Conference programme

Plenary A:  Keynote session on COVID‑19 

Speakers:

Dr Andrea Ammon, ECDC Director

Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO, Switzerland

Prof  George Fu Gao, China CDC

Chairs: Prof Mike Catchpole (ECDC) and Prof Magdalena Rosińska (NIPH-NIH National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Poland)

Plenary C: Field-epidemiology in the coming decade: where we have come from and where we should be going

Speakers:

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Nigeria CDC

Dr Adam Roth, ECDC

Dr Angela Hilmers, TEPHINET

Chairs: Amrish Baidjoe (ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross), Dr Susan Hahné (RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) and Dr Frantiska Hruba (ECDC)

Plenary B: Pandemic preparedness in times of COVID-19: how have pandemic preparedness plans contributed to responding to this global public health threat?

Speakers:

Dr Anders Tegnell, Public Health Agency, Sweden

Dr Francesco Maraglino, Ministry of Health, Italy

Prof Devi Sridhar, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Dr Gabrielle Breugelmans, CEPI, Norway

Chairs: Vicky Lefevre (ECDC) and Dr Frode Forland (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)

Plenary D: Magic bullet to control antimicrobial resistance (AMR): behaviour change or new technologies? 

Speakers:

Dr Esmita Charani, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Prof Stephan Harbarth, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland

Prof Dr A.W. (Alex) Friedrich, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Chairs: Prof Dr Bojana Beović (University of Ljubljana Slovenia) and Dr Bruno Coignard (Santé publique France)