Speakers and Session Chairs
Speakers
- Christina Adane, Bite Back 2030, UK
- Thelma Alafia Samuels, Co-Chair: Policy & Prevention Committee, World Obesity Federation, Jamaica
- Tasnim Atatrah, Head of Office in Bahrain, World Health Organization, Bahrain
- Jane Battersby, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Louise Baur, Professor of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney and Consultant Paediatrician, Weight Management Services, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia
- Simón Barquera, President-Elect, World Obesity Federation, Mexico
- Hannah Brinsden, Director of Policy and Programmes, World Obesity Federation
- Zulfiqar Bhutta, Past-President, IPA, University of Toronto, Canada
- Francesco Branca, World Health Organization
- Francesca Celletti, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Claire Chaumont, WHO, Switzerland
- David Colozza, Nutrition specialist, UNICEF Indonesia
- Pierre Cooke Jr, The Healthy Caribbean Coalition, Barbados
- Fabio Da Silva Gomes, Advisor on Nutrition and Physical Activity, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
- Vandana Jain, Head of Division of Pediatric Endocrinology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
- Fiorella Espinosa, UNICEF, Mexico
- Amber Huett Garcia, Global Obesity Patient Alliance & Obesity Action Coalition, USA
- Bruno Helman, Running for Diabetes, Brazil
- Knut Inge Klepp, Executive Director, Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
- Tim Lobstein, World Obesity Federation, UK
- Nason Maani, Lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Amonje Moses Oluchiri, Founder and Executive Director, Wellness for Greatness, Kenya
- Astrid Padmita, Overweight Prevention Specialist, UNICEF Indonesia
- Lucilla Poston, President, International Society for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, King’s College London, UK
- K. Srinath Reddy, Public Health Foundation of India, India
- Morven Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Global Alliance for Chronic Disease, UK
- Carolina Rocha, Desiderata, Brazil
- Nigel Rollins, Paediatrician, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Ogweno Stephen, Stowelink Inc, Kenya
- Sir Collin Tukuitonga, Associate Dean Pacific and Associate Professor of Public Health in the Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Paula Veliz, Regional Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF LACRO
Session Chairs
- Victor Aguayo, Director of Nutrition and Child Development, UNICEF
- Hannah Brinsden, Director of Policy and Programmes, World Obesity Federation
- Josefine Gibson, Deputy Editor, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, UK
- David Holmes, Deputy Editor, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
- Roland Kupka, Regional Nutrition Adviser, UNICEF, East Asia and Pacific
- Shane Norris, Southampton University, UK
- Johanna Ralston, Chief Executive Officer, World Obesity Federation
- D’Arcy Williams, Programme Specialist, UNICEF