Ninth Annual Conference, 18 November 2004 "Obesity: Is Food Advertising Increasingly Part Of The Solution?"

The Ninth Annual FAU conference "Obesity: is food advertising increasingly part of the solution" was held with perfect timing, two days following the publication of the Government's White Paper on Public Health. Speakers provided an insight into Government thinking, industry response as well as showcases of international debates and individual company activity to be part of the solution.

Click on one of the headings below to see the individual presentations, or the press release following the conference.

Speaker presentations

Jeremy Preston, Director, FAU. "Setting the scene: the view from within"

Andrew Brown, Chairman, BCAP / CAP. "The new co-regulatory system and what it means for food advertising"

Imogen Sharp, Head or HIP, Department of Health. "Latest Government thinking"

Hugh Burkitt, Chief Executive, Marketing Society. "Lessons from the alcohol industry"

Austin Sullivan, Senior Vice-President, General Mills. "The American experience and perspective"

Michael Caraher, Chief Executive, AAI. "The evolution of the Irish children's advertising code"

Jacques Bille, formerly Director, AACC. "The French solution"

Simon Pitts, Controller of Regulatory Affairs, ITV.

Chris Wermann, European Director of Corporate Communications. Kellogg's.

Press release

News Release: Advertising Industry calls for clarification from government for white paper, 18 November 2004

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