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Health & Medicine

Global Health Under Siege: Exposing Corporate Lobbying Tactics

5:00pm - 6:15pm on Friday, November 21
KLCC Level 4 - Room 404

About This Session

This panel exposes how multinational corporations deploy sophisticated lobbying strategies to undermine public health regulations worldwide. Through concrete case studies, panelists reveal tactics used by tobacco corporations to target children with flavored products, how food giants add sugar to children's products in developing countries, and chemical companies' efforts to block PFAS bans. Speakers will also share investigative techniques for uncovering corporate influence networks and discuss cross-border collaboration strategies to counter global threats to public health.

Speakers

Bana Salameh

Freelance

Maria Perez

Senior Reporter
The Examination

Stéphane Horel

Investigative Journalist
Le Monde

Moderator

Lina Ejeilat

Executive Editor
7iber