Timetable
Welcome
The Duchess of Richmond and Gordon
Chair
Dr Sian Williams
Introduction
Stephanie Moore
Led by world-class line-up of speakers, including, Dr Chris van Tulleken, Dr Vicky Sibson, Dr James Kinross and Professor Louise Kenny discuss evidence around early years feeding and environment. As authorities in their respective fields, our speakers will share their research on the microbiome and how it is affected by the choices we make about feeding from birth onwards. They will consider the challenges and solutions to the overall medical and societal understanding of this crucial subject. We will cover a broad range of topics including lifestyle changes, education and awareness, commercial and political drivers and the resultant impacts on our long term physical and mental health.
Session One
Understanding the infant microbiome, and the role of good nutrition in child development
Dr James Kinross, gastroenterologist at Imperial College London and author of Dark Matter explains the role of the gut and how a healthy mind and body is dependent on a healthy microbiome. James will outline his focus on protecting the maternal microbiome, how it evolves and therefore influences the future health of infants. Dr Vicky Sibson is a Public Health Nutritionist and Director of First Steps Nutrition, Vicky will outline the importance of good nutrition from pre-conception to age five and the work she is undertaking around influencing policies and the resources they provide for health workers
Speaker
Dr James Kinross and Dr Vicky Sibson
Session Two
Challenges that face new parents to understand pregnancy and birth decisions and the question of UPFs in baby food
Professor Louise Kenny will discuss her work in the field of foetal programming, intergenerational health challenges and infant microbiome and outline the new birth cohort that she leads; C-GULL a ground breaking study in Liverpool. Following on from Louise’s conversation Dr Chris van Tulleken will discuss how industry has created an environment that dictates our nutritional and lifestyle choices and how we tackle the right issues and educate at all levels.
Speaker
Professor Louise Kenny and Dr Chris van Tulleken
Session Three
Key speaker and expert panel Q&A
Q&A panel session with speakers Professor Louise Kenny, Dr Vicky Sibson, Dr Chris van Tulleken, together, with clinical nutritionist and lead for the Goodwood Gut Health Programme, Stephanie Moore and Gabrielle Palmer, author of The Politics of Breastfeeding and widely respected as the original campaigner for the promotion and education of the benefits of breastfeeding.
