From National Leadership to European Action: Making Sepsis a European Health Policy Priority

📅 September 15, 2026 | Dublin, Ireland 📍 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 🎥 Free livestream on YouTube Sepsis is a major global health challenge — but what role can European policy play in reducing its burden? ++ Chapter Markers ++ 00:00:00 Countdown 00:05:46 Prof. Steve Kerrigan - Welcome 00:08:45 Hon. Senator Aubrey McCarthy 00:14:05 Simone Mancini - Opening remarks 00:18:27 Dr. Mariam Jashi, CEO, Global Sepsis Alliance - The global sepsis agenda and the European opportunity 34:57 Prof. Mary Horgan, Chief Medical Officer, Ireland - Action on sepsis: a national response to a global challenge 00:44:56 Prof. Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Chair, European Sepsis Alliance - Sepsis in Europe: what data and science tell us, and why policy must respond 00:55:00 Dr. Gundo Weiler, Head of WHO Athens Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office - The perspective of WHO Europe: the case for a European Sepsis Plan 01:03:01 Inmaculada Navarro, Policy Officer, European Commission - The EU policy landscape: integrating sepsis policy response into the European Health Union 01:15:07 Panel 1: The human impact of sepsis, a reality check: transforming experience into policy change Sinéad O'Reilly, Irish Sepsis Alliance, Ireland James Corcoran, Irish Sepsis Foundation, Ireland Marianne Haverkamp, Chair of the ESA Patients and Family Support Working Group, Spain Moderated by Ulrika Knutsson, Founder Sepsisfonden, Vice Chair European Sepsis Alliance, Sweden 02:07:06 Prof. Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Trinity College Dublin - Critical Aspect of Sepsis Management: A Tale from the Frontline 02:19:27 - Panel II: Implementing National Sepsis Strategies: Lessons from Across Europe Closing Session: From Dublin to Brussels – A Call to Act Prof. Mary Horgan, Chief Medical Officer, Ireland Prof. Djillali Annane, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Dr. Ron Daniels, CEO, UK Sepsis Trust and Vice President, GSA, United Kingdom Tom Vanacker, Quality Coordinator for Integrated Quality Management, National Sepsis Coordinator, Belgium Assoc. Prof. Kristoffer Strålin, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Chair of the National Clinical Pathway for Sepsis, Sweden Moderated by Prof. Steve Kerrigan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Irish Sepsis Alliance, Ireland 03:13:08 - Closing Session: From Dublin to Brussels – A Call to Act Billy Kelleher, Member of the European Parliament, Ireland Prof. Konrad Reinhart, Founding President, Global Sepsis Alliance, Honorary President, European Sepsis Alliance, Founding President, Sepsis Stiftung, Germany Prof. Marlies Ostermann, President-Elect, European Society of Intensive Care, UK Moderated by Dr. Ron Daniels, CEO, UK Sepsis Trust and Vice President, GSA, United Kingdom 03:57:04 - Closing Statements Marianne Haverkamp, Chair of the ESA Patients and Family Support Working Group, Spain Sinéad O'Reilly, Irish Sepsis Alliance, Ireland Prof. Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Chair, European Sepsis Alliance, Greece Simone Mancini, Director, European Sepsis Alliance __ Join leading health experts, policymakers, clinicians, advocates, survivors, and representatives from across Europe for “From National Leadership to European Action”, a high-level event exploring how sepsis can become a stronger priority within European health policy. Held in Dublin during the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the event will examine the opportunity for stronger European action on sepsis and the case for a coordinated European Sepsis Plan. The program featured: 🔹 The global sepsis agenda and the European opportunity 🔹 A WHO Europe perspective on a European Sepsis Plan 🔹 Ireland’s commitment to sepsis and the transition from national leadership to European ambition 🔹 What data and science tell us about sepsis in Europe — and why policy must respond 🔹 The EU policy landscape and the European Health Union 🔹 The human impact of sepsis and turning lived experience into policy change 🔹 Lessons from national sepsis strategies across Europe 🔹 A high-level closing session: From Dublin to Brussels — A Call to Act 🔹 Presentation of policy recommendations and closing statements Speakers include representatives from WHO Europe, the European Commission, the Irish Government, the European Parliament, national sepsis programmes, clinical institutions, and sepsis survivor and advocacy organisations. The event is an associated event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026. Join the conversation and help shape the future of sepsis policy in Europe. -- https://www.europeansepsisalliance.org/ https://globalsepsisalliance.org/ https://www.worldsepsisday.org/ -- Stop Sepsis – Save Lives 2026 Global Sepsis Alliance