The AeHIN General Meeting 2026 will provide an opportunity for different stakeholders in the Asia Pacific to converge and collaborate toward investing in digital public infrastructure and responsible AI for people-centered health. These efforts aim to strengthen the health system through government-regulated digital tools and applications for people-centered care. The AeHIN General Meeting provides a platform for countries and development partners to share their digital health implementation experiences, learnings, and pain points. By bringing together key players in the digital health ecosystem, the event aims to promote collaboration, peer learning, and capacity-building in national DPI-H investments, while also exploring how AI can be responsibly integrated within digital public infrastructure frameworks.
Objectives
The objectives of the AeHIN General Meeting 2026 are as follows:
- To promote the investment of digital public infrastructure and responsible AI for people-centered health among Asia Pacific countries.
- To share and exchange knowledge, best practices, and action-oriented recommendations on DPI-H and AI investments across these components: governance, architecture, people & program management, and standards & interoperability among Asia Pacific countries and development partners.
- To strengthen the capacity of governments and non-government organizations (academe, health professionals, and civil society) in collaborating around DPI-H and AI investments .
- To contribute towards building strong, resilient, and sustainable health systems that enable people-centered care across the region by leveraging DPI-H and AI-enabled innovation.
In-person participation is by invitation only. Livestream will be available from May 11-13, 2026. Click the button below to register.
Program as of May 13, 2026. Click on the toggles below to view program details for each day. All schedules are set to GMT+7.
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Monday, May 11, 2026
| Time | Agenda | Resource Persons |
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| 7:30 – 8:15 AM | Registration | |
| Opening Ceremony |
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| 8:15–8:30 AM | Safety Briefing and Videos (AeHIN and Event Partner/s) | AeHIN and Co-hosts |
| 8:30–8:40 AM | Welcome Remarks | Dr. Boonchai Kijsanayotin Chair, AeHIN |
| 8:40–8:50 AM | Welcome Remarks | Ms. Carolyn Turk Country Director, Indonesia and Timor Leste, The World Bank |
| 8:50–9:00 AM | Welcome Remarks | Speaker from DFAT |
| 9:00–9:10 AM | Welcome Remarks from Co-host | Setiaji Director of Information Technology, BPJS Kesehatan, Republic of Indonesia |
| 9:10–9:20 AM | Keynote Speech and Official Opening | Budi Gunadi Sadikin Minister of Health, Republic of Indonesia |
| 9:20 – 9:30 AM | Photo Session | |
| 9:30 – 9:45 AM | Snack Break | |
| 9:45 – 10:00 AM | AeHIN Report | Mr. Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran Executive Director, AeHIN |
| DPI for Health: State of Play (Global, Regional, and National) |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Presentation: Global Overview of DPI for Health and AI — what it is, why it matters, and where the region stands | Dr. Aparnaa Somanathan Practice Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population, South Asia, The World BankDr. Feng Zhao Practice Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population, East Asia Pacific, The World Bank |
| 10:30 – 11:30 AM | Panel 1: DPI for Health in Practice: Regional Perspectives on Implementation Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons Learned | Context Presenter: Mr. Ali Habib Senior Digital Health Specialist, The World BankModerator: Mr. Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran Executive Director, AeHIN Panelists: Dr. Maheshwara Rao Appannan Ms. Moomina Abdullah Mrs. Enkhtulga Ganbat |
| 11:30 – 12:30 PM | Panel 2: Scaling DPI for Health: Execution, Last Mile Reach, and the Political Economy of Implementation | Context Presenter: Mr. Anis Fuad Governing Committee Member, AeHINModerator: Mr. Rahul Pandey Sr. Operations Officer, Health, The World Bank, India Panelists: Mr. Saurabh Gaur Ms. Jomilynn Rebanal |
| 12:30 – 1:30 PM | Lunch Break | |
| DPI for Health: From Policy to Practice |
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| 1:30–2:30 PM | Panel 3: Digital Health Transition: Skills, Jobs, and Human Resources in DPI-H | Context Presenter: Dr. Anna Koziel Senior Health Specialist, The World BankModerator: Mr. Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran Executive Director, AeHIN Panelists: Mr. Tshering Samdrup Dr. Viengmany Bounkham Dr. Lalnuntluangi |
| 2:30 – 2:45 PM | Session Orientation and Context Setting for DPI-H Group Work | Mr. Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran, Executive Director AeHINMr. Ali Habib, Senior Digital Health Specialist The World Bank |
| 2:45 – 3:45 PM | Group Work: Investments and Successful Implementation of DPI in Health Sector | Group Facilitators: G: Governance of DPI-H -Mr. Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran, Executive Director, AeHIN -Ms. Moomina Abdullah, Deputy Director General, Health Information Management and Research Division, Ministry of Health, MaldivesA: Architecture of DPI-H -Mr. Ali Habib, Senior Digital Health Specialist, The World Bank -Md. Aminul Islam, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Health Informatics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences P: People and Program Management for DPI-H S: Standards and Interoperability for DPI-H |
| 3:45 – 4:00 PM | Snack Break | |
| 4:00 – 4:45 PM | Group Work Report to the Plenary | Mrs. Fathimath Shamah PhD Scholar, Mahidol University (On study leave from Ministry of Health, Maldives) |
| 4:45 – 5:00 PM | Wrap up for the Group Work | Mr. Anis Fuad Governing Committee Member, AeHIN |
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
| Time | Agenda | Resource Persons |
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| 7:30 – 8:15 AM | Registration | |
| 8:15 – 8:30 AM | Summary of Day 1 | Dr. Alvin Marcelo Governing Committee Member (Director-Treasurer), AeHIN |
| AI for Health |
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| 8:30 – 9:30 AM | Panel 1: Enhancing Health Outcomes with AI | Context Presenter: Dr. Fazilah Shaik Allaudin Governing Committee Member, AeHINModerator: Ms. Malarvizhi Veerappan Program Manager, The World Bank Panelists: Dr. Anuruddha Indika Jagoda Dr. Sandhya Bhullar Mr. Atharva Mangesh Surve |
| 9:30 – 10:30 AM | Panel 2: Responsible AI for Health: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks in LMIC | Context Presenter: Mr. Ali Habib Senior Digital Health Specialist, The World BankModerator: Dr. Boonchai Kijsanayotin Chair, AeHIN Panelists: Mr. Rahul Krishna Sharma Ms. Cherrie Esteban Dr. Surakameth Mahasirimongkol Mr. Roland Dilipkumar Hensman |
| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Snack Break | |
| 10:45 – 11:45 AM | Panel 3: What Does It Take to Implement AI in the Health Sector? | Context Presenter: Ms. Malarvizhi Veerappan Program Manager, The World BankModerator: Mr. Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran Executive Director, AeHIN Panelists: Dr. Prasad Ranatunga Dr. Rezina Ch Marak Dr. Riazul Islam, Deputy Chief (Medical), Health Information Unit, Management Information System Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Bangladesh |
| 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM | Lightning Talks and Participant Reflections | ABDM and Digital Health Innovations in India: Mr. Pankaj Kumar Arora, National Health Authority, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
Digital Health Innovations in the Cambodian Health Sector: Mr. Sok Samnang, Director, Department of Digital Health, Ministry of Health, Cambodia AI for Health in Action in Indonesia: Ms. Nora Charron, Technical Officer, Health Information Systems & Health Systems Research, WHO Indonesia |
| 12:30 – 1:30 PM | Lunch Break | |
| AI Implementation and Governance |
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| 1:30 – 1:45 PM | Session Orientation and Context Setting for AI for Health Group Work | Dr. Alvin Marcelo, Governing Committee Member, AeHIN |
| 1:45 – 2:45 PM | Group Work: AI for Health Planning, Governance, Security, and Interoperability | Group Facilitators: G: Governance of AI: Data Governance and Responsible AI (risk-tiered frameworks, validation pathways, governance mechanisms) -Ms. Malarvizhi Veerappan, Program Manager, The World BankA: Architecture/Cybersecurity/Risk Mitigation of AI (data privacy, threat detection, safeguards for AI-enabled systems) -Dr. Maheshwara Rao Appannan, Director, Digital Health Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, and Dr. Alvin Marcelo, Governing Committee Member, AeHIN P: Program Management and Implementation Planning for AI (readiness assessment, sequencing, and country action planning) S: Standards and Interoperability for AI and AI-Enhanced Data Exchange (standards, FHIR, semantic interoperability, practical challenges) |
| 2:45 – 3:00 PM | Snack Break | |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Lessons from Country Experience in Digital Health: Insights from the Joint Learning Network for UHC | Speakers from The World Bank |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Advancing Digital Public Infrastructure and AI: Innovations from Indonesia | Strategy and Implementation of AI, SATUSEHAT platform, Free Health Screening and AI in Health Sector: Mr. Isaac Sjahrir Djauhari Jenie, Chairman of the National AI Healthcare Working Group, Ministry of Health
Health Innovation Sandboxing: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward: Dr. Ahmad Hidayat, M.Sc, Chair of the Technical Working Group (TWG), Ministry of Health NIK as Indonesia’s Digital Public Infrastructure for Health and Public Services: Mr. Mensuseno, Head of Information Security Subdirectorate, Directorate, General Population and Civil Registration |
| 4:00 – 4:45 PM | Group Work Report to the Plenary | Group Facilitators and/or Representatives |
| 4:45 – 5:00 PM | Wrap up for the Group Work | Dr. Fazilah Shaik Allaudin, Governing Committee Member AeHIN |
| 5:00 – 5:15 PM | Closing Remarks | Mr. Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran, Executive Director AeHINDr. Feng Zhao Practice Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population, East Asia Pacific, The World Bank |
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
| Time | Agenda | Resource Persons |
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| 8:30 AM–8:35 AM | Opening and Welcome Remarks | Dr. Boonchai Kijsanayotin, Chair, AeHIN |
| 8:35–8:40 AM | Introduction to the openIMIS Project in AeHIN | Mr. Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran, Executive Director, AeHIN |
| 8:40–8:45 AM | Videos (openIMIS) | |
| SESSION 1: JKN Information Systems and OpenIMIS | ||
| 8:45 AM–9:15 AM | Introduction to openIMIS: Architecture, Global Experience, and Relevance for JKN | Mr. Saurav Bhattarai, Team Lead-openIMIS, GIZ |
| 8:15 AM–9:45 AM | The JKN Digital Ecosystem: Infrastructure, Achievements, and Challenges | Mr. Setiaji, IT Director, BPJS Kesehatan |
| 9:45–10:00 AM | Discussion | All Participants (Moderated by Anis Fuad) |
| 10:00 AM–10:15 AM | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION 2: OpenJKN – Concept, Roadmap, and Partnership | ||
| 10:15 AM–10:45 AM | Comparative Analysis of openIMIS Architecture and the JKN Information System | Dr. Lukman Heryawan, Associate Professor, Head of Software and Data Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Universitas Gadjah Mada |
| 10:45 AM–11:15 AM | OpenJKN: Concept, Roadmap, and Development Progress | Mr. Ariefan Dipokusumo Wibowo, Practitioner Lecturer, Universitas Gadjah Mada |
| 11:15 AM–11:30 AM | Discussant AIPTKMI and BPJS Corporate University | Ms. Tati Haryati Denawati, Learning Implementation Manager, BPJS-Kesehatan |
| 11:30 AM–11:45 AM | Discussion | All Participants (Moderated by Anis Fuad) |
| 11:45 AM–12:00 PM | Summary, Conclusions, and Closing | AeHIN |
| 8:00-5:00 PM | Site Visits for International Participants (By Invitation Only) | |