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EHS in Madrid 2026

10 November

European Parliament Office in Madrid, Spain

EHS RARE DISEASES EDITION IN MADRID

The European Health Summit is taking its conversation beyond Brussels, bringing its next high-level convening to Madrid in close partnership with the Spanish Ministry of Health.

Now, as the country develops it’s next Strategy, with a stronger focus on results, continuous monitoring and alignment with the forthcoming European Action Plan for Rare Disease 2025-2029, Spain is at a pivotal moment in shaping the next phase of rare disease policy.

This makes Madrid a timely setting to connect national experience with European ambition. This event will bring together policymakers, institutions, patient representatives, clinicians, researchers, innovators and industry leaders to explore how national leadership can inform, and be strengthened by, a more coordinated European approach.

By bringing the European Health Summit to Madrid, EHS creates a space at a moment of real policy momentum, connecting Spain’s experience and emerging priorities with the wider European agenda, and helping shape a more coordinated, results-oriented and forward-looking approach to rare diseases.

Discover the speakers

Mónica García
Minister of Health, Government of Spain
Sandra Gallina
Director-General, DG SANTE, European Commission
Javier Padilla
Secretary of State for Health, Government of Spain
Raquel Yotti Álvarez
Commissioner for Cutting-edge Healthcare, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Government of Spain
César Hernández
Director-General for the Common Portfolio of Services of the National Health and Pharmacy System
Oxana Domenti
WHO Representative to the EU
Nicolás González Casares
Member of the European Parliament
Ellen Crushell
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Government of Ireland
Giuseppe Chiericatti
Managing Director, Chiesi Spain
Ricardo Damas
Vice-President and Director-General for Spain and Portugal, Alexion
Aitor Calero
President, Spanish Federation for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (FEEMH)
Laurent Abuaf
Head of Developed Markets, Global Commercialization, Argenx
María Fernández García
Deputy Director for Healthcare Quality, Ministry of Health, Government of Spain
María del Mar Mañú Pereira
Chair, European Reference Networks (ERNs) & ERN- EuroBloodNet co-Coordinator
Pedro Lendínez Ortega
Director, Más Visibles
Carlos Parry
President, Association of Public Affairs Professionals
Emmanuel Chantelot
Managing Director, Healthcare and Corporate Advisory, Burson
Ángel Alberdi
Senior Director and Head of LLYC Brussels

Contact us

Felicia Balan
Head of Health & Demographics Department
+32 (0)2 645 3 484
Alejandro Gutierrez De Teran Bueno
Health Project & Policy Officer
+32 (0)2 349 35 95

Research Hub

Building on decades of expertise in EU affairs, event planning and facilitation, EBS develops and implements communication, dissemination, and advocacy strategies for EU-funded projects (e.g., Horizon Europe, Erasmus+) across a wide array of topics.

Rebecca Bortolato
Hub contact
Hub studies

The overall objective of ERAMET is to provide an integrated approach for developers and regulators’ decision-making for paediatric and orphan drugs, centred on the drug development questions.

Hub studies

NOVATERRA is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project which aims to maintain current yields and quality in Europe while eliminating or significantly reducing the use of  pesticides.

Hub studies

SHERPA is a project that investigates and analyses our understanding of the ways in which Smart Information Systems impact ethics and human rights issues.

Check the 2026 Agenda

Our mission is twofold: we aim to bring politics and business together in order to provide them with an opportunity to debate and pursue their common goals, giving a voice to all sides of the debate. The other priority of EBS is to provide European institutions with a platform where they can place their top priorities in the spotlight and advance the development of new pieces of legislation through discussion with a variety of actors and stakeholders.

Arnaud Thysen
Director General

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