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Congress plenary session speakers will share special insights that will enable participants to advance in Patient-friendly & Smarter Healthcare

Dr. Deborah Cole, BDSc, GradDipHealthAdmin, MBA,GradCertLead&CathCulture, FAICD, FAIM

Appointed in February 2011 as the Chief Executive Officer of Dental HealthServices Victoria, Deborah has substantial experience in managing major publichealthcare organisations throughout Australia. She has held CEO positions atCalvary Health Care and Yarra City Council as well as senior executive positions atMercy Health and St Vincent’s Health. Deborah was Director of the Royal DentalHospital of Melbourne from 1995–1999 and previously held senior positions at theSouth Australian Dental Service. Since 2016, Deborah has been the National BoardChair of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. She is also a BoardDirector for the Hessel Care Foundation and HESTA, a pension fund.

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Dr. Tony KO Pat-sing, Cluster Chief Executive, Hong Kong Hospital Authority

Dr Tony Ko is a physician by background and a specialist in geriatric medicine. Heis currently the Hospital Chief Executive of Tuen Mun Hospital and the Cluster ChiefExecutive of New Territories West Cluster of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. DrKo moved from clinical medicine to health services management in 2008 andserved as the Chief Manager (Strategy, Service Planning and KnowledgeManagement) and later the Chief Manager (Patient Safety & Risk Management) ofthe Hospital Authority Head Office until the appointment to Hospital Chief Executiveof Pok Oi Hospital and the Service Director of Primary and Community Health Careof New Territories West Cluster in 2012; and the appointment to his current positionin 2014.

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Dr. San-Cheng Chang, President, Institute for Biotechnology and MedicineIndustry

Dr. San-Cheng Chang graduated from Cornell University with a doctoral degree inCivil and Environmental Engineering. He was Google’s Regional Director ofHardware Operations in Asia, overseeing the operations of Google’s Asiainformation center. Within Taiwan’s governmental agencies, Dr. Chang has heldmultiple positions, including Director of National Center for High-performanceComputing, Minister without Portfolio of Executive Yuan, and the first Minister ofMinistry of Science and Technology. Dr. Chang was further appointed as VicePremier of Executive Yuan in 2014, and Premier of Executive Yuan in 2016. Whilein office, Dr. Chang strongly supported Taiwan’s commercialization of innovationsand international collaborations in the biotechnology and medical industries. Dr.

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Chang is currently the Chairman of Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (IBMI), leading IBMI as acommunication organization between Taiwan’s government, academia, and biomedical industry. Under Dr.Chang’s leadership, IBMI is further promoting Taiwan’s biomedical industry to the international market. CurrentlyDr. Chang also holds positions as the Chairman of beingNet Alliance and the Chairman of Taiwan MobileFoundation, contributing to the era of intelligence transformation and taking part in public services.

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Dr. Sidney Klajner, President, Sociedade Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein

Dr. Sidney Klajner, President of Sociedade Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein andleads the Board Committee for Quality and Patient Safety. He graduated inmedicine at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo and did hismedical residency, fellowship and MSc in Gastroenterology and Digestive Surgery.Dr Klajner also leads the institutional Committee for Patient Experience and haschampioned the development of the Physician-Hospital Program and theorganization of the physician and clinical staff groups organized around patientconditions and medical specialties.

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Nancy Howell Agee, Chief Executive Officer, Carilion Clinic

She began her career in nursing in the early 1970s. From 2001 to 2011, Ms. Ageeserved as executive vice president and chief operating officer, co-leading Carilion’sreorganization into a patient-centered, physician-led clinic and developing a joint-ventured medical school and research institute with Virginia Tech. She is a healthcare leader nationally and is a member of several boards including the AmericanHospital Association (AHA), where she is chair-elect.

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