Share to prepare : how to vaccinate the world

PROGRAMME
 

Introduction
by MEP Anna Cavazzini

 
Part 1: What could be the impact of the current TRIPS waiver proposal?
Assessing whether the current proposal represents an effective response to the challenge of scaling-up access to COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and tests.

Panelists:

• Ellen 't Hoen, expert in access to medicines and intellectual property
• Maria Martin-Prat, DG Trade Deputy Director-General in charge of intellectual property
• Sanya Reid Smith, senior researcher Third World Network

Moderation: Annalisa Merelli, Senior reporter at Quartz 
 
Followed by a Q&A session
 

Part 2: How to tackle future pandemics?
Exploring future-oriented models for the production of essential medicines, aimed at fair global access.
 
Panelists:

• James Love, director of think-thank Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
• Prof. Maria Elena Bottazzi, creator of the patent-free COVID vaccine Corbevax
• Dimitri Eynikel, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Moderation: Annalisa Merelli, Senior reporter at Quartz 
 
Followed by a Q&A session
 

Closing words
by MEP Sara Matthieu