Summit convened by:

Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

Canadian Policy Research Network

Center for Science Technology and Security Policy at AAAS

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responsed to Terror

Agenda 

Opening Remarks
Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD, Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC; Chairperson, Working Group on Citizen Engagement in Public Health Emergency Planning

Welcome
Tara O'Toole, MD, MPH, CEO and Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC 

Keynote Address: Why the Public's Trust and Help Matter in Health Emergencies
DA Henderson, MD, MPH, Distinguished Scholar, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC; Professor of Public Health and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; former Director, World Health Organization's Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign

Q&A

Panel I: What Government Gains by Engaging the Public

What Does "Public Involvement" Mean?, Mary Pat McKinnon
A National Charter for Hometown Security, Karen Marsh
Citizen Engagement at the Public Health Agency of Canada, Elaine Chatigny
Q&A

Panel II: Show Me! An Inside Look at Citizen Engagement

Grassroots Hazard Management in Tornado Alley, Ann Patton
The Public's Take on "Who's First in Line for Pandemic Flu Vaccine?", Roger Bernier
A Bayou Community's Cultural and Physical Survival Before and After Katrina, Kristina Peterson
Q&A

Lunch Session: Polio as the People's Disease
David Oshinsky, PhD, George Littlefield Professor of American History, University of Texas at Austin; Author of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historical Account, Polio An American Story

Q&A

Why We Need Citizen and Community Engagement to Get Through the Next Pandemic Flu
What are the epidemiological predictions for a moderate-to-severe pandemic today? Is it realistic to expect that medical and public health interventions will thwart the broad impact of a novel flu virus? What are the most likely ethical and practical dilemmas that communities will face when trying to prevent additional infections and care for large numbers of sick people?

Introduction: What Would a Modern-Day Flu Pandemic Look Like? 
Eric Toner, MD, Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC; former Medical Director of Disaster Preparedness and Associate Head of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Roundtable I: Who Receives the Limited Doses of Pandemic Flu Vaccine? An Exercise in Shared Decision-Making

Roundtable II: What If Hospitals Cannot Take Everyone In? The Problem of Meeting Immense Medical Needs

Concluding Remarks
Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD