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44 Inside the Faculty The 8th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum cum 2018 International Council on Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI) Congress, co-organised by HKU School of Nursing with the School of Nursing of Johns Hopkins University, was held on December 17-18, 2018 in Hong Kong. “Holistic Care Now and into the Future: Implications for Practice, Education and Research” was the theme of this year’s forum. With the partnership of the ICOWHI Congress, the forum brought together international and local experts in nursing research, education and clinical practice from diverse disciplines and specialties to discuss the latest innovations and developments in holistic care and women’s health. 8th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum cum 2018 International Council on Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI) Congress Over 600 local Chinese Medicine practitioners registered to take part in the 11th Pong Ding Yuen International Symposium on Traditional Chinese Medicine, held on November 25, 2018. Prominent speakers were invited to share their achievements, wisdom, and experience with the participants at the symposium. These included two National Chinese Medicine Masters, Professor Wang Qi （王琦） and Professor Liu Minru （劉敏如） ; as well as Professor Liu Kejian （劉克建） , Associate Dean for Research of College of Pharmacy and Director of BRaIN Imaging Center of the University of New Mexico; Professor Cheng Yung-chi （鄭永齊） , Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology of Yale University and Academician of the Academia Sinca; Professor Chen Kaixian （陳凱先） , Professor of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and many more. With the theme of “Innovation from Ancient Heritage Integration with Modern Knowledge”, the symposium covered broad subjects in relation to Chinese The 11th Pong Ding Yuen International Symposium on Traditional Chinese Medicine Medicine and its education. This included discussion about ways of preserving the wisdom and essence of Chinese Medicine (CM) while inspiring and encouraging innovation in CM education, discussion of challenges and opportunities of CM education and research, and efforts towards the development of a CM education model that would help students, teachers and researchers keep abreast of the trends of Integrative Medicine and technological innovations.