Dr Eugene Tordecilla Macalinga Department of Population Health, School of Nursing and Health Science, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Dr. Eugene is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Population Health at Hong Kong Metropolitan University, with over 20 years of teaching and research experience spanning Singapore, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. He is a diplomate of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine (PCOM) and a regular speaker at key occupational and educational conferences in the region. Prior to his current role, Dr. Eugene held academic positions at the National University of Singapore's School of Medicine and Curtin University (Singapore). His career also includes clinical practice as a Visiting Physician at Hospital Universitari Clinic Barcelona in Spain, as well as experience as an Occupational Health researcher.

6 August 2026 - Day 1 (Main-Congress) Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, Sarawak

Time	Session

13:30 15:00	Symposium 2 Occupational Health in the Informal Economy: A Global Perspective Professor Dr Marzuki Isahak Chairperson MalaysiaPrincipal (Occupational Health)Upstream HSE, PETRONAS Professor Dr Dongmug Kang Co-chair South KoreaKorean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM) TBC Professor Naesinee Chaiear Speaker ThailandProfessor of Occupational Medicine & ChairDepartment of Community, Family and Occupational Medicine and Center of Occupational Medicine and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand Improving occupational health in informal economy workplaces in South Asia - Application of participatory training methods Dr Tsuyoshi Kawakami Speaker JapanSenior Research AdviserThe Ohara Memorial Institute for Science of Labour TBC Dr Eugene Tordecilla Macalinga Speaker Hong Kong, ChinaSenior LecturerDepartment of Population Health, School of Nursing and Health Science, Hong Kong Metropolitan University Hall C

Time

Session

13:30

15:00

Symposium 2

Occupational Health in the Informal Economy: A Global Perspective

Professor Dr Marzuki Isahak Chairperson MalaysiaPrincipal (Occupational Health)Upstream HSE, PETRONAS

Professor Dr Dongmug Kang Co-chair South KoreaKorean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM)

TBC

Professor Naesinee Chaiear Speaker ThailandProfessor of Occupational Medicine & ChairDepartment of Community, Family and Occupational Medicine and Center of Occupational Medicine and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Improving occupational health in informal economy workplaces in South Asia - Application of participatory training methods

Dr Tsuyoshi Kawakami Speaker JapanSenior Research AdviserThe Ohara Memorial Institute for Science of Labour
TBC

Dr Eugene Tordecilla Macalinga Speaker Hong Kong, ChinaSenior LecturerDepartment of Population Health, School of Nursing and Health Science, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Hall C