On November 17, 2015, the 19th National Telemedicine Educational Symposium will be held at the Lecture Hall, Science Building of Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, China. The Symposium will be live-broadcasted on the internet; audience can watch it on line by clicking those links on the web. China Education Television will also broadcast the Symposium on its Network Television website.

This Symposium is sponsored by the Li Ka Shing Foundation and the China Education Television while Shantou University Medical College and the University of Oxford work together to organize the symposium. Two experts, Dr. Gail Carson from Oxford and Dr. Angela Merianos, a Consultant Public Health Physician from WHO, will deliver lectures in “Outbreak Preparedness” at the symposium.

Dr. Carson’s talk is entitled “Preparedness and response for outbreaks from the clinical perspective” while Dr. Merianos’ topic is “Public health interventions for outbreak management”. Audience can make comments on internet-based BBS and the experts will respond to questions raised by on-site audience, as well as those from internet surfers.

The “International Visiting Doctor Program” of Li Ka Shing Foundation has generously sponsored 18 previous national telemedicine symposia. For each symposium, renowned international experts were invited to speak on recent updates in selected areas of medicine. Invited speakers delivered lectures with audience participating in the question and answer session. The symposia have helped to promote international academic collaborations and to disseminate advanced medical knowledge/skills in mainland China.