Scientific Program
Schedule
※Schedule will be updated accordingly.
※Student Forum will be held on Thursday 7th (Day 2).
※The 58th Japanese Occupational Therapy Congress ＆ EXPO in Hokkaido 2024 will be held at the same venue on November 9th (Sat.) and 10th (Sun.).
Program
Keynote Address 1Interpretation (ENG⇔JPN)
“Community Design：Create a system of the people, by the people, for the people”
- Wednesday, November 6th 2024 11:00-12:30
- Chair
- Jumpei Oba
(Chair, The 8th Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress 2024 / Vice President & WFOT Delegate of JAOT /Professor, The Faculty of Rehabilitation Department of Occupational Therapy, Kobe Gakuin University, JAPAN)
Jumpei Oba
Keynote Address 2Interpretation (ENG⇔JPN)
“Occupational Therapy; Thriving on Opportunities”
- Saturday, November 9th 2024 10:00-11:30
Samantha Shann
- Chair
- Shinichi Yamamoto
(President, Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists / Convenor, 8th Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress, JAPAN）
Shinichi Yamamoto
Sato Memorial Lecture
- Thursday, November 7th 2024 11:00-12:30
- Speaker
- Haruki Nakamura
(Deputy Director, Senri Rehabilitation Hospital / Former President, Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists, JAPAN）
Haruki Nakamura
- Chair
- Ling-Hui Chang
(President, Asia-Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group / Convenor, 8th Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress, TAIWAN)
Ling-Hui Chang
Symposium 1
“Empowering Collaborative Community: Community Development”
- Wednesday, November 6th 2024 13:30-15:00
- Speaker
- Akie Kawamura
(Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, JAPAN)
Carolyn Unsworth
(Professor, Federation University Australia, AUSTRALIA)
Sk. Moniruzzaman
(Associate Professor & Head, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, BANGLADESH)
Akie Kawamura
Carolyn Unsworth
Sk. Moniruzzaman
- Chair
- Adam Lo
(Secretary, Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group / WFOT Delegate, Occupational Therapy Australia / Lecturer, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University / Mental Health Clinician, Disaster Recovery Team, Metro South Health, Queensland Government, AUSTRALIA)
Tatsuya Suzuki
(Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Science, Seirei Christopher University, JAPAN)
Adam Lo
Tatsuya Suzuki
Symposium 2
“Innovative Technology and Occupational Therapy”
- Thursday, November 7th 2024 9:00-10:30
- Speaker
- Kounosuke Tomori
(Professor, Tokyo University of Technology, Department of Rehabilitation, Major of Occupational Therapy, JAPAN)
Tsan-Hsun Huang
(Chief advisor, OOPS limited Company / Commissioner, Disability Welfare Institution Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare, TAIWAN)
Kounosuke Tomori
Tsan-Hsun Huang
- Chair
- Patrick Ker
(Senior Principal Occupational Therapist, Singapore General Hospital / Adjunct Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology, SINGAPORE)
Yuho Okita
(Soaring Health Sports, Wellness and Community Centre, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
Patrick Ker
Yuho Okita
Symposium 3
“Building Evidence in Occupational Therapy”
- Friday, November 8th 2024 9:00-10:30
- Speaker
- Takashi Takebayashi
(Professor, Department of Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, JAPAN)
Ling-Yi Lin
(Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy, National Cheng Kung University, TAIWAN)
Bhing Leet Tan
(Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology, SINGAPORE)
Takashi Takebayashi
Ling-Yi Lin
Bhing Leet Tan
- Chair
- Lynette Mackenzie
(Professor of Occupational Therapy, University of Sydney / Research Program Co-ordinator, World Federation of Occupational Therapists / Vice President, Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group, AUSTRALIA)
Satoru Amano
(Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Course, Department of Rehabilitation, School of Allied Health Science, Kitasato University, JAPAN)
Lynette Mackenzie
Satoru Amano
Symposium 4
“Innovative Role of Occupational Therapy ”
- Friday, November 8th 2024 11:00-12:30
- Speaker
- Atsushi Motohiro
(President, Canvas Inc., JAPAN)
Ji Seokyeon
(Co-director, Center of Sensory Integration toward Social and Occupational being, KOREA)
Ellie Fossey
(Professor, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University, AUSTRALIA)
Atsushi Motohiro
Ji Seokyeon
Ellie Fossey
- Chair
- Dan Johnson
(OTNZ-WNA - Occupational Therapy New Zealand, NEW ZEALAND)
Kayoko Takahashi
(Vice-chair, The 8th Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress 2024 / Director & WFOT 1st Alternate of JAOT / Professor, Kitasato University, JAPAN)
Dan Johnson
Kayoko Takahashi
Education Workshop
- Wednesday, November 6th 2024 13:30-17:00
- Speaker
- Ling-Hui Chang
(President, Asia-Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group/Convenor, 8th Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress, TAIWAN)
Abstract
- Chair
Ling-Hui Chang