First Global Forum on Heat and Health

• Keynote 1: Facing the Future of a Warming World Kristie Ebi, University of Washington & Lead Author of IPCC SR1.5
• Keynote 2: Making a difference in the context of DRR Virginia Murray, Head of Disaster Risk Reduction at Public Health England
• Heat-related Health Impacts in Subtropical Cities: Global Overview and Research Frontiers in Hong Kong Emily Chan, Director of the Centre for Global Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Building Heat Health Management Networks: Partnerships and capacity Julie Arrighi
• Understanding Risk and Predicting Health Outcomes Sari Kovats, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Observations, forecasts, early warnings and information to inform action Hannah Nissan, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
• Actions to manage heat risks - interventions and effectiveness Shubayu Saha, US Center for Disease Control
• Taking Action: Engagement, Outreach, and communications Margaret Harris, Risk Communications Adviser, WHO

• North and East Asia: Luo Ming, Lau Ngar-Cheung, CUHK
• South and South East Asia: Subhash Bhan, India Meteorology Department
• Africa and Middle East: Ousman Ndiaye, ANACIM Senegal Department of Meteorology
• Australia and Pacific: John Nairn, University of Adelaide, State Manager South Australia, Bureau of Meteorology
• North America: Melissa McDonald, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Caribbean and South America: Cedric VanMeerbeck (CIMH) Natalia Herrera, NMS Argentina
• Europe: Andreas Matzarakis, Research Center Human Biometeorology of the German Meteorological Service (DWD)

• North and East Asia: Gloria Chan, CUHK, Asuka Suzuki-Parker, University of Rissho - Japan
• South and South East Asia: Liviu Vedrasco, WHO-Thailand
• Africa, North Africa, Middle East: Rachid Wahabi, Ministry of Health, Morocco
• Australia and Pacific: Leigh Wilson, University of Sydney, Australia
• North America: Juli Trtanj NOAA
• South America and Caribbean: Francisco Chesini, Ministry of Health, Argentina
• Europe: Hans-Guido Mucke German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt/UBA)

• Heat and Health in Thailand, Benjawan Tawatsup, Thailand Ministry of Public Health,
• Heatwave mortality in Summer 2013-14 in Argentina, Francesco Chesini, Ministry of Health and Social Development, Argentina
• Recent Trends in Temperature, Vulnerability and Heat-Attributable Mortality in Europe, Joan Ballester, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
• Identifying and Attributing Heat Effects in rural Bangladesh, Peter Kim Streatfield, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

• Impacts of Occupational Heat Strain on Health and Productivity, Andreas Flouris, University of Thessaly, Greece
• Meta-analysis on the efficacy of heat mitigation measures and optimisation of hydration, Jason Lee, National University of Singapore
• Should electric fans be used in a heatwave? Ollie Jay, The University of Sydney

• Personal heat protective measures during the 2017 heatwave in Hong Kong: a telephone survey study, Holly CY Lam, Emily YY Chan, Asta YT Man, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Identifying and engaging with groups vulnerable to heat risk, Ashley Ward, CISA

• Weather & Climate Information for Heat Health Management Systems: Users Perspective, Glenn McGregor, Durham University
• Heat Forecasting: Advancing our Capabilities and Knowing our Limitations, Melissa MacDonald, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Heatwave Early Warning System in Argentina, Natalia Herrera, National Meteorological Service, Argentina
• Indian Heat Early Warning System: Observations, Forecasts and Information Products, Subash Bhan, India Meteorological Department
• Providing Heatwave Forecasts in a Region with Low Predictability: A Caribbean Approach, Cedric Van Meerbeeck, Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Barbados)

• Governance and Difference: lessons from northern Australia, Elspeth Oppermann, Technical University of Munich, Germany
• Japanese Heat Health Warning System, Michihiko Tonouchi, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center
• Catalytic action of the Ahmedabad HHWS: scaling up action across India, Dileep Mavalankar, Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, India
• Early Warning System in Argentina: the result of a collaborative work, Francisco Chesini, Ministry of Health and Social Development, Argentina
• United States National Heat Health Information System, Hunter Jones, Shubhayu Saha, Juli Trtanj, NOAA and US-CDC
• Working with Family Doctors - Opportunities for global impact, Donald Li, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), Hong Kong
• Experience working with community based organizations - opportunities for impact and community capacity building, Julie Arrighi, Red Cross Climate Center
• Virginia Murray on behalf of Emer O'Connell, Interim Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection, Public Health England, Heatwave Plan for England
• Address on forging Partnerships in India to scale up heat related policy (video recording), Sujata Saunik, Indian Administrative Service, India

• New York City’s Response to Summer Heat, Kazuhiko Ito, New York City Department of Health
• Actions to manage heat risk: Cooling centers in Arizona, Dave Hondula, Arizona State University & Maricopa County Department of Public Health
• Reducing the Impact of Heat Waves on Urban Poor: Baseline results from a cluster randomized trial in Karachi, Pakistan, Junaid Razzak, Johns Hopkins
• Prevention of heat-related excess mortality - Intervention, Yasushi Honda, University of Tsukuba
• Heat Hazards to Human Health: Focus on Feasible and Sustainable Solutions, Lars Nybo, HEAT SHIELD
• The Overheating Cities and Adaptions, Ren Chao, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Forecast based financing, Jerome Faucet, Red Cross Vietnam
• Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of heat early warning systems, Tom Kosatsky, Canada: warning system
• Dileep Mavalankar: India: Ahmedabad heat action plan

Reducing Residential Air-Conditioning (AC) Use in the Tropics: Systems Dynamics Scenarios of Climate Sensitive Buildings in Malaysia
Name: David Tan
Institution: German Red Cross & IMHEN

Is heat stress really a human health problem in hot countries? Heat acclimatization and vulnerabilities of people living in the Sahel. The case of Senegal
Name: Richard Lalou
Institution: MERIT / IRD-Université Paris-Descartes

Heat Wave Warnings: Thresholds, Customization, Dissemination and Cooperation in India
Name: Subhash Chander Bhan
Institution: India Meteorological Department, New Delhi

Heatwaves in the Sahel: Comparison of thermal indices and physical processes
Name: Kiswendsida Hyacinthe GUIGMA
Institution: University of Sussex

Development of impact-based forecasting system for heat waves in South Korea, integrated with Limited-area ENsemble prediction System (LENS)
Name: Miloslav Belorid
Institution: NIMS/KMA

Building scale Heat-stress and health impact assessment by land cover based on BioCAS-PT
Name: Ji-Sun LEE
Institution: NIMS/KMA

The Korean Heat-Health Warning System (HHWS) on a national and an urban scale
Name: Changbum CHO
Institution: NIMS/KMA

The Impact of Global Warming on Permafrost-locked Pathogens
Name: V. Anne Burg
Institution: Rollins College

Occupational Exposure to Heat Stress and Hot Environments
Name: Brenda Jacklitsch
Institution: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)/National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)

A vertical approach to monitoring microclimates of urban street canyons
Name: Paulina PY WONG
Institution: Lingnan University

Urban heat islands in Hong Kong: Statistical modeling and trend detection
Name: Leung Yu Ting
Institution: School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong

Heat stress in future Hong Kong
Name: Cheung King Yeung
Institution: City University of Hong Kong

Effects of High Temperature on Existing Allergic Symptoms Among Adu;ts: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Telephone Study
Name: Emily Chan
Institution: CCOUC

Personal Heat Protective Measures During the 2017 Heatwave in Hong Kong: A Telephone Survey Study
Name: Emily Chan
Institution: CCOUC