This one-day meeting will explore how to navigate the trade-offs in investment between pandemic preparedness and the surveillance, prevention and management of endemic infectious diseases.

It is co-organised by Imperial College London’s Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, the Institute of Infection, and the Business School.

The programme will include talks from a range of organisational, discipline, and global perspectives as well as break-out discussions. Confirmed speakers include Professor Jonathan Haskel (Bank of England, Imperial College London), Dr Edith Patouillard (WHO Dept. of Health Financing and Economics), Professor Els Torreele (WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All, UCL), Professor Susan Michie (UCL Centre for Behaviour Change), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa (General Director, Nigeria CDC), and Professor John Edmunds (LSHTM). Final agenda coming soon.

The event will be held at the Royal Society and online.