On December 22, 2022, the Peking University Global Health and Development Forum 2022 was held with the main theme of Digital Transformation and Development Divides. Co-organized by the Beijing Forum, Asian Development Bank and PKU Institute for Global Health and Development, this Forum brought together world leading scholars, policy researchers and industry leaders from both China and international communities to share their insights and recommendations on the thematic topics, attracted over 10 thousands online viewers participated in the event.
The Forum opened up by Professor Gordon G. Liu, Distinguished Professor of PKU National School of Development and Dean of Institute for Global Health and Development, with Peking University welcome messages delivered by Professor QIAO Jie, Executive Vice President of Peking University, Director of Peking University Health Science Center, and a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Also joined Professor Qiao in the Opening address were distinguished thought leaders HAN Qide, Vice Chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, Honorary President of China Association for Science and Technology, Co-Chair of the Advisory Council of the Institute for Global Health and Development; ZENG Yixin, Vice Minister of the Chinese National Health Commission; Victor Dzau, President of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine; WANG Chen, President of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Mark McClellan, Robert J. Margolis Professor of Duke University, former U.S. FDA Commissioner; M. Teresa Kho, Director General of the East Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank; BI Jingquan, Deputy Director of the Committee for Economic Affairs of the 13th CPPCC National Committee of the CPPCC and Executive Vice Chairman of China Center for International Economic Exchange.
Following the Opening Session, the Forum was rolled out in three thematic sessions focusing on specific topics of "Digital Transformation of Health", "Digital Health and Development Gap" and "Global Health and Health Diplomacy". Each session was conducted with world leading scholars and field authorities for keynote presentations, followed by a panel of experts for discussions. The keynote speakers are as follows:
Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Erik Brynjolfsson, the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor at Stanford University; Director of Stanford Digital Economy Lab
John Glaser, Program Director, “Leading Digital Transformation in Health Care”, Harvard Medical School; the former Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Digital Health, World Economic Forum
Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM); 3-D Commission Chair
XIAO Rui-ping, Peking University Chair Professor, Dean of the College of Future Technology, Associate editor of New England Journal of Medicine
Health Digitalization and Development Divides
David C. Rhew, Global Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Healthcare for Microsoft
LI Shi, University Distinguished Professor, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University; Dean of Institute for Common Prosperity and Development, Zhejiang University
Eric Pan, Chief Executive Officer of Intuitive Fosun
Global Health and Diplomacy
George F Gao, Director, CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology; Dean, Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Former Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Stephen Orlins, President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
Siddharth Chatterjee, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in China
Najibullah Habib, Senior Health Specialist, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Professor XU Ming, Department Chair of Global Health of Peking University School of Public Health and Vice Dean of PKU Institute for Global Health and Developoment; Professor QIN Xuezheng, Vice Dean of the School of Economics of Peking University and Vice Dean of PKU Institute for Global Health and Development; ZHANG Hao, the consultant of the Office of the Director General of the East Asia Bureau of the Asian Development Bank hosted keynote speeches and roundtable discussions respectively.
Professor ZHANG Haibin made a closing remark on behalf of the Forum organizers. He described the Forum as having a "high standard" of vision, a "high degree" of academic effect, and "high quality" conversation topics. He stressed international cooperation to advance the worldwide transformation of medical and health digitization and urged for a peaceful and mutually beneficial world. He fully recognized the significant worth of global digital transformation in global health governance. Together all look forward to the next forum for greater height and for more lively communications in person in 2023.
