Our main objectives for this conference are to share frameworks of CDM, identify critical success factors, and showcase innovative local and international programmes that work. There will also be opportunities to network and collaborate between countries that seek information to design programmes specific to their own populations. These objectives are in line with World Health Organization's (WHO) call to invest in strategies in chronic disease management. Hence, the theme for this conference is “Think Global, Do Local.” This emphasizes the importance to act upon the strategies of chronic disease management from the global community and cascade them into the local context.

The anticipated audience at this conference will comprise leaders and senior management from various Ministries of Health, physicians, nurses, allied health professionals from hospitals, primary care providers and community-based organisations. We also expect pharmaceutical and healthcare IT related companies to be interested in participating at this conference in view of the potential networking opportunities. This conference will be the single largest and most focused event on CDM in the Asia Pacific Region.

We invite you to join us in Singapore and be part of a revolution to spread chronic disease management, change practice and innovate care delivery systems.