Panel 4: Innovating for Planetary Health: Integrating Bioeconomy, Environmental Policy, and Zoonotic Risk Management

• Topics: Policies to reduce environmental health risks, innovations in monitoring and response, zoonotic disease management.

• EU4Health Objective: Enhance cross-sector cooperation in health and environmental policy.

·       Moderator: Mariana Stan – Head of Bioeconomy & Policy Engagement

·       Mihaela Frăsineanu – State Counselor at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Romania

·       Nicoleta Pauliuc – Senator – Member of the Committee on Defence

·       Nastasia Belc – President/General Manager, National Research and Development Institute for Food Bioresources

·       Florin Timofte – Manager, National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa”

·       Izabela-Cristina Stancu – Vice Dean of Research and International Relations - Faculty of Medical Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

·       Sébastien Record – Carbon Farming, Soil Health, AgTech and Smart AgroEcoSystem specialist in Central Europe

·       Ștefan Cibian – Co-founder, Făgăraș Research Institute & Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

·       Marian Gheorghe – Founder Member, Precision Agriculture Association