Registration and networking

Chairman’s welcome address
Adrian Murdoch, editor, HealthInvestor Asia

Keynote
Healthcare and the SGX

Sutat Chew, head of equities & fixed income unit, SGX

Panel discussion
Healthcare and capital markets

▪ Healthcare and the equity markets: local versus listing abroad

▪ Sources of funding: the public markets versus the private markets

▪ What debt is right for you: equity, bonds and loans

Chair: Adrian Murdoch, editor, HealthInvestor Asia

Rhenu Bhuller, partner, transformational health, Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan
Cheong Guan Lim, executive director, Top Glove
Saurabh Gupta, director, investment banking, Maybank Kim Eng
Ronald Ling, founder & managing director, Sanus Advisory Asia

Panel discussion
How can Asian healthcare adapt to demographics

▪ The medical challenges in north Asia and south east Asia

▪ How governments and the regulatory landscape are changing 

▪ The population pressures in different countries and the rising 

middle classes

Chair: Adrian Murdoch, editor, HealthInvestor Asia

Geoff Howie, market strategist, SGX
Shameek Basu, vice president, international investments, DaVita
Eric Loh, chief executive, Trendlines Medical Singapore
Susann Roth, senior social development specialist, Asian Development Bank 
Wei Jia Chin, group chief executive, Health Management International, Malaysia

Panel discussion
How to invest in Singapore

▪ Access to capital investors

▪ How the Singapore Exchange can help

▪ Benefits of the market

Chair: Adrian Murdoch, editor, HealthInvestor Asia
Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, chief executive & executive director, RHT Health Trust Manager

Simon Lim, senior vice president, head of equity capital market (sectors), equities & fixed income, SGX

Andrew Teo, joint lead Singapore Coverage, OCBC Bank Corporate Finance

Panel discussion
The challenge of China

▪ Where are the foreign investment opportunities in China?

▪ How to have a successful JV in China?

▪ How to invest outside the Tier 1 cities?

Chair: Adrian Murdoch, editor, HealthInvestor Asia

John Lee, founder-managing director & principal consultant, MuziHealth Consulting
Jiadi Yu, principal investment officer, International Finance Corporation

Panel discussion
Where does private equity see value?

▪ What is driving deal activity?

▪ Where are the opportunities?

▪ How have the ways that PE firms interact with investments changed?

Chair: Vernon Baxter, managing director, Investor Publishing

Vikram Kapur, partner, Bain & Company
Anne Kim, investment director, Heritas Capital Management
Abrar Mir, managing partner, Quadria Capital
Cecilia Wang, Asia healthcare investment lead, Partners Group

Panel discussion
SMEs and the Catalist

▪ How to float on the Catalist

▪ Where to get funding to grow to the next level

▪ The challenges of growth

Chair: Adrian Murdoch, editor, HealthInvestor Asia

Teck Liang Beng, chief executive, Singapore Medical Group

Mohamed Nasser Ismail, senior vice president, head of equity capital market (SMEs), head of capital market development, SGX

Gerald Ong, chief executive, PrimePartners Corporate Finance Group
Chen Yih Pong, principal, Baker & McKenzie
 

Panel discussion
Is there a perfect storm for healthcare insurance in Asia?

▪ What challenges are posed by an ageing population and rising middle class?

▪ How can insurance tap into the middle classes? 

▪ What systemic issues have chronic diseases created?

Chair: Ploy Radford, editor, HealthInvestor UK

Thalia Georgiou, founder, Asia Care Group
Michael Griffiths, regional director - healthcare, financial services & professions group, Asia, Aon Singapore

Closing remarks

Harry Hyman, publisher, HealthInvestor Asia

Adrian Murdoch, editor, HealthInvestor Asia