Introduction:
A one-and-a-half day symposium seeks to explore the thesis that the dichotomy of personal versus social responsibility is a false one, and instead, a concept such as co-responsibility for health should be adopted and drive policy and practice. It focuses on the issue of obesity but aims to contribute to the broader philosophical and policy discussions on health and responsibility.
Session I: Introduction
09.00 Welcome, introductions, aims Drs. Harald Schmidt & Sridhar Venkatapuram
09.20 Obesity and health justice Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram (KCL)
09.40 Carrots, Sticks and Co-responsibility for health
Dr. Harald Schmidt (UPenn)
10.00 Plenary discussion
10.30 Coffee Break
Session II: The perspectives of international organizations & policy makers: too much, or too little emphasis on personal responsibility? (Chair: Prof Sir Michael Marmot, UCL)
10.45 World Health Organization Dr. Timothy Armstrong, Coordinator,
Surveillance and Population-based Prevention Unit, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
11.15 World Bank Dr. Montserrat Meiro-Lorenzo, Senior Public
Health Specialist, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
11.45 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr. Linda Fulponi, Senior Economist, OECD, Paris, France
12.15 Lunch
Session III: Interventions and evidence: what is done, what works, and what are the lessons for responsibility in a normative sense? (Chair: Dr. Andreas Reis, WHO)
13.30 Information and education Dr. Tommy Visscher, Research coordinator,
Research Centre for Obesity Prevention VU University Amsterdam
14.10 The physician-patient interaction Dr. Alain Golay, Professor, Médecin chef,
Division of Therapeutic Education for Chronic Diseases, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
14.50 Coffee Break
15.10 Nudging and financial incentives Dr. Kevin Volpp, Professor of Medicine and
Health Care Management, Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, USA
15.50 Regulations that restrict or penalize choices
Dr. Corinna Hawkes, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, World Cancer Research Fund International, London, UK
Session IV: Is there a need for guiding principles on co-responsibility for health (At which levels? For whom?) – Chair: Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram
16.30 Guiding principles: a possible outline and discussion Dr. Harald Schmidt
17.00 Close
18.00 Dinner and dinner speech: Obesity workshop: ‘Fat and feckless’ or ‘fairness and flourishing’- Prof Sir Michael Marmot
Session V: – Chair: Dr. Harald Schmidt
9.00 Stigma and discrimination in measuring and preventing obesity Dr. Claudia Sikorski, Research Associate, School of Medicine, University of Leipzig
10.00 Corporate Social Responsibility: a hopeless case? Dr. Gary Fooks, Research Fellow, University of Bath, UK
11.00 Guiding principles revisited Dr. Harald Schmidt
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Close of meeting
New membership are not allowed.
