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The Singapore Healthcare Management 2026 will be held over 3 days in Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore from 12 - 14 August 2026, bringing thought leaders from various expertise from Singapore around the world to share their insights and best practices.

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DAY 1 | 12 AUGUST 2026

Start Time Singapore Healthcare Management Congress
Simpor-Roselle Ballroom
8.00am
Registration
8.15am Coffee & Tea

9.00am
Opening Performance

9.05am
Welcome Address by Organising Chairman
Mr TAN Jack Thian
Group Chief Operating Officer
SingHealth

9.10am
Opening Address
Dr TAN See Leng
Guest-of-Honour
Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry), Ministry of Trade and Industry

9.20am Launch of SingHealth International Administrators
Fellowship Network
9.25am
Keynote Address:
Better Together: What Worked and What We Learned Through Integration
Mr Rob ALLEN
Chief Executive Officer
Intermountain Health, USA

10.00am
Tea Break

10.30am
HM 1
Transforming Ourselves Into The Health System of The Future
Prof YEOH Khay Guan
Chief Executive Officer
National University Health System, Singapore

11.30am

HM 2
AI in Healthcare

Adj Prof Adam HORSBURGH

Chief Executive Officer
Bayside Health, Melbourne, Australia

12.30pm

Poster Awards Presentation

Awards Presentation by Prof NG Wai Hoe

Group Chief Executive Officer
SingHealth, Singapore

1.00pm
Lunch
Simpor-Roselle Ballroom
Simpor Junior Ballroom

2.00pm

HM 3
Leadership in Action: Insights from Primary Care Perspective

Dr David NG Chee Chin

Chief Executive Officer

SingHealth Polyclinics

HM 4
Aspiring Executives Forum 1

Host: Mr Jeffrey CHUN
Group Chief Operating Officer
National University Health System

Presenters

    1. Kiosk to Station: Lessons from a System-Wide Transformation
Ms THOO Wen Chien
SingHealth Polyclinics

2. NUHS CARES – Transforming Care through Partnerships with Nursing Homes

Ms Cindy ONG
National University Health System


3. From ‘What’s Wrong’ to ‘What’s Strong’: Co-creating with Partners to support Mental Health in the Northeast
Mr SOW Zheng Kwok
Sengkang General Hospital

4. Beyond the Highlight Reel: An Honest Account of Managing Healthcare Innovation

Mr IFFAT Bin Mohamad Rafi
Singapore General Hospital


5. Implementation of EatWise SG in NHG Health
Ms Maple TAN
Woodlands Hospital


6. Know Before You Go: A Digital Approach to Surgery Costs and Elective Hospital Admission
Mr WONG Han Yong
KK Women's and Children's Hospital


7. Advancing Innovation Through a Medical 3D Printing Centre

Driving Clinical Value and Cost Avoidance

Ms Vivian TAN
Tan Tock Seng Hospital


8. Rooted in Growth, Reaching for More
Ms Flora ANG
Singapore General Hospital

3.00pm

HM 5
What Healthcare Needs Now: Frontline First
Dr Thomas SPIEGEL

Vice-President
Clinical Analysis and Prediction

Advent Health, USA

4.00pm
Tea Break
Simpor-Roselle Ballroom
4.30pm
HM 6
Healthcare Systemization – Challenges and Successes
Dr Gerard COLMAN
Chief Executive Officer
Baptist Health, USA
5.30pm
End of Day

DAY 1 \| 12 AUGUST 2026
Start Time	Singapore Healthcare Management Congress
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom
8.00am	Registration
8.15am	Coffee & Tea
9.00am	Opening Performance
9.05am	Welcome Address by Organising Chairman Mr TAN Jack Thian Group Chief Operating Officer SingHealth
9.10am	Opening Address Dr TAN See Leng Guest-of-Honour Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry), Ministry of Trade and Industry
9.20am	Launch of SingHealth International Administrators Fellowship Network
9.25am	Keynote Address: Better Together: What Worked and What We Learned Through Integration Mr Rob ALLEN Chief Executive Officer Intermountain Health, USA
10.00am	Tea Break
10.30am	HM 1 Transforming Ourselves Into The Health System of The Future Prof YEOH Khay Guan Chief Executive Officer National University Health System, Singapore
11.30am	HM 2 AI in Healthcare Adj Prof Adam HORSBURGH Chief Executive Officer Bayside Health, Melbourne, Australia
12.30pm	Poster Awards Presentation Awards Presentation by Prof NG Wai Hoe Group Chief Executive Officer SingHealth, Singapore
1.00pm	Lunch
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom	Simpor Junior Ballroom
2.00pm	HM 3 Leadership in Action: Insights from Primary Care Perspective Dr David NG Chee Chin Chief Executive Officer SingHealth Polyclinics	HM 4 Aspiring Executives Forum 1 Host: Mr Jeffrey CHUN Group Chief Operating Officer National University Health System Presenters 1. Kiosk to Station: Lessons from a System-Wide Transformation Ms THOO Wen Chien SingHealth Polyclinics 2. NUHS CARES – Transforming Care through Partnerships with Nursing Homes Ms Cindy ONG National University Health System 3. From ‘What’s Wrong’ to ‘What’s Strong’: Co-creating with Partners to support Mental Health in the Northeast Mr SOW Zheng Kwok Sengkang General Hospital 4. Beyond the Highlight Reel: An Honest Account of Managing Healthcare Innovation Mr IFFAT Bin Mohamad Rafi Singapore General Hospital 5. Implementation of EatWise SG in NHG Health Ms Maple TAN Woodlands Hospital 6. Know Before You Go: A Digital Approach to Surgery Costs and Elective Hospital Admission Mr WONG Han Yong KK Women's and Children's Hospital 7. Advancing Innovation Through a Medical 3D Printing Centre Driving Clinical Value and Cost Avoidance Ms Vivian TAN Tan Tock Seng Hospital 8. Rooted in Growth, Reaching for More Ms Flora ANG Singapore General Hospital
3.00pm	HM 5 What Healthcare Needs Now: Frontline First Dr Thomas SPIEGEL Vice-President Clinical Analysis and Prediction Advent Health, USA
4.00pm	Tea Break
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom
4.30pm	HM 6 Healthcare Systemization – Challenges and Successes Dr Gerard COLMAN Chief Executive Officer Baptist Health, USA
5.30pm	End of Day

DAY 2 \| 13 AUGUST 2026
Start Time	Singapore Healthcare Management Congress		Singapore Healthcare Supply Chain Management Congress
8.30am	Registration
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom	Simpor Junior Ballroom	Peony Junior Ballroom
9.00am	HM 7 DBS' Digital & AI Transformation Journey Mr LIM Him Chuan Group Executive, DBS Singapore Country Head	HM 8 What the Health Information Act Really Asks for Healthcare Operators, and How You Should Prepare Mr Gaurav KEERTHI CEO, StrongKeep, Singapore	SC1 Sustainability Beyond Hospital Walls: Reflections on Healthcare Supply Chains and Resilience Ms Astee LIM Head, Sustainability Office MOH Holdings
10.00am	Tea Break
10.30am	Patient Experience Track HM 9 Become a Leader Worth Following in the Age of AI Dr. Benjamin GRANGER Chief Workplace Psychologist Qualtrics Experience Management Institute, USA	HM 10 Protecting our Frontline – Connected through Care Opening Address: Assoc Prof PHUA Ghee Chee Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Hospital Experience), SGH Group Director, Staff Wellness, SingHealth Prof HABEEBUL RAHMAN S/O Sahul Hameed Senior Consultant Assistant Chairman Medical Board (Medical Manpower Development) Tan Tock Seng Hospital G Thevadaas Asst Vice President, Head, Commercial (Operations), Certis Land Security Dr Michelle TAN Woei Jen Head & Senior Consultant, Family Medicine and Continuing Care Singapore General Hospital Ms Shyamala NARAYANASWAMY Senior Principal Pharmacist, Pharmacy Singapore General Hospital Ms Evelyn CHNG Head, Community Health and Engagement Mindfull Community Limited Moderator: Ms Christina LIM Poh Ying Deputy Group Chief Nurse, Group Nursing Director, Staff Protection and Wellness Office, Sengkang General Hospital	SC 2 Building a Future-Ready Healthcare Supply Chain: From Climate Impact to Collective Action Mr Jude CHEN Assistant Vice President, Environmental Sustainability IHH Healthcare, Singapore
11.30am	Patient Experience Track HM 11 The New Standard for AI Transformation Mr Sutowo WONG Managing Director Temus Pte Ltd, Singapore		SC 3 Procurement Transformation Journey at PSA Mr Kevin LAI Vice President Group Procurement PSA International, Singapore
12.30pm	Lunch
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom	Simpor Junior Ballroom	Peony Junior Ballroom
1.30pm	HM 12 International Leadership Panel From Support Function to Strategic Imperative: Redefining Healthcare Administration in the Modern Hospital Host: Assoc Prof Nigel TAN Choon Kiat Group Chief Education Officer, SingHealth, Singapore Panel: Dr Jill KALMAN Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer & Deputy Physician-in-Chief Northwell Health, USA Dr Michael UGWUEKE President & CEO Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, USA Mr Rick SHUMWAY Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Stanford Health Care, USA Assoc Prof Ruban POOPALALINGAM Group Chairman, Medical Board SingHealth, Singapore	Patient Experience Track HM 13 Choosing Wisely with Patients and Caregivers Assoc Prof HAIRIL RIZAL Bin Abdullah Director, Office of Value-Driven Care, SingHealth & Senior Consultant, Division of Anaesthesiology & Periop Med, Singapore General Hospital Panel discussion Mr Ellil MATHIYAN Co-Chair, SingHealth Patient Advocacy Network (SPAN), SingHealth Ms Josie LIOW Mentor, SingHealth Patient Advocacy Network (SPAN), SingHealth Mr Steven CHAN Member, SingHealth Patient Advocacy Network (SPAN), SingHealth	SC 4 From Medicines to Patients: Building Patient-Centric Monitoring Systems in the AI Era Dr Jasmine ONG Principal Clinical Pharmacist, Singapore General Hospital
2.30pm	Patient Experience Track HM 14 Sustaining Exceptional Patient Experience Through the Care Teams’ Experience Dr. Benjamin GRANGER Chief Workplace Psychologist Qualtrics Experience Management Institute, USA	HM 15 Aspiring Executives Forum 2 Host: Mr LEE Jiunn Kee Chief Operating Officer Singapore National Eye Centre Presenters 1. The Big Move – Emergency Operations at Work Mr Mark TAN Fu Kun Singapore General Hospital 2. Healing Beyond Healthcare: Reducing Waste, Building Sustainability Ms ANG Kai Lin Tan Tock Seng Hospital 3. The Gap Hunter: Leading Healthcare Transformation for Operational Excellence Ms Regine ZHANG Liqing Singapore National Eye Centre 4. Digitalisation of Surgery Recordings Mr AW Wei Ping Alexandra Hospital	SC 5 From Landfill Targets to the Ward: Evaluating Non-Burn Waste Technologies for Singapore's Healthcare Sector Mr Klement LOW Managing Director Yarrow Medical Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore
3.30pm	Tea Break
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom		Peony Junior Ballroom
4.00pm	HM 16 Bayside Merger Adj Prof Adam HORSBURGH Chief Executive Officer Bayside Health, Melbourne, Australia	HM 15 Aspiring Executives Forum 2 5. Care Transformation with Epic MyChart Ms QUEK Mei Yin National University Health System 6. I Used to Count Bills—Now I Tell Stories with Data Ms Kim Hui Min National Heart Centre Singapore 7. Driving Efficiency - Reimagining Operations in the Emergency Department through Digitalization Ms Alexia CHAN Wen Changi General Hospital 8. Making Your Visit Easier: Digital Wayfinding at SKH Ms WAN NURUL ALWANI Binte Syed Hussein Sengkang General Hospital
5.00pm	End of Day

DAY 3 \| 14 AUGUST 2026
Start Time	Singapore Healthcare Management Congress
8.30am	Registration
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom	Simpor Junior Ballroom	Peony Junior Ballroom
9.00am	HM 17 International Leadership Panel Discussion Empowering the Next Generation of Healthcare Administrators: Micro, Macro and Meta Host: Ms Audrey LAU Group Chief Communications Officer, SingHealth, Singapore Panel: Ms Anna Sahlström Head of National and International Affairs Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden Dr CHUNG Kin Lai Chief Executive Officer CUHK Medical Centre, Hong Kong Mr Kevin SOWERS President, Johns Hopkins Health System, USA & Executive Vice President, John Hopkins Medicine, USA Dr Mitchell KATZ President & CEO NYC Health + Hospitals, USA	HM 18 The Value of Leveraging Your Data Dr Thomas SPIEGEL Vice-President Clinical Analysis and Prediction Advent Health, USA
10.00am	Tea Break
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom	Simpor Junior Ballroom	Peony Junior Ballroom
10.30am	HM 19 Developing Healthcare Leaders for Tomorrow In An Era of Unprecedented Change and Opportunity Mr Rob ALLEN Chief Executive Officer Intermountain Health, USA	Innovation Track HM 20 Introduction to Innovation: The Quiet Lessons Behind Healthcare Breakthroughs Assoc Prof Shamira PERERA Head, Glaucoma Singapore National Eye Centre	HM 21 SingHealth International Administrators Fellowship – Learning Beyond Borders Host: ONG Jie Yi Dy Director, Singapore General Hospital Presenters: 1. Trevor CHUA Choon Hoe Chief Human Resource Officer (Designate), National Neuroscience Institute Host Institution: Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital (China) 2. Mary-Ann LI Aiping Asst Director Sengkang General Hospital Host Institution: Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital (China) 3. SONG Jiahui Snr Asst Director SingHealth Community Hospitals Host Institution: Northwell Health (USA) 4. ONG Li Wen Dy Director Changi General Hospital Host Institution: NYC Health+Hospitals (USA) 5. LEE Chiew Ping Wendy Snr Asst Director, SingHealth HQ Host Institution: CUHK Medical Centre (Hong Kong, China) 6. Karen ANG Siang Ji Dy Director, SingHealth Polyclinics Host Institution: Karolinska University Hospital (Sweden) 7. Carol ANG Siow Yen Snr Asst Director Singapore General Hospital Host Institution: Stanford Health Care (USA) 8. Eileen LIM Asst Director, Singapore General Hospital Host Institution: Johns Hopkins Health System
11.30am	HM 22 Redefining Border Security and Service Delivery: ICA's Transformation Journey Mr LIAN Ghim Hua Commissioner Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Singapore	Innovation Track HM 23 The Innovation Odyssey: Learning from Every Step of the Journey Guest Speakers: Assoc Prof OH Choon Chiat Senior Consultant, Dermatology, Singapore General Hospital Ms Preeti MOHAN Senior Product Development Engineer, Kinara Vision Technologies Prof Paul CHEW Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National Univeristy of Singapore Moderator: Dr Jessica CHOO Qian Hui Associate Consultant, Cataract & Comprehensive Ophthalmology Singapore National Eye Centre
12.30pm	Lunch
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom	Simpor Junior Ballroom	Peony Junior Ballroom
1.30pm	HM 24 Building a Successful Ambulatory Care Network Dr Gerard COLMAN Chief Executive Officer Baptist Health, USA	HM 25 Aspiring Executives Forum 3 Host: Mr Christopher TAN Heng Chye Chief Financial Officer Sengkang General Hospital Presenters 1. Risk Management in SOCs Ms CHAN Xiang Ting KK Women's and Children's Hospital 2. Healthy Precinct: A Place-Based Approach to Population Health Ms NEO Wei Shan National University Health System 3. From Frontline to Frameworks: Translating Operational Experience into Crisis Planning Mr GOH Jian Ming Changi General Hospital 4. From Vision to Viability: Building the Business Case for New Healthcare Services Ms FOO Chui Ching Woodlands Hospital 5. From Manual to Automated: A Ground-Up RPA Journey in SCH MRO Ms LIANG Ming Yan SingHealth Community Hospitals & Ms NURUL ASYIQIN Binte Zaidi SingHealth Community Hospitals 6. Centralisation of Equipment Mr NG Wei Ming Alexandra Hospital 7. From Cost Pressure to Cost Mastery: The Value Champions Programme for Sustainable Healthcare Cost Management Ms Rebecca ONG Tan Tock Seng Hospital & Ms Victoria CHANG Tan Tock Seng Hospital 8. 1% Better Every Day: Transforming our Regulatory Reporting Workflow Mr Justin CHIA Singapore General Hospital
2.30pm	HM 26 Leadership Lessons from Sport Mr KON Yin Tong Managing Partner Foo Kon Tan LLP, Singapore Chairman, Sport Singapore (SportSG), Singapore
3.30pm	Tea Break
	Simpor-Roselle Ballroom
4.00pm	Asian HEAL Educator Award 2026
4.15pm	HM 27 NYC Health + Hospitals Dr Mitchell H. KATZ President & CEO NYC Health + Hospitals, USA
5.15pm	End of Day