Brussels April 2026“ "Can you do an energizer?” The request came from the conference organisers ICF Next looking at the show flow and start of day two. Distinguished speakers were scheduled to make their opening remarks from 0930 but there was an awkward 15-minute gap before. A lacuna in the programme where the coffee and registration end and the participants are in the room. The audience is often a little weary on day two. How to wake them up and get their attention? I confess I consulted...

I was delighted to be invited to host the inaugural Water Resilience Forum after moderating the European Commission’s stakeholder consultation day to design a Water Resilience Strategy earlier in the year. “Water is life” is a phrase that I heard repeated during the day and the stellar line up of speakers highlighted the urgency of the water crisis faced not just in Europe but around the world. The event was opened by Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a...

After years of making films about global health and mosquito borne diseases, I was pleased to be invited to moderate an important event at the European Parliament to address climate change related disease outbreaks in Europe. Most of my documentaries on mosquito borne diseases have been filmed in the developing world so the fact that we met in the European Parliament to discuss the growing threat in Europe was significant and concerning. MEP Andras Kulja MD convened institutions,...