EXECUTIVE MEETING

VENUE: IVY, CINNAMON GRAND HOTEL, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

OCTOBER 12, 2016: 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm

Attendance Restricted to Executive Committee Members of the 
Commonwealth Medical Association

AGENDA:

OPENING Welcome address - by CMA President, Dr. Solaiman Juman

ADOPTION OF AGENDA – by Secretary, Dr. Oheneba Owusu-Danso

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

ADOPTION OF MINUTES FOR THE LAST EXECUTIVE MEETING                                                                                       

Appointment of Conference Communique Committee

STATUTORY REPORTS

-          Secretary’s Triennial Council Report
-          Treasurer’s Report

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE TRIENNIAL REPORT

-          CMA Secretariat
-          Official Website
-          CMA Business Plan
-          CMA Trust
-          Update on conference preparation and arrangements – Prof. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE TREASURER’S REPORT 

-          CMA Financial Position and Future
-          NMA Subscriptions
-          Fund Raising Strategies     

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

CLOSING

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

VENUE: CEDAR, CINNAMON GRAND HOTEL, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

13 OCTOBER 2016: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm

Attendance Restricted to the Executive Committee Members of the 
Commonwealth Medical Association and 
Representatives of National Medical Associations

OPENING Welcome Address – Dr. Solaiman Juman, CMA President

WELCOME ADDRESS – President, Sri Lanka Medical Asociation

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

CONFIRMATION OF COMMUNIQUE COMMITTEE

ADOPTION OF MINUTES FOR THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING

STATUTORY REPORTS

-          Secretary’s Triennial Report
-          Treasurer’s Report

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE TRIENNIAL REPORT

-          CMA Secretariat
-          Official Website
-          CMA Business Plan
-          CMA Trust
-          Update on conference preparation and arrangements – Prof. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE TREASURER’S REPORT 

-          CMA Financial Position and Future
-          NMA Subscriptions
-          Fund Raising Strategies     

REPORTS BY REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS

ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE NEXT TRIENNIUM

ADOPTION OF MOTION(S) FROM NMAs (If Any)

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

CLOSING

COMMONWEALTH HEALTHCARE BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT FORUM

In collaboration with the
Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC)

08.00 am - Registration

08.30 am - Inauguration

8.30 am Arrival of the Honorable Primer Minister and His Excellency the President

8.35 am National Anthem

8.40 am Welcome Address by Dr. Solaiman Juman, President, Commonwealth Medical Association

8.45 am Address by Lord Marland of Odstock, Chairman, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council

9.00 am Address by Honourable Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

9.20 am Address by Honourable Ranil Wickramasinghe, Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

9.40 am Address by the His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 

9.50 am Vote of thanks by Professor Vajira H. W. Dissanayake, President Designate, Commonwealth Medical Association

10.00 am - Tea & Networking

10.30 am - Symposium on financing and investment in health care

Chairpersons: Lord Marland of Odstock

Introductory Remarks
Hon. Chris Fearne, Minister of Health, Malta; Co-chair Commonwealth Healthcare Business Group

Policy options for financing health and Commonwealth principles and values to ensure sustainably
Dr. Joanna Nurse
Head of the Health and Education Unit
Health and Education Unit
Commonwealth Secretariat
UK

Model of Financing Healthcare
Dr. Emad El Dukair
Senior Advisor,
InterHealth Canada Limited, Canada

Funding innovation through private public collaboration
Darren Brown
Head of Business Development
iGene Global

Democratizing healthcare and make it affordable and accessible for everyone
Rabin Yaghoubi 
Chief Commercial Officer 
Babylon Health
UK

Q & A 
Moderated by 
Jonah Anthony
Director of Member Services 
Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, UK

12.30 pm - Lunch and Networking

01.00 pm - Symposium on the Health Care Sector in South Asia

Chairperson: Professor Lal Chandrasena

Opportunities in the Healthcare Sector
Matt Elliot
Principal Investment Officer
Healthcare and Education (South Asia)
International Finance Corporation
India

The Private healthcare sector in Sri Lanka - Historical Analysis and Future Outlook
Shiluka Goonewardene
Principal,
KPMG,
Sri Lanka

Q & A
Moderated by
Ranel T Wijesinha
Commissioner, Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka
Director, Bank of Ceylon
Former Director, Business Development, John Keells Holdings Group
Founder Director, Lanka Ventures a Venture Capital Firm

02.00 pm - Symposium on Digital Health

Chairperson: Professor Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

Accelerating Co-Innovation in Health
Callum Bir
Director, Health & Social Services (Asia Pacific)
Microsoft
Singapore

Sri Lanka’s vision for enabling Digital Health
Muhunthan Canagy
Managing Director/CEO
ICTA
Sri Lanka

Q & A 
Moderated by 
Skadi Falatik-Papenroth
Senior Programme Manager
Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council, UK

03.00 pm - Symposium on Healthcare Designs

In Collaboration with the Commonwealth Architects Association

Chairperson: Dr Nicolas Jayasekara

Common-wealth of Healthcare Designs
Rukshan Widyalankara
President
Commonwealth Association of Architects

Affordability & Accessibility of Private Healthcare in Emerging Markets
Linus Jeganathan
Director (Projects & Procurement),
Hemas Hospitals (Pvt) Ltd.

Q & A
Moderated by
Dr. Kithsiri Edirisinghe
Deputy Chairman and Director (Academic)
International Institute of Health Sciences
Sri Lanka

04.00 pm - Tea and Networking

04.30 pm - Close

DAY 1: 15 OCTOBER 2016: VENUE – OAK 1

08.30 am - Opening Plenary Symposium on Digital Health for Health and Wellbeing

Moderators: Denis Gilhooly and Dr. Joanna Nurse

Introduction
Professor Vajira H. W. Dissanayake
Past President, Sri Lanka Medical Association
President Designate, Commonwealth Medical Association

Digital Health and the Internet of Things: the Future is Now 
A live interview via video with
Dr Vinton G. Cerf
Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer

By Denis Gilhooly
Executive Director
Global He@lth 2030 Innovation Taskforce

Be Healthy Be Mobile - The WHO/ITU Initiative

Dr. Mark Landry
Regional Advisor
SEARO
World Health Organisation
New Delhi
India

Digital Transformation in Health

Callum Bir
Director Health & Social Services (Asia Pacific)
Microsoft
Singapore

10.00 am - Tea

10.30 am - Symposium on The Commonwealth Health Hub – Community, Connect, Collect, Consult, Collaborate

In collaboration with the Health and Education Unit, The Commonwealth Secretariat

Chairperson: Professor Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

Promoting innovation and collaboration - the vision of the Commonwealth health hub
Dr. Joanne Nurse
Director
Health and Education Unit
Commonwealth Secretariat
UK

Introducing the Commonwealth health hub - an overview and how to engage
Stephen Dorey
Health Adviser (Hub Coordinator)
Health and Education Unit
Commonwealth Secretariat
UK

Digital Health and Young People: the role of the Commonwealth Youth Health Network
Dr. Elvis Eze
Assistant Health Officer
Commonwealth Secretariat
UK

12.00pm - Lunch

01.00pm - Keynote

“Commonwealth for the common good - the role of NMAs for NCDs: lessons from the Nirogi Lanka Project”
Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne
President Elect, Sri Lanka Medical Association
Chairperson, Nirogi Lanka Project

01.30pm - Networking Break

01.45 pm - Symposium on the Burden of Disease in the Commonwealth

In collaboration with the Institute for Health Matrix and Evaluation

Chairpersons: Professor Samath Dharmarathne & Dr. Achala Jayathilake

The profile of health loss in the Commonwealth. Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study
Dr. Tom Achoki
Clinical Assistant Professor
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) 
University of Washington
USA

Tracking the performance of the Commonwealth for the new health-related Sustainable Development Goals: A baseline analysis using findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study
Dr. Nicholas J. Kassebaum
Assistant Professor
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) 
University of Washington
USA

03.15 pm - Tea

03.30 pm - Symposium on Resilient Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage

Chairperson: Sir Anand Sathyanand

Introduction
Dr. Solaiman Juman
President
Commonwealth Medical Association

Inequalities and health - a multisector approach
Professor Sir Michael Marmot
President
World Medical Association

Health Systems Strengthening and its Contribution to Global Security
Dr. Joanna Nurse
Head
Health and Education Unit
Commonwealth Secretariat

Social Determinants of Health: Challenges Facing Developing Countries
Professor Saroj Jayasinghe
Professor of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo
Sri Lanka

Resilience and Mental Health findings from a national study in Sri Lanka
Professor Rohan Jayasuriya
Associate Professor
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
University of New South Wales
Australia

Social Determinants of Health in Malta
Mr. Gordon Caruana-Dingli
Senior Lecturer, University of Malta
Past President, Commonwealth Medical Association (2010-2013)
President, Medical Association of Malta
Deputy Chairman Department of Surgery and Head of Breast Unit, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta

Universal Health Coverage: A review of Commonwealth mixed funding models
Dr. Ravi Rannan Eliya
Director
Institute of Health Policy
Sri Lanka

06.00 pm - Close

DAY2: 16 OCTOBER 2016: VENUE – OAK 1

8.30 am - Symposium on Globalising the Paradox of Sri Lanka’s Health Achievements – Reducing Maternal Mortality

In collaboration with the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka

Chairperson: Professor Hemantha Senanayake

Counting Maternal Deaths & Translating Lessons: The Maternal Mortality Country Situation
Dr. Kapila Jayaratne
National Programme Manager - Maternal & Child Morbidity & Mortality Surveillance
Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka

Tackling the Challenge of 99.9% Hospital Deliveries: The Obstetrician's Perspective
Professor Kapila Gunawardane
Past President, Sri Lanka College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka

Not only health: Contribution of the other sectors in reducing maternal mortality
Dr. Dlieep Silva
Consultant
Health Economic Cell
Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka

10.00 am - Tea

10.30 am - Symposium on Globalising the Paradox of Sri Lanka’s Health Achievements – Reducing Infant Mortality

In collaboration with the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka

Chairperson: Honorable Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle

Triangulating Data Sources: The Country Situation of Infant Mortality
Dr. Kapila Jayaratne
National Programme Manager - Maternal & Child Morbidity & Mortality Surveillance
Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka

Achievements & Moving Forward: A Paediatrician’s Perspective
Professor Sujeewa Amarasena
Past President, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
Sri Lanka

Targeting the bigger chunk -neonatal deaths: Intricacies of the National Neonatal Transport Service
Dr. Ramya De Silva
President, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
Consultant Paediatrician, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children
Sri Lanka

Public Health in action - the 3D view in reducing infant deaths
Dr. Padmal de Silva 
Head - Department of Research and Evaluation 
WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Workforce Development 
National Institute of Health Sciences
Sri Lanka

12.00 noon - Lunch

1.00 pm - Keynote

Chairperson: Dr. Joanna Nurse

Delivering high quality health care in a low middle income country – the Story of Sri Lanka
Dr. Palitha Maheepala
Director General of Health Services
Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka

1.30 pm - Networking Break

1.45 pm - Symposium on improving cause-of-death information using ICT

In collaboration with the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative, University of Melbourne, Australia and the CRVS Project, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

Chairpersons: Dr. Champika Wickramasinghe & Abusayeed Haniffa

Helping doctors certify the cause of death and monitoring performance
Dr. Rasika Rampatige
Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative
The University of Melbourne
Australia

Diagnosing a cause of death where there are no doctors
Prof. Alan Lopez AC
University of Melbourne Laureate Professor
Rowden-White Chair of Global Health and Burden of Disease Measurement
Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative
The University of Melbourne
Australia

Automating ICD coding with Iris
Dr. Saman Gamage
Senior Research Fellow
Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative
The University of Melbourne
Australia

Checking the quality of mortality and cause of death data with ANACONDA
Dr. Lene Mikkelsen
Senior Technical Advisor
Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative
The University of Melbourne
Australia

3.15 pm - Tea

3.45 pm - Closing Plenary Symposium on The Commonwealth Digital Health Network

Chairpersons: Dr. Joana Nurse & Dr. Stephen Dorey

Commonwealth Digital Health Network – How it Can Improve Health and Wellbeing in the Commonwealth
Professor Vajira H. W. Dissanayake
President Designate
Commonwealth Medical Association

How digital transformation can help the commonwealth
By Microsoft and Partners

   Telemedicine - Providing Disaster Relief and Connecting Rural Areas to Healthcare

   Dr. Maaz Ul Hassan
   Bariatric Surgeon, Best Obesity Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

   Hassan Chattha
   Country Manager, RingMD
   Pakistan

‘Building a Global Health Information Network – the DHIS2 experience’
Professor Jørn Braa
Department of Informatics
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
University of Oslo
Norway

How to build a commonwealth wide Digital Health Ecosystem
Professor Athula Ginige
Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math,
University of Western Sydney
Australia

David Jonas
Chief Operating Office and Head of Health Market Quality R&D Program at the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC)
Sydney, Australia

5.15 pm - Announcement of the Colombo Declaration & Close of Conference

DAY1: 15 OCTOBER 2016: VENUE – OAK B

08.30 am - Merged with Track 1 for the Opening Plenary

10.00 am - Tea

10.30 am - Symposium on “Clinical Pharmacists – Essential Partners or Optional Extras?”

In collaboration with 
The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA)
The Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL)
The Collaboration of Australians and Sri Lankans for Pharmacy Practice Education and Research (CASPPER)

Chairpersons: Chinta Abeywickrama & Victoria Rutter

Introduction
Raymond Anderson
President
Commonwealth Pharmacists Association

Adverse Drug Events – Presenting the Evidence

Introduction to global drug-related problems, evidence and benefits of clinical pharmacy and initiation of clinical pharmacy teaching on Sri Lanka’s BPharm course
Associate Professor Ian Coombes
Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland
Director of Pharmacy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Queensland
Australia

Medication errors and appropriateness of medication use in Sri Lanka
Dr. Nithushi Samaranayake
Senior Lecturer (Pharmacy), Department of Allied Health Sciences,
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka

11.00 am Progress Through Partnership

Education and training sustainability in Sri Lankan Schools of Pharmacy
Ms. Judith Coombes
Senior Pharmacist/Conjoint Lecturer
Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland
Australia

Research supporting clinical pharmacists on the wards
Ms. L.G.T Shanika
Lecturer in Pharmacy
Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka

11.20 am - The Impact of Clinical Pharmacy in Sri Lanka

Healthcare team research with diabetes and chronic kidney disease
Dr. Shaluka Jayamanne
Senior Lecturer in Medicine
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka

Research collaboration opportunities for clinical pharmacy and link to antimicrobials
Dr. Mohamed Fahim
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka

12.00pm - Lunch

01.00pm - Merged with Track 1 for Keynote Address

01.30pm - Networking Break

01.45 pm - Symposium on Anti-Microbial Resistance: Stronger Together – a Multidisciplinary Approach to a Major Global Threat

In collaboration with
The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA)
The Sri Lanka Medical Association

Chairpersons: Dr Iyanthi Abeywickreme & Dr Hemantha Beneragama

The Current Situation and Practical Problems
Dr. Kushlani Jayathilake, 
Consultant Microbiologist,
Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital,
Sri Lanka

Regulatory Problems and Future Remedies
Professor Gita Fernando
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka 

Inappropriate use of antibiotics and problems of community resistance
Ms Savini Senadheera
Lecturer (Pharmacy)
Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka

Championing the Responsible use of Antibiotics

Antimicrobial initiatives within the Commonwealth and reflections on the GAP study
Associate Professor Ian Coombes
Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland
Director of Pharmacy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Queensland
Australia

The Initiative - Antimicrobial Guardianship Pledge 
Update, vision and goals for the future
Victoria Rutter
Executive Director
Commonwealth Pharmacists Association

03.15 pm - Tea

03.30 pm - Symposium on Universal Health Coverage and Access to Medicines: Role of Doctors and Pharmacists

In collaboration with the Third World Network (TWN)

Chairperson: Prof Gita Fernando

A panel discussion covering public health approaches to medicines, anti microbial resistance and access to medicines; Patent and Medicines

Dr Krisantha Weerasuriya
Independent Health Care Consultant - Medicines
Sri Lanka 

Dr Narendra Gupta
Executive Board Member
Prayas
India

Shailly Gupta
Deputy Head (India)
Access Campaign
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
India

K.M. Gopakumar
Legal Advisor and Senior Researcher
Third World Network (TWN)
Malaysia

05.00 pm - Symposium on "How diaspora can contribute to development of health in home countries" 

In collaboration with International Alert

Chairpersons: Amjad Saleem & Dr. Palitha Abeykoon

How can diaspora contribute to responsible well being in home countries
Dr. Markus Mayer
Programme Manager (South and South East Asia)
International Alert
Mayanmar

The African Perspective
Dr. Oheneba Owusu-Danso 
Secretary, Commonwealth Medical Association 
Consultant Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgeon, Head, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Ghana

African Diaspora for Better Health in Africa
Hildah Mulenga
Better Health Diaspora
African Diaspora Initiative

The Sri Lankan Experience
Mr. Panjan Navaratnam
Executive Director
Sunshine Healthcare Lanka Ltd.

06.00 pm - Close

DAY2: 16 OCTOBER 2016: VENUE – OAK B

08.30 am - Symposium on Innovative eHealth Initiatives in Sri Lanka

eIMMR 5 years on: The story of how Nationwide Collection of Indoor Morbidity Data was Transformed using ICT in Sri Lanka
Dr. Buddika Dayarathne & Dr. Nadish Kariyawasam
eIMMR Team
Medical Statistics Unit
Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka

eNCD – A Nationwide System for collection of Non Communicable Disease Data from the Community
Dr. Deepal Wijesuriya & Dr. Thilak Siriwardena
eNCD Team, Non Communicable Diseases Unit
Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka

Empowering Grassroots Level Health Care Workers – A Case Study of The District Nutrition Monitoring System in Sri Lanka – Lessons for the Commonwealth
Dr. Pamod Amarakoon
Project Co-ordinator
District Nutrition Monitoring System
Ministry of Health

Lessons learnt from the most successful EHR project in Sri Lanka: eHospital Dompe
Dr. Sampath Kulathilaka
MO-IC, eHospital Dompe Project
Ministry of Health

10.00 am - Tea

10.30 am - Symposium on Nursing Informatics

In collaboration with the International Institute of Health Sciences, Sri Lanka

Chairperson: Dr. Nishan Silva

Welcome
Professor Diane Skiba
Chairperson, Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group, International Medical Informatics Association
Professor and Project Director, I-TEAM (Interprofessional Technology Enhanced Advance practice Model), University of Colorado College of Nursing
USA

Introduction to Nursing Informatics: Digitalizing the Nursing Care Process

P. L. Jayawardene
Head of Nursing

Shaluni Tissera
President, Scientific Committee,
International Institute of Health Sciences
Sri Lanka

Challenges in making eHealth Transformations: The Human Resources
Dr. Kithsiri Edirisinghe
Deputy Chairman and Director (Academic)
International Institute of Health Sciences
Sri Lanka

The Role of Australian Nurses in an Information Technology Driven Healthcare Profession
Glenda Whiting
Principal Lecturer (Health)
TAFE
South Australia

Importance of nurses in assuring Privacy and Security in Digital Health Platforms
Dr. Tony Sahama
Senior Lecturer
Information Security Discipline, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology
Australia

Technological Advancement in the Operating Department – An Operating Department Practitioner’s perspective
Dean Newman
Operating Department Practitioners Course Director
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Practice, Coventry University
United Kingdom

12.00 noon - Lunch

01.00 pm - Merged with Track 1 for Keynote Address

01.30pm - Networking Break

01.45 pm - Symposium on Nursing Informatics

In collaboration with the International Institute of Health Sciences, Sri Lanka

How Electronic Medication Administration Records Could Help Nurses
Ms. Nadeeka Jayasinghe
Deputy Head of Nursing
International Institute of Health Sciences
Sri Lanka

Clinical Teaching in Nursing on a Learner Management System
D. G. Tharindu Dushyantha
Head of Clinical Skills Department
International Institute of Health Sciences
Sri Lanka

Attitude towards health information privacy and Electronic Health Records among Urban Sri Lankan Adults
Ms. Shaluni Tissera
International Institute of Health Sciences
Sri Lanka

Evaluation of a Smartward IT system for nurses: Reducing duplication of entries
Dr. Kasia Bail
Assistant Professor in Nursing, 
Health Research Institute, Synergy Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra
Australia

Use of machine learning for reducing medical errors during the handing-over period for nurses
Associate Professor Girija Chetty
Faculty of Education, Science, Technology & Maths
University of Canberra,
Australia

Panel Discussion and Live Webinar on “Nursing Informatics in the Modern context of Health Care”

03.15 pm - Tea

03.45 pm - Merged with Track 1 for the Closing Plenary Symposium

05.15 pm - Merged with Track 1 for the Announcement of the Colombo Declaration & Close of Conference

DAY 1: 15 OCTOBER 2016: VENUE – OAK C

08.30 am - Merged with Track 1 for the Opening Plenary

10.00 am - Tea

10.30 am - Symposium Measurement and Accountability for Health Results

In collaboration with the Asian eHealth Information Network

Chairpersons: Dr. Rohana Marasinghe & Dr. Lakshmi Somatunga

Keys to Success for Monitoring the Health Sustainable Development Goals
Mark Landry
Regional Advisor
SEARO
World Health Organisation
New Delhi
India

A Network Approach to Health Data Interoperability
Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo
Executive director
Asia eHealth Information Network
Philippines

Building national readiness for Expanded Public Health Informatics
Dr. Chaminda Weerabaddana
Medical Officer Health Informatics
Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
Sri Lanka

12.00 pm - Lunch

01.00 pm - Merged with Track 1 for the Keynote

01.30 pm - Networking Break

01.45 pm - Symposium on Building Resilience to Increasing Risks of Pandemic Threats

In collaboration with the Mobile Alliance on Pandemics

Chairperson: Dr. Hasitha Tissera

Global Health Security and Systems in the Digital Age - a Mobile Alliance on Pandemics
Denis Gilhooly
Executive Director
Global He@lth 2030 Innovation Task Force
USA

Unlocking the Digital Health Platform for Wellness and Wellbeing
Professor Sinclair Stockman
Chairman, Connected Health Innovation Centre, University of Ulster
Director, Digital Northern Ireland 2020 
Northern Ireland
UK

Exploiting digital infrastructure
Dr Anoop Singh
Chief Operating Officer
Commonwealth Institute for Infrastructure Investment
UK

Leveraging Mobile Network Big Data in Disease Prediction
Dr. Rohan Samarajiva
Founding Chair, LIRNEasia
Sri Lanka

Leveraging on electronic health records and participatory surveillance to improve infectious disease surveillance and outbreak detection in the digital age
Prof Mark Chen I-Cheng
Assistant Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Head of Research, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore

03.45 pm - Tea

04.00 pm - Symposium how health professionals can contribute to social resilience, health and wellbeing through leadership in ICT

Chairperson: SRU Wimalaratne 

Clinician driven data platforms from Sri Lanka
Dr. A. Pubudu De Silva
Consultant Community Physician
National Intensive Care Surveillance
Ministry of Health
Sri Lanka

National guidelines in the management of medical emergencies
Professor Robert Heddle
Chief Pathologist, SA Pathology
Head, Clinical Immunology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Member of the National Allergy Strategy Research and Data Working Group
Australia

Developing specific registries and data bases for disease management in developing countries
Dr. Pravin Hissaria
Clinical Immunologist and Immunopathologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Clinical Advisor to the National Blood Authority
Australia

Using telemedicine and a connected healthcare ecosystem to improve Sri Lanka’s medical productive index
Dr. Harsha Jayakody 
Founder
mydoctor.lk

Using online training tools to improve social cohesion among health professionals
Dr. Pandula Siribaddana
Lecturer in Biomedical Informatics
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
Sri Lanka

06.00 pm - Close

DAY 2: 16 OCTOBER 2016: VENUE – OAK C

08.30 am - Symposium on Innovative eHealth Initiatives in Commonwealth Countries

Chairperson: Dr. Oheneba Owusu-Danso

Digital Health for Health and Wellbeing – a General Practitioner’s Perspective
Dr. Sundram Arulrhaj
President, Commonwealth Health Professionals Alliance
UK

Telemedicine in India – Pioneering experience in a resource constrained setting
Dr. S. K. Mishra 
Professor and Head, Department of Endocrine Surgery
Nodal Officer, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute Telemedicine Program
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
India

Using telemedicine and a connected healthcare ecosystem to improve Sri Lanka’s medical productive index
Dr. Harsha Jayakody 
Founder - mydoctor.lk
Sri Lanka

Partnering with Bahmni to extend organization’s impact in healthcare in Nepal

Panajaya Poudel
Digital System Engineer, Possible Health

Pankaj Kanchankar
Client Principal, ThoughtWorks

From Point Systems to Integrated Solutions: Learnings from the creation of the Bangladesh Health Information Exchange

Angshuman Sarkar
Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks
India

Karl Brown
Director of Technology, Office of Social Change Initiatives,       ThoughtWorks, USA

Informatics Beyond Boundaries: An experience of remote support for Nepal Earth Quake
Dr. Oommen John
The George Institute for Global Health, Australia
Indian Association for Medical Informatics

10.00 am - Tea

10.30 am - Symposium on Health Terminology Standards

In collaboration with the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation, IHTSDO

Chairperson: Shriyananda Rathnayake

Jane Millar MCSP
Collaboration Lead
International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation, IHTSDO
Denmark

Shelley Lipon
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement Executive and Lead for the Americas
International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation, IHTSDO
Denmark

12.00 pm - Lunch

01.00 pm - Merged with Track 1 for Keynote Address

01.30 pm - Networking Break

01.45 pm - Symposium on the Commonwealth's Response to Global Eradication of Polio

In Collaboration with Rotary International

Chairperson: Mr. K. Ravindran

Welcome Address
Senake Amerasinghe
Rotary District Governor

Progress Towards a Polio Free World
Dr. Chris Maher
Polio Eradication Manager
World Health Organisation

The Role of Community Volunteers in Promoting Advancements in Disease Prevention
Michael McGovern
Chair
Rotary's International PolioPlus Committee

Advocacy to Governments to Fund Health Priorities- The Polio Example
Judith Diment
Chair
Rotary International Polio Advocacy Task Force

Vote of Thanks
Mohamed Abidally
President Rotary Club of Colombo

03.15 pm - Tea

03.45 pm - Merged with Track 1 for the Closing Plenary Symposium on The Commonwealth Digital Health Network

05.00 pm - Merged with Track 1 for the Announcement of the Colombo Declaration & Close of Conference

SATELLITE MEETING ON RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ETHICS

In collaboration with the
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), Biomedical Research Alliance New York (BRANY), USA
Institute of Bioethics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programmes (AAHRP), USA
Forum for Ethical Review Committees in Asia and the Western Pacific (FERCAP)
Forum for Ethics Review Committees in Sri Lanka (FERCSL)

10.30 am - Symposium on Accreditation and Recognition of Research Ethics Committees and International Capacity Building in Bioethics

Chairpersons: Professor Chandanie Wanigatunge & Professor R. Kumarasiri

The SIDCER Recognition programme of the FERCAP
Dr. Christina Torres
Coordinator
Forum for Ethical Review Committees in Asia and the Western Pacific

Developing Global Human Subjects Research Protections Programs: The Role of AAHRPP
Elyse Summers JD
Chief Executive Officer
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programmes (AAHARP)
USA

International Network of the Unesco Chair in Bioethics
Prof. Harischandra Gambhira
Head, Sri Lanka Unit, Unesco Chair in Bioethics
Sri Lanka

12.00 noon Lunch

01.00 pm - Symposium on Bioethics and Research Ethics Training

Chairpersons: Dr. A Balasuriya & Dr. Lalith Senarathna

The CITI Programme. A Cost Effective Alternative for Research Ethics Education
Professor Paul Braunschweiger
Senior Executive VP & Managing Director CITI Program
Biomedical Research Alliance of New York
Professor Emeritus
University of Miami
USA

The role of National Medical Associations in Bioethics and Research Ethics Education – the Sri Lankan experience
Professor Chandani Wanigatunge
Chairperson
Forum for Ethics Review Committees in Sri Lanka (FERCSL)

Research on the terminally ill
Dr. Susan Miller
Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
USA

02.30 pm - Tea

03.00 pm - Symposium on Challenges in the Ethics Review Process

Chairpersons: Professor Renu Wickremasinghe & Dr. Prasad Ranatunga

Our experience from the University of Miami, USA
Professor Dushyantha T. Jayaweera
Interim Executive Dean for Research and Research Education
Professor of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami,
USA

Our Experience from Sri Ramachandra, India
Dr. Pankaj Shah
Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai
India

Our Experience from Sri Lanka
Professor Hemantha Senanayake
Chairperson, Ethics Review Committee and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Sri Lanka

04.30 pm - Close

08.30 am - Symposium on Ethics issues in Clinical Trials

Chairpersons: Dr. Panduka Karunanayake & Dr. W. Subasingha

Observations from surveys in 200 ethics review committees in the Asia Pacific Region
Professor Christina Torres
Coordinator
Forum for Ethical Review Committees in Asia and the Western Pacific
Thailand

Research Integrity and Reproducibility
Professor Paul Braunschweiger
Senior Executive VP & Managing Director CITI Program
Biomedical Research Alliance of New York
Professor Emeritus
University of Miami
USA

Ethics issues in Clinical Trials in Complementary and Traditional Medicine
Dr. Kamal Perera
Head of Department of Ayurveda Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics,
Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka

10.00 am - Tea

10.30 am - Symposium on Special Topics in Research Ethics - 1

Chairpersons: Dr. Sampath Tenakoon & Dr. T. S. Navaratinaraja

Ethics of Global Health Policy and Systems Research
Professor Adriane Gelpi
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Institute of Bioethics and Health Policy
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
USA

Challenges in International Collaborative Research between Developed and Developing Countries
Professor Sergio Litewka
Associate Professor
International Director, CITI Program
International Director University of Miami Institute of Bioethics
USA

Ethical Issues in Digital Health
Dr. Kusal Wijayaweera
Chairman, Ethics Review Committee
Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka

12.00 noon - Lunch

01.00 pm - Symposium on Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Research

Chairpersons: Dr Malik Fernando, Dr P. Kamal Perera

Panelists:
Dr. Susan Miller
Professor Paul Braunschweiger
Professor Dushyantha T. Jayaweera

02.30 pm - Tea

03.00 pm - Symposium on Special Topics in Research Ethics 2

Chairpersons: Dr. Manori Gamage & Dr. Nilakshi Samaranayake

Pubilcation Integrity
Dr. B.J.C. Perera
Chairperson
Sri Lanka Forum of Medical Editors (SLFOME)
Sri Lanka

AAHRPP accreditation and its value in our global research enterprise
Elyse Summers JD
Chief Executive Officer, Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programmes (AAHRPP)
USA

4.00 pm - Presentation of Mementos to Resource Persons

05.00 pm - Close

REGISTRATION

Foreign Delegates: USD 100/-

Sri Lankan Delegates: LKR. 5,000/-

Register Online

(Registration is limited to 100 participants)

SATELLITE MEETING ON OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING

In collaboration with the
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP);
ORCID
Sri Lanka Forum of Medical Editors (SLFOME)

10.30 am - Session 1: SLJOL and the Journals Online Project, Illegitimate Journals and the evaluation of the JOL journals

Sioux Cumming
Programme Manager, Journals Online, INASP,
UK

INASP has been supporting the production, dissemination and use of local research since 1992 and it began its support for the Sri Lanka Journals Online project in 2008. This session will review the objectives and progress of the JOL project and specifically SLJOL. It will also examine the rising problem illegitimate journals and conferences and their implications for both journal editors and researchers.

Who is this for?
The session is of interest to journal editors who are interested in increasing the visibility of their journals, and it is also relevant to authors who want to have their research published in easily accessible, relevant and reputable journals.

11.30 am - Session 2: ORCID (Part 1): How to stand out from the crowd with your unique identifier

Nobuko Miyairi, MLIS
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
ORCID
Singapore

Do you have a common name that often causes your academic work to be mixed up with someone else’s in databases? Do you use many researcher profile services which you need to update constantly, taking away your precious time from your research? ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor ID) is a persistent, unique identifier that you can use throughout your academic career. More than 2 million researchers have registered for an iD that helps distinguish them from others, and correctly link their academic work and contributions. Join this presentation to find out how.

Who is this for?
If you wish to build your academic career by explicitly and correctly connecting your name, researcher profile and all of your work, then you should attend. Researchers who are active in their research will learn how to auto-update their publication lists and save time by using ORCID in manuscript submission processes. Senior researchers who already have a number of publications can also take advantage of ORCID to clean up the mess in databases by giving explicit connections between those publications and their ORCID record.

Why should you attend?
Science, PLOS, IEEE, and other distinguished international journals are starting to mandate ORCID when you submit your manuscripts. This session will give you a quick understanding on what ORCID is, how to use it, and why.

12.30 pm - Lunch

01.30 pm - Session 3: ORCID (Part 2): How to maintain your ORCID record

Nobuko Miyairi, MLIS
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
ORCID
Singapore

Signing up for an ORCID iD is easy and quick - but what about maintaining your ORCID record? Do you have too many publications to link to? Do you want to keep some information private but still want to show your academic achievements publicly? Is there anyone who can help to keep your ORCID record up to date? The session will illustrate how to maintain your ORCID record through a live demonstration. Attendees are welcome to bring their own laptops to gain hands on experiences.

Who is this for?
Anyone who wishes to learn how to maintain their ORCID record, and learn what options are available for building their online CV to source other services. Those who do not have an ORCID iD will have an opportunity to do so during the session (bring your own laptop). Attending the first part of this session is not mandatory but ideal.

03.00 pm - Tea

03.30 pm - Session 4: Kudos and how authors can promote their own work. Digital Object Identifiers what they are and how to use them

Sioux Cumming
Programme Manager, Journals Online, INASP
UK

INASP has recently partnered with Kudos which is a free service through which you can broaden readership and increase the impact of your research. Kudos is more than a just a networking site, and more than just a publication listing. It is a toolkit for explaining your work in plain language and for enriching it with links to related materials.
Digital Object Identifiers are vital to maintain the links to research articles on the internet, but editors and researchers need to understand how they work in order to maintain this unbroken record.

Who should attend?
This session is aimed specifically at authors who want to take an active role in promoting their research and sharing it with new audiences. However, it is also of interest to editors who can help their authors to increase the reach of their research.

05.00 pm - Close

08.30 am - Session 5: Some perspectives on publishing in medical journals (Part 1)

It is understood that publications in medical journals constitute the published public record. Medical journals are expected to conform to International Publication Standards and those working in these journals are constantly striving very hard to meet these requirements. They expect authors and reviewers to try their best to comply with these standards when articles are submitted and reviewed. There are certain expectations of journals and editors that need to be fulfilled in the entire process of publication of articles in medical journals. There are several types of medical journal publication formats. Each of these models has its own merits and disadvantages. A growing concern among researchers, reviewers and medical journal editors is compliance with research integrity and all types of research misconduct. One component of this, plagiarism, is a problem encountered by all medical journals. All these issues will be addressed in the presentations.

Learning objectives/Attendee benefits:
There will be researchers who are presenting their work at the conference and potential researchers who would attend the conference. They will benefit from these erudite presentations by experienced Medical Journal Editors. It will be a learning experience on how articles are assessed and decisions are made regarding acceptance or otherwise. It will go a long way in helping researchers to publish their work.

Target audience:
All researchers and potential researchers who wish to publish in Medical Journals and early career journal editors.

International Publication Standards and the need to comply with them
Dr. Anuruddha Abeygunasekera
Consultant Urological Surgeon and Co-Editor, Ceylon Medical Journal, Sri Lanka

What the Editors Want
Dr. BJC Perera
Chairperson, Sri Lanka Forum of Medical Editors (SLFOME)

10.00 am - Tea

10.30 am - Session 6: Some perspectives on publishing in medical journals (Part 2)

Research integrity and misconduct: A problem for all medical journals
Dr. Asiri Rodrigo, Co-Editor, Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
Consultant Psychiatrist, Teaching Hospital, Kandy
Co-Editor, Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
Sri Lanka 

Plagiarism and using the Crossref Similarity Check
Sioux Cumming
Programme Manager, Journals Online, INASP,
UK

After an explanation of what constitutes plagiarism, participants will be guided through a series of exercises. The Crossref Similarity Checking service with be demonstrated with examples from Sri Lanka Journals Online.

12.00 pm - Lunch

01.00 pm - Session 7: Copyright issues, permissions and licenses (Part 1)

Sioux Cumming
Programme Manager, Journals Online, INASP
UK

There will be a short explanation of copyright and its implications for journal editors and authors. This will lead into the need for clear licenses for the use of the content in open access journals. Although content may be ‘free-to-read’ it is important for journal editors to state clearly how readers, researchers and text mining services can use the content. The Creative Commons licenses will be explained in this context.

03.00 pm - Tea

03.30 pm - Session 8: Indexing services – if you can’t be found, you don’t exist

Sioux Cumming
Programme Manager, Journals Online, INASP
UK

Getting your content in front of your users is one of the most difficult things to achieve. Making sure your journal is included in one of the major databases used by researchers and authors is very important for increasing your journal’s visibility. Four of the major indexes will be considered in this session and we invite participants to share their experiences of applying for inclusion in these indexes.

4.30 pm - Presentation of Mementos to Resource Persons

05.00 pm - Close

Foreign Delegates: USD 100/-

Sri Lankan Delegates: LKR. 5,000/-

Register online

(Registration is limited to 100 participants)

DHIS2 Workshop
In collaboration with the
The Global HISP/DHIS2 Community

Faculty:

Global HISP Project/DHIS Leaders from University of Oslo, Norway

            Professor Jørn Braa
            Professor
            Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
            University of Oslo
            Norway

HISP Sri Lanka

            Dr Roshan Hewapathirana
            Chief Executive Officer
            Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka

            Dr. Pamod Amarakoon
            Medical Officer Health Informatics
            Nutrition Coordination Division
            Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
            Sri Lanka 

            Dr Janaka Wickramarathne
            Medical Officer Health Informatics
            Anti Malaria Campaign
            Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
            Sri Lanka

            Dr. Jayathri Wijeratne
            Medical Officer Health Informatics
            Epidemiology Unit
            Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
            Sri Lanka

            Dr. Priyanga Senanayake
            Medical Officer Health Informatics
            Family Health Bureau
            Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
            Sri Lanka

            Dr. Megha Ganewatta
            Medical Officer Health Informatics
            Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
            Sri Lanka 

            Dr. Pramil Liyanage
            Medical Officer Health Informatics
            Nutrition Coordination Division
            Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
            Sri Lanka 

            Mr. Chathura Widanage
            Freeland Software Developer
            Sri Lanka

openMRS Workshop

In collaboration with the
The Global OpenMRS Community

Faculty:

     Paul Biondich
     Co-Founder & President @ OpenMRS

     Suranga Kasthurirathne
     Regional Community Manager (Asia-Pacific) @ OpenMRS

     Dushman Elvitigala 
     Solutions Architect 
     Bradix i three

     Pankaj Kanchankar
     Client Principal, 
     ThoughtWorks
     India

     Angshuman Sarkar
     Architect - Bahmni, 
     ThoughtWorks
     India