First Online Seminar

Programme

Wednesday 2 December 2026 · 15:00–17:00 CET

1. 15:00
   Welcome and introduction to the Food Taxation Network

   José Miguel Martín Rodríguez · Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
2. Panel 1 · Legal design and EU law
3. 15:05
   Sugar Taxation and Legal Design

   Ricardo García Antón · Tilburg University, Netherlands
4. 15:15
   Food Taxation and EU Food Law

   Julio César Muñiz Pérez · UNED, Spain
5. Panel 2 · Empirical evidence: evaluation, pass-through and equity
6. 15:25
   Ex-ante and Ex-post Empirical Analyses

   Céline Bonnet · Toulouse School of Economics, France
7. 15:35
   The Sugar Tax in Ireland

   Frank Houghton · Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland
8. 15:45
   Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes: Economic, Public Health and Planetary Health Implications

   Juan Carlos Salgado · National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico
9. 15:55
   Beyond Food Taxes

   Sinne Smed · University of Copenhagen, Denmark
10. Panel 3 · Policy, public acceptability and food systems
11. 16:05
    Structural Policies to Childhood Obesity

    Juan Carlos Caro · Universidad de Concepción, Chile
12. 16:15
    Media Framing of Food Tax Policy

    Anette Bonifant · City St George's, University of London, UK
13. 16:25
    Fiscal Policy Transformations for Food System Transformations

    Shu Wen Ng · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
14. Spotlight
15. 16:35
    UN Tax Committee Handbook on Health Taxes for Developing Countries

    Anne Marie Thow · University of Sydney, Australia

    Special video message
16. 16:40
    Open discussion: collaboration opportunities

    Moderated by José Miguel Martín Rodríguez
17. 16:55
    Closing remarks and next steps

Each presentation: max. 10 minutes. Short video contributions from members who cannot join live will be available on this page.