Anne Calteux
Head of Representation
Luxembourg | Luxembourg
Biography
Since September 2021, Anne Calteux has been the Representative of the European Commission in Luxembourg. Before that, she held the position of Head of European and International Affairs, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Health in Luxembourg and was in charge of the coordination of the COVID-19 crisis cell at the Ministry of Health. Holding a Master's degree in Comparative European Law from LLM, King's College in London, Mrs Calteux was a lawyer at the Luxembourg Bar from 1999-2003. She represented Luxembourg to the EU in the fields of public health and social security between 2004 and 2013.
Organisation
Representation of the European Commission in Luxembourg
EU Institutions
Speaker session
14:45 - 16:00
Panel 5: Remaining vigilant and the future-looking perspective
Chair: Richard Pebody – WHO Euro Team Leader for Infection Hazard Management
- Vaccination – Hanna Nohynek, National Institute for Health and Welfare, NITAG, Finland
- Using behavioural sciences in addressing COVID-19 pandemic - Mariken Leurs, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
- Sentinel surveillance and continued testing – Bruno Ciancio, European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- Research and Innovation on the EU level – Irene Norstedt, Director of People Directorate, DG Research and Innovation
Q&A
Bruno Christian Ciancio
Head of Surveillance Section
Stockholm | Sweden
Biography
Dr Bruno Ciancio is a medical epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist. He worked as infectious disease epidemiologist at national level in Italy and in the UK. After completing the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), he joined the ECDC in 2006. He worked as influenza expert for several years, supporting surveillance activities and pandemic preparedness, establishing the I-MOVE network for monitoring influenza vaccine effectiveness, and developing guidelines on influenza prevention. Since 2011 he leads the Surveillance section which is responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of infectious disease data at EU/EEA level, for global epidemic intelligence, and for microbiology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Ciancio led the ECDC COVID-19 team and the development of surveillance guidance and outputs.
Organisation
ECDC
EU Institutions
Speaker session
14:45 - 16:00
Panel 5: Remaining vigilant and the future-looking perspective
Chair: Richard Pebody – WHO Euro Team Leader for Infection Hazard Management
- Vaccination – Hanna Nohynek, National Institute for Health and Welfare, NITAG, Finland
- Using behavioural sciences in addressing COVID-19 pandemic - Mariken Leurs, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
- Sentinel surveillance and continued testing – Bruno Ciancio, European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- Research and Innovation on the EU level – Irene Norstedt, Director of People Directorate, DG Research and Innovation
Q&A
Francesca Colombo
Head of the Health Division
Paris | France
Biography
FRANCESCA COLOMBO, M.Sc., is Head of the Health Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. In this capacity, she leads OECD work on health, which aims at providing internationally comparable data on health and health systems and applying economic analysis to health policies, advising policy makers, stakeholders and citizens on how to respond to demands for more and better health care and make health systems more resilient and people centred. Major activities of the OECD Health Division cover the response to the COVID-19 crisis and solutions to make health systems more resilient; trends in health spending; measuring of health care outcomes, activities and inputs; health care quality policies; assessing health system efficiency and value for money; health workforce; long-term care systems and ageing; the economics of public health; pharmaceutical policies, new technologies, big data and Artificial Intelligence in health (http://www.oecd.org/health). Ms Colombo is a member of the Lancet Commission on COVID-19, the Advisory Committee of the European Health Forum Gastein, the French government’s Commission des comptes de la santé, and served as co-chair of the WEF Global Future Council on Health and Health Care, and other international advisory panels. Mrs Colombo has over 25 years of experience leading international activities on health and health systems. Over her career, she travelled extensively in Europe, South America and Asia, advising governments on health system policies and reforms.
Organisation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
International organisation
Speaker session
14:45 - 16:00
Panel 5: Remaining vigilant and the future-looking perspective
Chair: Richard Pebody – WHO Euro Team Leader for Infection Hazard Management
- Vaccination – Hanna Nohynek, National Institute for Health and Welfare, NITAG, Finland
- Using behavioural sciences in addressing COVID-19 pandemic - Mariken Leurs, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
- Sentinel surveillance and continued testing – Bruno Ciancio, European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- Research and Innovation on the EU level – Irene Norstedt, Director of People Directorate, DG Research and Innovation
Q&A