Pasquale Gorrasi gorrasi@geb.com Generali Employee Benefits Director of International Lines After graduating in Economics at Venice University, he started his career in the finance industry. He joined Assicurazioni Generali in 1990 as Junior Underwriter in the Surety Bond Department where he spent about 9 years, achieving the position of Senior Underwriter. Pasquale left Surety Bond Department to join the International Non-Life Corporate department where he held the responsibility for

Peter Devlin Deloitte Partner Peter Devlin is a Partner of Deloitte and heads their Total Rewards practice in Germany where he has been based for the last 16 years. In addition he leads the human capital Post Merger Integration team. He is responsible for advising clients on pensions, compensation and other Total Reward issues. Prior to moving to Germany he was a pensions actuary and investment consultant based in

Tim Spector King’s College London Professor of Genetic Epidemiology Tim Spector is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Kings College, London & Director of the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology at St Thomas’ Hospital, London. Professor Spector graduated from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, London. After working in General Medicine, he completed a MSc in Epidemiology, and his MD thesis at the University of London. He founded

Philippa Dall Glasgow Caledonian University Senior Research Fellow Philippa is a senior research fellow in the School of Health and Life Sciences with a background in physics and engineering. Her current research interest is focused on the objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in a free-living environment. This includes the development of novel data analysis techniques and their application to the elderly population for upper-limb function, wheelchair

Mark Hamer Loughborough University Chair in Exercise as Medicine Professor Hamer graduated in Sport and Exercise Science (1996) at The University of Birmingham, completed an MSc in Sports Sciences (1999) at Brunel University and later received his PhD from De Montfort University (2002). He spent eleven years at University College London as a researcher in Epidemiology and Public Health funded by the British Heart Foundation. In 2015 he was appointed as Chair in Exercise

Sebastien Chastin Glasgow Caledonian University Reader, Behaviour Dynamics Dr Sebastien Chastin is a tenured Reader in Movement Behaviour Dynamics at Glasgow Caledonian University in the School of Health and Life Science, and Professor at Ghent University in the department of Movement and Sports Sciences. His research focuses understanding how humans spend their time and how this impacts their health. Understanding why, when, and how people decide to move or

Tracey Moore Rackspace Senior Legal Counsel Asia Pacific & Japan Tracey Moore is Senior Legal Counsel Asia Pacific & Japan at Rackspace and holds a Master of Laws LLB (Hons) from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia.

Jonathan Runstadler Tufts University Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Runstadler seeks to understand genetic factors that impact susceptibility to infectious disease, specific or general and the repercussions for potential epidemics, persistence, and evolution of those infectious agents. His research is conducted within the context of the interactions that define the ecology between an infectious agent, the environment and the host. His

Tim Ainsworth HWL Ebsworth Lawyers Partner Tim Ainsworth is a Partner at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws from Macquarie University in Australia.

Michelle Sconce Massaquoi University of Oregon Doctoral candidate, microbiology, Michelle Sconce Massaquoi is a doctoral student in the Institute of Molecular Biology under the mentorship of biology professor Karen Guillemin. Massaquoi’s research focuses on understanding the interactions between gut bacteria and the host, specifically how gut bacteria influence the development of the pancreas. For this work, she uses zebrafish to study how a bacteria-secreted protein found in select gut

Sally Napper International SOS, Control Risks Security Director Australasia Sally Napper is Security Director, Australasia at International SOS. She holds a Bachelor of International Studies (Hons) from Flinders University and is completing an Executive MBA through the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales.

Linsey Marr Virginia Tech Professor Linsey Marr is the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering. Marr, who was recently awarded a Fulbright fellowship, is an expert in air quality and health whose research interests include characterizing the emissions, fate, and transport of air pollutants in order to provide the scientific basis for improving air quality and health. She also conducts

Kelvin Wu International SOS Senior Manager of Risk Management and Insurance Kelvin Wu is Risk and Insurance Manager at International SOS and Treasurer & Member of the Executive Committee of PARIMA, the Pan Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association. He holds a BSc in Economics and Finance from Singapore Management University and an Advanced Diploma in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute. He also is an Associate in Risk

Peter Harbison CAPA – Centre for Aviation Executive Chairman Peter Harbison is the owner of aviation consultancy CAPA and holds a Master of Laws from McGill University in Canada.

Miranda Yaver miranda.yaver@yale.edu Yale University Lecturer in Political Science Dr. Yaver completed her PhD in Political Science at Columbia University with emphases in American Politics and Quantitative Methodology after a BA Political Science (Honors) at the University of California, Berkeley and graduate studies at the University of Virginia. She conducts research on American policy implementation, and the ways that Congress, courts, and agencies interact to shape law and policy

Priscila Conduta Elias priscila@harmonia.com.br Harmonia Corretora de Seguros S.A. President/ CEO Priscila Conduta Elias is President and CEO of Harmonia Brazil. With over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry across all lines of insurance, Priscila is responsible for the Reinsurance and Benefit operations in Brazil (PlurisRe). As main officer of Howden Harmonia, she is responsible for business and client relations, as well as for the quality of the

Seema Lakdawala University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor Seema Lakdawala is an Assistant Professor in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department at the University of Pittsburgh. The Lakdawala lab studies the molecular properties contributing to the epidemiological success of influenza A viruses to better predict future pandemics. There are two main areas of research in her lab 1) exploring the dynamics of influenza viral RNA assembly and 2) defining properties necessary for

Ana Carolina Lima Conduta Izzo Losco ana.losco@harmonia.com.br Harmonia Corretora de Seguros Domestic and International Benefit Director Ana Losco started her professional life as a dentist, running her own practice for nine years before joining Harmonia Corretora de Seguros in 2005. Now, as Domestic and International Benefit Director, Ana has been responsible for national and international corporate accounts and SME segment. Her decade of experience in the insurance industry and

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Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert @Drmom26 Rockland County, New York State, USA Commissioner of Health and Hospitals Dr. Ruppert is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and a Distinguished Lecturer in Epidemiology and Community Medicine at New York Medical College. She began her career in a faculty medicine practice for St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, in Paterson, New Jersey, then in a private internal medicine practice

Jennifer Kraschnewski Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor, Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences Dr. Jennifer Kraschnewski is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences who joined the faculty at the Penn State College of Medicine in July 2009. She completed her medical degree at the University of Wisconsin and her Internal Medicine Residency at Duke University Medical Center. Following completion of her medical training, she was

Mike Lean mike.lean@glasgow.ac.uk University of Glasgow Chair of Human Nutrition My research covers many aspects of Human Nutrition, encouraging molecular, clinical and public health. The main major focuses are on obesity/diabetes/cardiovascular risk, and on plant-food antioxidants; particularly new phenolics. Several important international bodies have reviewed parts of my research between 2000-2005. Importantly, in 2001 the Adult Training Programme III of NIH Cholesterol Education Program published its authoritative diagnostic definition

David Spencer das@lubs.leeds.ac.uk – http://labouringman.blogspot.fr/ University of Leeds Professor of Economics and Political Economy David Spencer, Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Leeds, holds a PhD in Economics and a MA in Economics, both from the University of Leeds, as well as a BA (Hons) in Economics, CNAA. His general interests lie in the economics and political economy of work, employment relations/work studies, the history

David Prologo Emory University Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Dr. Prologo is an academic interventional radiologist with a dual board certification in obesity medicine, working to help humans with pain or obesity (or both). Innovator of The Catching Point. Currently, he is assistant professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, at the Emory University School of Medicine. Previously, he was an Assistant professor in the

David Bishai dbishai@jhsph.edu Johns Hopkins University Professor of Health Economics David Bishai has over 200 peer-reviewed papers in health economics. He begins his term as president of International Health Economics Association on January 1, 2018.

Sophie Medlin sophie@sophiedietitian.com King’s College London Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics Sophie Medlin is a Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at King’s College London and a Freelance Dietitian. Sophie is an experienced clinical dietitian, having worked in the NHS for many years specialising in surgical gastroenterology and intestinal failure. Sophie moved from clinical dietetics to academia in 2014 and pursues research interests in colorectal and gastrointestinal disorders. Sophie maintains

Emmanuel Stamatakis University of Sydney Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health Emmanuel completed a PhD on physical activity and childhood obesity at the University of Bristol (UK). Between 2003 and 2014 he was based at University College London where he initially led the development and implementation of physical activity measures in large-scale nationwide epidemiological surveillance studies. He was subsequently awarded a Postgraduate Fellowship Award (2007) and a Career Development Fellowship (2011) by