EU Health Summit 2020: Time for Action

26.10.2020
Online

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us the importance of cooperation between all sectors and actors to ensure our healthcare systems can function to their best ability in saving human lives.

In 2018, 33 organisations came together under the umbrella of the EU Health Coalition. They jointly developed 20 recommendations for a healthier Europe to promote a shared vision of health in Europe.

This year, it is time for action. For the second edition of the EU Health Summit, all participants will develop implementing actions for policymakers and stakeholders to translate the 2018 recommendations into concrete policy change and improve Europeans’ health and health systems’ sustainability.

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Programme

13:30 - 13:40

Welcome, objectives and structure of the event

Cathy Smith

Moderator
13:40 - 13:55

Presentation of the EU Health Coalition

Nathalie Moll

Co-Chair, EU Health Coalition; Director General, EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and AssociationsEFPIA

Mary Lynne Van Poelgeest-Pomfret

Co-Chair, EU Health Coalition; President, WFIPP - World Federation of Incontinence and Pelvic Problems
13:55 - 14:00

Video message

Jens Spahn

Minister of Health, Germany
14:00 - 14:10

Keynote speech

Stella Kyriakides

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
14:10 - 14:15

Presentation of breakout sessions & break

Four breakout sessions will be running in parallel

14:15 - 14:20

Break

14:20 - 15:30

Breakout session: Digital health and health data

Moderated by Nicole Denjoy

Secretary GeneralCOCIR

Ceri Thompson

Deputy Head of Unit, DG CNECT H3 eHealth, Well-being and Ageing

Dr. Silvano Coletti

Managing Director Chelonia Applied Science and Project Innovation Manager Exscalate4COV

Gözde Susuzlu

Data Saves Lives coordinator, European Patients’ Forum

Marcus Zimmermann-Rittereiser

COCIR Digital Health Committee Chair and Siemens Healthineers
14:20 - 15:30

Breakout session: Healthcare systems

Moderated by Jacqueline Bowman

EU Policy LeadEASO

Nicolae Ştefănuță

Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe Group, Romania

Melitta Jakab

Senior Health Economist, WHO Barcelona Office For Health Systems Strengthening of the WHO Regional Office for Europe
14:20 - 15:30

Breakout session: Policies for health

Moderated by Nick Batey

EUREGHA Chair

Paola Testori Coggi

Special Advisor, National Technological Cluster on Life Sciences (ALISEI) & Former Director General for Health and Consumers, European Commission

Normunds Popens

Deputy Director General for Regional Policy, European Commission
14:20 - 15:30

Breakout session: Research and innovation

Moderated by Wilfried Ellmeier

BioMed Alliance President

Martin Landray

Member of the Regulatory Affairs Committee within the European Society of Cardiology

Cristina Bescos

EIT Health Spain Managing Director

Sabrina Montante

Senior Advisor for EU Affairs, ISS- National Institute of Health in Italy
15:30 - 16:05

Overview of conclusions by breakout sessions’ moderators

16:05 - 16:25

Interview with EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel

Mariya Gabriel

Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
16:25 - 16:35

Video message

Andrea Ammon

Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
16:35 - 17:25

Panel discussion on a stronger European Health Union and COVID-19

Dolors Montserrat

Member of the European Parliament, Group of the European People’s Party, Spain

Despina Spanou

Head of Cabinet of Commission Vice President Margaritis SchinasEuropean Commission

Nicola Bedlington

Special Advisor European Patients Forum

Rui Santos Ivo

President of INFARMED, National Authority of Medicines and Healthcare Products, Portugal
17:25 - 17:30

Concluding remarks

Mary Lynne Van Poelgeest-Pomfret

Co-Chair, EU Health Coalition; President, WFIPP - World Federation of Incontinence and Pelvic Problems

Nathalie Moll

Co-Chair, EU Health Coalition; Director General, EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and AssociationsEFPIA
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