OBES Programme
*Programme is provisional and subject to change.

7 November 2025, Friday

Time Session
08:00
09:00
Breakfast Session: OBES Consensus Meeting - Introduction & Overview (By invitation)
MR 334 & 335
09:00
09:15
OBES: Welcome & Opening Speeches
Hall F
09:15
10:30
Aung Myint Oo @ YE Jian Guo Chairperson Singapore
Khoo Chin Meng Chairperson Singapore
  • Plenary 1: Obesity Management: Opportunities, Pitfalls, and the Road Ahead
    Alexander Miras Speaker United Kingdom
  • Plenary 2: Levelling Up in Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: The Journey toward Surgical Mastery
    Huang Chih-Kun Speaker Taiwan
  • Q&A
Hall F
11:00
12:30
Dato' Dr. Tikfu Gee Chairperson Malaysia
Ester Yeoh Chairperson Singapore
Sasha Thrumurthy Chairperson Singapore
MR 334 & 335
12:30
13:30
Lunch Symposium 2D by DKSH
Beyond Weight Loss: Shaping the Future of Obesity Care
Alexander Miras Speaker United Kingdom
Hall F
13:30
15:00
Joan Khoo Chairperson Singapore
KIM Guowei Chairperson Singapore
Hall F
15:30
16:45
Cindy Ng Chairperson Singapore
Koh Huilin Chairperson Singapore
  • Sarcopenic Obesity: Defining the Double Burden and Its Clinical Impact
    Chue Koy Min Speaker Singapore
  • Nutrition for Strength: Optimising Diet to Preserve Muscle While Reducing Fat
    Angel Tey Speaker Singapore
  • Moving Stronger: Physical Activity for Sarcopenic Obesity
    Aaron Yeo Speaker Singapore
  • Panel Q&A
Hall F
16:45
18:00
Amanda Lim Chairperson Singapore
Khee Giat Yeng Chairperson Singapore
  • When the Mind and Body Weigh Heavily
    Adrian Toh Speaker Singapore
  • Complications of Bariatric Surgery - What Non-Surgeons Should Know
    Dato' Dr. Tikfu Gee Speaker Malaysia
  • When Metabolism Meets Fertility: How Obesity Disrupts the Hypothalamic-pituitary Gonadal Axis
    Eng Pei Chia Speaker Singapore
  • What I Wish I’d Known: A Patient’s and Caregiver’s Journey Through Diets, Medication and Surgery
    Ida Laila Speaker Singapore
    Mohammad Shukur Speaker Singapore
  • Panel Q&A
MR 334 & 335

8 November 2025, Saturday

Time Session
07:45
08:45
Breakfast Session: OBES Consensus Meeting - Decision-Making (By invitation)
Hall F
08:45
09:10
Celebrating the 10th OBES
MR 334 & 335
09:10
10:30
Danson YEO Xue Wei Chairperson Singapore
Tham Kwang Wei Chairperson Singapore
  • Precision & Personalization in Obesity Medicine: Truth or Myth?
    Tai E Shyong Speaker Singapore
  • From the Local Lens: Epigenetics, Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
    Marie Loh Speaker Singapore
  • The Metabolomics Code
    Jean-Paul Kovalik Speaker Singapore
MR 334 & 335
11:00
12:30
Benjamin Lam Chairperson Singapore
Shanker Pasupathy Chairperson Singapore
  • Beyond BMI: Navigating the Obesity Paradox in Mid-Life Asian Woman in Singapore
    Mya Thway Tint Speaker Singapore
  • Refining Obesity Diagnosis: An Overview of the Lancet Commission for Clinical Obesity
    Tham Kwang Wei Speaker Singapore
  • Q&A with Panel Discussion
    Lee Yingshan Speaker Singapore
    Lim Chin Hong Speaker Singapore
MR 334 & 335
12:30
13:30
  • Redefining Obesity Management: Bridging Science and clinical outcomes
    Joan Khoo Speaker Singapore
Hall C
13:30
15:00
Ching Siok Siong Chairperson Singapore
Rethinam Ganesan Chairperson Singapore
  • Smart Data, Smarter Outcomes: A Tech Approach to Obesity Management
    Sue Anne Toh Speaker Singapore
  • Transforming Surgical Care in Obesity
    Charleen Yeo Speaker Singapore
  • The Roles of Wearables in Redefining Exercise in Obesity Care
    Muhammad Jazimin Haron Speaker Singapore
  • Tapping On Your Natural GLP-1 Through Diet
    Lim Su Lin Speaker Singapore
  • Panel Q&A
MR 334 & 335