AMAC 2025 will bring together our AM Community and leaders across SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC to examine and reflect on the latest developments and challenges in academic health systems as they engage with internationally renowned academic clinicians to shape the way forward and emerge stronger as an AMC. This three-day hybrid event will also see the return of the highly successful Academic Hour with AMAC which will feature two plenary lectures by prominent world-class thought leaders, centred on the current hot topics in academic medicine.
There are changes to the date and time for Academic Hour with AMAC. For AMAC Dialogues, there will be two sessions for each theme. Please refer to the AMAC 2025 programme (updated as of 7 April 2025) below. Affected registered participants will be informed seperately by email.
Day 1 (15 April 2025):
Day 3 (17 April 2025):
Participation at AMAC 2025 is free and open to all SingHealth & Duke-NUS Faculty, Staff & Students.(Onsite attendance is strongly encouraged)
Note: Programme is subject to change
9:30am
Academic Hour #1Evidence for Action to Improve Population Health
12:15pm
1:45pm
AMAC Dialogue #1 Discovery - Innovation - Entrepreneurship
Unlocking Healthcare Innovation in AMC through Entrepreneurship & CommercialisationThis session is about the discovery and implementation of new healthcare innovations at SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC drive entrepreneurial and commercial opportunities, to enhance patient care, efficiency, and accessibility. We will explore the administrative challenges and ecosystem needs required to maximize innovation impact, with talent development fuelling this process.
Session Leads & Moderators: Prof Tina Wong and Asst Prof Ann-Marie Chacko
Venue: The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium (Academia) & Zoom Webinar
3:30pm
Tea Break
From Concept to Commerce: Navigating Risk, Investment, and Talent in Healthcare EntrepreneurshipThis sub-session assesses the roadblocks for successful deployment andcommercialisation of technology via setting up startup companies, and how these can be overcome by leveraging resources internal and external to the SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC.
5:00pm
End of Day 1
Academic Hour #2Large Scale Phenotyping in Biobanks
Speaker: Professor Russ B. Altman (Joining us online)Click here to read more
Moderators: Clin A/Prof Tan Ee Shien and Prof Iain Tan
Note: Please note that the session originally scheduled for 15 April 2025 at 11:15 AM has been rescheduled to 16 April 2025 at 8:00 AM
9:00am
AMAC Dialogue #3Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Overview
10:45am
Tea break
11:15am
Lunch
1:15pm
AMAC Dialogue #5Precision Health and Convergence Science
This session explores the two concepts of Precision Health and Convergence Science which intersect in today’s Healthcare. Both encapsulates transdisciplinary, multidimensional domains of science ranging from behaviourial to social science to innovation and omics. In our dialogue with the AMAC, we will focus on 3 aspects that are important in advancing the Convergence Science agenda – Education; Innovation; and Global Health.
AMAC Dialogue #6Precision Health and Convergence Science
Thought Leadership on Convergence Science in Environmental Sustainabilityand Medical Device Safety RegulationsThis sub-session will discuss on sustainability in healthcare covers environmental sustainability, safety, and local/global pandemic preparedness. We will discuss the relevance of Convergence Science in SingHealth sustainability efforts, highlighting medical device safety and global pandemic preparedness as examples.
Venue: L1-S1 (Academia) & Zoom Meeting
6:00pm
End of Day 2
10:00am
Fireside Chat / Tea Session 2A (Young Clinician Researchers)(By Invitation only)
Fireside Chat / Tea Session 2B (Early Career Educators)(By Invitation only)
2:30pm
AMAC 2025 Closing Meeting
Introduction and Welcome by VD OAM / GD AM
AMAC Recommendations by AMAC Members
Appreciation of AMAC Members
4:00pm
