Main speaker for plenary on addressing the role of research and innovation in times of crises

Professor John-Arne Røttingen MD PhD MSc MPA

Professor John-Arne Røttingen is Ambassador for Global Health at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway. He is Adjunct Scientific Director at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Visiting Fellow of Practice at Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, and he was the founding interim Chief Executive Officer of CEPI – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. He has been the Chief Executive of the Research Council of Norway; Executive Director of Infection Control and Environmental Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Professor of Health Policy at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo; and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He has been the founding Chief Executive of the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services; Oxford Scholar at Wadham College; Fullbright Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School; Chair of the Board of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research; and Chair of the Consultative Expert Workin Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG), WHO. He recieved his MD and PhD from the University of Oslo, an MSc from Oxford University and an MPA from Harvard University.