Dr Teddy Seyoum

· Invited to speak at the Globesity Forum in Dubai, UAE, the Emirates Nutrition Association, on Obesity - Challenges and Option with reference to Health Data Science.

· Invited to Chair the Scientific Writing for Publication session featuring the CEO of the UK Nutrition Society and speakers from Cambridge University Press, Globesity Forum, Dubai UAE.     

· Invited to participate at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the launch of the joint FAO/UNICEF/IFAD/WHO/WFP state of food security and nutrition in the world – New York, United Nations.

· Invited to participate at the United Nations High-Level Summit on Redesigning the Workplace of the Future: Sharing Responsibility for Family-Friendly Policies at UNICEF of the United Nations in New York.

· Led the trilateral high-level meeting to discuss interventional collaborative research on the prevention and control of infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases in Uzbekistan and Central Asia – CDPQMW - Ministry of Health Uzbekistan.

· Invited to participate at conference: Interdisciplinary public health approach to reduce mortality from arterial hypertension in Uzbekistan – WIUT Tashkent.

· United Nations UNICEF / UoW: organised and led a workshop on ECD in LMICs in collaboration with the United Nations UNICEF.

· Gov. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Change of Netherlands / UoW: organised and led a workshop on Water, Health, and SDGs in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Change.

· Media coverage on the National TV of Uzbekistan on the perception and understanding of Nutraceuticals among Tashkent health practitioners - WIUT.

· Invited at the Ministry of Health Ethiopia to review and develop the national public health nutrition strategy.

· Invited to participate in a panel discussion on “Wales Public Health Challenges” Cardiff, United Kingdom, Party Politics Conference.

· Invited to chair the Postgraduate Research Symposium, School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University.

· Invited to speak at the Oxford Nutrition Meeting - University of Oxford, St Anne’s College - on the role of public health driven policy and micronutrients interventions in the prevention and alleviation of type 2 diabetes and obesity

· Invited to speak at the Food and Nutrition Awareness Day, Bath Spa University- featuring obesity and type 2 diabetes.

· Invited to speak at the Oxford Brookes University, Postgraduate Research Symposium, on the role of micronutrients on glycaemic index (GI) and non-communicable diseases.

· Speaker at the Annual Nutrition Society Conference, University of East Anglia UK –on the effect of dietary zinc on glycaemic response with special reference to glycaemic index and type 2 diabetes.

· Speaker at the Annual Nutrition Society Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland – on the potential role of potassium in the prevention and alleviation of type 2 diabetes, a public health perspective on non-communicable diseases.

· Speaker at the Annual Nutrition Society Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland – on the potential association between body composition, blood glucose regulation and carbohydrates metabolism with special reference to type 2 diabetes and obesity.