register for the 9th ESA Annual Meeting, Brussels, 18 March 2026
We are delighted to announce the programme of the 9th Annual Meeting of the European Sepsis Alliance, taking place on 18 March in Brussels, at the premises of the Representation of North Rhine-Westphalia to the EU, rue Montoyer 47.
We are delighted to announce that Dr. João Breda, Head of the WHO European Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety, will join the opening session with Hon. Vytenis Andriukaitis, Member of the European Parliament and ESA Patron, Ana Burgos Gutiérrez, Head of Unit at HERA, Prof. Evangelos J. Giamarellos Bourboulis, ESA Chair, Prof. Konrad Reinhart, Founding President of the Global Sepsis Alliance and President of the Sepsis Stiftung, and Dr. Mariam Jashi, Global Sepsis Alliance CEO and former Member of Parliament of Georgia.
We will hear updates on sepsis treatment and reaearch by Europe's leading experts, and we are honoured by the participantion of Member of the European Parliament Hon. Sirpa Pietikäinen, who will close the first part of the event.
We will hear testimonies of sepsis survivors and family members Marianne Haverkamp, Sinead O'Reilly, and Dr. Nveed Chaudary, and how they are transforming a dramatic experience in policy change. Prof. Jan De Waele, ESICM President, Guilherme Gonçalves Duarte, Executive Director of UNITE, and Dr. Ron Daniels, Chief Medical Officer of the UK Sepsis Trust and Vice President of the Global Sepsis Alliance, will discuss the importance of sepsis response in the current global health scenario.
At the last Annual Meeting at the European Parliament, we launched the Call to Action for Sepsis in Europe, which sets out concrete recommendations for EU institutions, Member States, and stakeholders.
One year on, the 2026 meeting aims to take stock of progress, identify gaps, and reinvigorate the commitments outlined in Call to Action. We will involve European policymakers and authorities, sepsis survivors and experts, with the objective to demonstrate the urgency to integrate sepsis in the EU policy agenda and engage participants in advocating for sepsis awareness and prioritisation.
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