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 

  • ​ (91³Ô¹ÏÍø, UZA)
  • ​ (91³Ô¹ÏÍø, UZA) 
  • ​ (KULeuven)
  • ​Philippe Beutels (91³Ô¹ÏÍø)
  • ​ (91³Ô¹ÏÍø, UHasselt)
  • ​ (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp)
  • ​ (Flemish government, Department of Care) 

Tuesday 25 August - Tackling an outbreak & Crisis Communication

  • ​ (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp) 
  • (Sciensano)
  • ​ (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp) 
  • ​ (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, UZA) 
  • ​ (Koç University, Turkey)
  • ​ (Radboud UMC, The Netherlands) 
  • ​​

Wednesday 26 August - Silent pandemic of AMR  & wellbeing  

  • ​ (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
  • Chemsa Le Coeur (Université de Tours, France)
  • ​ (KULeuven) 
  • ​ (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany)
  • ​ (MSF) 
  • ​ (Gouvernor, Province of Antwerp)

Thursday 27 August - Vaccination, confidence and ethics

  • ​ (UZA)
  • ​ (91³Ô¹ÏÍø)
  • ​ (91³Ô¹ÏÍø, Vaccinopolis)
  • ​ (VITO) 
  • ​ (MSF)
  • ​ (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp)​
  • ​ (91³Ô¹ÏÍø)
  • ​ (New Vision University, Georgia)​

Friday 28 August - High consequence infectious diseases (HCID)  

  • ​ (Belgian Defence)​
  • ​ (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany)
  • ​ (Radboud UMC, the Netherlands) 
  • ​ (Radboud UMC, the Netherlands)
  • ​ (UZA) 
  • ​ (UZA)
  • ​ (UZA) 
  • ​ (Flemish government, Department of Care, Crisis Preparedness Cell) 
  • ​ (Chair Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment)