2026 HIRA International Symposium

The Great AI Transformation: Unlocking the Future of Healthcare Innovation
- Reimagining Systems, Policies, and Practice -

Program book

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◖Program◗
✓ Opening
• Opening Remarks 33:20
: Seungkwon Hong, President, HIRA

• Congratulatory Remarks 37:47
: Hyung-hoon Lee, Second Vice Minister, Ministry of Health and Welfare
: Ki-hun Song , Chairperson, Science, ICT, Broadcasting, and Communications CommitteeCommittee, National Assembly
:Man-hee Lee, Chairperson, Health and Welfare Committee, National Assembly
:Young-seok Seo, Member of National Assembly, Democratic Party of Korea
:Sun-hee Baek, Member of National Assembly, Democratic Party of Korea

✓ Keynote Speech
⁕ Keynote Speech 1 52:14
• Scaling Fast While Doing No Harm: Incorporating AI in Health Systems
: Eric Sutherland, Senior Health Economist (OECD)
⁕ Keynote Speech 2 1:22:31
• Living Wisely with Healthcare AI: From Smart Tools to Trusted Health-System Innovation
: Joon-Ha Kim, Professor of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea)

✓ Presentation Session
⁕ Presentation 1 3:09:32
• Institutional Integration of Medical AI: Policy and oversight challenges
: Stephen Duckett, Honorary Professor of University of Melbourne (Australia)

⁕ Presentation 2 3:44:12
• AI-Driven Healthcare Innovation
: Rae-Woong Park , Professor of Ajou University College of Medicine (Korea)

⁕ Presentation 3 4:21:57
• The use of AI in medical regulatory processes by National Competent Authorities in the EU
- now and in the future
: Claus Møldrup, Director of Data & Data Analysis of Danish Medicines Agency (Denmark)

⁕ Presentation 4 5:02:18
• Maximizing Digital Technology in Taiwan’s NHI: Innovation Meets Responsibility
: Lian-Yu Chen, Director General of National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)

✓ Panel Discussion
⁕ Discussion 5:59:42
• Moderator
: Ju-Han Kim, Professor of Seoul National University College of Medicine (Korea)

• Panel
: Stephen Duckett, Honorary Professor of University of Melbourne (Australia)
: Rae-Woong Park, Professor of Ajou University College of Medicine (Korea)
:Claus Møldrup, Director of Data & Data Analysis of Danish Medicines Agency (Denmark)
:Lian-Yu Chen, Director General of National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)
:Hongsoo Kim, Professor of Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health & AI Institute (Korea)
:Jung-Hwan Park, Director of Division of Health AI and Data Policy of Ministry of Health and Welfare (Korea)
:Moo-Sung Kim, Director General of AX Innovation Department of HIRA (Korea)