Join Asia Society Australia for our 7th China Executive Briefing as we share insights from policy experts and Australian business on how to interpret and engage with China’s evolving health policy. Our expert panel of Professor Gordon G. Liu (Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University), Dr Dell Kingsford Smith (Cochlear) and Dr Maoyi Tian (The George Institute) will discuss China’s major health trends, collaboration on medical research and the innovative technology to meet China’s evolving social and health challenges.  

With its complex demographic landscape, what policies does China have at its disposal to manage its ageing, tech savvy and increasingly affluent population? What are the key targets of its Healthy China 2030 initiative, and what social and demographic trends will shape Chinese health issues into the future?

This online event will unpack how Australian governments, business and the medical community can interpret China’s pressing social and demographic trends to collaborate with Chinese entities on research, product development and health services delivery across China.

Date: Thursday 21 July 2022
Time: 10 - 11 a.m. AEST
Venue: Online
Registration: https://invtdu.to/_5zz44

Please note this event is open to the public and will run as a webcast only. Registration is essential. For any enquiries, please contact [email protected]

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About our Speakers

Gordon G. Liu, Dean, Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University

Gordon G. Liu, PhD., is a Peking University BOYA Distinguished Professor of Economics at PKU National School of Development, Dean of PKU Institute for Global Health and Development, and Director of PKU China Center for Health Economic Research. For social responsibilities, Prof. Liu currently serves as co-organizer for the “US-China Track II Dialogue on Health”, and sits on the China National Expert Panel on COVID19, and the State Council Health Reform Advisory Commission.

He also has served as associate editor for academic journals including China Economic Quarterly, Health Economics, and the Editor-in-Chief for China Journal of Pharmaceutical Economics. Prior to joining Peking University, he was on fulltime faculty at University of Southern California (1994-2000), and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000-2006). He was the 2004-2005 President of Chinese Economists Society (CES), and the 2004-2006 President of ISPOR Asian Pacific Consortium. 

Dell Kingsford Smith, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Market Access and Government Affairs, Cochlear Limited (Asia Pacific)

Dell Kingsford Smith is a senior executive with more than 20 years experience in the economics of healthcare delivery and healthcare technology clinical and commercial strategy in leading global organisations.

Dell joined Cochlear Limited in February 2019 and is currently Vice President, Medical Affairs, Market Access and Government Affairs for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. In this role Dell defines, orchestrates and implements critical access strategies to drive the mid to long-term growth of implantable hearing solutions across Asia Pacific. This role significantly impacts awareness of hearing health in APAC and identifies strategies that reduce barriers to patient access by influencing healthcare policy and advocacy. This includes interacting with a range of external stakeholders, driving advances in clinical guidelines and reimbursement for new and existing Cochlear technologies, and supporting the negotiations with various Health Technology Assessment bodies by generating and presenting evidence-based solutions.

Prior to joining Cochlear, Dell worked in a succession of senior global roles within Johnson & Johnson, based in New Jersey, USA. Dell was appointed Vice-President of Global Pricing for Janssen, The Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson in 2012. From 2015 to 2019, Dell was Global Market Access leader for Emerging Markets and Access Policy, with a focus on the changing healthcare environment in USA, Japan and China, and expanding access in a range of middle-income countries.

Dell holds a Master of Commerce and a Master of Dental Surgery from the University of Sydney and served for 6 years as Councillor of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons.

Maoyi Tian, Honorary Senior Fellow, The George Institute

Maoyi Tian is a Professor at the School of Public Health at Harbin Medical University in China. Prior to his current appointment, he has worked at The George Institute for Global Health for over ten years as a Senior Research Fellow, while he still remains as an Honorary Senior Fellow position at The George. He received his Bachelor of Electronic Engineering from University of York, UK and his MSc of Biomedical Engineering from University of Oxford, UK. He graduated with his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UNSW Sydney, Australia.

He was also awarded an MPhil in Public Health from The University of Sydney. His main research focus on the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases and injury in areas with constrained resources. Specifically, his research includes population-based dietary intervention, healthy ageing, primary health care system, digital health and global health.

Philippa Jones, Managing Director, China Policy

Following a career in economic research and diplomatic service, Philippa set up China Policy in 2011. Advising public, private and non-profit clients across the range of the company’s sectoral coverage, she bases her practice on a long-term, wide-angle vision of China’s policy trajectory bringing cross-sectoral synthesis to emerging issues.

A regulatory and trade policy specialist, Philippa has served as an expert witness in several agricultural trade cases. She worked as a senior advisor on China trade policy issues for the European Commission 2004-09. From 1999-2004, during China’s WTO accession, she was responsible for bilateral and multilateral trade issues at the Australian Embassy, Beijing. Prior to her appointment in Beijing, she was an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra. Ms Jones holds an honours degree in Chinese and economics from the University of Oxford.

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