21st Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) Study Cross-cultural Exchange Meeting

Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) is a cross-cultural study primarily based on Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Thailand, and further expanded to India. DIHAC is expected to expand to several countries through collaboration and network. We organize bi-monthly cross-cultural meetings in order to make trans-disciplinary learning opportunity for researchers, professionals and students. Participants are multi-disciplinary researchers, global health researchers, epidemiologists, sociologists, economists, medical doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, NGOs, NPOs, and PhD students from Japan, ROK, Singapore, Thailand, Kenya, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, South Africa, Ukraine, the Netherlands, U.S.A and the UK.

In the decade of healthy ageing (2020-2030), enhancing community empowerment is essential for fostering the well-being and quality of life of aging populations. By creating age-friendly environments, cities around the world are taking proactive steps to ensure that older individuals can continue to lead fulfilling lives by participating in community activities. Recently these activities are named as community based social innovation (CBSI). In this 21st Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) Study Cross-cultural Exchange Meeting, we will explore the distinct cross-cultural approaches to CBSI in India, and Singapore, gaining valuable insights into their respective strategies and innovations. Healthy ageing and long-term care initiatives in India, the world’s biggest population, and digital inclusion initiatives in Singapore, the global and Southeast Asia regional leader in digital economy, are utmost interest for scholars, researchers, professionals and policy makers.

Chairperson of the 21st DIHAC meeting is Silvia Perel-Levin, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and International Longevity Centre Global Alliance (ILC GA) main representative to the UN, Geneva, Chair sub-committee on the human rights of older persons. Past Chair, Geneva NGO Committee on Ageing, Geneva. She is a highly respected international expert and leading advocate on human rights and ageing. It would be an honor for us to gain insights into the interactions among her, three engaging speakers, and the audience.

It is a great pleasure to announce the upcoming 21st DIHAC meeting which will exchange evidence, initiatives and experiences from India and Singapore cross-culturally. We want to share this learning opportunity with our friends, colleagues, experts, scholars and researchers around the world.  We would like you to join us for an informative and engaging discussion.

Date and Time:

21st February 2024

18:00 to 19:45 JST (Tokyo, Seoul)

17:00 to 18:45 Singapore 

16:00 to 17:45 Bangkok 

14:30 to 16:15 India

in Zoom, by invitation or by registration

Meeting Access to register

(Please register by 20th February 2024 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

(5-10 min)

Presentation 1: Republic of India

Speaker: Mahendra Kumar Gupta, Advocate Supreme Court, President Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) Woodbury Towers and Convener of all RWA Charmwood Village, Faridabad

Title – Healthy Ageing activities of residential welfare association in the neighborhood of Faridabad, Haryana, Delhi NCR.

(20 minutes) 

Discussion 10 minutes

Presentation 2: Republic of India

Speaker: Saurabh Bhagat, CEO and Sujit Kumar Das Mohapatr, General Manager, Sheows Foundation

Title –Home for the abandoned older persons in Delhi NCR region.

(20 minutes)

Discussion 10 minutes

Presentation 3: Republic of Singapore

Speaker: Adrian Tan, Co-Founder and Chief Empathy Officer at SG Assist

Title –Empowering older Singaporeans’ minds and lives : integrating food rescue with digital inclusion and Gerontechnology Ambassadors

(20 minutes)

Discussion and conclusion (15 minutes)

Chairperson: Silvia Perel-Levin,International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and International Longevity Centre Global Alliance (ILC GA) main representative to the UN, Geneva, Chair sub-committee on the human rights of older persons. Past Chair, Geneva NGO Committee on Ageing, Geneva

The meeting is organized in collaboration with Manav Rachna International Institute for Research Studies. India.