European Digital Covid Certificate: assessment and prospects

MEPs Michèle RIVASI and Rosa D’Amato cordially invite you to the web-conference:

“European Digital Covid Certificate: assessment and prospects”

Co-organized with the asbl. NBD Europe

April 20, 2022, 13.00-15.00 on zoom

Interpretation EN/FR/IT

PROGRAMME

1:00 1:00 Opening remarks by MEP Michèle Rivasi, MEP Rosa D’Amato and Isabelle Duchateau on behalf of Notre Bon Droit

First panel: Assessment of the EU Digital COVID Certificate one year on

Moderator: MEP Rosa D’Amato

1:05 Presentation by Dr. Martin Zizi, MD-PhD, Molecular Biophysics, former-Director Epidemiology and chairman of the Ethics Committee, Belgium, “Global assessment of the public health measures to manage the pandemic “

1:15 Presentation by Yuri Biondi, Tenured Research Fellow CNRS, France, “Pandemic management: better statistics for better public health policies“

1:25 Presentation by Mr Jan Rohde-Stadler, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, the European Commission, “Objectives, implementation and extension proposal of the EU Digital COVID Certificate”

1:35 Presentation by Dr. Alberto Donzelli, Specialist in Hygiene & preventive Medicine; former Senior Manager in Public Health and member of the Superior Health Council. Board of Directors of Allineare Sanità&Salute Foundation, Italy.

“Assessment of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate“

1:45 Question and answer session

Second panel: Extending the EU Digital COVID Certificate - what prospects?

Moderator: MEP Michèle Rivasi

2:00 Presentation by Mr Thomas Hofmann, Head of Section Emergency Preparedness and Response and Emmanuel Robesyn, Principal Expert Emergency Preparedness and Response, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), “Forecasts of the upcoming epidemiological situation and recommendations“

2:20 Presentation of a legal opinion by Pierre de Bandt, attorney of the Notre Bon Droit, “Compatibility of the amending legislative proposal on the EU Digital Covid Certificate with Union law, in particular its Treaties ““

2:30 Presentation by Pr. Dr. Bernard Rentier, Biologist and virologist, former Rector of the University of Liège, Belgium,

“Evolution of variants and immunity, and implications on the EU Digital Covid Certificate“

2:40 Question and answer session

2.55 Final remarks/conclusions