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  • 0800 - 1700

41st Sarawak Health Conference

  • Participation by invitation only
  • Empress Hall, Level 2
  • 0800 - 1700

Pre-Summit Workshop 1 - Time Series Forecasting with AR, MA, and Using R Workshop

  • Perdana Room 6, Level 2
  • Prof Dr. Jeffery Stephen (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak))
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Pre-Summit Workshop 2 - Introduction to Clinical Research(ICR) & Basic Research Skills Workshop

  • Perdana Room 8, Level 2
  • Dr Toh Teck Hock (Head of CRC Hospital SIbu)
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  • 0730 - 0830

Registration

  • Ground Floor
  • 0830 - 0915

Plenary 1: Overview of Health Landscape in Sarawak: Past and Present

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • Prof. Dato Dr. Andrew Kiyu (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
  • 0915 - 1000

Plenary 2: Sarawak Health Towards 2030

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • Dr. Veronica Lugah (Director of Sarawak Health Department)
  • 1000 - 1045

Opening Ceremony

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • 1045 - 1115

Morning Tea Break / Networking

  • Level 5
  • 1115 - 1200

Plenary 3: Health in Southeast Asia - Are We Better Together

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • Dr. Jeremy Lim (CEO of AMILI)
  • 1200 - 1330

Breakout Session 1-1: Digitalisation in Health

  • Main Hall, Level 6
Symposium 1: Digitalization in Healthcare: Reducing Burnout, Restoring Focus to Care
  • Dr. Kev Lim Shiau Chong (Qmed Asia)
Symposium 2: Transforming Public Health Surveillance through Integrated Health System
  • Dr Nor Zahrin binti Hasran (Deputy Director [Disease Surveillance], Ministry of Health, Malaysia)
Symposium 3: Digitalisation of Primary Care: Kuching experience
  • Dr. Johnny Pangkas (Kuching Divisional Health Officer)

Breakout Session 1-2: Nursing

  • Kingwood Hall, Ground Floor
Symposium 4: Overview of Nursing Development in Malaysia
  • Pn Gowry A/P Narayanan (Director of Nursing Board Malaysia)
Symposium 5: Nursing Education and Professional Development
  • A/P Prof Dr Elaine Siaw (Singapore Institute of Technology)
Symposium 6: Mastering of Clinical Nursing Skill
  • A/P Prof Dr Edward Poon (Singapore Institute of Technology)
  • 1330 - 1430

Lunch Break / Networking

  • Main Hall, Level 5
  • 1430 - 1515

Plenary 4 - Global Surgery

  • Main Hall, Level 5
  • Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Haji Noor Hisham Bin Abdullah, (Chairman of UCSI Healthcare Group, Chancellor University of Cyberjaya)
  • 1515 - 1645

Breakout Session 2-1: AI in Health

  • Main Hall, Level 5
Symposium 7: AI in Health
  • Datuk Dr Awang Bulgiba (Digital Health Consultant for the Sarawak Public Health Masterplan 2050)
Symposium 8: Opportunities and Challenges for AI in Healthcare
  • Leon Jackson (Digital Transformation Lead, APAC )
Symposium 9: AI in Medical and Nursing Education
  • Prof Dr Mohd Raili Suhaili (SEGi University)

Breakout Session 2-2: Future Threats

  • Hall 2, Level 4
Symposium 10: Future Threats of Infectious Disease: One Health Perspective
  • Prof Dr Razitasham Safii (International Islamic University Malaysia)
Symposium 11: Disease X
  • Dr Nor Zahrin binti Hasran (Deputy Director [Disease Surveillance], Ministry of Health, Malaysia)
Symposium 12: Future Mental Health Threats
  • Dr Nurashikin Binti Ibrahim (Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Mental Health)
  • 1700 - 2100

Evening Networking High Tea

  • Pool Side
  • 0700 - 0830

Registration / Networking

  • Ground Floor
  • 0830 - 0915

Plenary 5: The Evolution of Authority in Health System in Sarawak

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • Dato Dr. Chin Zin Hing (Advisor to Ministry of Public Health, Housing and Local Government, Sarawak)
  • 0915 - 1000

Plenary 6: The Pulse of Progress: Evolution of Healthcare Services in Sabah

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • Datuk Dr Maria Suleiman (Former Director of Sabah State Health Department)
  • 1000 - 1030

Morning Tea Break / Networking

  • Main Hall, Level 5
  • 1030 - 1115

Plenary 7: Future of AI in Nursing Practice

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • A/P Prof Dr Edward Poon (Singapore Institute of Technology)
  • 1115 - 1200

Plenary 8: Malaysian Health Transformation

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • Dr Yap Wei Aun (CEO of Health Transformation Office)
  • 1200 - 1245

Plenary 9: Leadership in Public Health: Personal Experience

  • Main Hall, Level 6
  • Prof. Datuk Dr. Lokman Hakim Bin Sulaiman (IMU University)
  • 1245 - 1400

Lunch Break / Networking

  • Main Hall, Level 5
  • 1400 - 1530

Forum: Future of Health in Sarawak / Sabah / Borneo

  • Main Hall, Level 5
  • Panelist 1: Dato Dr Chin Zin Hing (Advisor to Ministry of Public Health, Housing and Local Government, Sarawak)
  • Panelist 2: Prof Dato Dr Andrew Kiyu (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
  • Panelist 3: Dr Ngian Hie Ung (Director of Sarawak General Hospital)
  • 1530 - 1600

Closing Ceremony

  • Main Hall, Level 5

1st Borneo Health Summit & 41st Sarawak Health Conference

9th – 11th September 2025

Kingwood Hotel, Sibu

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