Day 1
[4 December 2018 (Tuesday)]
8.30 am
Arrival & Registration
9.00 am
Opening Ceremony
- Recital of Prayers by Dr. Haji Wan Aminurrashid Wan Abdul Hamid, Pusat Islam, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- Welcoming Remarks by Professor Dato’ Dr. Tengku Aizan Hamid, Director, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), cum President, the Gerontological Association of Malaysia (GeM)
- Welcoming Statement by Associate Professor Dr. Rohana Jani, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administration, cum Chairman of Population Studies Unit (PSU), University of Malaya (UM)
9.30 am Keynote Address
The Titchfield City Group on Ageing-related Statistics and Age-disaggregated Data
Professor Dr. Asghar Zaidi, Professor in Social Gerontology, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
Chairperson: Professor Dr. Ong Fon Sim, Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning), the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC)
10.00 am Tea-break & Press Conference
Session 1 (10.30 am – 1.00 pm)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Dr. Rahimah Ibrahim, Head, Dept. of Family Studies & Human Development, Faculty of Human Ecology, UPM
10.30 am
Invited Paper 1: Demography and Population Ageing in Singapore
Professor Dr. Jean Yeung Wei-Jun, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
11.00 am
Invited Paper 2: Demography and Population Ageing in Myanmar
Associate Professor Dr. Min Ko Ko, Population and Family Health Department, University of Public Health, Yangon
11.30 am
Invited Paper 3: Demography and Population Ageing in Thailand
Dr. Rukchanok Karcharnubarn, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University
12.00 pm
Invited Paper 4: Demography and Population Ageing in Philippines
Professor Dr. Grace T. Cruz, UP Population Institute, University of the Philippines
12.30 pm
Invited Paper 5: Demography and Population Ageing in Brunei
Associate Professor Dr. Khadizah Hj Abdul Mumin, Research Associate & Dr. Hjh Yusnani Mohd Yusof-Kozlowski, Fellow, Centre for Advanced Research (CARe), Universiti Brunei Darussalam
1.00 pm Networking Lunch and Group Photo 1
Session 2 (2.00 pm – 4.30 pm)
Chairperson: Professor Datuk Dr. Norma Binti Mansor, Director, Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC), Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya
2.00 pm
Invited Paper 6: Demography and Population Ageing in Vietnam
Dr. Duong Minh Duc, Vice-head, Department of Science and Technology & Lecturer, Department of Population, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hanoi University of Public Health
2.30 pm
Invited Paper 7: Demography and Population Ageing in Sri Lanka
Dr. Sunethra Perera, Head, Department of Demography, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
3.00 pm
Invited Paper 8: Demography and Population Ageing in Laos
Associate Professor Dr. Bouadam Sengkhamkhoutlavong, Director, Asia Research Center, National University of Laos
3.30 pm
Invited Paper 9: Demography and Population Ageing in Indonesia
Professor Dr. Aris Ananta, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, President-elect, Asian Population Association & Dr. Evi Nurvidya ARIFIN, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Respati Indonesia
4.00 pm
Invited Paper 10: Demography and Population Ageing in Malaysia
Professor Dato’ Dr. Tengku Aizan Hamid, Director, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia
4.30 pm Tea-break
5.00 pm End of Day 1
Day 2
[5 December 2018 (Wednesday)]
8.30 am
Musical Performance by the University of the Third Age (U3A) Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Gamelan Ensemble
9.00 am Tea-break
Session 3 (9.30 am – 11.00 am)
Chairperson: Professor Dr. Noor Azina Binti Ismail, Department of Applied Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya
9.30 am
Invited Paper 11: Demography and Population Ageing in China
Professor Dr. Wang Feng, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine & Professor, Fudan University, China
10.00 am
Invited Paper 12: Demography and Population Ageing in India
Professor Dr. Perianayagam Arokiasamy, Head, Department of Development Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
10.30 am
Invited Paper 13: Demography and Population Ageing in Cambodia
H. E. Dr. Bunnak Poch, Secretary of State, Ministry of Planning, Cambodia
Session 4 (11.00 am – 12.30 pm)
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Shahrul Bahyah Binti Kamaruzzaman, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya & Deputy President, the Gerontological Association of Malaysia
11.00 am
Plenary Paper 1
Population Situation Analysis Malaysia
Dr. Tey Nai Peng, Coordinator, Population Studies Unit, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya
11.30 am
Plenary Paper 2
Active Ageing Index for Korea: Comparison with China and EU Countries
Professor Dr. Asghar Zaidi, Professor in Social Gerontology, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
12.00 pm
Plenary Paper 3
Population Issues in the Global South: Ageing in Developing Countries
Dr. Joe Thomas, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Portsmouth, England
12.30 pm Networking Lunch and Group Photo 2
2.00 pm
Forum on Population Issues in Developing Countries: Strengthening National, Regional and International Collaboration
Panelists:
- Dr. Camilo A. B. Naraval, Executive Director, International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP), Kuala Lumpur
- Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam, Director of Programs, Partners in Population and Development (PPD), Bangladesh
- Mdm. Nazaria Baharudin, Deputy Chief Statistician, Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM)
- Ms. Marcela Suazo, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Malaysia Representative
Moderator:
Dr. Tey Nai Peng, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya &
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Doris Padmini S. Selvaratnam, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia & Treasurer, the Gerontological Association of Malaysia
4.00 pm Closing Ceremony
Closing Statement by Ms. Marcela Suazo, United Nations Population Fund Malaysia Representative
4.30 pm Tea-break
5.00 pm End of Conference
South-south Conference on Demography and Population Ageing 