OBES Programme
*Programme is provisional and subject to change.

OBES: 7 November 2025, Friday

Time Session
08:00
09:00
Breakfast session: Consensus Meeting - Introduction & Overview (By invitation)
09:00
09:15
Welcome & Opening Address
09:15
09:45
  • Lessons from the Past, Redefining the Future in Obesity Management
  • Redefining Obesity: An Overview of the Lancet Commission for Clinical Obesity
09:45
10:15
Plenary 2: Levelling Up in Metabolic Bariatric Surgery
Chih Kun Huang Speaker Singapore
10:15
10:30
Q&A
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break
11:00
12:30
  • Audience Poll
  • Cost-effectiveness of Obesity Interventions
  • Curb (Medications)
  • Cut (Surgery)
    Chih Kun Huang Speaker Singapore
  • Contour (Gastroplasty)
    Ravishankar Speaker Singapore
  • Condition (Lifestyle)
  • Audience Poll
12:30
13:30
Lunch Symposium (Industry): DKSH
13:30
15:00
  • The Kidneys
  • The Cardiovascular System
  • Sleep
  • Oncology
    Dr Lim Chin Hong Speaker Singapore
15:00
15:30
Coffee Break
15:30
16:45
  • The Synergy of Sarcopenia & Obesity
  • Dietary interventions for Sarcopenic Obesity Management
  • Move It & Push It: Exercise prescription for Sarcopenic Obesity
    Aaron Yeo Sulun Speaker Singapore
16:45
18:00
  • Complications of Bariatric Surgery - What Non-Surgeons Should Know
  • Obesity Care for Women - the Struggles of Post-menopausal Weight Gain
  • Obesity and Mental Health
  • What I Wish I’d Known: A Patient’s Journey Through Diets, Medication and Surgery
19:00
20:00
Industry Sponsored Dinner

OBES: 8 November 2025, Saturday

Time Session
07:45
08:45
Breakfast session: Consensus Meeting - Decision-Making (By invitation)
08:45
09:10
Celebrating the 10th OBES
09:10
09:40
Chih Kun Huang Chairperson Singapore
  • From the Local Lens: Metabolic Health of Singaporeans
  • Deciphering Metabolomics
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
12:30
  • Beyond BMI: Navigating the Obesity Paradox in Mid-Life Asian Woman in Singapore
  • Refining Obesity Diagnosis: An Overview of the Lancet Commission for Clinical Obesity
  • Q&A with Panel Discussion: Implications of the Lancet Commission - perspectives from:
    a) Public Health / Health Economics b) Surgical c) Medical
    Asim SHABBIR Speaker Singapore
12:30
13:30
Lunch Symposium: Novo Nordisk
13:30
15:00
  • Smart Data, Smarter Outcomes: A Tech Approach to Obesity Management
  • Transforming Surgical Care in Obesity
  • The Roles of Wearables in Redefining Exercise in Obesity Care
  • Digital Nutrition: Tech Tools in Transforming Obesity Prevention & Management
  • Q&A
15:00
15:30
Award Ceremony & Closing