33^rd Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) Study Cross-cultural Exchange Meeting

Meeting in Japanese

Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) is a cross-cultural study primarily based in Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Singapore, and Thailand, further expanding to India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Europe and Latin America. DIHAC is  expanding to several countries through collaboration and networking. We organize bi-monthly cross-cultural meetings to create trans-disciplinary learning opportunities for researchers, professionals, and graduate students.

The 33^rd Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) Study Cross-cultural Exchange Meeting will be held on 23^rd February 2026.

The chairperson of the 33^rd DIHAC meeting is Dr Paul Ong, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of the Tsao Foundation, Singapore. He is also concurrently adjunct Associate Professor at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University, Australia, in Ageing Studies. He has worked for the WHO as a technical lead for UHC and population ageing in South-East and East Asia. 

The first speaker is Dr Imran Pambudi, MPHM, Director of Vulnerable Group Health Services, Ministry of Health, Indonesia. With over two decades of leadership across mental health, communicable disease control, maternal health, and global health cooperation, Dr Pambudi brings extensive experience in strengthening national public health systems. He will present the health screening application developed and implemented by the Ministry of Health, Indonesia.

The second speaker is Mr Tomohiko Ueno from the Community Welfare Section, Minato City Council of Social Welfare, Tokyo, Japan. Mr Ueno will share the scale up digital empowerment programs for older persons, as well as the training provided to community volunteers who support older adults in learning how to use smartphones in Tokyo, Japan. The presentation will be delivered in Japanese, with real-time interpretation into English.

We are very glad to announce the upcoming 33^rd DIHAC meeting. Participants include multi-disciplinary researchers, global health researchers, epidemiologists, sociologists, economists, national stakeholders, medical doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, NGOs, NPOs, and PhD students from Japan, ROK, Singapore, Thailand, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, U.S.A and the UK. We would like to share this learning opportunity cross-culturally and interactively.

Date and Time:

23^rd  February 2026

18:00 to 19:15 JST (Japan, Republic of Korea)

17:00 to 18:15 SGT/CST (Singapore, China, Malaysia)

16:00 to 17:15 ICT (Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia)

14:30to 15:45 IST (India)

11:00 to 12:15 CEST (Belgium, Switzerland)

10:00 to 11:15 CET (Italy)

9:00 to 10:15 BST (United Kingdom)

in Zoom, by invitation or by registration

Meeting Access to register

(Please register by  22^nd  February 2026 if you are interested! limited seats!)

Program

Socializing (5 minutes) PI Associate Professor Myo Nyein Aung, Juntendo University, Department of Global Health Research, DIHAC study team and international participants

Presentation 1: Indonesia

Speaker: Dr Imran Pambudi, MPHM, Director of Vulnerable Group Health Services, Ministry of Health, Indonesia

Title – Health screening application developed and implemented by Ministry of Health, Indonesia

Presentation (20 minutes)

Discussion 10 minutes

Presentation 2: Japan

Speaker: Mr. Tomohiko Ueno, Community Welfare Section, Minato City Council of Social Welfare, Tokyo, Japan

Title –Scaling up the digital literacy and skills of older persons in Minato city, Tokyo , Japan

Presentation (20 minutes)

Discussion and conclusion (15 minutes)

Chairperson: Dr Paul Ong, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of the Tsao Foundation, Singapore