Forum on Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Health Equity 25 to 26 March 2026 Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming healthcare from improving disease diagnosis and clinical decision-making to strengthening public health systems. But an important question remains: who benefits, and how can AI help close health gaps rather than widen them? The Forum on Harnessing AI for Health Equity was held on 25–26 March 2026, convened by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific. The forum was funded through the High-Level Technology Fund with support from the Government of Japan, the Republic of Korea, e-Asia, and the Knowledge Partnership Fund. Program and Learning Materials 25 March 26 March Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Opening Remarks Video: Opening Remarks from ADB Video of Opening Remarks of Ayako Inagaki, Senior Director of Human and Social Development Sector Office in ADB Ayako Inagaki Opening Remarks Video: Opening Remarks Opening Remarks video of Kidong Park, Director of Programme Management, WHO, highlighting the use of Artificial Intelligence in rapidly transforming… Kidong Park Keynote Address Video: Keynote Address Keynote address of Jiho Cha, Member of Parliament, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, highlighting AI in healthcare and how the government… Jiho Cha Scene-setting AI for Health Equity: From Aspiration to Action This presentation gives an overview of how AI can advance health equity by improving healthcare delivery, reducing gaps in access and quality,… Hiromasa Okayasu Session 1. AI Use Cases for the Care Continuum: Improving Access and Quality Introduction AI Use Cases for the Care Continuum: Improving Access and Quality This presentation gives an overview of AI use cases across the care continuum and how they improve healthcare access, quality, diagnosis, and… Rui Liu, Dilip Hensman Presentations ClinMaster: From Good Data to Better Health Workers This presentation gives an overview of the ClinMaster case study, highlighting a people-centered AI framework that improves health equity, clinical… Tiantian (Stanley) Li Presentations AI in Action: Malaysia’s Experience in Strengthening Primary Care Through Digital Innovation This presentation gives an overview of AI use in Malaysia to improve primary care through diabetic retinopathy screening and its impact on health… Nor Fariza Ngah Presentations Lessons learnt from implementing AI for Health in LMICs This presentation gives an overview of the lessons learned from implementing AI-driven health tools in LMICs. Natarajan Rajaraman Presentations AI-Enabled Health and Care System for Healthy Ageing: Evidence and Lessons from Korea This presentation gives an overview of AI-enabled health systems for healthy ageing, based on Korea’s experience, focusing on integrated care, equity… Hongsoo Kim Presentations Open Source, On-Device AI for Improving Healthcare Delivery This presentation gives an overview of an open-source, on-device AI system for secure clinical note generation and decision support in healthcare. Chris Paton Presentations Digital Twin Powered Equitable Patient Access in Queensland Hospitals This presentation gives an overview of Queensland’s Digital Twin system for AI-driven risk forecasting, demand prediction, and equitable patient… Sankalp Khanna Webinar Recording [Video] Session 1: AI Use Cases for the Care Continuum: Improving Access and Quality Video of Session 1: AI Use Cases for the Care Continuum: Improving Access and Quality Session 2. Should we adopt this AI? Presentations AI Application for Primary Healthcare: Pyeongchang’s Experience This presentation gives an overview of Pyeongchang County’s use of AI in primary healthcare, focusing on chronic disease management for diabetes and… Kunhee Park Presentations Should We Adopt This AI? How To Prioritize? This presentation gives an overview of a value-based framework for evaluating AI adoption in healthcare, focusing on benefits, risks, costs, and… Mengji Chen Webinar Recording [Video] Session 2: Should we adopt this AI? Video of Session 2: Should we adopt this AI? Session 3. We’ve Decided to Adopt - What Must be in Place? Presentations We’ve Decided To Adopt - What Must Be In Place? This presentation gives an overview of the requirements for safe and effective AI adoption in healthcare, including governance, infrastructure,… Mengji Chen Presentations Digital Public Infrastructure for AI This presentation gives an overview of the role of Digital Public Infrastructure in enabling effective and equitable AI deployment in health systems… Carolyn Florey Presentations Strategy for AI in Healthcare for India (SAHI) This presentation gives an overview of India’s SAHI strategy for AI in healthcare, highlighting its key pillars and phased approach to responsible… Karthik Adapa Webinar Recording [Video] Session 3: We’ve Decided to Adopt - What Must be in Place? Video of Session 3: We’ve Decided to Adopt - What Must be in Place? Session 4. Future-Ready Health Workforce: Building Competency for Human-AI Collaboration Presentations A Mapping of AI Education and Training Initiatives for Health Professionals in the Western Pacific This presentation gives an overview of AI education for health professionals in the Western Pacific, highlighting key findings and recommendations… Yangmu Huang Presentations AI-ready Without the Foundation: The Medical Education Dilemma This presentation gives an overview of integrating AI into medical education, focusing on challenges, opportunities, and the need for strong digital… Iris Thiele Isip Tan Presentations Presentations AI Capacity Building for Health Workforce in Korea: From Medical AI to AI Medicine This presentation gives an overview of the transformation of health workforce education in the Republic of Korea. Junghwan Park Presentations Closing the AI Training Gap Through Collaboration: AVPN’s Efforts This presentation gives an overview of AVPN’s efforts to improve AI training and digital literacy in healthcare across Asia-Pacific. Young Park Webinar Recording [Video] Session 4: Future-Ready Health Workforce: Building Competency for Human-AI Collaboration Video of Session 4: Future-Ready Health Workforce: Building Competency for Human-AI Collaboration Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Session 5. The Political Economy of AI in Health: Understanding Stakeholder Interests and their Impact on Equity Scene-setting Political Economy of AI in Health This presentation gives an overview of the political economy of AI in health, focusing on stakeholders, incentives, and governance for equitable… Annie Chu Presentations Application and Practices in Enhancing the Accessibility and Quality of Health Services This presentation gives an overview of China’s use of AI to improve healthcare services, focusing on equity, access, quality, and efficiency. Zhiwen Miao Presentations Paving the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health This presentation gives an overview of the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health (PH4H), focusing on regional collaboration to enable secure,… Jennifer Nelson Presentations Video: From AI Adoption to AI Readiness This video presentation gives an overview of the AI Adoption and AI Readiness. Chikako Masuda Webinar Recording [Video] Session 5: The Political Economy of AI in Health: Understanding Stakeholder Interests and their Impact on Equity Video of Session 5: The Political Economy of AI in Health: Understanding Stakeholder Interests and their Impact on Equity Session 6. AI and Health Financing: Supporting Fair Coverage and Protection Scene-setting AI for Health Financing Operations: Opportunities and Challenges This presentation gives an overview of AI in health financing, focusing on its opportunities, challenges, and strategic considerations. Akihito Watabe Presentations The Digital Healthcare Transformation Journey in Indonesia This presentation gives an overview of Indonesia’s strategy for transforming its healthcare system through digital technologies. Rudy Kurniawan Presentations Health Financing and AI in Uzbekistan: Supporting Fair Coverage and Protection This presentation gives an overview of Uzbekistan’s health financing reforms, focusing on AI integration to support universal health coverage and… Mircea Buga Webinar Recording [Video] Session 6: AI and Health Financing: Supporting Fair Coverage and Protection Video of Session 6: AI and Health Financing: Supporting Fair Coverage and Protection Session 7. AI Regulation and Oversight: Pathways for Different Realities Scene-setting Responsible AI for Health: Learnings from the Global Governance Landscape This presentation gives an overview of global governance for responsible AI in health, focusing on policy trends, challenges, and recommendations for… Peiling Yap Presentations Video: Healthcare AI Regulation in Singapore This video presentation gives an overview of healthcare AI regulation in Singapore. John CW Lim Presentations Designing and Governing Digital Health Regulatory Sandboxes This presentation gives an overview of regulatory sandboxes in digital health, focusing on design principles and case studies. Jasper Tromp Presentations Health Data Governance Frameworks: In the Era of AI This presentation gives an overview of health data governance in the AI era, focusing on equity, rights-based principles, and international… Kirsten Mathieson Presentations Collaboration in Practice: HealthAI’s Global Regulatory Network and Community of Practice for Responsible AI in Health This presentation gives an overview of HealthAI’s collaborative efforts to promote responsible and equitable AI governance in global health systems. Jhon Magkilat Webinar Recording [Video] Session 7: AI Regulation and Oversight: Pathways for Different Realities Video of Session 7: AI Regulation and Oversight: Pathways for Different Realities Session 8. The Way Forward – Building Alliances and Regional Partnerships Opening Video: Session 8 Opening Message Opening message of the Session Albert Domingo Scene-setting The Way Forward: Building Alliances and Regional This presentation gives an overview of the importance of building alliances and regional partnerships to advance health equity. Akihito Watabe, Dilip Hensman Presentations Partnership Powered Standards, Interoperability and Digital Innovation This presentation gives an overview of Australia’s Digital Health Research Program, focused on digital innovation, AI, and interoperable health… Sankalp Khanna Presentations Video: Developing an Equitable AI Foundation Model Using Real and Synthetic Data - The Global RETFound Consortium This video presentation gives an overview of the Global RETFound Consortium’s work on developing an equitable AI foundation model using real and… Paul Nderitu Presentations Asia eHealth Information Network: The Way Forward Building Alliances and Regional Partnerships This presentation gives an overview of AeHIN actions towards building interoperable digital health systems in Asia through collaboration and capacity… Alvin Marcelo Presentations ASEAN’s AI Strategy and Guidance for Member Countries This presentation gives an overview of ASEAN’s efforts on AI governance and digital economy integration. Sivaram Superamanian Webinar Recording [Video] Session 8: The Way Forward – Building Alliances and Regional Partnerships Video of Session 8: The Way Forward – Building Alliances and Regional Partnerships Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Event Coordinator/s Jae Kyoun Kim Akihito Watabe Related Full Agenda ADB Organizer/s Human and Social Development Sector Office Partner Organization/s World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO-WPRO) Topics Health ICT Regional Cooperation and Integration