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Keith Sumption
is the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CVO-FAO), Leader of the Animal Health Programme (NSAH), and Director of the Joint Centre for Zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) (CJWZ). He has worked on disease ecology at the interaction of wildlife, domestic and the environment for more than 30 years, from initial studies on how disease can affect ecosystem balances (for his first degree in Ecology), through PhD studies on
African Swine Fever in wild and domestic hosts in southern Africa, and more than 17 years of management of epizootic diseases (Foot-and-mouth disease, FMD) in the wildlife – domestic interface as Secretary for the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth
Disease (EuFMD) Commission.
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Junxia Song has extensive experience in the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases, transboundary animal diseases (TADs), and antimicrobial resistance
( AMR). Currently, she is working in the joint FAO/WHO center (zoonotic disease, and AMR). She is FAO AMR focal point and unit head, leading the development and implementation of FAO action plan on AMR, coordinating AMR activities with internal and external
partners, significantly contributing AMR tripartite and UNEP collaboration. She is coordinating the endemic zoonotic disease (rabies, brucellosis, zoonotic TB) in the center as well.
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Cristina Petracchi
heads the FAO elearning Academy. She manages and coordinates the design, development, delivery and language adaptations of an extensive portfolio of elearning courses and blended learning programmes for the benefit
of FAO member countries. She is also responsible for the creation of University Master’s and Post Graduate Degree Programmes. She engages actively in consolidating partnerships across United Nations agencies, academic institutions and universities, regional
organizations, CSOs and NGOs for capacity development initiatives. In addition to a University Degree in Biological Sciences, Ms Petracchi holds a PhD in Nutrition and Food Science, and has several years of experience of capacity development activities in
several countries.
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