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Professor, University College London

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Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRCP, FFPHM, FMedSci, FBA
Director of the Institute of Health Equity (UCL Department of Epidemiology & Public Health), and Professor of Epidemiology at University College London.

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Special Ambassador, World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Thomas Zeltner is the Former Secretary of Health of Switzerland, Deputy Chair of the University Council of the Medical University of Vienna,
Professor of Public Health at the University of Berne as well as Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Professor Social Marketing, Università della Svizzera italiana

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Prof. L. Suzanne Suggs, PhD, MSc, CHES, is also Vice-President of the SSPH+ and a Visiting Reader in the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London. Her research focuses on determinants of health related behaviors and behavior change.

Vice-Director Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Berne

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1998 - 2002 President of the Federal Ethics Commissionon Non-human Biotechnology and senior assistant at the Institute for Ethics and Human Rights at the University of Fribourg. Head of Public Health Directorate since 2008.

National Counsilor, Lausanne

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Born in 1982, Rebecca Ruiz received a background in social science with a master's degree in criminology. National Councilor since 2014, she sits on the Commission for Social Security and Health (CSSS). In addition to her political mandate, Rebecca Ruiz is also president of the French-speaking section of the Swiss Federation of Patients and the Association of French-speaking and Ticinese Social Action Institutions (ARTIAS).

Cantonal doctor, Neuchâtel

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FMH specialist in public health. Cantonal doctor in Neuchâtel since 2007 and lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel. President of the Committee for Prevention and Health Promotion of the Cantons Latins.

Coordinator GRSP, Lausanne

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Professor of Political Sciences, University of Lucerne

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Andreas Balthasar is a political scientist specialized in policy analysis and evaluation research with a special focus on health science. In 1991, he founded Interface Policy Studies Research Consulting, a private company dedicated to the evaluation of policy measures and programs. In 2010, he was appointed titular professor of political science at the University of Lucerne.

President of the National Council, Fribourg

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Appointed as President of the National Council for 2017/2018, Dominique de Buman is in the National Council since 2003. Within other engagements, he was Vice President of the Christian Democratic People's Party 2004-2016 and President of the Swiss Tourism Association since 2009.

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Professor,  Temple Law School and Temple´s School of Public Health Philadelphia

Scott Burris, J.D., is a Professor of Law at Temple Law School, where he directs the Center for Public Health Law Research. He is also a Professor in Temple’s School of Public Health.

Journalist, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)

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