Supply of the professional services for 2018 International Life Science Summit (Beidaihe)-- Neuroscience & Mental Health in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, China

UNOPS is providing advisory services to the local government of Qinhuangdao City for the development of a 55 square kilometre zone entitled the Asia-Pacific Smart Healthcare Demonstration Zone in Beidaihe New District, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, P.R. China.

The project aims to develop an international healthcare demonstration zone which integrates world-class medical education resources, technologies, services and facilities, and will set an industry leading model with “four high” features: High-Level Healthcare & Health Preservation, High-end Healthcare Tourism, High-end Smart System, and High-Class Innovation Model.

The objective is to promote the Asia-Pacific Smart Healthcare Demonstration Zone home and abroad, obtain international awareness / attention and exposure on a global scale in order to attract the required industries, research and development centres, think-tanks, organizations and associations interested in playing an active part in realising the Government’s development vision. The Zone will be built up as a precedent for urban industrial structure optimization for other parts of China and other developing counties.

The 2018 International Life Science Summit (Beidaihe) – Neuroscience s and Mental Health will be a world-class life science conference, held on September 7-9, 2018 in Beidaihe New District, in the city of Qinhuangdao. Speakers from both China and abroad with expertise ranging from fundamental research on the mechanism of cognitive disorder, autism, depression to brain imaging, diagnostic markers, and emerging medical treatments will be invited. The summit will be based in the form of a scientific interactive forum, and the rigorous academic atmosphere combines the traditional Chinese culture and music associated with brain health to carry out interdisciplinary dialogue, which will display the beauty of scientific art and the infinite potential of the human brain. A major goal of the conference is to bring together researchers and healthcare practitioners studying and treating mental illness to raise public awareness and form interdisciplinary collaborations on mental health.

The targeted audience includes:

•      Research Institutions/Academies, R&D centers, Universities;

•      Investors; reputable global industry investment funds, healthcare leading enterprises; Associations;

•      Government officials.

The number of participants will be 250 to 300, nationally and internationally.