Invited Speakers

Keynote Speaker (2024)

Senior Scientist, Sinai Health, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute

Canada Research Chair in Regulatory Peptides

Banting and best Diabetes Centre-Novo Nordisk chair in Incretin biology

Presentation title: "Next Generation GLP-1: New Mechanisms and Indications"

Biography: Dr. Daniel Drucker is a clinician-scientist who develops treatments for diabetes, obesity, and intestinal disorders. He studies peptide hormones produced in the pancreas, gastrointestinal tract and brain. His lab has carried out basic research leading to two new treatments for type 2 diabetes and one new therapy for short bowel syndrome.

Edna Park Speaker (2024)

Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Presentation title: "Transforming Food Systems: What Needs to be Done?"

Biography: Dr. Eileen Kennedy is a former dean of the Friedman School. Currently a professor at the School, Kennedy's research interests include assessing the health, nutrition, diet and food security impacts of policies and programs; nutrient density and diet diversity; and agriculture nutrition linkages. She is a member of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the UN Committee on World Food Security. Formerly a member of the UN SCN Advisory Group on Nutrition. She founded and was the first Executive Director of the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. She created the Healthy Eating Index which is used as a single summary measure of diet quality. She is currently a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Council on Food Security and Nutrition.