Event archive.
Conferences, symposia, workshops, and seminars where the lab's healthcare research meets the wider community.
6 events from the live website.
International Symposium on Healthcare and Transportation
About the Symposium :
Students, academics, business representatives and government officials who received invitations. Guests will attend from Bangladesh and other Asian countries, including Japan.
The Honda Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) (Founders: Brothers Soichiro and Benjiro Honda; President: Hiroto Ishida) will co-host the symposium titled “International Symposium on Healthcare and Transportation” with Grameen Communications at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, on Saturday, 1st November and Sunday, 2nd November 2025. In this symposium, we will identify the issues surrounding healthcare and transportation in Bangladesh and Japan. Renowned experts in various areas from academia, government, and industry will share unique initiatives that are taking place in each country to address challenges. We will invite young professionals from both countries to explore what the future holds.
SourceSocialTech2025: The 7th International Conference on Healthcare, SDGs and Social Business
Theme: Innovating Healthcare, Empowering humanities
About the Conference :
The 7th SocialTech Summit and International Conference on Healthcare, SDGs, and Social Business is an upcoming event that aims to bring together experts, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from various fields to discuss the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in social technology, healthcare, sustainable development goals (SDGs), and social business. The conference will provide a platform for sharing innovative ideas, best practices, and research findings related to these domains, with the ultimate goal of promoting social impact and positive change. Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities, attendees will gain insights into the latest trends, strategies, and technologies that can help address the most pressing social and environmental issues of our time. The conference is expected to attract participants from diverse backgrounds and promises to be a valuable opportunity for learning, collaboration, and inspiration. This will be a hybrid event, expecting over 500 participants from around the world.
SourceSocialTech2024: The 6th International Conference on Healthcare, SDGs and Social Business Transforming Healthcare: Bridging Gaps, Empowering Communities
Transforming Healthcare: Bridging Gaps, Empowering Communities
About the Conference :
In a world where half of the global population lacks access to essential health services and 800 million people endure significant financial burdens for medical care, the need for transformative solutions is paramount. The 6th International Conference on Healthcare, SDGs and Social Business recognizes the potential of disruptive technologies to address these challenges. It is our firm belief that by developing affordable, portable, and usable technologies, we can bridge the existing healthcare gaps and empower underserved communities.
SourceThe 5th SocialTech Summit and Conference on Healthcare, SDGs, and Social Business
The 6th SocialTech Summit and Conference on Healthcare, SDGs, and Social Business were held on March 19-21, 2023 at the Ito campus of Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, and online. The event was spread over three days and included 13 sessions. Participants from 25 countries registered for the conference, and the total number of registrations was 598. Over 50 speakers talked about different issues related to the conference theme. The conference section included 23 paper and poster presentations.
The sessions covered a range of topics, including portable health clinics as a next-generation digital healthcare management system, innovative approaches for maternal and child health (MCH) care in a pandemic situation, advancing nursing research and education in Bangladesh, opportunities and challenges in SDGs and healthcare entrepreneurship, responsibilities of primary healthcare service providers for kidney disease, digital healthcare startups in emerging countries, digital healthcare initiatives and their impacts in emerging countries, the future of campus-based digital healthcare innovations and challenges, and the 3ZERO Leadership Challenge in Asia and Oceania.
For more information, visit https://conf.socialtech.global/ .
SourceThe 3rd Micro Health Entrepreneurship (MHE) Workshop Held in Bangladesh
Two days long Micro Health Entrepreneurship (MHE) workshop held (hybrid) on 3-4 January 2023 at Grameen Telecom Bhaban, Mirpur-1, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The objective of this workshop was to find out prospective MHEs in Bangladesh to provide affordable healthcare services to the unreached community to achieve SDG3. The workshop was organized by SocialTech Lab, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering (ISEE), Kyushu University, Japan, and Global Communication Centre, Grameen Communications, Bangladesh. Entrepreneurship training was provided by the Uddog o Uddokta, Bangladesh. A total of 15 participants got the chance to join this workshop in 3rd intake. In 1st and 2nd intake total of 45 health workers are trained to become Micro Health Entrepreneurs. Participants came from different regions of Bangladesh, and they all have medical education backgrounds.
The following resource person conducted the relevant session on these two days: Dr. Ashir Ahmed (Associate Professor), Dr. Rafiqul Islam Maruf (Associate Professor), and Mr. Forhad Hossain (Researcher) from Kyushu University, Japan, Ms. Jahan Ruma Akhtar Shirin, CEO, Uddog o Uddokta. In this two days session, participants learned about PHC's digital health system, digital health trends in Bangladesh, and basic entrepreneurship training. Health is one of the basic needs of human beings. Good health and well-being can make people more productive. Unfortunately, almost half of the world's population is unable to receive the healthcare service they need. To ensure necessary health services to all we need to implement Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Achieving UHC in all countries requires strengthening the health systems with strong financial structures. The Covid 19 pandemic exemplifies the limitations of healthcare preparation and the importance of expanding healthcare financing. To meet the health workforce requirements of the SDGs and UHC targets, over 18 million additional health workers are needed by 2030. Investment in primary healthcare, recruitment of a sufficient health workforce, quality education and training for healthcare, complementary health insurance, and complementary medicine service is necessary for achieving UHC around the world. Government policy and regular monitoring also need to make continuous progress. Monitoring progress toward UHC should focus on 2 things:
• The proportion of a population that can access essential quality health services (SDG 3.8.1)
SourceQ-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series The 92th Seminar “Role of ICT and AI to achieve 3ZEROs (ZERO Unemployment, ZERO Poverty, ZERO net CO2 Emission)
12:10 – 12:15 Introduction Prof. Scott Valentine (Research Promotion Director of Q-AOS)
12:15 – 12:40 "Role of ICT and AI to achieve 3ZEROs (ZERO Unemployment, ZERO Poverty, ZERO net CO2 Emission)”
Associate Professor Ashir AHMED (Department of Advanced Information Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University)
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