The Annual Conference on Disaster Preparedness and Response (ACDPR), themed "Building a Resilient Health System", was held on 8 October 2016 at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building. The Conference was co-organised by HKJCDPRI and the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine (HKCCM). 

The Conference successfully engaged a wide spectrum of stakeholders from different sectors, attracting more than 320 participants. A range of concurrent scientific sessions followed, with an attempt to provide insights to the main theme of the Conference. The topics included Crisis Leadership and Planning, Primary Healthcare, Community-based Actions, and Hospital Infrastructure and Planning. The highlight of the Conference was a roundtable discussion concentrating on multi-sectoral collaboration to build resilience for disaster preparedness and response.

Officiating guests of the conference. From left: Mr Anthony Chow, Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club;
Mr Lai Tung-kwok, Secretary for Security of the HKSAR Government; Dr Donald Li, President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine;
Prof Fung Hong, President of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine;Mr Patrick Nip, Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health) of the HKSAR Government; Dr Bernhard Schwartländer, WHO Representative in People’s Republic of China

Group photo of the guests and participants

Roundtable discussion session on “How can Hong Kong prepare for a “Hurricane Sandy?”

The ACDPR will continue to be a key initiative of HKJCDPRI to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and ideas in a quest for better disaster preparedness and response. For more information about ACDPR 2016 and its post-conference activities, please visit please visit our conference website at http://acdpr.hkjcdpri.org.hk/.