
Successful kick-off in Brussels for the EUP OHAMR
The European Partnership on One Health AMR has now officially kicked off after two intense days of productive meetings, and insightful talks and discussions. Watch the recording from the external part of the event to learn more about the partnership!
The kick-off on 22-23 September gathered more than 100 participants on site in Brussels to outline our objectives, align our goals, meet the EUP OHAMR team and initiate the collaborative journey ahead. Another 200 people joined online for the external part of the event to learn more about the partnership and listen to talks and knowledge sharing sessions.
Thank you to the speakers, EUP OHAMR partners and all participants for making this such a successful event!
Programme
- Welcome and Introduction
- Katarina Bjelke, Director General, Swedish Research Council, Sweden
- Kasia Jurczak, Head of Unit Combatting Diseases, DG-RDT, European Commission
- AMR: setting the scene
- Dr. Hatim Sati, AMR expert, Medical Doctor, and Public Health Professional
- An overview of the EUP OHAMR programme
- Overview of the partnership – mission, vision, scopes and functions; Shahida Syed, EUP OHAMR Head of Secretariat
- Panel discussion with Work package leads/representatives: How do we achieve our intended outputs, outcomes and impact?; Barbara Junker, WP2, DLR, Germany; Sophie Gay, WP3, ANR, France; Giorgio Vingiani, WP4, APRE, Italy; Linda van Gaalen, WP5, ZonMw, Netherlands; Francesca Hodges WP6, UKRI (MRC), United Kingdom
- Insight forum: Delivering impact through global collaboration
- Panel discussion with experts: Shawon Lahiri, moderator; Charu Kaushic, Scientific Director/Institute of Infection and Immunity (CIHR), Canada; Henning Gädeke, Chair, The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP3); Helle Engslund Krarup, Director of operations, International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), Hatim Sati, AMR expert; Louise Norton-Smith, Director of External Affairs, CARB-X
- Concluding remarks
- Shahida Syed, EUP OHAMR Head of Secretariat

Panel members of the Insight forum.