DESCRIPTION
The Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute is pleased to invite you to a webinar on how pathogen data was shared during the 2026 Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks, and the implications of these experiences for the design of the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system under the WHO Pandemic Agreement.

The discussion will begin with a concise overview of database policy options and the factors that influence scientists’ choices between open access or restricted-use options, followed by a moderated discussion on the policy implications for PABS.

SPEAKERS
– Emma Hodcroft, Assistant Professor, Swiss TPH, University of Basel, Switzerland.
– Chaoran Chen, Scientific Software Engineer, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
– Isabella Eckerle, Full Professor and Director of the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Switzerland
– Stephen Kanyerezi, Bioinformatician, The Central Public Health Laboratories (CPHL), Uganda
– Eddy K. Lusamaki, Research Physician at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Democratic Republic of the Congo

Moderated by Adam Strobeyko, Legal Advisor & Researcher, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute