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PHE annual conference 2017: bookings open

Public Health England's (PHE) annual conference takes place at Warwick University on 12 and 13 September 2017.

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A speaker on stage in front of an audience of people.

The PHE annual conference brings together over 1400 participants from a wide range of organisations, to learn, and share knowledge and experience to help improve public health.

This year’s conference focuses on 3 key themes across the programme:

  • promoting world-class science and evidence
  • making the economic case for prevention
  • working towards a healthier, fairer society

Key note speakers at this year’s conference will include:

  • Nicola Blackwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation
  • Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University
  • Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead, WH Duncan Professor of Public Health, University of Liverpool
  • Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive at The Health Foundation
Published 4 April 2017