International Conference on Health, Healthcare and Eco-civilisation

International Conference on Health, Healthcare and Eco-civilisation

Venue: Keyworth Centre, Keyworth Street, London South Bank University, London SE1 6NG

Dates: 5-6 September 2015

The Conference will provide a dynamic forum for scholars, researchers, practitioners and policymakers to generate diverse cross-cultural, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives in health and wellbeing; to examine the close relationship between public health and environmental conditions and changes; and to explore possible contributions that Chinese Medicine makes to personal wellbeing in the twenty-first century.

The conference programme will also include free consultations with highly regarded practitioners from China and Europe. The consultations will afford the participant with an invaluable  opportunity to learn more about how Chinese medicine ideas of self-care may be of benefit.

Demonstrations of health-enhancing activities such as tuina massage, Tai Chi, and Chinese tea culture will be staged alongside.

The goal of the Conference is to facilitate insightful and constructive engagements among subspecialities across the fields of health and wellbeing and environmental studies, and across Chinese and Western medical traditions, to help develop an understanding of health and wellbeing in relation to environmental challenges of the contemporary world.

Programme

5 September 2015

08:30 – 09:00  Registration / coffee & tea

09:00 – 09:30  Opening remarks

His Excellency Professor XU Jialu , President of China Academy of Culture, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 9th and 10th NPC

His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales

Dr Michael DIXON, Chairman, NHS Alliance

CHEN Qiutu, President, China Energy Fund Committee

Professor David PHOENIX, Vice Chancellor, London South Bank University

 (Moderator: Professor Paul Ivey, Pro-Vice Chancellor, LSBU)

09:30 – 10:50

1.  Culture context and health: How does the cultural context influence understandings of health, and how health is managed and health care delivered in Chinese and/or European cultural contexts?

Wang Xinlu:  Cultural differences in health maintenance between China and the West

Nicola Robinson:  What is needed for an integrated approach to health and illness?

Ian Appleyard:  Threat and opportunity: Acupuncture and science

10:50-11:20  Tea break

11:20-12:20

Zhang Huamin: Cultural self-awareness and the promotion of Chinese Medicine

Hugh MacPherson:  Longer-term outcomes associated with acupuncture for chronic neck pain: The impact of traditional Chinese medical diagnosis, treatment and lifestyle advice

Paul U. Unschuld: Health care and economics: The transformation of health care delivery system in Germany

12:20-13:00  Q/A and discussion

13:00 – 14:00  Lunch

14:00-15:00

2.  Health of older people - As China and Europe are experiencing major demographic changes and an aging population, do their responses differ?

Wang Yanping: Positive roles of Chinese Medicine in the health of the elderly

Gerhard Litscher: The Sino-European high-tech acupuncture network – A contribution to the modernisation of TCM in view of the demographic changes of the 21st Century

Zhang Zhibin: Wellbeing in Chinese Medicine and healthcare of the elderly

15:00-15:30  Tea break

15:30-16:10

Luo Songping: Female healthcare and the issue of fertility in advanced age

Song Chunsheng: Wisdom on wellbeing in Chinese Medicine for elderly males

16:10-17:00  Q/A and discussion

6 September 2015

3.  Public health, healthcare and disease prevention: In the context of a rise in lifestyle-related diseases and communicable diseases, what can be learned from Sino/European responses?

9.30-10.30

Brigitte Winklehner: Understanding Chinese Medicine and maintaining health

Dai Jingang: The application of daoyin technique in Chinese Medicine to wellbeing  and healthcare

Vivienne Lo: From evidence to efficacy: The role of history in public health

10:30-11:00  Tea break

11:00-12:00

Jane Wills: How is rising obesity tackled in China and Europe?

Zhang Mingxue: Application of wellbeing theories in Chinese Medicine to CHD complication preventions

Duan Junguo: Eye diagnosis in Chinese Medicine and prevention and control of chronic diseases

12:00-13:00  Q/A and discussion

13:00-14:00  Lunch

4.   Sustainability, health and environment: Sustainable, secure and fair stewardship of food, water, biodiversity, energy, materials, and other ecosystem functions is a priority – are these issues addressed similarly in China and Europe?

14:00-15:00

Cao Hongxin:  “The oneness of man and nature” in relation to wellbeing and healthcare

Thomas Lundeberg: A novel technique for the assessment of volatile organic compounds in the environment and in human breath

Wang Aiping: Application of the fengfu point [Du16] for treating and preventing diseases

15:00-15:30  Tea break

15:30-16:30

Cui Meng: Eco-environment and healthcare

Ma Bo-Ying: Chinese Medicine is a Pan-Ecological Medical Theory and its Clinic Practice

Wang Xijun: The ecology of medicinal plants and healthcare

16:30-17:20  Q/A and discussion

17:20-17:40  Closing remarks by His Excellency Professor XU Jialu