"Malaria and dengue fever are two of the mosquito-borne diseases most likely to spread dramatically as global temperatures head upward, " said the Harvard Medical School's Paul Epstein in Scientific American in 2000, in a warning typical of many.
Keynote speakers include American economist Jeffrey Sachs (by video) who will present the investment and productivity argument for ECCE, Jack Shonkoff, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Chair of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child in the United States, who will speak on brain research and child development, and Danny Faure, Vice-President of the Seychelles.