World Sepsis Congress 2021 – Session 2 and 3 Now Available on YouTube and as a Podcast

Sessions 2 and 3 from the World Sepsis Congress 2021 are now available on YouTube (embedded above) and as a Podcast on Apple Podcasts (just search for World Sepsis Congress in your favorite podcast app).


Session 2 was chaired by Abdulelah Alhawsawi from Saudi Arabia, Vice President of the Global Sepsis Alliance, and features the following presentations and speakers:

  • Keynote: How Quality Improvement in Sepsis Works on the Facility and National Level – Abdulelah Alhawsawi, Global Sepsis Alliance, Saudi Arabia

  • Roundtable Discussion by Patient Safety Experts:

    • Alan Donnelly, The G20 Health and Development Partnership, UK

    • Kawaldip Sehmi, International Alliance Of Patients’ Organizations, UK

    • Mike Durkin, Institute of Global Health Innovation, UK

    • Günther Jonitz, President Berlin Chamber of Physicians, Germany

    • Marcus Friedrich, Chief Medical Officer, New York State Department of Health, US

    • Neelam Dhingra, World Health Organization, Switzerland


Session 3 was chaired by Ron Daniels from the UK, Vice President of the Global Sepsis Alliance, and features the following presentations and speakers:

  • Challenges Coordinating Surge Responses at the State Level – Marcus Friedrich, Chief Medical Officer, New York State Department of Health, US

  • How Critical Are Public-Private Partnerships in Planning for Pandemic Preparedness? – Gareth Presch, World Health Innovation Summit, UK

  • Managing a National State of Emergency – Jérôme Salomon, French Ministry of Health, France


Sessions are released weekly on Tuesdays. The next sessions will be ‘A World Imbalanced: Sepsis and Inequity’ and ‘Standards and Novel Approaches to Prevent Sepsis’ on May 11th, 2021.


World Sepsis Congress 2021 is a project by the Global Sepsis Alliance, initiator of World Sepsis Day and World Sepsis Congress.

Marvin Zick