Main Conference Schedule

Join us in Singapore for the 12th HTAsiaLink Conference 2025, where leading minds in Health Technology Assessment will converge to share insights, best practices, and innovative approaches in HTA.

The Main Conference is exclusively available to HTAsiaLink network members. Not yet a member? You can apply to be an individual member to participate in this enriching event through our registration portal.

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Time Programme
0830 - 0900 Registration
0900 - 0915 Welcome Address by Guest-of-Honor: Senior Minister of State (Ministry of Health Singapore) Dr. Janil Puthucheary
0915 - 0945 Keynote Speech by Director-General of Health, Ministry of Health Singapore, Prof. Kenneth Mak

Topic: Appropriate and Value-Based Care in Singapore
0945 - 1000 Photo-taking Ceremony
1000 - 1030 Tea Break
1030 - 1230
Plenary 1:

Exploring the Multiverse of Healthcare Through HTA: Diverse Perspectives, Unified Outcomes

This plenary focuses on the diversity of HTA in terms of methodologies, types of health technologies or programs, and initiatives shaping the dynamic landscape. The diverse ways HTA is used across countries and settings, HTA harmonisation efforts, methods for equitable evaluation in HTA, and the importance of the patient perspective in HTA are the main themes that will be discussed.

Moderator Panelists
A/Prof. Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai
Director
Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP)
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand 		Dr. Eri Hoshino
Head, International Division
Centre for Outcomes Research and Economic Evaluation for Health (C2H, as a member of INAHTA)
National Institute of Public Health (NIPH)

Chief, Division of Policy Evaluation, Department of Health Policy
National Centre for Child Health and Development, Japan

Topic: Bridging Global And Local Perspectives In HTA
Dr. Izzuna Mudla Mohamed Ghazali
Public Health Physician/Deputy Director
Malaysian Health Technology Assessment Section (MaHTAS)
Medical Development Division
Ministry of Health Malaysia

Topic: ASEAN Exploration on HTA Harmonization
Prof. Sitanshu Sekhar Kar
Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine
Principal Investigator, Health Technology Assessment in India (HTAIn) Resource Hub
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
India

Topic: Advancing Equity In HTA: Policy Tools For A Fairer Future
Dr. Simon Fifer
Director of Research and Innovation
HTAi Patient and Citizen Involvement in HTA Interest Group (PCIG)
Community and Patient Preference Research (CaPPRe)

Topic: Advancing The Integration Of Patient Preference Data In HTA
1230 - 1400 Lunch
1300 - 1400 Poster Presentations
1400 - 1430
Sharing Session 1:

Draft Recommendations from the Lancet Commission for Strengthening the Use of Epidemiological Modelling of Emerging and Pandemic Infectious Diseases

Speakers
Prof. Mark Jit
School of Global Public Health
New York University
Prof. Alex Cook
Vice Dean (Research)
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
1430 - 1630 Oral Presentations
1630 - 1730 Poster and Tea Break
1830 - 1930 Welcome Dinner
Exclusively for Main Conference attendees. This Welcome Dinner is complimentary.
Time Programme
0800 - 0830 Registration
0830 - 1030
Plenary 2:

The Road Ahead: Navigating Possibilities with HTA

This plenary session, co-organised with Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, will explore the critical role of HTA in shaping the future of data-driven, artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered personalised medicine (PM). The advent of big health data analytics has enabled the synergies between AI and PM, which are mainly divided into four groups: digital diagnostics, therapy planning, risk prediction, disease self-management. As these innovative technologies rapidly and simultaneously evolve, HTA serves as a key framework to assess their clinical effectiveness, economic value, equity and ethical implications, ensuring they deliver meaningful benefits to patients and healthcare systems.

Moderator Panelists
A/Prof. Wee Hwee Lin
Director
Centre for Health Interventions and Policy Evaluation Research
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Ms. Kelly Lenahan
Director
Global HTA Initiatives
Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)

Topic: Global Perspectives On The Use Of AI In HTA
A/Prof. Chen Wenjia
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Topic: Advancing AI-Empowered Precision Medicine: Current Landscape Of HTA And Reimbursement
Prof. Mark Sculpher
Professor of Health Economics
University of York

Topic: Ensuring Value For Money From Medicines In The AI Era: The Principles Of Decision Making In The Face Of Heterogeneity
Dr. Xiao Yue
Division Chief
National Center for Medicine and Health Technology Assessment of China

Topic: HTA Of AI-powered PM: Case Studies From China
1030 - 1100 Tea Break
1100 - 1300 Oral Presentations
1300 - 1430 Lunch
1330 - 1430 Poster Presentations
1430 - 1630 Oral Presentations
1630 - 1700 Tea Break
1700 - 1800 Result Discussion
Time Programme
0830 - 0900 Registration
0900 - 1120
Plenary 3:

Translating HTA into Impactful Results: Value-Based Healthcare

The session discusses how HTA helps to achieve value-based healthcare (VBHC), showcasing the importance of implementation strategies to drive adoption of cost-effective health technologies, and measurement systems to understand the impact of HTA on health outcomes and healthcare systems. International health economics outcomes research, translation of evidence to policy guidelines at a national level, the role of price volume agreements and risk sharing agreements in VBHC, and perspectives on the practical application of VBHC towards tangible measurable outcomes will be discussed.

Moderator Panelists
Dr. Huang Li-Ying (Grace)
Director
Division of Health Technology Assessment
Center for Drug Evaluation, Taiwan 		Dr. Joanne Yoong
ISPOR VBHC Task Force

Chief Executive Officer, Research for Impact

Topic: VHBC Through The Lens Of Health Economics Outcomes Research (HEOR)
Dr. Kavitha Rajsekar
Senior Scientist, Department of Health Research
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Topic: Translation of HTA Evidence Into Policy Guidelines For Cost Saving At a National Level in India
Ms. Lin Liang
Head
Agency for Care Effectiveness
Ministry of Health, Singapore

Topic: Role And Use of HTA In Implementing Value-Based Healthcare: The Singapore Story
Dr. Yot Teerawattananon
Secretary General
Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP)
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Topic: Value-Based Healthcare Through The Thai HTA Lens: Insights, Impact, And Impediments
Dr. Wija Oortwijn
Senior Lecturer
Radboud University Medical Center

Chair, Insured Package Advisory Committee
National Health Care Institute, The Netherlands

Topic: Developments In Value Frameworks To Inform The Allocation Of Healthcare Resources
1120 - 1150 Tea Break
1150 - 1220
Sharing Session 2:

Valuation Survey of a new region-specific preference-based measure, AP-7D: One of the first PBM internationally developed in East and Southeast Asia

This session presents the valuation survey findings of the AP-7D tool across several Asian countries. The AP-7D, jointly developed by HTAsiaLink and C2H Japan, is a novel preference-based measure used to calculate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) as well as evaluate health states and has been specifically designed for Asian populations.

Moderator Panelists
Dr. Eri Hoshino
Head, International Division
Centre for Outcomes Research and Economic Evaluation for Health (C2H, as a member of INAHTA)
National Institute of Public Health (NIPH)

Chief, Division of Policy Evaluation, Department of Health Policy
National Centre for Child Health and Development, Japan 		Dr. Yot Teerawattananon
Secretary General
Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP)
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Dr. Morii Yasuhiro
Center for Outcomes Research and Economic Evaluation for Health (C2H), Japan
Prof. Jeonghoon Ahn
Ewha Womans University, Korea
Dr. Nan Luo
Associate Professor
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

1220 - 1320 Closing Ceremony
1320 - 1430 Lunch
1430 - 1530 Member and Council Meeting
1530 - 1630 Board Meeting
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