Program (tentative, subject to change)
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6 July (Monday) |
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4.30pm – 6.30pm 7.00pm – 9.30pm |
The 111st GP-TCM RA BoD meeting Dinner |
All BoD members, chairs and co-chairs of 7 IGs only |
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Day 1: 7 July (Tuesday) |
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8.30am – 9.15am |
Registration |
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9:15am – 10:00am |
Opening ceremony
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Dr. Mei WANG President of GP-TCM RA Prof. Lidan ZHONG Host of the meeting Prof. Kanaga SABAPATHY Chair, School of Biological Sciences Dr. Ho Pin TEO Guest of Honour Chairman of TCM Practitioners Board, Singapore |
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10:00am – 10:30am |
Keynote speech 1 Chairperson: Prof. Simon Ming-Yuen LEE Title: Relevance of edible and medicinal plants as neuroprotective agents |
Prof. Alberto Carlos PIRES DIAS University of Minho, Portugal |
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10:30am – 11:00am |
Tea/coffee break & poster/exhibition viewing session |
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11:00am – 11:30am |
Keynote speech 2 Chairperson: Dr. Chris Kam Wa CHAN Title: Past, present, and future of integrative oncology |
Dr. Ting BAO Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, USA |
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11:30am – 12:30pm |
Interest Group 1 – Publication Chairpersons: Dr. Myeong Soo LEE and Prof. De-An GUO |
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Title: International standards and good practice guidelines in traditional, complementary and integrative medicine: a scoping review (15 min.) |
Prof. Xuanbin WANG Hubei University of Medicine, China |
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Title: Integrity at the interface: Open science practices and predatory publishing risk (15 min.) |
Dr. Jeremy NG University of Tubingen, Germany |
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Title: The journal Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine and Technology Assessment (10 min.) |
Prof. Jianping LIU Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China |
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Title: World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine – the official journal of GP-TCM RA (10 min.) |
Prof. De-An GUO Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China |
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Title: The journals Perspectives on Integrative Medicine and Integrative Medicine Research (10 min.)
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Prof. Myeong Soo LEE Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Korea |
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12:30pm – 1:30pm |
Lunch - Lunchtime talk： From Standardised Extracts to Clinical Translation, Dr Rainy Ji (PuraPharm) |
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1:30pm – 3:00pm |
Interest Group 2 – Pharmacology & Toxicology Chairpersons: Prof. Clara Bik-San LAU and Prof. Lie-Fen SHYUR |
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Title: Pharmacological target identification and chemical biology research of bioactive components from traditional Chinese medicine (20 min.) |
Prof. Zhe WANG China Pharmaceutical University, China |
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Title: Natural products and neuroprotection (20 min.) |
Prof. Simon LEE The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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Title: From 'Agonizing Itch' to 'Sweet Relief': The quest for antipruritic TCM R&D (20 min.) |
Prof. Hong NIE Jinan University, China |
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Panel discussion on Integrative Pharmacology and Toxicology (30 min.) |
Prof. Clara Bik-San LAU, Prof. Lie-Fen SHYUR, Prof. Zhe WANG, Prof. Simon LEE, Prof. Hong NIE, Prof. Pierre DUEZ |
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3:00pm – 3:30pm |
Tea/coffee break & poster/exhibition viewing session |
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3:30pm – 5:00pm |
Interest Group 3 – Regulatory Aspects & Industry Chairpersons: Dr. Liping QU and Mr. Abraham CHAN |
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Title: Resilience, reconfiguration and adaptive innovation: Multi-dimensional governance of sustainable Chinese medicine supply chains in the UK under VUCA contexts |
Prof. George HE UK Centre of Chinese Medicine, UK |
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Title: Analytical method validation for TCM industrial applications |
Dr. Stephan HORSTEN European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy, The Netherlands |
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Title: Regulatory application of human-use experience in TCM product R&D |
Prof. Zhongqi YANG The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China |
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Title: The first B2B international trading platform for Chinese Materia Medica |
Mr. Abraham CHAN Board of Director of Shouchuang Traditional Chinese Medicine Trading Platform, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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6:30pm – 8:30pm |
Conference Dinner |
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End of Day 1 Session
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Day 2: 8 July (Wednesday) |
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9:00am – 10:30am |
Interest Group 4 – Clinical Studies Chairperson: Prof. Lidan ZHONG |
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Title: Clinical efficacy evaluation study of Tuina combined with medicated oil massage in the treatment of non-specific low back pain |
Dr. Man YUAN Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China |
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Title: Reporting, risk of bias, and trustworthy in clinical trials |
Prof. Yao LIANG Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
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Title: A gut-to-lung axis to treat obesity using Panax Notoginseng: from clinical evidence to translational mechanistic study |
Prof. Ning WANG The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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10:30am – 11:00am |
Tea/coffee break & poster/exhibition viewing session |
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11:00am – 12:30pm |
Interest Group 5 – Clinical Practice Guidelines Chairpersons: Dr. Chris Kam Wa CHAN and Dr. Wendy WONG |
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Title: Major interventions in CPGs of major depressive disorder |
Dr. Jerry Wing Fai YEUNG The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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Title: Development and application of integrated traditional Chinese medicine in the intervention for insomnia disorders |
Dr. Binbin LEI Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China |
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Title: Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acupuncture in Cancer-Related Insomnia: Methods and Framework |
Prof. Mingxiao YANG Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
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12:30pm – 2:00pm |
Lunch (Early career participants lunch gathering with President and President-Elect of GP-TCM RA) |
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2:00pm – 3:15pm |
GP-TCM RA AGM 2026 |
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3:15pm – 3:45pm |
Tea/coffee break & poster/exhibition viewing session |
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3:45pm – 4:15pm |
Keynote speech 3 Chairperson: Prof. Yuan Shiun CHANG Title: Improving global transparency in clinical trials |
Prof. Ghassan KARAM World Health Organization, Switzerland |
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4:15pm – 5:45pm |
Interest Group 6 – Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Meridians Chairperson: Prof. Jianping LIU |
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Title: The TCM community model: A cross-cultural framework through global scientific exchange |
Ms. Angie CALOR-MAN The TCM Community, The Netherlands |
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Title: Methodological challenges in the design of acupuncture trials |
Prof. Jianping LIU Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China |
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Title: Current evidence level in acupuncture research: an overview |
Prof. Myeong Soo LEE Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Korea |
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Title: Effects and mechanism of acupuncture on circadian rhythm |
Prof. Chengshun ZHANG Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China |
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End of Day 2 Session
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Day 3: 9 July (Thursday) |
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9:00am – 10:30am |
Interest Group 7 – Quality Control Chairpersons: Prof. Rudolf BAUER and Prof. Monique SIMMONDS |
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Title: Machine learning and chemometric methods for high-throughput authentication of Chinese herbs using ATR-FTIR fingerprints |
Prof. De-An GUO Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China |
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Title: Advancing herbal medicine: Extent similarity assessment for a quantitative fingerprinting approach of herbal medicinal products |
Dr. Xiao WU Bayer Consumer Health, Germany |
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Title: Development and application of artificial intelligence in quality control of traditional Chinese medicine |
Prof. Yuanjia HU University of Macau, Macau SAR, China |
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10:30am – 11:00am |
Tea/Coffee break & poster/exhibition viewing session |
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11:00am – 11:30am |
2-minute flash poster presentations from selected abstracts Chairpersons: Prof. Pierre DUEZ and Prof. Tai-Ping FAN |
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11:30am – 12:00pm |
Keynote speech 4 Chairperson: Prof. Lidan ZHONG Title: Combining the best of traditional Chinese & Western medicine: Are we ready? |
Prof. Jing Jih CHIN National Healthcare Group, Singapore |
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12:00pm – 12:15pm |
Awards presentation Chairpersons: Dr. Mei WANG and Mr. George HE |
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12:15pm – 12:30pm |
Closing ceremony |
Dr. Mei WANG President of GP-TCM RA |
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12:30pm – 2:00pm |
Lunch |
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End of Day 3 Session
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