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11:00 - 12:00: Morning Session of the Symposium 

• Opening Remarks: José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO
• Speakers:
  Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 
  Video message from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
  Sandy Thomas OBE, Director, Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition 
  David J. Lane, President, Annenberg Foundation Trust
  Mario Arvelo Caamaño, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security

12:30 - 13:30: Microbiome Research: What does this mean for the future of food and healthy diets?

• A seminar presented by Rob Knight, Professor of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, (USA)

14:00 - 17:10: Afternoon session of the Symposium

• PANEL 1: Research, Knowledge Gaps and Needs for Sustainable Food Systems and Healthy Diets
  
  Chair: David Nabarro, 2018 World Food Prize Laureate, Curator Food Systems Dialogues, London
  Keynote speaker: Corinna Hawkes, Director, Centre for Food Policy, City University London
  Panelists:
  Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships Division, FAO
  Rob Knight, Professor of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, Computer Science and Engineering, UCSD
  Carlos Monteiro, Professor of Nutrition and Public Healthy, University of São Paulo
  Sara Roversi, Founder, Future of Food Institute
  Grace Marquis, Associate Professor, School of Human Nutrition, McGill University

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9:00 - 13:30: Morning Session of the Symposium 

• 9:00: Welcome statement by Máximo Torero Cullen, Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department, FAO

• 9:05 - 11:10: PANEL 2: Governance of food systems for healthy diets
  
  Moderator: Paul Amuna, Subject Matter Expert in Research, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar
  Keynote speaker: Guido Girardi, Senator of the Republic of Chile
  Panelists:
  Patrick Mink, Co-Chair, Multistakeholder Advisory Committee of the One Planet Sustainable Food Systems Programme, Switzerland
  Mariam Harib Sultan Al Yousuf, Executive Director, Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority
  Rickard Bjerselius, Head of Team, Risk-Benefit Management and Environment, Swedish National Food Agency
  Visith Chavasit, Professor, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
  Stefano Prato, Managing Director and Editor, Society for International Development
  Erik Wijkstrom, Counsellor Trade and Environment division, WTO

• 11:30 - 13:30: PANEL 3: Building Consumer Confidence in Food Systems
  
  Moderator: Catherine Geissler, International Union of Nutritional Sciences, Secretary General, Professor Emerita of Human Nutrition, King's College London
  Keynote speaker: Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, NYU
  Panelists:
  Tim Lobstein, Director of Policy, World Obesity Federation
  Simona Castaldi, Research Project Manager, Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition
  Amos Laar, Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana
  Justin Macmullan, Advocacy Director, Management Team Member, Consumers International
  Sharada Keats, Senior Associate, Policy and Advocacy, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

14:00 - 15:00: High Level Event on the Mediterranean Diet

• Introduction: José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO
  Opening Statements:
  Plácido Plaza, Secretary General, CIHEAM 
  Video message from Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, UNESCO
  Gaetana Ferri, Director General of Food Hygiene, Safety and Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Italy 
  Keynote speaker: Farah Naja, Associate Professor, Human Epidemiology, American University of Beirut
  Concluding Remarks: Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships Division, FAO
  Moderator: Anna Lartey, Director, Nutrition and Food Systems Division, FAO

15:00 - 17:25: Afternoon session of the Symposium

• 15:00 - 17:15: PANEL 4: Transforming Food Systems: What does it take?
  
  Moderator: Patrick Webb, Alexander McFarlane Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
  Keynote speaker: Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor and Director of Global Food Ethics and Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University
  Panelists:
  Tom Arnold, Chair, European Commission Task Force on Rural Africa 
  Luigi Scordamaglia, Managing Director, INALCA and CEO, Filiera Italia
  Bela Gil, Chef, Author, TV host and Food Activist
  Alison Cairns, Director, Food Systems Transformation, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  David Salt, Professor of Genome Enabled Biology, University of Nottingham
  Boyd Swinburn, Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health, University of Auckland
  
• 17:15: Closing Remarks: José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO