| 9.00-9.20 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session opening - Andrea Piccioli, General Director of the National Institute of Health (ISS) (IT)
- Francesco Rocca, President of the Lazio region (IT)
- Gaetano Settimo, Coordinator of the National Study Group on Indoor Pollution (GdS) at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) (IT)
- Lia Rinaldi, Scientific Project Coordinator, Geneva Health Forum (CH)
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| 9.20-10.30 | Perspectives from Italy and from Europe on the policy making of indoor air quality
Key notes - Sabrina Alfonsi, Councilor for Agriculture, the Environment, and Waste Management for the city of Rome (IT)
- Irene Sanguin, Ministry of health (IT)
- Fabio Romeo, Director of the atmospheric pollution and air quality department, Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (IT)
- Marc-Alain Widdowson, Head, of the Pandemic Threats, Communicable Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) units, WHO Europe
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| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00-11.20 | Setting the Scene: what we really know about indoor air quality in healthcare facilities
Scientific Overview - Gaetano Settimo, Coordinator of the National Study Group on Indoor Pollution (GdS) at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) (IT)
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| 11.20-11.45 | “It can be done!”: real life examples of concrete steps towards better air quality in healthcare settings
Flash Presentations and Q&A session - Stefano Capolongo, Head of ABC Department “Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering” at Politecnico di Milano (IT).
- Valeria Ramiconi, Director of Operations and Programming, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA)
- Ulrich Zissler, Director of the Technology Transfer Center for Building Biology and Indoor Health (TTZ) (DE)
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| 11.45-12.30 | Best practices and lessons learned on Indoor Air Quality regulation within healthcare facilities across the world
Expert Panel - Olivier Blonde, special delegate for environmental health and air pollution for the Region Ile-de-France (FR)
- Ana Paula Coutinho Rehse, Technical Officer for the Infection Prevention and Control, WHO Regional Office for Europe (DK)
- Juan J. Castillo-Lugo, Air Quality and Health Regional Advisor, PAHO (US)
Moderator: Lula Timmerman, Lead technical expert with Federal Public Service Health, team Indoor Air (BE)
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| 12.30-14.00 | Networking lunch |
| 14.00-15.45 | From Science to Policy: exploring synergies and concrete solutions to improve indoor air in healthcare facilities
Workshop with four thematic roundtables: - Building design and material use in healthcare facilities
- Operational processes and management within healthcare facilities
- Monitoring and data collection on indoor air quality in healthcare facilities
- The role of healthcare workers and patients in indoor air quality within healthcare facilities
Roundtables moderators: Stefano Capolongo (Politecnico di Milano), Marco Gola (Politecnico di Milano), Jon Green (IAQS), Cecilia Malabuisini (CNAI), Valeria Ramiconi (EFA), Fabrizio Pregliasco (IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi), Alfiero Paolillo (IFMA) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee Break |
| 16.15-17.00 | Summary of Round Table Discussions and closing remarks Moderator: Andre Henriques, Future Beam Facilities and Air Quality team leader at CERN’s HSE Department (CH) |
| 17.00-18.00 | Networking cocktail |
