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EVENT SERIESExternal Event
LOCATIONIn-person
The University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW, Australia
The Food Governance Conference aims to share topical ideas, advocacy and research that moves the dial on food governance issues facing Australia and beyond. The Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre (The University of Sydney) and the George Institute for Global Health have partnered with the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law (Georgetown University) to organise the 2024 Food Governance Conference.
The conference will explore issues such as:
- The promotion of healthier diets via food policy and governance (Australian and global case studies),
- Indigenous Peoples food system governance,
- Equity and social justice in food systems,
- Food security, and sustainability, and
- Commercial determinants of health.
About the conference
Malnutrition, climate change, globalisation, and trade patterns profoundly shape the global food system. These challenges, along with rapid population growth, have compromised the ability of food systems to deliver safe, nutritious, sustainable, and equitable foods, and are in turn impacting the fulfillment of fundamental human rights and the health of our planet.
Through a broad and interdisciplinary approach, the Food Governance Conference aims to share topical ideas, advocacy and research that moves the dial on food governance issues facing Australia and beyond. The conference will explore issues such as (1) the promotion of healthier diets via food policy and governance (Australian and global case studies), (2) Indigenous Peoples food system governance, (3) equity and social justice in food systems, (4) food security, and sustainability, and (5) commercial determinants of health.
Highlighting the interrelationships between the main challenges facing the food system in the 21st century, this conference also aims to create new opportunities for collaborations that promote access to healthy and sustainable food for all.
Keynote speakers
- Prof. Anne Marie Thow, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, Sydney School of Public Health and the Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney.
- Prof. Sharon Friel, ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Health Equity, Director, ARCHE | Australian Research Centre for Health Equity, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
- Prof Tom Calma AO, Poche Indigenous Health Centres and Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney.
