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EHS in Madrid 2026

10 November

European Parliament Office in Madrid, Spain

For the first time, the European Health Summit travels beyond Brussels and lands in Madrid, opening a new space for dialogue at the heart of one of Europe’s most active health policy landscapes.

This high-level convening on rare diseases is the result of a joint effort between the European Health Summit and the Spanish Ministry of Health, reflecting a shared commitment to advancing the conversation on rare diseases at both national and European level.

Discover the speakers

Mónica García
Minister of Health, Spain
Sandra Gallina
Director-General, DG SANTE, European Commission
Javier Padilla
Secretary of State for Health, Ministry of Health
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
María del Mar Mañú Pereira
Chair, European Reference Networks (ERNs) & ERN- EuroBloodNet co-Coordinator. Head of Research Group in rare anemia, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
Pedro Lendínez Ortega
Director, Más Visibles
Felicia Balan
Head of Health & Demographics Department, European Business Summits

Contact us

Felicia Balan
Head of Health & Demographics Department
+32 (0)2 645 3 484

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

They trust us

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