Keynote Speakers

The following Keynote Speakers and Panelists have confirmed their participation in the Plenary Sessions of the 14th WCPH. Please click on the name to see their photograph and brief biography.

Mengistu Asnake President WFPHA Opening Plenary
Vesna Bjegovic Professor of Public Health & President of Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region
( ASPHER)		 Belgrade University, Serbia Plenary 4 – Global Public Health Challenges
Sharon Friel Professor of Health Equity & ARC Future Fellow ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment and ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australia Plenary 5 – Human Rights and Law as tools for sustainable development
Lawrence Gostin Professor & Director of the Center for Law & the Public’s Health Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities, USA Plenary 5 – Human Rights and Law as tools for sustainable development
Paul Hunt Advisor, Human Rights and Health WHO Plenary 5 – Human Rights and Law as tools for sustainable development
Ilona Kickbusch Professor Global Health Programmme at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Switzerland Plenary 4 – Global Public Health Challenges
Rüdiger Krech Director, Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade & Human Rights WHO Plenary 1 – Defining the role of Public Health in today’s global setting
Shiriki Kumanyika President – Elect American Public Health Association (APHA) Plenary 2 – Public Health in the Sustainable Development Agenda
J. Ravi Kumar President Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) Opening Plenary

Purnima Mane 		President and CEO Pathfinder International Plenary 2 – Public Health in the
Sustainable Development Agenda

Michael Marmot 		Director University College London, UK Plenary 2 – Public Health in the
Sustainable Development Agenda
Dr Nata Menabde WHO Representative to India World Health Organisation Plenary 1 – Defining the role of
Public Health in today’s global setting

Maria Neira 		Director, Public Health and the
Environment Department		 World Health Organisation Plenary 3 – Public Health
Approaches to address new challenges of sustainable development & healthy
environment
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri Director General, The Energy &
Resources Institute (TERI)		   Plenary 3 – Public Health
Approaches to address new challenges of sustainable development & healthy
environment

Bolormaa Purevdorj 		Head of Department on Health
Promotion		 National Center of Public Health,
Mongolia		 Plenary 3 – Public Health
Approaches to address new challenges of sustainable development & healthy
environment

Pekka Puska 		President International Association of
National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI		 Plenary 1 – Defining the role of
Public Health in today’s global setting

Javed Rahmanzai 		Member Governance Council,
Executive Board Member Afghanistan PHA		 WFPHA Plenary 5 – Human Rights and Law
as tools for sustainable development
Professor K Srinath Reddy President Public Health Foundation of India Plenary 2 – Public Health in the
Sustainable Development Agenda
Nicola Roxon Former Attorney-General Government of Australia Plenary 4 Global Public Health Challenges

Kamalesh Sharma 		Secretary General Commonwealth of Nations Opening Plenary & Plenary 4
Achim Steiner Executive Director UN Environment Program Plenary 3 – Public Health
Approaches to address new challenges of sustainable development & healthy
environment
Dr. Paulo Ernani Gadelha Vieira President FIOCRUZ (Brazil) Plenary 1 – Defining the role of
Public Health in today’s global setting
Dinesh Thakur Consultant on Drug Manufacturing Regulations EX- Ranbaxy Laboratories Plenary 5 – Human Rights and Law as tools for sustainable development
Shu-Ti Chiou Director-General of Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Taiwan National Yang-Ming University Plenary 3 – Public Health Approaches to address new challenges of sustainable development & healthy environment
Dr. Howard Njoo Associate Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Public Health Agency of Canada Plenary 3 – Public Health Approaches to address new challenges of sustainable development & healthy environment