10:00 – 10:10am

Welcome Address

Dr. Pascal Rey-Herme

Group Medical Director, International SOS

10:10 – 10:50am

Keynote : COVID-19 Vaccines – A Game Changer?

Internationally-recognised Infectious Diseases expert, Prof Paul Tambyah, President-elect of International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID), will share his take on frequently asked questions surrounding vaccines:

• Availability, accessibility and safety
• The role of vaccines in enabling travel and return to work
• Are the vaccines suitable for everyone?
• What is the role of corporate organisations in vaccination programmes?
• What else do organisations need to prioritise in protecting their staff?

Prof. Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

President Elect, International Society of Infectious Diseases & Senior Consultant, Division for Infectious Diseases, National University Hospital 

10:50 – 11:20am

CEO Fireside Chat

Tune in to our chat with C Vijayakumar, President & CEO of HCL Technologies, a US$ 10.02 billion global technology company, who was rated by Business Today as the ‘Best CEO of the Year, 2020’ in IT/ITES industry,  as he shares the following:

• How is he ensuring business continuity for HCL?
• Are there any plans for a vaccination programme?
• How does he manage the resilience of his workforce and return to operations?
• What were the lessons learnt from 2020?
• What are his top concerns in 2021?

Mr. C Vijayakumar

President and CEO, HCL Technologies

31^st March 2021

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Mind First Response Training

Course Overview

The pandemic has brought upon new stressors for employees, with the isolation of working from home, fears regarding job security and concerns about the safety of their loved ones. All these can lead to the decrease in job satisfaction and productivity. How should managers handle such situations?

This course aims to equip participants with the knowledge to recognise signs and symptoms of stress, anxiety and self-harm that may be displayed by their employees. Through a mixture of lecture and role-play, managers will learn how to perform a quick assessment of their employee and apply some first response techniques as interim before a professional steps in.

Dr. Tracie Gan

Senior Medical Advisor
International SOS

20^th April 2021

3:00 - 4:30 pm

Mobility in Pandemic

Course Overview

With the availability of vaccines, there is an opportunity for business travel to resume. What do organisations need to know before making travel decisions and how can they prepare to support their travellers?

This course aims to equip participants with the knowledge of risk and pandemic tools available, where to access these tools and how to apply them. Participants will also learn how to monitor changes in travel restrictions and ensure their travel policies are able to support their travellers accordingly.

Every organisation will be receiving an International SOS propriety toolkit that includes a decision making matrix*. Ideal for organisations that have started business travel, or are planning to in the next 12 months.

*Note that this does not include real-time updates of every country’s pandemic status.

Dr. David Teo

Regional Medical Director,
Asia, International SOS

2:00 PM

Welcome address

Dr. Pascal Rey-Herme

Group Medical Director

International SOS

2:10 PM

Keynote: ADB’s role in COVID-19 Vaccination rollout, financing of the vaccine and challenges

Join our keynote speaker, Dr Patrick Osewe, as he shares his experience in helping countries respond to COVID-19 including obtaining and deploying COVID-19 vaccination through the following topics:

• Creating transparency on priority groups for vaccine administration
• Challenges in logistics of distribution and storage
• Allocation of vaccine variants to different locations

Leveraging on ICT to monitor vaccine administration

Dr. Patrick Osewe

Chief of Health Sector Group

Asian Development Bank

2:50 PM

C-Suite Fireside Chat 

Tune in to our chat as we discuss some of the following:

• Helping your workforce achieve resilience
• Impact of hybrid work environments
• Addressing issues of mental health in the workplace
• Vision of future workplace

Vaccination strategy of corporates

J. David (Dave) Payne

Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment

Chevron Corporation

2:00 PM

Opening Remarks

2:05 - 2:30 PM

Managing COVID-19 at Workplaces – Singapore’s Experience

• Overview of Singapore’s Approach
• Strategies to Combat Covid at Workplaces
  • Safe Management Measures (SMM) requirements for general workplaces
  • SMM requirements for higher risk sectors
  • Communicating requirements
  • Enforcing requirements
• Road Ahead: Tripartite effort to building workplace resilience

Sebastian Tan

Ministry of Manpower

Director of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Inspectorate

2:30 - 3:00 PM

Panel Discussion: “How Corporate Companies are Navigating the Shift from Pandemic to Endemic”

Abbott India & Western Digital will share their experiences & insights on the following:

• Their best practices for improving their workplace health, wellbeing and/or safety during the pandemic
• Common challenge in ensuring employee health, safety & wellbeing across many, different operating locations within the region
• How to balance employee wellbeing vs the organisation’s economic priorities
• Looking ahead: Foreseeable challenges for organisations navigating the shift from a pandemic to an endemic model

Dr Rohini Kamalanathan Van Hoboken

Western Digital

Senior Director, Health & Wellness, APAC

Sunil Mehra

Abbott India

General Manager

3:00 - 3:30 PM

Panel Discussion: “Return to Operations in the Endemic Model for the Energy and Infrastructure industry”

ConocoPhillips & Technip Energies will share their experiences & insights on the following:

• Key lessons learnt from managing the pandemic
• How these lessons have changed their approach to future crisis management
• Evolution of approach to managing the pandemic, with the adoption of an endemic model in Europe and USA
• Their strategies for managing employee vaccination and testing in endemic countries
• What can the Energy and Infrastructure industry in Asia do now to prepare for the transition to an endemic model

John Christian

Technip Energies

QHSES Director, APAC

Dr Grant Logan

ConocoPhillips

Regional Medical Director, Asia Pacific & Middle East