HERAIndustryDays2026

Hera Industry Days 2026

23 – 24 Nov 2026 | Brussels, Belgium

Hera Industry Days 2026

Day 1, 23 November  

08.00-9.00 Welcome Breakfast 

9.00-9.10 Introductory speech  

  • Florika Fink Hooijer 
  • Director-General of DG HERA  

9.10-9.20 Opening speech   

  • Commissioner Lahbib 

9.20-9.30 Keynote speech 

  • TBC 

9.30-10.40 Plenary panel  

Securing Health, Strengthening Defence: Critical role of Civil-Military cooperation in Health Resilience for Europe 

  • TBC 

10.40-11.10 Coffee break 

11.10-12.30 Plenary panel  

(HERA.03) Strategic Autonomy & Economic Security 

 

12.30-12.40 Keynote speech 

  • Commissioner Várhelyi 

 

12.40-13.40 Lunch 

13.40-14.40 Speed-dating session  

14.40-16.00 Plenary panel  

Financing Europe’s preparedness: the next MFF and new EU instruments for medical countermeasures 

TBC 

16.00-16.30 Coffee break  

16.30-16.40 Keynote speech  

Commissioner Síkela (TBC) 

16.40-18.00 Plenary Panel  

Lessons learned from recent and ongoing crises (Ebola, Hantavirus)  
MCM in a global context 

TBC 

18.00-20.00 Networking event  

DAY 2, 24 November 

8.30-9.00 Door opening and registrations 

9.00-9.30 Welcome coffee 

9.15-9.20 Introductory remarks 

Laurent Muschel, Deputy Head of HERA 

9.20-9.30 Keynote speech  

 Minister of Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Ireland) 

TBC 

9.30-10.45 Sessions