Research Platforms' Performance Reports GA21 2015-2017 | Page 20

EVENTS
Conference/Workshop
2015
Cost–Benefit Analysis (CBA) workshop by Associate Professor
Richard Brown
The two-day workshop was intended to give participants
an exposure to the underlying concepts and practical
solutions to the issues involved in implementing CBA
in the evaluation of projects. Specifically, it addressed
the concepts of opportunity cost and potential Pareto
improvement, and shadow pricing. The workshop included
computer laboratory sessions for hands-on experience in
completing CBA appraisals of realistic project scenarios.
2016
Mixed Method Research Workshop by Professor
Viswanath Venkatesh
This workshop was a collaboration with School of Business.
It delved into the various purposes and value of mixed
methods research. Against such a backdrop, strategies of
when and how to use mixed methods research as well as
approaches to developing meta-inferences and assessing
their quality was discussed.
2017
First Gerontechnology Symposium
The Gerontechnology Lab, in collaboration with Global
Asia in the 21st Century (GA21) Platform and School
of Business, Petrosains and the Malaysian Chapter of
IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society
(TEMS), organised this symposium. The theme of the
symposium was ‘Intergenerational Healthy Aging through
Services, Design and Technologies.’ This event was an
international and interdisciplinary forum to share and
exchange knowledge and information on the most recent
research and development, as well as practical solutions
to problems faced by older adults.
Exhibition booth: Health check by Prince Court Medical Centre
Healthcare Conference
The quest to provide healthcare as a basic human right is
often beset by a myriad of challenges. From the issue of
affordability to the issue of how to increase efficiency and
productivity while reducing wait time, the list is endless.
Efforts are being made all over the world to address these
issues and alleviate, to a certain extent, the problems
faced by the healthcare industry. The inaugural Healthcare
Conference 2017, titled ‘Improving Health and Social
Care Management in Malaysia: Learning from Global
Experience’, was held at Monash University Malaysia.
The conference brought together the brightest minds in
all respective fields to speak and network with each other,
in the hope of creating synergies that would help the
healthcare industry.
From left: Prof. Pervaiz K Ahmed, Dr. Lee Weng Keng, YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Abu Bakar
Suleiman, Dr. Khoo Chow Huat, Prof. John Benson and Prof. Amrik Sohal.
Presentation by Professor Ravindra S. Goonetilleke, Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology.
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