The team behind the Summer School on Pandemic Preparedness has worked very hard on shaping the programme for this year’s edition.
As in previous years, we will retain the same daily themes. The names of the confirmed speakers are listed below.
Monday 24 August - Setting the scene
- Erika Vlieghe (UAntwerpen, UZA)
- Annelies Mondelaers (UAntwerpen, UZA)
- Marc Van Ranst (KULeuven)
- Philippe Beutels (UAntwerpen)
- Niel Hens (UAntwerpen, UHasselt)
- Isabel Brosius (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp)
- Naima Hammami (Flemish government, Department of Care)
Tuesday 25 August - Tackling an outbreak & Crisis Communication
- Joachim Mariën (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp)
- Jorgen Stassijns (Sciensano)
- Raffaella Ravinetto (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp)
- Cansu Çimen (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, UZA)
- Önder Ergönül (Koç University, Turkey)
- Alma Tostmann (Radboud UMC, The Netherlands)
- Frank Van Oss
Wednesday 26 August - Silent pandemic of AMR & wellbeing
- Zoi-Dorothea Pana (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
- Chemsa Le Coeur (Université de Tours, France)
- Emmanuel André (KULeuven)
- Annette Hennigs (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany)
- Armand Sprecher (MSF)
- Cathy Berx (Gouvernor, Province of Antwerp)
Thursday 27 August - Vaccination, confidence and ethics
- Koen Vanden Driessche (UZA)
- Greet Hendrickx (UAntwerpen)
- Helene Laporte (UAntwerpen, Vaccinopolis)
- Inge Neven (VITO)
- Aurélie Detollenaere (MSF)
- Gorik Ooms (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp)
- Pierre Van Damme (UAntwerpen)
- Tinatin Kutchukhidze (New Vision University, Georgia)
Friday 28 August - High consequence infectious diseases (HCID)
- Jan Vaes (Belgian Defence)
- Matin Kohsar (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany)
- Chantal Rovers (Radboud UMC, the Netherlands)
- Manon Tingen-Wieland (Radboud UMC, the Netherlands)
- Yvan Somers (UZA)
- Maarten Totté (UZA)
- Karianne Smolders (UZA)
- Liesbeth Van Gestel (Flemish government, Department of Care, Crisis Preparedness Cell)
- Dirk Ramaekers (Chair Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment)