Please find the information requested about the Bridging epidemiology to public health security policy workshop, which will take place on the 10 November 2015, Courtyard by Marriott Stockholm, Rålambshovsleden, 50, SE-112 19 - Stockholm. The last version of the agenda is in attachment.

 

The aim of the "Bridging epidemiology to public health security policy" workshop is to present the results from the Health Security actions, funded under the Health Programme 2008-2013. During the event the EU networks experts will share information generated in the field of preparedness and response, and demonstrate how the outputs have been take-up at European, national or regional level policies.  During the expert presentations and debate, the panel will identify common challenges and opportunities for improving the EU MS capacities, sustainability of work and future developments.

The Health Programme workshop will be a pre-event to the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE), which will be held on 11-13 November 2015, Stockholm, Sweden. The pre-event is organised in collaboration with the ESCAIDE conference scientific committee from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The event is already announced on the ESCAIDE website and it open for registration: https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/ESCAIDE/programme/Pages/overview.aspx.

Please promote the event to your peers and ask them to register by written to CHAFEA-EXT-MEETINGS (CHAFEA-EXT-MEETINGS@ec.europa.eu).