Anthony Capon Monash Sustainable Development InstituteAustralia

Anthony	Capon
Tony Capon directs the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and holds a chair in planetary health in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. A public health physician and authority in environmental health and health promotion, his research focuses on urbanisation, sustainable development and human health. Tony is a former director of the International Institute for Global Health at United Nations University (UNU-IIGH), and has previously held professorial appointments at the University of Sydney and Australian National University. He is a member of the Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on Planetary Health that published its report Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch in 2015, and the International Advisory Board for The Lancet Planetary Health.

19 November 2024

Time Session
13:30
14:25
Katherine Littler Chairperson World Health OrganizationSwitzerland
  • Introduction to the Theme
  • Panel Members:
  • Philosophical and Conceptual Issues
    Anthony Capon Speaker Monash Sustainable Development InstituteAustralia
  • Practical Implications of a Narrow Conception of Research Ethics in This Field
    Ana Palmero Speaker World Health OrganizationArgentina
  • How to Distribute Different Types of Responsibilities Appropriately Across the Research Ecosystem
    Carleigh Krubiner Speaker WellcomeUnited Kingdom
  • Plenary Discussion