Co-chaired by Jeremy Lim, National University of Singapore, and Denis Horgan, Executive Director, ‎European Alliance for Personalised Medicine, this two-hour session was an opportunity for health experts across the Asia-Pacific and European regions to discuss the pandemic response to date, and the lessons that the world can already learn. The world-class panel of session 1 comprised of Prof. Tikki Pangestu, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Former Director of WHO Research Policy, Dr Stanimir Hasardzhiev, Chairperson, National Patients’ Organization Bulgaria, Chunlin Jin, Director of the Shanghai Health Development Research Center and Mary Harney, Former Tánaiste and Former Minister for Health, Ireland.