(AGENPARL) – Mon 17 November 2025 in collaboration with
Sociedad Cientifica Espanola
de Medicina Ambiental
y Cambios Climaticos
2nd International Conference of Environmental Medicine
ENVIRONMENTAL
EXPOSURES and
EPIGENETICS:
PROTECTING
CHILDREN’S HEALTH
“Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara
November 20th – 21st 2025
NOVEMBER 20th
AGENDA
09.30 – Registration
10.00 – Welcome and Introduction Round Table
Paolo Esposito, Managing Director, “Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara
Angela Di Baldassare, Delegate of the Rector, “Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara
Francesco Chiarelli, Director of the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health,
“Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara
Diego Ferrara, Mayor of Chieti
Alessandro Miani, President of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA)
Prisco Piscitelli, Secretary General of the European Medical Association (EMA)
Robert Ainslie, President of Laureate Science Alliance (LSA) – San Diego
Benoit Miribel, President of the International One Health for All Foundation (OSH) – Lion
Luciano Di Tizio, President of WWF Italy
11.00 – Stefan Tochev, CEO MDPI
11.15 – Plenary Lecture
Tong Zhu, Chinese Academy of Science, Peking University
Introduced by Enrico Greco, SIMA Officer and Associate Researcher, University of South Florida
11.35 – Giuseppe Novelli, Full Professor of Genetics, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Introduced by Robert Ainslie, LSA President
11.50 – Session I – Environmental Exposures and Food Chain
Chair: Pasquale Avino, MDPI Editor in Chief & Angela Di Baldassare, University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara
Vasilis Vasiliou, Director of the Department of Environmental Health, Yale University
Marcello Iriti, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Milan
Antonia Trichopoulou, Academy of Athens
Moderator: Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera
12.30 – Presentation of the Blue Bench Project
Domenico Di Conza, Spokesperson for United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)
12.45 – Lunch Buffet
NOVEMBER 20th
AGENDA
14.00 – Plenary Lecture
James A. Shapiro, University of Chicago
Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Introduced by Prisco Piscitelli, EMA Secretary General
14.30 – Session II – Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Health
Chair: Giulia Guerriero, MDPI Editor in Chief & Javier Arias, Dean of the Medical School, Complutense University – Madrid
Ester Vitacolonna, Full Professor of Food Nutrition Sciences, “Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti – Pescara
Elena Codina, Director of Environmental Health Center, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital – Barcelona
Annamaria Colao, Full Professor of Endocrinology, UNESCO Chair, University of Naples Federico II
Moderator: Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera
15.30 – Session III – Environmental Exposures and Children’s Health
Chair: Alessandro Distante, ISBEM President & Juan Antonio Ortega Garcia, Murcia University
Franco Chiarelli, Full Professor of Pediatrics, “Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara
Vasilos Fanos, Full Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cagliari
Alessio Fasano, Massachussets General Hospital, Harvad Medical School
Moderator: Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera
16.30 – Closing Lecture
Imaculata De Vivo, Full Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
17.00 – Transfer to Hotel
20.00 – Speakers Dinner
NOVEMBER 21th
AGENDA
09.00 – Celebration of the International Week for Children’s and Adolescents’ Rights
Liborio Stuppia, Rector of “Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara
Roberto Bellotti, Rector of University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
Andrea Iacomini, Spokesperson UNICEF Italia
Don Antonio Panico, Vice Rector, LUMSA University – Taranto
Moderator: Mimmo Mazza, Editor-in-Chief of Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno and Prisco Piscitelli, EMA Secretary General
09.45 – Guest of Honer Speech – Presentation of the Volume “EARTH”
H.E. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Former Minister of the Environment, United Arab Emirates
10.00 – Session IV – Exposomics and Epigenetics
Chair: Emiliano Giardina, MDPI Editor in Chief & Valentina Gatta, University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara
Pierluigi Sacco, Full Professor of Biobehavioral Economics and Rectoral Delegate to International Affairs,
“Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara
Elena Colicino, Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai – New York
Gianluigi De Gennaro, Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
Moderator: Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera
10.40 – Forefront Lecture
Carlo Ventura, Full Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Bologna
11.00 – Presentation of the International Journal of Environmental Medicine (IJEM)
Carla Aloe, MDPI Officer & Jing Shang, Co-Editor in Chief IJEM
11.15 – Session V – New Frontiers of Public Health and Primary Prevention
Chair: Amedeo Lonardo, MDPI Editor in Chief & Leonard Azanfirei, Targu Mures University
Rita White, President of the Italian Academy of Biophilia (AIB)
Anmol Kapoor, Founder of Biongevity – Calgary
David Mariani, Director of the Healthy Habits Academy
Edoardo Cavalieri D’Oro, Director of the NBCR unit and labs of the Lombardy Region – National Fire and Rescue Service
Moderator: Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera
12.10 – Conclusions
Liborio Stuppia, Rector of Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara
Alessandro Miani, President of Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA)
Stefan Tochev, CEO MDPI
12.30 – Speakers Lunch
“When we heal the Earth,
we heal ourselves”
David Orr
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