Webinar: Healthcare Sector Opportunities in Hong Kong and beyond for Canadian Companies

Webinar Chair:

Sandra Wu

Mission Leader, Canadian Medical and Healthcare Mission to Hong Kong, and Board Director, HKCBA Ottawa Section

https://ottawa.hkcba.com/cpages/home 

Sandra Wu joined the Hong Kong Canada Business Association as Board Director in 2017. She has 24 years of working experience in multi-sectors with a senior management role, including Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Director of the Department of Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa. She has managed large teams with a diverse professional background such as digital health, artificial intelligence, knowledge translation, business development, and R&D. She has also worked in disaster management and emergency response. This experience enables her to be agile and responsive to change in challenging times. She has been recognized for demonstrating leadership, fostering inspiration, and building relationships. Having worked in a global market, she understands the importance of ‘Human-Centred Design’ to deliver high-quality services and client experience. Sandra holds an MBA, a Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, and a Lean Greenbelt in healthcare. She recently finished executive education with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) research university.  

Opening Remarks:

Emily Mo
Director, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto)

https://www.hketotoronto.gov.hk/

Emily joined the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China in 2001 as a member of the Administrative Officer Grade.  In December 2018, she took up the Director post in the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Toronto, the mandate of which is to foster closer economic trade ties between Canada and Hong Kong, and also promote bilateral cultural relations and people-to-people ties.  Before that she had worked in different offices, including the Home Affairs Department, the then Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, the Security Bureau, the University Grants Committee Secretariat and the Tourism Commission of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau.  Before coming to Toronto, Emily served as the Deputy Head of the Human Resources Planning and Poverty Co-ordination Unit under the Chief Secretary for Administration’s Private Office to support the Chief Secretary for Administration for monitoring the implementation progress of policy initiatives on human resources planning and poverty alleviation in Hong Kong.  Emily received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Video Presentation:

Janet MacPhee
Vice-Consul & Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong & Macao

https://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/hong-kong-sar-hong-kong-ras/index.aspx?lang=eng 

Panel Discussions & Invitation to Canadian companies to join the International Healthcare Week in Hong Kong

Christopher Chen
Head of Business & Talent Attraction/Investment Promotion
Invest Hong Kong (Canada)

https://www.investhk.gov.hk/

As a senior international trade & development executive with a digital marketing/fintech background, Chris is the lead commercial representative for the HKSAR government in Canada. Built multi-country digital agency practices and created online insurance and wealth management transactional platforms and lead generation programs throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, and Canada. Solid understanding of operations behind digital business units (regulatory, finance, business modeling, call center, analytics). Skills include digital marketing, new business

Ryan De'Larami
Founder & CEO, TeleVU

https://televu.ca/ 

Ryan is the founder & CEO of TeleVU and has been at the forefront of fast-moving medical technology for over 25 years.

With a combined experience in MedTech, IT and clinical settings, he understands technology implementation and the challenges clinicians and health administrators face in today's complex healthcare environment.

He’s building an ecosystem of connected technologies for better access to care and improve health outcomes through Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence and IoT devices.

Adrienne Ho
Marketing Manager, Hong Kong Trade Development Council Toronto Office

https://www.hktdc.com/

Adrienne joined the Toronto office of HKTDC in 2018. HKTDC is Hong Kong's statutory body responsible for promoting international trade (imports and exports) in merchandise, services, and technologies via the Hong Kong platform. The Council works through a network of 50 offices worldwide. In Canada, the HKTDC Branch Office, based in Toronto, was established to encourage and assist Canadian companies in diversifying their business to Asia through Hong Kong. HKTDC Toronto Office has joined forces with like-minded multiplier partners like Hong Kong Canada Business Association, Hong Kong Economic Trade Office, and many others in staging Canadian missions to Hong Kong international trade fairs and conferences.  

Concluding Remarks:

Frank Eng
President, Hong Kong-Canada Business Association (Ottawa)

https://ottawa.hkcba.com/cpages/home 

Frank Eng is a Senior Partner with The Whitestone Group. As a bilingual senior leader with over 28 years of strategic management and leadership experience including financial responsibility within Canada’s healthcare industry, Frank leads the healthcare information technology and systems practice for the Group.  He has a proven ability to consistently develop and deliver customer focused information systems solutions resulting in increased customer satisfaction. Frank is excited to serve on the Board of the HKCBA Ottawa and looks forward to working with and getting to know its members.