Civil Preparedness - Industry, healthcare and academic perspectives on roles in crisis and defence

Agenda 2 December, 15:00-17:00


Overall perspective on preparedness work - Anders Persson, AstraZeneca

  • Overall overview of how AstraZeneca works with preparedness and resilience
  • Current priorities and key learnings

Companies' roles in a crisis and in total defence

Suggested company examples describing their role and responsibilities in different types of crises.

Proposed speakers:

  • AstraZeneca – Anders Persson
  • Getinge – Lars Mattsson (alternative speaker TBD)
  • Mölnlycke Health Care – Rickard Hedenblad
  • A smaller company with experience of preparedness issues, to provide an additional perspective (TBD)

Healthcare perspective

  • Security and preparedness at Sweden’s largest hospital - Ingela Venman, Strategist, Security and Preparedness, Sahlgrenska University Hospital
  • Training programme focused on preparedness and disaster medicine - Joakim Björås, Head of Education, Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Coffee and mingle


Academic perspective

Suggested focus on two areas:

  • Supply preparedness and total defence - TBD

Campus Total Defence / Chalmers
Research and educational initiatives within supply preparedness

  • Disaster medicine - TBD

Collaboration between Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg
Ongoing research and development projects

Legal challenges in preparedness - Proposed speaker: Max Petzold

  • Legal aspects related to preparedness, crisis management and total defence.
  • Regulatory challenges for companies and public-sector organisations.

Theme: Civil Preparedness

Location: Mölnlycke Healthcare

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Gothenburg Health Innovation