Capacity-building Field Study: Experience Sharing of the Hong Kong Case
Time Programme

08:45

12:45

Visit to laboratory and research facilities at the University of Hong Kong

Visit to a wastewater sampling site

Tour of the Shatin Sewage Treatment Works

Capacity-building Field Study: Experience Sharing of the Hong Kong Case

Time

Programme

08:45

12:45

Visit to laboratory and research facilities at the University of Hong Kong

Visit to a wastewater sampling site

Tour of the Shatin Sewage Treatment Works

Time Programme Speakers Moderator

09:00

Welcome Remarks

Dr. Gabriel LEUNG Executive Director, Charities & Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club l Hong Kong SAR

09:15

Keynote Presentation: The Evolving Uses of Wastewater Surveillance—AMR as an Exemplar

Professor Dame Sally DAVIES Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance Former Chief Medical Officer, England and Wales l United Kingdom

09:45

Plenary Discussion: Initiating, Coordinating and Implementing Wastewater Surveillance: Opportunities, Potentials and Limitations in Public Health Surveillance

Ms. Man Ling CHAU Deputy Director, Scientific Programme Management Department, Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency l Singapore
Dr. Fatma GUERFALI Assistant Professor, Institut Pasteur de Tunis l Tunisia
Dr. Renée STREET Director, Environmental Health Unit, South African Medical Research Council l South Africa
Dr. Edwin TSUI Controller, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health l Hong Kong SAR
Dr. Gabriel LEUNG Executive Director, Charities & Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club l Hong Kong SAR

10:45

Break

11:00

Panel Discussion: Temporo-spatial and Contextual Aspects of Mapping and Sampling

Dr. Samuel CHUI Director, Environmental Protection Department l Hong Kong SAR
Dr. Rezaul HASAN Deputy Project Coordinator, icddr,b l Bangladesh
Dr. Kwanrawee Joy SIRIKANCHANA Senior Research Scientist, Chulabhorn Research Institute l Thailand
Dr. Yang ZHOU Principal Investigator, Wastewater Surveillance Platform, National Centre for Infectious Disease l China
Professor Tong ZHANG Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering, The University of Hong Kong l Hong Kong SAR

12:00

Break

12:15

Lunch-and-learn: Leveraging Wastewater Surveillance Data for Big Data Analytics and Epidemiological Modelling in Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention and Response

Dr. Kathy LEUNG Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong l Hong Kong SAR

13:15

Break

13:30

Panel Discussion: Laboratory Methods from qPCR to Meta-genomics to Multi-omics

Dr. Petros CHIGWECHOKHA Head of Department of Biological Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology l Malawi
Dr. Farah ISHTIAQ Scientist, Tata Institute for Genetics & Society l India
Dr. Sophie MAGNET Senior Technical Advisor, PATH l USA
Professor Leo POON Professor, Chair of Public Health Virology & Division Head, Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, The University of Hong Kong l Hong Kong SAR
Dr. Samuel SCARPINO Director, AI + Life Sciences l USA
Dr. Tommy LAM Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong l Hong Kong SAR

14:30

Break-out Groups: Deep-dive on the Applications of Wastewater Surveillance in Different Scenarios/Cases

15:30

Break

15:45

Rapid-fire Report back

16:30

Concluding Summary

Time

Programme


Speakers


Moderator

09:00

Welcome Remarks


Dr. Gabriel LEUNG Executive Director, Charities & Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club l Hong Kong SAR

09:15

Keynote Presentation: The Evolving Uses of Wastewater Surveillance—AMR as an Exemplar


Professor Dame Sally DAVIES Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance Former Chief Medical Officer, England and Wales l United Kingdom

09:45

Plenary Discussion: Initiating, Coordinating and Implementing Wastewater Surveillance: Opportunities, Potentials and Limitations in Public Health Surveillance


Ms. Man Ling CHAU Deputy Director, Scientific Programme Management Department, Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency l Singapore
Dr. Fatma GUERFALI Assistant Professor, Institut Pasteur de Tunis l Tunisia
Dr. Renée STREET Director, Environmental Health Unit, South African Medical Research Council l South Africa
Dr. Edwin TSUI Controller, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health l Hong Kong SAR

Dr. Gabriel LEUNG Executive Director, Charities & Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club l Hong Kong SAR

10:45

Break

11:00

Panel Discussion: Temporo-spatial and Contextual Aspects of Mapping and Sampling


Dr. Samuel CHUI Director, Environmental Protection Department l Hong Kong SAR
Dr. Rezaul HASAN Deputy Project Coordinator, icddr,b l Bangladesh
Dr. Kwanrawee Joy SIRIKANCHANA Senior Research Scientist, Chulabhorn Research Institute l Thailand
Dr. Yang ZHOU Principal Investigator, Wastewater Surveillance Platform, National Centre for Infectious Disease l China

Professor Tong ZHANG Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering, The University of Hong Kong l Hong Kong SAR

12:00

Break

12:15

Lunch-and-learn: Leveraging Wastewater Surveillance Data for Big Data Analytics and Epidemiological Modelling in Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention and Response


Dr. Kathy LEUNG Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong l Hong Kong SAR

13:15

Break

13:30

Panel Discussion: Laboratory Methods from qPCR to Meta-genomics to Multi-omics


Dr. Petros CHIGWECHOKHA Head of Department of Biological Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology l Malawi
Dr. Farah ISHTIAQ Scientist, Tata Institute for Genetics & Society l India
Dr. Sophie MAGNET Senior Technical Advisor, PATH l USA
Professor Leo POON Professor, Chair of Public Health Virology & Division Head, Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, The University of Hong Kong l Hong Kong SAR
Dr. Samuel SCARPINO Director, AI + Life Sciences l USA

Dr. Tommy LAM Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong l Hong Kong SAR

14:30

Break-out Groups: Deep-dive on the Applications of Wastewater Surveillance in Different Scenarios/Cases

15:30

Break

15:45

Rapid-fire Report back

16:30

Concluding Summary