From National Leadership to European Action, an Irish Presidency of the EU Associated Event – September 15, Dublin

The European Sepsis Alliance is honoured to invite you to “Making sepsis a European health policy priority: from national leadership to European action”, taking place at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, in Dublin on 15 September. The event is an Associated Event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It is co-hosted by the Global Sepsis Alliance and the Irish Sepsis Alliance. This afternoon conference will bring together top leaders of the European academic and clinical space alongside high-level representatives of national and European institutions, including the European Commission, WHO Europe, and the Irish government, with the possible participation of Minister of Health, Jennifer Carroll McNeill. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Mariam Jashi, CEO of the Global Sepsis Alliance and former Deputy Minister of Health of Georgia, ESA Chair Prof. Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Prof. Mary Horgan, Chief Medical Officer of Ireland, Minister of State Niamh Smyth, and the National Sepsis Coordinator for Belgium, Tom Vanacker. Patient advocates, sepsis survivors, and representatives of countries with established national sepsis strategies — including Ireland, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Sweden — will contribute to dedicated panels. https://www.europeansepsisalliance.org/news/2026/8/18/from-national-leadership-to-european-action-an-irish-presidency-of-the-eu-associated-event-september-15-dublin The central objective of the Dublin conference is to trigger a collective call on the European Commission and Council to develop a coordinated European framework for sepsis — building on the ESA's Call to Action launched at the European Parliament in March 2025, subsequently endorsed by WHO Europe Regional Director Dr. Hans Kluge, and renewed at the 9th ESA Annual Meeting in Brussels in March 2026 with the support of MEPs Vytenis Andriukaitis and Sirpa Pietikäinen. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube. In-person places are limited. Whether you are joining us in Dublin or online, we hope you will be part of this important step in the European sepsis advocacy journey. For any questions, please contact: Simone Mancini, Director, European Sepsis Alliance — Simone.Mancini@global-sepsis-alliance.org https://www.europeansepsisalliance.org/news/2025/3/19/esa-launches-call-to-action-for-eu-institutions-and-member-states-at-the-european-parliament?rq=call%20to%20action