Registration

Opening Remarks by:

1. Dean, College of Medicine NTU
2. Dr. Kwang-Lung Lin, Director of Dept Intl Cooperation, NSC, Taiwan
3. Dr. Jih-Haw Chou, Deputy Director of Center for Disease Control,
   Taiwan

Introduction to the Workshop by:

1. 1. Prof. Yi-You Huang, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei
2. Prof. J. T. Wang, Inst. Of Microbiology, NTU, Taiwan

Introduction to “Roadmapping Converging Technologies to Combat Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)”, the APEC-wide Foresight Project By
Dr. Nares Damrongchai, APEC Center for Technology Foresight

Introduction to the Concept of Technology Roadmap by:
Dr. Nathasit Gerdsri, Mahidol University

Session 1

Keynote speech 1:

EID in Taiwan by Prof. LM Huang, MD/PhD, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Coffee Break

Keynote speech 2:

Animal Tracking by Dr. Chaichana Mitrpan, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center and Dr. Parntep Ratanakorn, Mahidol University

Keynote speech 3:

Simulating SARS: Small-World Epidemiological Modeling and Public Health Policy Assessments by Dr. Ji-Lung Hsieh, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, National Chiao Tung University

Lunch

Keynote speech 4:

Vaccine for the Future by Dr. Mei-Mei Kuan, CDC, Taiwan

Recap from the first TRM workshop and introduction to the method for the small group exercise by
Dr. Nares Damrongchai, Dr. Nathasit Gerdsri, and Mr. Jack Smith

Exercise 1: Technology Selection and Milestone Setting (3 groups)

• Based on the prior workshop result, each group identifies a list of relevant technologies or solutions to combat EID, prioritize, and set some initial milestones for the technologies to be applied in the APEC region, considering the key drivers and challenges over the timeframe of 15 years or longer.

Group Presentations 1

09:30-12:00

( Coffee break: 10:40-11:00)

Exercise 2-1: Technology Readiness Assessment and Linking Technology Milestones to Research (3 groups)

• Each group discusses and makes some initial technology assessment based on the actual capacity across the APEC region and adjust the milestones if necessary.
• Link the technology milestones to specific research topics.

Lunch

Exercise 2-2: Proposing international collaborations and policy recommendations (3 groups)

• Propose possible region-wide research collaboration to achieve the milestones.
• Propose policy recommendation relevant to APEC as a region, or its member economies individually.

Coffee Break

Final Group Presentations

Reflecting on the results and general comments:

• How much technology convergence do you observe from the roadmaps and what do they imply?
• From the roadmaps, what do you see as the most significant barriers in your economy and in collaboration between economies?
• When you apply this roadmap to your economy, what further changes or adjustment should be needed?
• What would be the possible future collaboration among APEC members?

What’s next? By Dr. Nares Damrongchai

Closing Remark By Prof. Y.Y. Huang & Prof. F.H.Lin Inst. Of Biomed. Eng., NTU, Taiwan