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Subject: Obesity conf at Italian Embassy Oct 25 in DC
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GLOBAL HEALTH FORUM 2011
The size and rapid growth of the global obesity epidemic requires increased collaboration and sharing of experiences at the international level.
The Symposium will focus on:
Registration and RSVP:
To confirm your attendance please register here:
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Event information:
When
October 25, 2011
9:00 AM – 5:00PM
Registration start
at 8.30AM
(Lunch will be provided)
Where
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven St, NW
Washington DC, 20008 <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3000+Whitehaven+St+NW,+Washington+D.C.,+District+of+Columbia&aq=&sll=38.918518,-77.060359&sspn=0.00813,0.013797&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=3000+Whitehaven+St+NW,+Washington+D.C.,+District+of+Columbia,+2000> Map
<http://www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Washington/Menu/I_rapporti_bilaterali/Cooperazione+scientifica/Eventi/GH2011.htm> Website
<http://www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/NR/rdonlyres/530960F4-71C3-42E3-846A-7876D6171761/8392/20111005_GlobalHealth_DraftProgram.pdf> Program (draft)
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Contact information:
Organization Office
Ms. Vittoria Isac,
Embassy of Italy
E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tel: (202) 612-4438
Fax: (202) 518-2147
<http://www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Washington/Menu/Ambasciata/News/150.htm> http://www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Washington/Menu/Ambasciata/News/150.htm
- Basic and Translational Research in Obesity: Biologic, Behavioral and Environmental Issues
- Economic and Medical Implications of Obesity
- Policy Interventions
- Corporate and Social Responsibility
Featured speakers include:
Ferruccio Fazio: Minister of Health of Italy
E. William Colglazier: Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State
Susan Blumenthal: Director, Health and Medicine Program, Center for the Study of the Presidency; Chair, Global Health Program, Meridian International Center
Enrico Garaci: President of the Italian National Institute of Health, and of the Italian National Health Consultative Body
Thomas Frieden: Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Sergio Pecorelli: Rector, University of Brescia, President of the Italian Medicines Agency
Philip Smith: Co-Director, Office of Obesity Research, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Mary Story: Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health; Program Director, Healthy Eating Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Vito Campese: President of ISSNAF, Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation
Monica C. Skarulis: Acting Director of the Metabolic Clinical Research Unit, NIH
Christine Hunter: Director of Behavioral Research, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Shiriki Kumanyika: Co-Chair, International Obesity Taskforce, International Association for the Study of Obesity
Steven Gortmaker: Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology, Director of Harvard School of Public Health Prevention Research Center
Jon K. Andrus: Deputy Director, PAHO
Margo Wootan: Director of Nutrition Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Lawrence Soler: President and CEO, Partnership for a Healthier America
Derek Yach: Senior Vice President of Global Health Policy, PepsiCo and former Executive Director, WHO
Nancy Turett: Global President, Health, Edelman Public Relations
Luca Virginio: Barilla Group Communication and External Relations Director
And other prominent Italian scientists and representatives of the Italian academic and professional sectors
The event is in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and the United States in the field of health and medical sciences
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