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Global Vaccination Summit Brussels, 12 September 2019 GLOBAL VACCINATION SUMMIT BRUSSELS, 12 SEPTEMBER 2019 Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 170, 1040 Brussels AGENDA 08.00 Registration 09.00 Welcome – Opening Remarks In the presence of Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians • Jean Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission • Video message Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund • Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization 09.40 Special Address • Yvonne Chaka Chaka, South African singer, champion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the United Nations MDG Envoy for Africa 10.00 Coffee/Tea Break 10.30 In Vaccines we trust: Stepping up action to increase vaccine confidence Chair: Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, European Commission Panel Members: • Maggie De Block, Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, and Asylum and Migration, Belgium • Professor Laetitia Rispel, President, World Federation of Public Health Associations • Dr. Zsuzsanna Jakab, Deputy Director General World Health Organization • Dr. Jerome Adams, Surgeon General of the United States Video message Beatrice Vio, Italian wheelchair fencer, 2014 and 2016 European champion, 2015 and 2017 World champion, and 2016 Paralympic champion • Dr. Heidi J. Larson, Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project • Maud Sacquet, Public Policy Manager, Mozilla • Jason Hirsch, Public Policy Manager, Facebook Questions and Answers 11.45 Special Address • Ethan Lindenberger, American teenager known for his opposition to anti-vaccine disinformation campaigns • Fergal and Kevin Brennan, brothers of Laura Brennan, Irish HPV vaccine advocate who died of cervical cancer in March 2019 12.15 The Magic of Science: Boosting vaccine Research, Development, and Innovation Chair: Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, European Commission Panel Members: • Professor Stewart Cole, President, Pasteur Institute • Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization • Dr. Richard Hatchett, CEO, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations • Nanette Cocero, Vaccines Europe (Global President, Vaccines Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group) • Dr. Michael Makanga, Director, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Questions and Answers 13.30 Lunch 15.00 Video Message Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission , 15.15 Vaccines Protecting Everyone, Everywhere: Galvanizing a global response to assure health, security and prosperity through immunization Chair: Dr. Peter Salama, Executive Director, Universal Health Coverage / Life Course, World Health Organization Panel members: • Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Ambassador, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and Former President of the United Republic of Tanzania • Dr. Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies • Dr. Stefan Swartling Peterson, Chief of Health Section, United Nations Children’s Fund • Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance • Soraya Narfeldt, CEO, RA International • Joe Cerrell, Managing Director for Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission Questions and Answers 16.30 Closing Remarks and Conclusions of the Summit 17.00 End of Summit #VaccinationSummit19 #VaccinesWork.
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