Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Food Production: A One Health Perspective
26 November 2025
14:30 - 16:00 CEST
Online on Zoom
Background
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing threat to global health, food safety, and sustainable agriculture. This webinar, organised by the European Public Health Alliance and Una Europa Alliance gathered leading international experts to discuss how science, policy, and coordinated action can help mitigate AMR across the food production chain.
This webinar brought together international experts to discuss global and European initiatives, scientific evidence, and practical tools to promote the responsible use of antimicrobials in animals and food systems.
Programme
14:30 – 14:35 Opening
Policy Manager at EPHA
14:35 – 14:40 Introduction
Full Professor at Complutense University in Madrid
14:40 – 15:40 Panel Discussion: Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Food Production
Jorge Matheu Alvarez
Scientist at Governance, Coordination and Monitoring Unit, AMR department, World Health Organization
Ernesto Liebana
BIOHAZ Team Leader at European Food Safety Authority
Full professor of Microbiology at University of Santiago de Compostela
Member of the Scientific Committee of AESAN (Spanish Food Safety Agency)
Wannes Vanderhaeghen
Head of Data Analysis Unit at AntiMicrobial Consumption and Resistance in Animals
15:55 – 16:00 Closing remarks
Policy Manager at EPHA
Moderator
Prof. Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn, Full Professor and Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance Unit (ARU) at the Complutense University in Madrid, Chair of One Health in the Alliance Una Europa, and Expert Advisor at EPHA.
Full Professor at Complutense University in Madrid