Presentations in Plenary 2020

Plenary Session 1: Setting the Scene: Challenges and opportunities for tackling antimicrobial resistance 

• Dr Otto Cars, Professor, Uppsala University, Founder and Senior Advisor, ReAct, Former member of the UN  interagency group on Antimicrobial resistance
  The Global Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance - A Health Systems Perspective
• Dr  Keith Sumption Chief Veterinary Officer, FAO 
  Antimicrobial resistance in the livestock sector: challenges and opportunities
• Dr Dame Sally Davies, Professor, UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, Former Chief Medical Officer, UK
  Video Presentation

• Dr Eldar Shafir, Professor in Behavioral Science and Public Policy; Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs; Inaugural Director, Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy, Princeton University, USA 
  Comments from a Behavoural Perspective

Plenary Session 2: Addressing AMR in a social, economic, and political context - approaches in research and action

• Dr Koen Peeters, Professor, Dept. of Medical Anthropology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp; Social and economic factors in the suboptimal use of medicine and access to care. Unfortunately, due to sickness, Koen Peeters could not participate in the plenary session. Please find his presentation at our Post-Conference Report Launch Webinar. 
• Dr Franck Cesar Berthe, Senior Live Stock Specialist, World Bank
  How to address the misuse and lack of access in low-income countries
• Lena Hallengren, Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Government of Sweden
  Addressing AMR in a social, economic, and political context - approaches in research and action

Plenary Session 3: The role of vaccines in drug resistance - adressing myths, misconceptions and opportunities for behaviour change

• Dr Julie Leask, Professor, Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health 
  How to improve vaccination rates using behavioural science

• Dr Michel Dione, Scientist, Animal and Human Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute
  Behavioral obstacles to vaccinations in livestock – examples from Sub-Saharan Africa

Plenary Session 4: Improving Communications for Antimicrobial Resistance

• Sian Williams, Policy & Advocacy Adviser, Drug-Resistant Infections, Wellcome Trust
  Reframing Resistance
• Dr Hathairat Kosiyaporn, International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.
  A national monitoring tool to measure AMR knowledge among the general public 
• Dr Sue Walker, Professor, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading 
  Designing to make a difference

Plenary Session 5: Closing Session

• Dr Cass R. Sunstein, Founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. Author of Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler, 2008)  
  The Feast Framework for Change