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Invited Speakers

The following renowned experts have confirmed their participation at ACPID 2012:

KEYNOTE ADDRESS SPEAKER:

Prof. Mohan Munasinghe
2007 Nobel Prize for Peace Winner

 Prof. Mohan Munasinghe shared the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace, as Vice Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR4). Currently, he is Chairman of the Munasinghe Inst. of Development (MIND), Colombo; Professor of Sustainable Development at SCI, University of Manchester, UK; Institute Professor at the Vale Sustainable Development Inst., Federal Univ. of Para, Brazil; and Distinguished Guest Professor at Peking University, China  
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PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Plenary Talk: The global burden and action plan for diarrhoeal diseases 

Prof. Zulfiqar Bhutta, Pakistan
Husein Laljee Dewraj Professor  and Founding Chair, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health,  The   Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Member of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) for Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals
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Plenary Talk: The principles of rational use of antibiotics 

Prof. Ada Yonath, Israel
2009 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
Director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science

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Plenary Talk: The many complexities of viral hepatitis

Prof. Anupam Sibal, India
Senior Consultant, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Apollo Centre for Advanced Pediatrics

 

 

 

Plenary Talk: A general overview of paediatric tuberculosis 

Prof. Ben J. Marais, Australia

Associate Professor, Paediatrics & Child Health, Children’s Hospital, Westmead, The University of Sydney


 

 

OTHER INVITED SPEAKERS:

  • Prof. Ronald de Groot, Netherlands
  • Prof. Ron Dagan, Israel
  • Dr. Tahmeed Ahmed, Bangladesh
  • Prof. Tony Nelson, Hong Kong
  • Dr. Shaman Rajindrajith, Sri Lanka
  • Prof. Praveen Kumar, India
  • Prof. Sujeewa Amarasena, Sri Lanka
  • Dr. Mike Starr, Australia
  • Dr. Saman Yasawardena, Sri Lanka
  • Dr. Krishna Kumar, India
  • Dr. Andrew Steer, Australia
  • Dr. Bin Cao, China
  • Prof. Jennifer Perera, Sri Lanka
  • Prof. Duane Gubler, Singapore
  • Dr. Aravinda De Silva, USA
  • Prof. Siripen Kalayanarooj, Thailand
  • Prof. Lulu Bravo, Philippines
  • Prof. David Isaacs, Australia
  • Prof. Ping Ing Lee, Taiwan
  • Prof. Rajeshwar Dayal, India
  • Dr. Kiyosu Taniguchi, Japan
  • Dr. Paba Palihawadana, Sri Lanka
  •  Prof. Zulkifli Ismail, Malaysia
  • Dr. Heikko Peltola, Finland
  • Prof. Sunit Singhi, India
  • Prof. Jayamini Senevirathna, Sri Lanka
  • Prof. Usa Thisyakorn, Thailand
  • Dr. Hoan Jong Lee, Korea
  • Dr. Suranjith Seneviratne, UK
  • Dr. Nitin Shah, India
  • Dr. S. D. Athukorale, Sri Lanka
  • Prof. Yupin Suputtamongkol, Thailand
  • Prof. Kamani Mendis, Sri Lanka
  • Prof. Iqbal Memon, Pakistan
  • Prof. Somsak Lolekha, Thailand
  • Prof. Ranjan Premarathne, Sri Lanka
  • Dr. Lakkumar Fernando, Sri Lanka
  •  Dr. Hasitha Tissera, Sri Lanka
  • Dr. Medha Weerasekara, Sri Lanka