Program

• 1:30–2:00 p.m.: Opening of the conference

Adrien Taquet, Secretary of State for Children and Families under the Minister of Solidarity and Health
Geneviève Chêne, Director General of Santé publique France

• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: The First 1,000 Days: Where It All Begins

Boris Cyrulnik, neuropsychiatrist, Director of Education at the University of Toulon, and Professor of Ethology at the University of Mons in Belgium. Appointed Chair of the “First 1,000 Days” Expert Commission. Author of dozens of books for the general public and professionals.

• 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM: It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

Maya Gratier, professor of developmental psychology at the University of Paris Nanterre and director of Babylab Nanterre. She trained at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Paris Descartes, and the University of California in developmental psychology and intercultural clinical psychology. Her research focuses primarily on social interactions, vocal development, and the origins of musical abilities in infants. More broadly, she is interested in all forms of interpersonal coordination in social interactions.

• 3:30–4:00 PM: Building a Health-Promoting Environment

Laurent Storme, professor of pediatrics at the University of Lille, head of the Neonatology Department at Lille University Hospital, and coordinator of the Lille university-hospital consortium project “1,000 Days for Health.” His research focuses on pulmonary development in the fetus and young children, their growth in utero, and the impacts of the environment and endocrine disruptors.

• 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Cultural Health: From Cultural and Artistic Enrichment to Parent-Child Bonds

Sophie Marinopoulos, psychologist, psychoanalyst, and founder of “Les Pâtes au Beurre,” a network of family support centers. Author of numerous books, including "Écoutez-moi grandir" published by Les Liens qui Libèrent, and author of the ministerial report "A National Strategy for Cultural Health: Promoting and Sustaining Children’s Cultural and Artistic Development from Birth to Age 3 Through the Parent-Child Bond (ECA-LEP).

• 4:30 PM – 4:50 PM: From Knowledge to Action in Public Health

Thierry Cardoso, public health physician and head of the “Perinatal and Early Childhood” unit within the Prevention and Health Promotion Directorate at Santé publique France
. An overview of the expertise, surveillance strategy, and initiatives for promoting perinatal health led by Santé publique France in support of public action.

• 4:50 PM – 5:40 PM: Roundtable – Public Policies for the First 1,000 Days: Initial Measures

Moderated by
Pierre-Yves Manchon, Management Team of the “First 1,000 Days of a Child’s Life” project ” – General Secretariat of the Ministries Responsible for Social Affairs (SGMCAS) with the participation of
Marie Lambert, Head of the Office of Families and Parenting at the Directorate General for Social
Cohesion; Nathalie Rabier-Thoreau, physician in charge of Perinatal Care and Women’s Health at the Directorate General for Health;
Arielle Le Masne, physician in charge of health promotion expertise, Santé publique France;
Marie-Jo Passetemps, Project Manager for “Health and Precarity,” Pays de la Loire Regional Health
Agency; Anne Picard-Cosker, Head of the Strategy for the Prevention and Fight Against Poverty at the Pays de la Loire Regional Directorate for the Economy,
Employment, Labor, and Solidarity; Anne Postic, Commissioner for the Prevention and Fight Against Poverty.

• 5:40 PM – 5:45 PM: Summary of the day

Thierry Cardoso and Pierre-Yves Manchon