Symposium sponsored by:

Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies

Department of Health and Human Services

Infectious Diseases Society of America

Agenda

November 28, 2000

Welcome and Symposium Introduction, D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH

Medicine and Public Health: Global Security Challenges

• Confronting a World of Infectious Diseases, Guenael Rodier, MD
• Biological Weapons as a Strategic Threat, Paul Bracken, PhD
• Advances in Biotechnology: Promise and Peril, George Poste, PhD

Toward an Effective Governmental Response: Progress Thus Far

• CDC's Strategic Plan for Bioterrorism, Jeffrey Koplan, MD, MPH
• U.S. Domestic Preparedness and the Complex Threat of Bioterrorism, Richard Falkenrath, PhD

Reducing the Bioweapons Threat: International Collaboration Efforts
Moderator: Edward M. Eitzen, Jr., MD, MPH

• Olympics 2000: Preparing to Respond to Bioterrorism, Jerome Hauer, MPH
• International Cooperation to Prevent Biological Weapons Research and Development, Amy E. Smithson, PhD

Detecting Epidemics: Current Approaches, Future Possibilities

• Global Awareness of Disease Outbreaks: The Experience of Pro-Med, Martin Hugh-Jones, DVM, PhD
• Outbreak Surveillance and Management at the State and Local Level: Current Realities, Marcelle Layton, MD, MPH

Treating the Sick: Capacity of the U.S. Health Care System to Respond to an Epidemic
Moderator: Ken Bloem

• Challenges for Hospitals, James D. Bentley, PhD
• Mobilizing Professional Communities, John G. Bartlett, MD
• Institutional Networks: Regional Response to Disasters, Jeffrey Rubin
• National Disaster Medical System, Robert F. Knouss, MD
• Department of Defense: Supporting the Health Care System, Major General Bruce Lawlor

Special Dinner Presentation: International Leadership in the Control of Biological Weapons, Ambassador Richard Butler

November 29, 2000

Challenges Confronting Public Health Agencies, Margaret A. Hamburg, MD

Containing Epidemics of Disease: Making Difficult Decisions

• Lessons from TOPOFF, Thomas V. Inglesby, MD
• Understanding Public Response to Disasters, Thomas A. Glass, PhD
• How to Vaccinate 30,000 People in 3 Days:Realities of Outbreak Management, Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH
• Legal Issues Surrounding Public Health Emergencies, David Fidler, JD
• Understanding Media's Response to Epidemics, Laurie Garrett

Epidemic Response Scenario: Decision Making in a Time of Plague: Panel Discussion

• Ken Bloem
• Steven Cantrill, MD
• David Fidler, JD
• Laurie Garrett
• Margaret A. Hamburg, MD
• Jerome Hauer, MPH
• Thomas V. Inglesby, MD
• The Honorable Jack Marsh
• Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH

Tara O'Toole, MD, MPH

• Jeffrey Smith

Setting Strategic Priorities: Health Professionals in a Belligerent World

• Envisioning World-Wide Disarmament, Admiral Stansfield Turner
• Intentional Epidemics as a Human Rights Issue, Scott Lillibridge, MD
• The Problem of Biological Weapons: Next Steps for the Nation, Tara O'Toole, MD, MPH
• National Leadership in Confronting Bioterrorism, John J. Hamre, PhD

Closing Address: National Leadership in Confronting Bioterrorism, Senator Edward M. Kennedy