Charlie Weller | Head of Vaccines
Wellcome Trust

Day 2 (21st October) @ 16:00

Europe’s Vision for Global Health Security: Designing Sustainable Vaccine Financing and Preparedness Systems

• How can Europe define evidence-based criteria to decide when eradication, elimination, or long-term control of major infectious threats (i.e. Health Threat Prioritisation Assessment for medical countermeasures) is achievable and desirable? 
• What economic models and tools are needed to ensure predictable, long-term investment in vaccine R&D, manufacturing platforms, and preparedness infrastructure and implementation of immunisation programs? 
• How can European institutions pivot global R&D and preparedness financing from reactive, crisis-driven surges to mission-oriented, multi-decade planning? 
• Which policy levers, such as long-term contracts, advance market commitments, and pooled procurement, can reliably diversify and stabilize vaccine supply for both routine immunisation and emergency response? 

Mark Jit, Chair and Professor, Department of Global and Environmental Health, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Maarten Postma, Chair, Faculty of Economics & Business,, University of Groningen

Charlie Weller, Head of Vaccines, Wellcome Trust

Saul Walker, Director for Public Partnerships, CEPI

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Saul Walker / Europe’s Vision for Global Health Security: Designing Sustainable Vaccine Financing and Preparedness Systems

Saul Walker, Director for Public Partnerships,
CEPI

Saul Walker is the Director of Public Partnerships at CEPI, leading collaboration with international and regional partners to advance shared objectives on rapid vaccine development and equitable access for emerging epidemic and pandemic pathogens. He also works to ensure CEPI’s develops respectful...

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Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director General, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority

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Florika Fink-Hooijer / Europe’s Vision for Global Health Security: Designing Sustainable Vaccine Financing and Preparedness Systems

Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director General,
Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority

Dr. Florika Fink-Hooijer DIRECTOR-GENERAL, HEALTH EMERGENCY, PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE AUTHORITY (DG HERA) Dr. Florika Fink-Hooijer leads the DG HERA in the European Commission. DG HERA’s primary mission is to counter vulnerabilities and strategic dependencies within the EU in relation to...

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Thomas Waite, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, UK Department of Health