EAP LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 2025 | LEIPZIG, GERMANY
25-27 September 2025
Registration and accommodation bookings open on 30 May at 12:00 CET!
EAP Leadership Academy 2025
Equipping Tomorrow’s Leaders in Paediatrics
25–27 September 2025 | Radisson Blu Hotel, Leipzig, Germany
The European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) invites you to an exceptional opportunity to accelerate your leadership journey. Join peers and mentors from across Europe for three dynamic days of interactive learning, skill-building, and professional networking in one of Germany’s most vibrant cities.
Designed for emerging paediatric leaders and young professionals in medical advocacy and public relations, the EAP Leadership Academy will help you develop essential leadership competencies and master the art of influencing change within the healthcare landscape.
Who Should Attend?
Why Attend?
Our Supporters
Nestlé Nutrition Institute
Increasing the positive impact of nutrition.
Sanofi
Transforming the practice of medicine through breakthrough science.
Programme
Thursday, 25 September - Arrival and Orientation
Arrival & Check-In
🕢 Thursday throughout the day
Welcome Dinner and Ice-Breaker
🕢 19:00 onwards
Engage in a unique, interactive icebreaker during dinner!
Friday, 26 September - Communication, Messaging & Advocacy Training
🕕 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome & Introduction
Prof. Suzanne Suggs & Prof. Berthold Koletzko
🕕 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break
🕕 09:30–11:00 | Plenary Presentations
🎥 Media communication – Dr. Daniel Saraga
📱 Social media engagement - by Young EAP Country Representatives.
🎯 Advocacy introduction - exciting presenter to be announced soon!
🩺 Patient-provider communication – Prof. Suzanne Suggs
⚖️ Regulatory science & paediatrics – watch this space, presenter to be announced soon!
🕕 11:30 - 13:00 | Parallel Workshop 1
Media Skills
– Dr. Daniel Saraga
Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement
– Watch this space!
Patient Communication & Social Media
– Prof. Suzanne Suggs
🕕 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch & Networking
🕕 14:15 - 15:45 | Parallel Workshop 1 (continued)
Media Skills
– Dr. Daniel Saraga
Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement
– Watch this space!
Patient Communication & Social Media
– Prof. Suzanne Suggs
🕕 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break
🕕 16:15 - 17:45 | Parallel Workshop 1 (continued)
Media Skills
– Dr. Daniel Saraga
Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement
– Watch this space!
Patient Communication & Social Media
– Prof. Suzanne Suggs
🕕 19:00 | Rooftop Dinner & Networking
Enjoy a 3-course dinner Rooftop, Rathuasbar, Melia Hotel.
🕕 16:15 - 17:45 | Parallel Workshop 1 (continued)
Saturday, 27 September | Advocacy Showcases & Closing
🕗 09:00 - 10:30 | Reports from the Groups
🎥 Media: Mock interviews & media exercises
📱 Social Media & Patient Communication: Showcase of strategies
🎯 Advocacy: Role-play panel discussions & stakeholder messaging
🕗 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break
🕘 11:00 - 12:30 | Final Plenary: Advocacy Reflections
🎯 Key elements for effective advocacy
🌍 Paediatric advocacy at EU/international level – Prof. Berthold Koletzko
🏢 Lessons from corporate advocacy
💡 Panel insights: Berthold Koletzko
🕥 12:30 | Closing remarks & next steps
🕥 12:45 - 14:00 | Farewell Lunch
🕥 From 14:00 | Departures or informal networking
Your Mentors. Your Inspiration.
Step into the room with the changemakers.
The EAP Leadership Academy faculty includes paediatric experts, trailblazing advocates, and experienced leaders who have shaped the future of child health.
They’re here to challenge, guide, and inspire you to become the next voice of paediatrics in Europe.
Suzanne Suggs
Leadership Academy Programme Director
Full Professor of Social Marketing, USI, Switzerland Prof. Suggs leads the BeCHANGE research group at the Università della Svizzera italiana and is Vice-President of the Swiss School of Public Health. She has served as co-chair of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force and is an expert in health communication, vaccination acceptance, and behavioural health strategies. Prof. Suggs advises governments and institutions on science communication and health policy, and teaches internationally on health communication and social marketing.
Berthold Koletzko
President, EAP & Chair, EAP Leadership Academy
Prof. Koletzko is the Else Kröner-Senior Professor of Paediatrics at LMU Munich and Head of the Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital. An internationally recognised expert in paediatric nutrition and metabolism, he has authored over 1,200 scientific articles and holds leadership roles in several global health organisations. He is also the founder and chair of the Child Health Foundation, dedicated to promoting evidence-based child health initiatives.
