Speakers

Speech Title : Lifting the curtain on one of the Remaining Predictors of Cardiovascular Risk in a South Eastern Greek Municipality

GRADUATE of the Medical School of Athens. Residency in Internal Medicine and Diabetes Specialization: Veterans of the Army Hospital of Athens 1991-1996,2011-2013.Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetes Outpatient Clinic (since Jan. 1 ,2015 and Dec. 2013, respectively). Chief of Medical Staff of Molaoi General Hospital. Abstracts accepted with Bakides Sofoclis as leading Author since 2010. 12 Abstracts presented at the International Conferences of HPH and Health Services of the WHO from 2010 till 2024. 6 Abstracts presented at the International Symposiums on Osteoporosis NOF (USA): 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015. 3 Abstracts presented at the European Symposiums on Osteoporosis (ECTS): 2013,2014,2015.

Speech Title : Education as a factor in social integration for people affected by disabilities in communities endemic to neglected tropical diseases: results of a pilot formative study conducted in Benin and Cote d Ivoire, West Africa

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Dr. Younis held a visiting professor positions at various universities such as Tsinghua University, China, University Putra Malaysia, Jena University, Germany. Dr. Younis has a history of playing visible roles on the editorial boards of journals as Chief Editor, Guest Editor and Editorial board member of leading journals, such as JHCF, Inquiry, JHHSA, JPBAFM, EJEPH. Dr. Younis is a frequent speaker for both academic and professional audiences. His talks often feature his latest research and work in progress, as well as cross-industry trends and strategy implications. He has provided workshops and presentations for world-wide organizations. His research and findings apply to for-profit, non-profit, and government settings. Dr. Younis has consulted with several organizations on healthcare finance, and economics. Dr. Younis is often invited to speak about the challenges in the healthcare industry and other related topics to health economics, finance, and research. He has presented topics, such as, healthcare reform, ownership structure, profitability, unit cost, payment system and efficiency in management, at a variety of forums and conferences in USA, Europe, Asia and Middle East.

Speech Title : Impact of Head Orientation on 2D Facial Morphometrics: A Cross-Population Study of Buryat and Russian Groups

Dr. Anna A. Mezentseva is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests lie at the intersection of physical anthropology, geometric morphometrics, and evolutionary psychology. She specializes in cross-cultural studies of human appearance, focusing on facial morphology, sexual dimorphism, and social perception in diverse populations, including indigenous groups of Siberia and European populations. She has authored multiple publications on the biological and social aspects of human facial variation.

Speech Title : AI-Driven Optimization of Circadian Lighting Models for Enhancing Sleep Health: A Neural Network Approach

Ming Liu is a Professor and PhD Supervisor at the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts, Dalian University of Technology. Her research focuses on the built light environment, urban light pollution, and night-time light remote sensing. She has spearheaded multiple research initiatives exploring the intersection of environmental engineering and human health, with a specific emphasis on developing intelligent systems for healthier living spaces. Professor Liu has published extensively in high-impact journals, contributing to the advancement of non-visual effects of light and the implementation of AI-driven strategies for circadian health management. Fei Xu is a 25-year-old Master’s student in Architecture at Dalian University of Technology. Her research focuses on the optimization of built light environments and urban remote sensing. She has co-authored significant studies in high-impact journals, including the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (2026), regarding multispectral inversion models, and Buildings (2025), focusing on the quantitative evaluation of sleep-conducive workplaces. Her work aims to leverage AI-driven methodologies and intelligent algorithms to enhance human well-being and develop adaptive health-oriented environmental systems

Speech Title : Integrating Forensic Medicine into Universal Health Coverage: A Public Health Equity Model for Survivor-Centered Gender Based Violence Care

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Dr Robert Ochola is an expert in strategy and innovation within the African banking and mobile telecommunications industry. He is responsible for AfricaNenda’s overall strategy execution and leadership. His primary focus at AfricaNenda is on building momentum for an inclusive and interoperable approach to digital payments across Africa. During his career, Robert has pioneered the development of a new Pan-African Payments and Settlement Systems (PAPSS) for driving cross-border trade, led the development of mobile payment solutions and the expansion of its product suite, along with overseeing the successful roll-out of solutions for ultra-low-cost mobile devices across Africa and the Middle East. Prior to joining AfricaNenda, as Chief Executive Officer, Robert served as the Director of Strategy and Innovation at Afreximbank, served as Head of Strategy with Safaricom, and was the Director of Strategy, Research and Innovation at the KCB Bank Group. He is an alumnus of Imperial College London, Warwick Business School and the University of Cape Town.

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Prof Fred Yao Gbagbo is a public health consultant with specialisation in population and health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, bioethics, health policy analysis and policy reviews with 25 years of cumulative work experience in maternal health, child health, bioethics, sexual and reproductive health and rights, family planning and comprehensive abortion care, health research, clinical quality assurance, curriculum development, clinical training, project management, grant and research proposal development, project/donor report writing, and health policy formulation and analysis within public, private and NGO health sectors in Ghana and internationally. He has served on several boards/committees in various capacities and collaborated with various institutions and teams on sexual reproductive health and rights projects. His areas of research interest include sexual and reproductive health and rights, induced abortion, commercial sex work, maternal and child health, adolescents’ reproductive health and rights, family planning/contraception, gender-based violence, quality assurance in health care service delivery, human rights in health, bioethics, and Climate Change in Health (Planetary health). His research outputs have contributed significantly to understanding and addressing the challenges in sexual, reproductive health, and rights (SRHR) in resource-limited settings, which have also informed advocacy drives for policy and programme decisions, particularly in service delivery, information, communication, and education in areas involving sexual and reproductive health and rights. Prof. Gbagbo is currently an associate professor at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, and the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Health, Allied Sciences, and Home Economics Education.