr Sivakumar Thurairajasingam, Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Head of Monash Clinical School, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia
  • Adjunct Professor  Dr Prem Kumar Shanmugam, Founder and CEO, Solace Asia
  • Professor Mohamad Hussain Habil, Professor of Psychiatry, Malaysian AlliedHealth Sciences Academy (MAHSA) University
Moderator:
  • Dr Darshan Singh, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia
16:40–16:50 (10 min) Panel discussion recap and the way forward
  • Professor Mohamad Hussain Habil, Professor of Psychiatry, Malaysian Allied Health Sciences Academy (MAHSA) University
16:50 - 17:10 (20 min) Consolidation of concepts and proposals 
  • Professor Dr Asrul Akmal Shafie, Director of the Institutional Planning & Strategic Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang