Program

The actual morning program on August 8, 2026, at Taipei Medical University.

  1. 09:00

    Opening Remarks

    President's address, an outlook on Taiwan's healthcare system, and the past, present, and future of TMU Hospital. Speakers: President Wu Mai-Szu (Taipei Medical University), Deputy Minister Lin Ching-Yi (Ministry of Health and Welfare), and Superintendent Shih Chun-Ming (TMU Hospital).

  2. 09:35

    Group Photo

    No speaker for this segment.

  3. 09:35–10:55

    Plenary Lecture 1: Challenges and Strategies for National Health

    Speaker: Sheu Huey-Herng (Deputy Director-General, National Health Research Institutes).

  4. 09:35–10:55

    Plenary Lecture 2: The End of Average Medicine

    Speaker: Yu Shyr (Vanderbilt University Medical Center). This talk followed Plenary Lecture 1 within the same session block; the program listed no separate start time for it.

  5. 10:55–11:05

    Coffee Break

    No speaker for this segment.

  6. 11:05–11:45

    Plenary Lecture 3: The Future of Global Health Innovation

    Speaker: Prof. Anurag Mairal (Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign).

  7. 11:45–12:30

    AI Reshaping the Healthcare System: Needs-Driven Innovation

    Speaker: Dr. Rush Bartlett (Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign). The note-taker did not attend this session, so no notes are available for it.

  8. Afternoon

    Afternoon Sessions (Not Attended)

    The congress continued in the afternoon with additional sessions, including on cancer care, which the note-taker did not attend; they fall outside the scope of these notes.

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