18 March 2026 | 14:00 – 16:00
Room ASP 5E3 | European Parliament, Brussels
AGENDA
Moderator: Mariam Zaidi, journalist
14:15 Opening remarks
- MEP Michalis Hadjipantela, member of the Committee on Public Health (SANT), EPP group, Cyprus
- Mariano Votta, Director for EU affairs - Active Citizenship Network-Cittadinanzattiva
- MEP Raffaele Topo, member of the Committee on Public Health (SANT), S&D group, Italy
14:25 Key note speeches
- Mikaela Nordenfelt, member of the Steering Group on Prevention of Respiratory Infections & Head of Partnership and Coalition - The European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI): Manifesto presentation “Call for a Council Recommendation on the value of immunisation against respiratory infections”
- Kinga Wójtowicz, Head of the Brussels Office - RPP Group: “Call-to-Action: Towards the Development of an EU Respiratory Health Plan”
14:45 Multi-stakeholder roundtable (including Q&A)
- Greet Hendrickx, Steering Group on Prevention of Respiratory Infections and Vaccine Confidence Project - University of Antwerp; member of the Adult Immunization Board
- Frazer Goodwin, Policy Coordinator - European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations (EFA)
- Angelos Kassianos, Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology; coordinator of EU4Health project co-OPERATOR
- Laurent Louette, Director Public Affairs - Vaccines Europe
- Tonia A. Adamidi, Pulmonologist, Tuberculologist - Nicosia General Hospital
15:45 Conclusions
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