2023 Programme
Please click here to view the full programme, including abstracts, for the 11th International Festival of Public Health.
The programme outline is:
Thursday 6th July
09:00 - Registration
10:00 - Plenary session 1
Arpana Verma - Head of the Department of Public Health, University of Manchester
Andrew Furber - Regional Director, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (North West)
William Welfare - Transition Lead, Pan Regional Directorate, HPOps Group, UK Health Security Agency
Thomas Mills - Public Health Research Fellow, Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team, London South Bank University
11:30 - Refreshments
11:45 - Parallel session 1
13:00 - Lunch (Posters at 13:30)
14:00 - Parallel session 2
15:15 - Refreshments
15:30 - Plenary session 2
Natalie Bennett - Former Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
Ekua Bayunu - Green Councillor for Hulme
Astrid Johnson - Green Councillor for Woodhouse Park
Mark Johnson - Lecturer in Occupational Hygiene, University of Manchester
Bill McGuire - Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences, University College London
Eleanor Roaf - Former Director of Public Health, Trafford
Andrew Furber - Regional Director, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (North West)
17:00 - Close
Friday 7th July
09:00 - Registration
10:00 - Plenary session 1
Arpana Verma - Head of the Department of Public Health, University of Manchester
The Sally Bradley Memorial Lecture - Lord Keith Bradley - Life Peer and former Labour MP for Manchester Withington
Nazir Afzal - Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England and Chancellor of The University of Manchester
11:30 - Refreshments
11:45 - Parallel session 1
13:00 - Lunch (Posters at 13:30)
14:00 - Parallel session 2
15:15 - Refreshments
15:30 - Plenary session 2
Tracy Daszkiewicz - Exectuive Director for Public Health and Strategic Partnerships for the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Jonathan Dangana - Technical Advisor, Africa Health Agenda International Commission
Lucy Waters - People and Planet
17:00 - Close
Please note that the conference evening event will take place on Thursday 6th July shortly after close.