Agenda for COVID-19: Health and Humanities – Online International Conference
Website: https://planetaryhealth2020.website/
Day 1: 2020/04/16 (Thursday)
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			 Time (GMT+8)  | 
			
			 Topic  | 
			
			 Chairman  | 
		
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			 16:30 – 16:40  | 
			
			 Opening Remarks Director of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences: Ming-Jen Lin Dean of College of Public Health: Chang-Chuan Chan  | 
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			 16:40 – 16:50  | 
			
			 COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Humanities (Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen)  | 
			
			 Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung  | 
		
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			 16:50 – 17:00  | 
			
			 Pandemics in History: Before and After (Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung)  | 
			
			 Prof. Luiz Oosterbeek  | 
		
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			 17:00 – 17:10  | 
			
			 From Humankind towards Humanity, through epidemics and sociocultural cohesion (Prof. Luiz Oosterbeek)  | 
			
			 Prof. Laurent Tissot  | 
		
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			 17:10 – 17:20  | 
			
			 History, tourism and epidemics, the example of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice (Prof. Laurent Tissot)  | 
			
			 Dr. Zoltán Somhegyi  | 
		
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			 17:20 – 17:30  | 
			
			 Coffee Break  | 
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			 17:30 – 17:40  | 
			
			 Ethical Issues Associated with COVID-19 Pandemic (Prof. Yen-Yuan Chen)  | 
			
			 Prof. Tim Jensen  | 
		
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			 17:40 – 17:50  | 
			
			 Religion and Health. Aspects of a Study-of- Religion(s) Perspective. With Special Regard to Covid-19. (Prof. Tim Jensen)  | 
			
			 Prof. Jesús de la Villa  | 
		
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			 17:50 – 18:00  | 
			
			 History and literature in times of epidemic (Prof. Jesús de la Villa)  | 
			
			 Prof. Mu-chou Poo  | 
		
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			 18:00 – 18:10  | 
			
			 COVID-19 and aesthetics (Dr. Zoltán Somhegyi)  | 
			
			 Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen  | 
		
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			 18:10 – 18:20  | 
			
			 Recommendation and summary  | 
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			 18:20 – 18:40  | 
			
			 Discussion (Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen & Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung)  | 
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Local Starting Time:
USA (MST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 1:30 a.m.
USA Minnesota (CST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:30 a.m.
USA New York (EST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 a.m.
Canada: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 a.m.
Grenada: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 a.m.
Portugal: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.
UK: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.
Denmark: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.
France: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.
Hungary: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.
Spain: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.
Switzerland: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.
Nepal: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 1:45 p.m.
Bangladesh: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
Myanmar: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.
Vietnam: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.
Laos: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.
Thailand: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.
China: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
Hong Kong: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
Indonesia: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
Malaysia: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
Singapore: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
Japan: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
Korea: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
Day 2: EST/MST/CST/PST 2020/04/16 (Thursday)
GMT(+0)/GMT(+9) 2020/04/17 (Friday)
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			 Time (GMT+8)  | 
			
			 Topic  | 
			
			 Chairman  | 
		
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			 8:30 – 8:40  | 
			
			 Opening Remarks Dean of College of Public Health: Chang-Chuan Chan  | 
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			 8:40 – 8:50  | 
			
			 COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Humanities (Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen)  | 
			
			 Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung  | 
		
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			 8:50 – 9:00  | 
			
			 Pandemics in History: Before and After (Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung)  | 
			
			 Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen  | 
		
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			 9:00 – 9:10  | 
			
			 Value and philosophy in response to pandemic COVID-19 (Prof. Philip Buckley)  | 
			
			 Prof. Marta Hanson  | 
		
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			 9:10 – 9:20  | 
			
			 Orthodox and alternative medicine for treating COVID-19 (Prof. Marta Hanson)  | 
			
			 Prof. Philip Buckley  | 
		
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			 9:20 – 9:30  | 
			
			 Coffee Break  | 
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			 9:30 – 9:40  | 
			
			 COVID-19 and Learning to Be Human (Prof. Harold Sjursen)  | 
			
			 Prof. Cheuk-Yin Lee  | 
		
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			 9:40 – 9:50  | 
			
			 COVID-19: Humanity and Health in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) (Prof. Cheuk-Yin Lee)  | 
			
			 Prof. Harold Sjursen  | 
		
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			 9:50 - 10:00  | 
			
			 COVID-19 and Mental Health (Prof. Tzung-Jeng Hwang)  | 
			
			 Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen  | 
		
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			 10:00-10:10  | 
			
			 Recommendation and summary  | 
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			 10:10-10:30  | 
			
			 Discussion (Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen & Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung)  | 
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Local Starting Time:
USA (MST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
USA Minnesota (CST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.
USA New York (EST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.
Canada: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.
Grenada: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.
Portugal: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 1:30 a.m.
UK: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 1:30 a.m.
Denmark: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.
France: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.
Hungary: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.
Spain: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.
Switzerland: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.
Nepal: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 5:45 a.m.
Bangladesh: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.
Myanmar: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.
Vietnam: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.
Laos: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.
Thailand: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.
China: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.
Hong Kong: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.
Indonesia: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.
Malaysia: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.
Singapore: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.
Japan: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.
Korea: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.