Official launch of the inaugural EAT Asia Pacific Food Forum, a high-level forum co-hosted by the EAT Foundation and the Indonesian Ministry of Health in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 30 – 31, 2017. The Forum will gather 500 high-level political, business, academic and civil society leaders in the region to stimulate dialogue, facilitate sharing of best practices and co-design solutions to Asia Pacific’s most pressing food, health and sustainability challenges.
Announcement of the EAT Asia Pacific Food Forum:
Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, President and Founder, EAT Foundation
H. E. Prof Nila Moeloek, Minister of Health, Indonesia
Short additional remarks by:
H. E. Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam, Minister of Health, Malaysia
H. E. Mr. Hans Brattskar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva
Dr. Stefan Swartling Peterson, Chief of Health, UNICEF
Ms. Florence Lasbennes, Director of the SUN Movement Secretariat
The purpose of the press conference is the official launch of the inaugural EAT Asia Pacific Food Forum, a high-level forum co-hosted by the EAT Foundation and the Indonesian Ministry of Health in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 30 – 31, 2017. The Forum will gather 500 high-level political, business, academic and civil society leaders in the region to stimulate dialogue, facilitate sharing of best practices and co-design solutions to Asia Pacific’s most pressing food, health and sustainability challenges.
The EAT Foundation is a global initiative linking food, health and sustainable development across science, business and policy. The overall objective of EAT is to catalyse a transformative shift in the global food system to sustainably feed a growing world population, by expanding scientific knowledge on the interconnections between food, health and environmental sustainability, spurring innovation along the food value chain, and facilitating development of evidence-based policies.