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