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Programme

Thursday 9 January

Opening Ceremony
(Atrium)

Moderator: Michael Earl

Speakers:

  •  Sally Mapstone
  •  Sir David Watson
  •  Shaukat Aziz
  •  Ian Scott

18.00:
Opening Address
(Clifford Barclay Theatre)

Speaker: Stephen Kennedy
Chair: Sir George Alleyne

19.00:
Reception
(Common Room)

20.00:
Dinner
(Dining Hall)

Friday January 10

Morning Sessions:
What are the Problems?

08.30 - 10.15:
Session 1:
Plenary Session
(Clifford Barclay Theatre)

Problems of maternal and child health and nutrition in emerging markets including patterns, trends and contrasts within and between emerging markets and between emerging markets and higher income and poorer countries.

Speakers: Dean Jamison,Jeffrey Murray, Artemis Simopoulos(with recorded comments by David Nabarro)

Chair: Uwe Reinhardt

10.15 - 10.45
Break

10.45 - 12.30:
Session 2: Parallel Sessions
(Seminar Rooms)

Group A: The impact of economic, physical and social environments on maternal health and nutrition and child health and nutrition in emerging markets

Speakers: Al Brann, Andrew Ferguson, Serra Kirdar

Chair: Michael Earl

Group B: The impact of rapid and massive urbanisation on maternal and child health and nutrition in emerging markets

Speakers: Tim Dye, Caroline Moser (Ian Scott), Kim Samuel
Chair: Peter Bourne

Group C: The influence of intergenerational factors on maternal and child health, nutrition and human development in emerging markets

Speakers: Caroline Fall, Karen Lillycrop, Artemis Simopoulos
Chair: Kenneth Fleming

12.30 - 13.30:
Lunch

Afternoon Sessions:
What Has Been Learned?

13.30 - 15.00:
Session 3:
Parallel Sessions (Seminar Rooms)

Group A: Lessons learned from results of government and public sector initiatives in maternal and child health and nutrition in emerging markets and higher income and poorer countries

Speakers: Christopher Howson, Ana Langer, Peter Sullivan
Chair: Madeleine Kunin

Group B: Lessons learned from results of private sector initiatives in maternal and child health and nutrition in emerging markets and higher income and poorer countries

Speakers: Linda Scott, Andrew Serazin, Cherian Thomas
Chair: Shengman Zhang

Group C: Lessons learned from voluntary sector/civil society initiatives to address problems of maternal and child health and nutrition in emerging markets.

Speakers: Jamie Cooper-Hohn, Nancy Mannix, Pauline Williams
Chair: Margot Franssen

15.00 - 15.30:
Break

15.30 - 17.00:
Session 4:
Plenary Session (Clifford Barclay Theatre)

Integration of lessons learned from and possible guidelines for public, private and voluntary sector interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in emerging markets

Speakers: Stuart Gillespie, Dean Jamison, C.S. Yajnik
Chair: Anne Mills

18.00 - 22.00:
Special Session at Ashmolean Museum

18.00 - 19.15:
Headley Lecture Theatre

  • Welcome: Sir David Watson
  •  Interview: Tsung-Mei Cheng interviews Nobel Laureate James Heckman
  •  Chair: Shaukat Aziz
  •  Panel: Srinath Reddy, Uwe Reinhardt

19.15 - 20.00:
Atrium

  • Reception and Gallery visits

20.00 - 22.00:
 Randolph Sculpture Gallery

  • Dinner

Saturday 11 January

Morning Sessions:
What Could Be Done?

Science based solutions for problems of maternal and child health and nutrition in emerging markets

08.30 - 10.30:
Session 5:
Plenary Session (Clifford Barclay Theatre)

Implications of and potential strategies derived from INTERGROWTH-21st Project

Speakers: Ana Langer, José Villar
Chair: Sir David Watson

10.30 - 11.00:
Break

11.00 - 13.00:
Session 6: Plenary Session
(Clifford Barclay Theatre)

The respective roles of individuals, governments, businesses and voluntary sector organizations in attenuating or eliminating problems of maternal and child health and nutrition in emerging markets

Speakers: Caroline Fall, Angel Foster, Reynaldo Martorell
Chair: Peter Bourne
 
13.00 - 14.00:
Lunch

Afternoon Sessions:
What Could Be Done? (continued)

Translating findings of health and nutrition research to practical, affordable and replicable policies, practises and programmes that promote the physical, intellectual and emotional development of women and children in emerging markets

14.00 - 15.45:
Session 7: Plenary Session
(Clifford Barclay Theatre)

Tailoring interventions in maternal and child health to the distinctive needs, conditions and priorities of Brazil, China, India and Russia

Speakers: Al Brann, Eduardo Gomez, Srinath Reddy, Tsung-Mei Cheng
Chair: Saul Estrin

15.45 - 16.15:
Break

16.15 - 18.00:
Session 8:
Plenary Panel (Clifford Barclay Theatre)

Integration of outcomes of earlier discussions to arrive at broad conclusions

Panel: Rifat Atun, Peter Bourne, Sania Nishtar, Uwe Reinhardt
Chair: David Levy

19.00 - 22.30:
Dinner at Green Templeton College

Host: Sir David Watson
Speaker: Bhanu Choudhrie

Sunday 12 January

Final Sessions:
What Should Be Done?

08.30 - 09.45:
Session 9:
Parallel Sessions (Seminar Rooms)

Chairs: Suman Bery, Tsung-Mei Cheng, Serra Kirdar, Sania Nishtar

09.45 - 10.00
Break

10.00 - 12.00
Session 10: Plenary Session
(Clifford Barclay Theatre)

Panel: Sir Geoge Alleyne, Stephen Kennedy, Anne Mills
Chair: Shaukat Aziz

12.00:
Symposium Closes

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