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Center for Biosecurity Events
Our meetings provide a national forum for discussion of priorities, challenges, and policy implications in biosecurity, national security, and nuclear security.
Recent Meetings
Charting the Future of Biosecurity:
Ten Years After the Anthrax Attacks
October 4, 2011
The Center for Biosecurity convened this meeting to provide a forum for leaders in the biosecurity community to reflect on progress made since 2001 and to consider priorities for the biosecurity policy agenda in the years ahead.
Conference website | Videos | Report
Rad Resilient City Preparedness Checklist Launched September 27, 2011
The Center released this new initiative and Preparedness Checklistat the National Press Club, Washington, DC. The checklist converts the latest federal guidance and technical reports into 7 clear, actionable steps for communities to take to protect their residents from radioactive fallout. The websiteincludes an implementation plan for cities and their neighbors, guidance for using buildings as shelters, a community preparedness education plan, and strategies for developing effective public messages that could save lives. Event website including videos
Advancing U.S. Resilience
to a Nuclear Catastrophe
May 19, 2011
This meeting was convened to examine policies, practices, and new proposals to strengthen the capacity of major U.S. cities, and the nation as a whole, to withstand a nuclear catastrophe. Discussion focused in particular on response to a terrorist detonation of a nuclear weapon.
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Considerations for 2011
Reauthorization of PAHPA
March 25, 2011
The first of a Congressional seminar series on biological and nuclear security sponsored by the Center, with the Senate Caucus on WMD Terrorism as honorary co-host. The panel discussed the reauthorization of PAHPA.
Event website | Speakers | Priorities for PAHPA reauthorization
Preserving National Security: The Growing Role of the Life Sciences
March 3, 2011
This conference focused on the increasingly important and transformative role that the life sciences will play in the 21st century and the expanding and evolving connections between advances in the life sciences and U.S. national security. Conference website | Videos | Report
2010 Events
Improving Global Health,
Strengthening Global Security
November 22, 2010
This conference focused on improving global health security, and examined topics such as the BWC, global health capacity and U.S. national security, disease surveillance networks, the International Health Regulations, and destruction of the smallpox virus. Conference website | Videos | Report
The State of Biopreparedness: Lessons for Leaders, Proposals for Progress
September 23, 2010
The Center convened this national meeting in Washington, DC, to provide a forum for thought leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss ongoing challenges and priorities in biopreparedness and identify opportunities for improvement. Conference website | Videos | Report
Preparing to Save Lives and Recover After a Nuclear Detonation: Implications for U.S. Policy
April 29, 2010
The Center for Biosecurity of UPMC convened an invitational conference in Washington, DC, to examine critical issues associated with response to and recovery from a nuclear detonation and to consider the policy implications of those issues. Conference website | Videos | Report
The 2009 H1N1 Experience: Policy Implications for Future Infectious Disease Emergencies
March 5, 2010
The Center convened this meeting for review of the most significant lessons learned from the response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and to consider policy implications for future infectious disease emergencies. Conference website | Videos | Report