Santiago Cornejo | Executive Manager, Regional Revolving Funds
PAHO

Mr. Cornejo has a master’s degree in international development studies from George Washington University. He started his career in academia and many international organizations. He joined the Gavi Alliance in 2008 where he held different responsibilities, including the development and management of its eligibility and transition and Middle-Income policies and the COVAX Facility. In 2022, Mr. Cornejo was appointed as Chief, Revolving Fund for Access to Vaccines at PAHO and is currently the Executive Manager for PAHO’s Regional Revolving Funds.

Appearances:

Pre-Congress Workshops - 21st April @ 10:00

BIODEFENSE

Protecting public health from biothreats to pandemics.

What is the progress on new technologies in medical product development?
How our governments are incentivizing (portfolio approach), especially with biotech and industry? What International collaborations are being facilitated?

10:10 – 10:50 Coupled lightening talks: ~10 minutes each

How our governments are incentivizing (portfolio approach), especially with biotech and industry?

10:55 – 11:50 Panel: Collaboration with industry: the solution for a sustainable posture for biodefence and global health security

11:50 – 12:50 Panel: Rapid vaccine development through manufacturing innovation

1:00 - 2:00 break

2:00 – 3:10 Panel: What are the remaining bottlenecks holding us back from achieving the 100 day mission?

3:10 – 4:10 Panel: International pandemic funding – how can we make it accessible globally?

4:10 – 5:00 Recap Panel: What are the drivers between different international governments and how can we harmonize these to strengthen our defense from global biothreats?

Bassam Hallis, Deputy Director, Vaccine Development & Evaluation Centre, UK Health Security Agency

Christian Tientcha Happi, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics in the Department of Biological Sciences & Director, ACEGID