Program (tentative, subject to change)
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6 July (Monday) |
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5.00pm – 9.00pm |
The GP-TCM RA BoD meeting |
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 Dr Ho Pin TEO, Guest of Honour, Chairman of TCM Practitioners Board |
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10:00am – 10:30am |
Keynote speech 1 Relevance of edible and medicinal plants as neuroprotective agents |
Prof. Alberto Carlos PIRES DIAS, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, 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 Past, Present, and Future of Integrative Oncology |
Dr. Ting BAO, Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living |
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11:30am – 12:30pm |
Interest Group 1 – Publication Chairpersons: Dr. Myeong Soo Lee, Prof. De-An Guo and Prof. Thomas Efferth |
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International standards and good practice guidelines in traditional, complementary and integrative medicine: a scoping review |
Prof. Xuanbin WANG, Hubei University of Medicine |
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Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine and Technology Assessment |
Prof. Jianping LIU, Director and Chair Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM |
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Integrity at the interface: Open Science Practices and Predatory Publishing Risk |
Dr. Jeremy NG, University of Tubingen, German |
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WJTCM |
Prof. De-An GUO, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China |
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" Perspectives on Integrative Medicine" and " Integrative Medicine Research"
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Prof. Myeong Soo LEE, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Korea |
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12:30pm – 1:30pm |
Lunch |
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1:30pm – 3:00pm |
Interest Group 2 – Pharmacology & Toxicology Chairpersons: Prof. Clara Bik-San Lau, Prof. Lie-Fen Shyur |
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Pharmacological Target Identification and Chemical Biology Research of Bioactive Components from Traditional Chinese Medicine |
Prof. Zhe WANG, China Pharmaceutical University, China |
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Natural products and neuroprotection |
Prof. Simon LEE, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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From 'Agonizing Itch' to 'Sweet Relief': The Quest for Antipruritic TCM R&D |
Prof. Hong NIE, Jinan University |
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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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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 |
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Analytical method validation for TCM industrial applications |
Dr. Stephan HORSTEN, European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy |
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Regulatory application of human-use experience in TCM product R&D |
Prof. Zhongqi YANG, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine |
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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 Chairpersons: Prof. Lidan Zhong |
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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 |
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Reporting, risk of bias, and trustworthy in clinical trials |
Prof. Yao LIANG, Nanyang Technological University |
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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 |
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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 Chan and Prof. Wendy Wong |
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Major interventions in CPGs of major depressive disorder |
Prof Jerry YEUNG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Development and Application of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Intervention for Insomnia Disorders |
Dr Binbin LEI, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine |
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High-Quality Real-World Evidence for TCM Clinical Decision-Making |
Prof Jing TAN, Professor, Sichuan University |
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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 Improving Global Transparency in Clinical Trials |
Prof Ghassan KARAM, World Health Organization |
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4:15pm – 5:45pm |
Interest Group 6 – Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Meridians Chairpersons: Prof. Jianping Liu |
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The TCM Community Model: A Cross-Cultural Framework through Global Scientific Exchange |
Ms. Angie CALOR-MAN, The TCM Community |
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Methodological challenges in the design of acupuncture trials |
Prof Jianping LIU, Director and Chair Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM |
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Current evidence level in Acupuncture research: an overview |
Prof Myeong Soo LEE, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine |
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Effects and mechanism of acupuncture on circadian rhythm |
Prof Chengshun ZHANG, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
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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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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 |
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Advancing Herbal Medicine: Extent Similarity Assessment for a Quantitative Fingerprinting Approach of Herbal Medicinal Products |
Dr. Xiao WU, Bayer Consumer Health |
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Development and application of artificial intelligence in quality control of traditional Chinese medicine |
Prof. Yuanjia HU, University of Macau |
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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 |
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11:30am – 12:00pm |
Keynote speech 4 Combining the Best of Traditional Chinese & Western Medicine: Are We Ready? |
Prof Jing Jih CHIN, National Healthcare Group |
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12:00pm – 12:15pm |
Awards presentation |
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12:15pm – 12:30pm |
Closing ceremony |
Closing remarks by 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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