Day 1 - Monday 16 June 2014

Venue: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong(CUHK)

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

Opening Ceremony
(co-chaired by Mei-Po Kwan, Xun Shi and Hui Lin)

09:00 - 09:30

• Welcome Remarks by Professor Tung Fung, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Welcome Remarks by Dr. Douglas Richardson, Executive Director of Association of American Geographers

Keynote Address 1
(chaired by David Berrigan)

09:30 - 10:30

• Space, Place, and Health
  Michael Goodchild -  Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
• Beyond Spatial Targeting: Geographic Foundations for Public Health Policy
  Sara McLafferty -  Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

10:30 - 11:00

Group Photo Taking and Coffee Break

Keynote Address 2
(chaired by Bo Huang)

11:00 - 12:30

• Molecular Mechanism of Entry of Hand-foot-and-mouth Disease (HFMD) Rirus
  Zihe Rao - Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Challenges and Opportunities of Geospatial Data in Environmental Health Research
  Mei-Po Kwan - Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Air pollution interventions and health in Beijing
  Bert Brunekreef - Institute for Risk Assessment Science, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch
(Location: Benjamin Franklin Staff Canteen, CUHK)

Plenary Session I
Exposure to Health Risk/Pollution and their Impacts on Health
(chaired by Xiaoli Ding)

14:00-15:20

Keynote Address
Emission, Transport, and Exposure Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Shu Tao - College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China

Cumulative Health-based Environmental Risk Indicator for Outdoor pollutants at the local level
Erik Lebret - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports (RIVM), the Netherlands

Ecological Modelling for Multi-scale Environmental Emissions
Bin Chen - School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, China

Plenary Session II
Built Environment, Accessibility and Health
(chaired by PC Lai)

15:20 - 17:00

Keynote Address
Configuring Healthy Cities
Chris Webster - Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR

Keynote Address
Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health
David Berrigan - National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health USA

Healthcare Accessibility: Disparities, Outcomes and Mitigation
Fahui Wang - Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University, USA

Urban Strategy, an Information Platform for Smarter and Healthier Cities
Marianne Linde - Knowledge Center on Healthy Urban Living, the Netherlands

17:00 - 17:20

Coffee Break

Plenary Session III
Spatial Analysis of Infectious Diseases and their Relations to Climate Change
(chaired by Martin Dijst)

17:20 - 18:10

Keynote Address
Climate Dynamics and Spatial Epidemiology—Theory and Applications
Yee Leung - Department of Geography and Resource Management,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR

Spatiotemporal and Genetic Dynamics of Avian Influenza Viruses
Bing Xu - School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China

18:30 - 20:30

Dinner (for invited participants only)
(Location: Chuen Kee Seafood Restaurant, G/F., 87-93 Man Min Street, Sai Kung)

Day 2 – Tuesday 17 June 2014

Venue: Room 303, Fok Ying Tung Remote Sensing Science Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Plenary Session IV
Development of Statistical and Computational Methodologies for
Public Health Research in the Era of Big Data and CyberGIS
(chaired by John Shi)

09:00 - 10:50

Keynote Address
Migratory Birds, Ecology and Orgin of Avian Influenza Viruses
George F Gao - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Deputy Director of China

Keynote Address
Sandwich Mapping of Diseases
Jinfeng Wang - Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Keynote Address
CyberGIS for Data-Intensive Health Research
Shaowen Wang - Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

Computational Methodology for Spatial Epidemiology
Xun Shi - Department of Geography, Dartmouth University, USA

10:50 – 11:10

Coffee Break

Plenary Session V
Building an International Research Network - Research Agenda and Policy
(chaired by Douglas Richardson)
(Closed Session for invited participants only)

11:10 - 12:40

Keynote Address
Creating International Synergies in Geospatial Health Research
Doug Richardson - the Association of American Geographers, USA

Martin Dijst - Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

David Berrigan - National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health USA

Xiaoli Ding - Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKSAR

Mei-Po Kwan - Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch (for invited participants only)
(Location: New Asia College Staff Canteen, CUHK)

Discussion Session
(chaired by Mei-Po Kwan)
(Closed Session for invited participants only)

14:00 - 15:30

Open Discussion

15:30 - 17:30

International network planning and agenda building

18:00 - 21:00

Dinner (for invited participants only)
(Location: City Chiu Chow Restaurant, 1/F, East Ocean Centre, 98 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui)

Day 3 – Wednesday 18 June 2014

Field Trip to Lamma Island (for invited participants only)

10:30

Assembly at Main Lobby of Royal Park Hotel

11:50

Taking ferry to Lamma Island at Central Pier No.4

12:30

Arrival at Lamma Island

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch at Lamma Island
(Location: Rainbow Seafood Restaurant(Winstar), 1A-1B, First Street, Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island, HK; Tel: 2982-8338)

14:00 - 16:30

Tour at Lamma Island

16:30

Departure at Lamma Island

17:15

Arrival of Central Pier and Back to Royal Park Hotel by coach

18:15

Dismissal at Royal Park Hotel