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 

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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.
Conference website | Videos | Report

       

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

           

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