Speakers
Professor Sandy Thomas OBE is the Director of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. She is also Chair of the UK Food Standards Agency’s Science Council. Previously she headed the UK Government's Foresight Programme in the Government Office for Science, from 2006-2014. Trained as a scientist at the University of London (BSc Botany and Zoology, PhD Plant Genetics), she held a lectureship at the University of London before joining the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
For Sara, nothing beats transforming the future of food’s authenticity and sustainability.
Blending the power of education and technology with inspiration to powerfully influence the food industry is the name of the game.
Sara is an experienced entrepreneur, thought leader and disrupter in food ecosystem and security programs. As a seasoned growth expert, she works with globally recognised high-profile think tanks on setting the agenda for the sustainable food industry.
Stefano Prato (Italy) is the Managing Director of the Society for International Development (SID) and the Editor of SID’s Quarterly Journal “Development”. He is the coordinator of the Civil Society Financing for Development Group and member of the Editing Team of the annual Spotlight Report on Sustainable Development. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Steering Group of HLPF Major Groups and other Stakeholders Coordination Mechanism.
Dr Tim Lobstein is the Director of Policy at the World Obesity Federation (the body formed from merging the International Association for the Study of Obesity and the International Obesity TaskForce). He is also Visiting Professor at the Boden Institute, University of Sydney, Australia, and Adjunct Professor of Public Health Advocacy, at Curtin University, Western Australia.
Tom Arnold is Chair of a Task Force on Rural Africa established by the European Commission in May 2018. He is also former Director General of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA). From August 2014 to February 2016 he was Interim Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement; he was also Chairman of the Irish Constitutional Convention (2012-14) …
Professor Visith Chavasit is faculty member at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand. He graduated Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science from Department of Food Science and Technology, Oregon State University, USA. During 2007-2015, he was the director of Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University.
His research interests are on food fortification and health food product development.