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16 March 2019 (Saturday)

0845 – 0900 Registration
0900 – 0910 Opening Remarks
Symposium I:  Scientific Advances in Aging
Chairperson: Kwok-On Lai, School of Biomedical Sciences, HKU
0910 – 0930 Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein (A-FABP): Friend or Foe? 
Ruby LC Hoo, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, HKU
0930 – 0950 Dopamine Deficiency in the Nucleus Accumbens Impairs Cognitive Flexibility
Ya Ke, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
0950 – 1020 Coffee & Tea Break, Poster Viewing & Presentation and Booth Visit
Young Investigator Award Forum I (Oral Presentations)
1020 – 1100 Chairpersons:
Cora SW Lai, School of Biomedical Sciences, HKU
Desmond YH Yap, Department of Medicine, HKU
Symposium II: Brain Health & Aging
Chairpersons:
Koon-Ho Chan, Department of Medicine, HKU
Raymond CC Chang, School of Biomedical Sciences, HKU
1100 – 1120 Update on the Diagnostic Approach to Dementia
Yat-Fung Shea, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
1120 – 1200 Innate Immune Activation in Alzheimer’s disease
Michael T Heneka, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Gerontopsychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
(Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals (HK) Ltd)
Lunch Symposium: Haematology and Oncology in the Elderly
Chairpersons:
Albert KW Lie, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
Thomas CC Yau, Department of Medicine, HKU
1200 – 1230 Next-Generation Cancer Screening in the Healthy Elderly: Role of Liquid Biopsy
Hilda HY Wong, Department of Medicine, HKU
1230 – 1300 Advances in the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Eric WC Tse, Department of Medicine, HKU
1300 – 1330 Advancing Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Immunotherapy
James CM Ho, Department of Medicine, HKU
(Sponsored by Merck Sharp & Dohme (Asia Ltd))
Opening Ceremony
1330 – 1350 Guest of Honour: Dr Tony PS Ko, Director (Cluster Services), Hospital Authority
Symposium III: To Age with Diabetes
Chairpersons:
Karen SL Lam, Department of Medicine, HKU
John TC Ma, Specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
1350 – 1420 DECLARE: The Impact to Our Daily Practice
Kathryn CB Tan, Department of Medicine, HKU
(Sponsored by AstraZeneca Hong Kong Ltd)
1420 – 1450 Dual Action: GLP1RA and Insulin Co-Formulation
Wing-Sun Chow, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
(Sponsored by Sanofi Hong Kong)
1450 – 1520 Coffee & Tea Break, Poster Viewing & Presentation and Booth Visit
Symposium IV:  Musculoskeletal Health in the Elderly
Chairpersons:
Chi-Bun Chan, School of Biological Sciences, HKU
Chak-Sing Lau, Department of Medicine, HKU
1520 – 1600 Sarcopenia – the New Geriatric Giant
Avan Aihie Sayer, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle University, UK
1600 – 1620 Living with Osteoarthritis
Carmen TK Ho, Department of Medicine, Tung Wah Hospital, HK
Symposium V: The Golden Years: From the Beginning to the End
Chairperson:
Felix HW Chan, Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, TWGHs Fung Yiu King Hospital, HK
1620 – 1640 End-of-Life Care in Residential Care Homes – What Have We Achieved So Far?
James KH Luk, Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, TWGHs Fung Yiu King Hospital, HK
1640 – 1700 Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarian
Daniel TL Chan, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, HK 


17 March 2018 (Sunday)

0845 – 0900 Registration
Symposium VI: Optimizing the Quality of Life in the Elderly
Chairpersons:
Jenny SW Lee, President, The Hong Kong Geriatrics Society
Jacqueline KY Yuen, Department of Medicine, HKU
0900 – 0920 Common Dermatoses in Elderly: A Challenging Job to Physician
Christina SM Wong, Department of Medicine, Qeen Mary Hospital, HK
0920 – 0940 Sleep Related Breathing Disorders in the Elderly
Jamie CM Lam, Department of Medicine, HKU
0940 – 1010 Management Options for Nocturia from Urologists’ Perspective
Ho-Yuen Cheung, Specialist in Urology
(Sponsored by Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd)
1010 – 1040 Coffee & Tea Break, Poster Viewing & Presentation and Booth Visit
Young Investigator Award Forum II (Oral Presentations)
1040 – 1120 Chairpersons:
Judith CW Mak, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology & Pharmacy, HKU
Kendrick C Shih, Department of Ophthalmology, HKU
Symposium VII: Atrial Fibrillation & Stroke in the Elderly
Chairpersons:
Raymond TF Cheung, Department of Medicine, HKU
Patrick KC Chiu, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
1120 – 1140 Update on Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Gary KK Lau, Department of Medicine, HKU
1140 – 1210 Management of AF in Aged Populations: What is the Recent Evidence Worldwide?
Frankie CC TAM, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
(Sponsored by Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Ltd)
Symposium VIII: Therapeutic Advances in Common Diseases of the Elderly
Chairpersons: 
Cheung-Hei Choi, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, HK
David CL Lam, Department of Medicine, HKU
1210 – 1240 The Role of LABA/LAMA in COPD Management – Maximize Bronchodilation in Elderly Patients
Terence CC Tam, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
(Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline Limited)
1240 – 1310 Long-Acting GLP1 Receptor Agonists as the First Injectable in Type 2 Diabetes
Agostino Consoli, Center for Ageing and Translational Medicine, University of Chieti, Italy
(Sponsored by Eli Lilly Asia, Inc)
Lunch Symposium: Cardiovascular Health in the Elderly
Chairpersons:
Katherine YY Fan, Cardiac Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, HK
Stanley KF Tam, Department of Medicine, Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital, HK
1310 – 1340 Coronary and Structural Heart Interventions in Elderly Patients
Michael PH Chan, Department of Medicine, HKU
1340 – 1410 Is there a Role of Antiplatelet Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation?
David CW Siu, Department of Medicine, HKU
(Sponsored by Bayer HealthCare Limited)
1410 – 1440 New Hypertension Guidelines: A Focus on Systolic Hypertension
Steven SL Li, Specialist in Cardiology
(Sponsored by Servier Hong Kong Ltd)
Symposium IX: Diabetes & Heart Failure
Chairpersons:
Rosie TT Young, Department of Medicine, HKU
Yu-Cho Woo, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
1440 – 1510 Sweet Heart- Which SGLT2 Inhibitor Would You Like?
Peter CY Tong, Specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
(Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Hong Kong Limited)
1510 – 1540 Heart Failure and Diabetes: What does the Guideline Recommend?
David KL Sim, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre, Singapore
(Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals HK Ltd)
1540 – 1610 Coffee & Tea Break, Poster Viewing & Presentation and Booth Visit
Symposium X: Eyes and Ears
Chairpersons:
Amy CY Lo, Department of Ophthalmology, HKU
Birgitta YH Wong, Department of Ear, Nose & Throat, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
1610 – 1630 Common Eye Diseases in the Elderly in Hong Kong – An Epidemiological Perspective
Ian YH Wong, Department of Ophthalmology, HKU
 1630 – 1650 Hearing Problems in the Elderly
Jacky KF Wong, Department of Ear, Nose & Throat, Queen Mary Hospital, HK
 1650 – 1700 Young Investigator Award Presentation Ceremony and Closing Remarks