Agenda
Welcome & Opening Remarks  Thomas V. Inglesby, Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC What the Flu Pandemic Can Teach Us About Future Biothreats Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
PANEL 1: How Should the U.S. Prioritize & Distribute Vaccine in Future Influenza Pandemics? Richard Waldhorn, Distinguished Scholar, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator
Anne Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General, Director,
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
John Colmers, Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, Maryland
Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard University
Paul Etkind, Senior Analyst, National Association of County and City Health Officials
David Lakey, Commissioner, Department of State Health Services, Texas
Public Health Response to the H1N1 Pandemic Thomas Frieden, Director, CDC
Ensuring a Prepared Nation Through Public Engagement—the Intersection Between Media and Social Change Richard Besser, Senior Health and Medical Editor, ABC News; former Acting Director, CDC
PANEL 2: Large Scale Bioterrorism—Anthrax: How Can the Healthcare Response to Catastrophic Events be Improved? Eric Toner, Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator
Kevin Yeskey, Director, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations, HHS
Daniel Sosin, Acting Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, CDC
Dan Hanfling, Special Advisor, Emergency Preparedness and Response,
Inova Health System
John Hick, Medical Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness,
Minnesota Department of Health
Scott Cormier, Director, Emergency Preparedness & Management,
Hospital Corporation of America
PANEL 3: SARS-like Emerging Infectious Disease: What Roles Should Disease Containment Measures Play in Controlling International Epidemics? Jennifer Nuzzo, Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator
Jeffrey Levi, Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health
D.A. Henderson, Distinguished Scholar, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Ronald St. John, Former Director General, Centre for Emergency
Preparedness and Response, Public Health Agency of Canada
Marcelle Layton, Assistant Commissioner, NYC Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene
James Blumenstock, Chief of Public Health Practice, Association of State
and Territorial Health Officials
H1N1 Response Shows Need for Better Emergency Medical Plans Randall Larsen, Executive Director, Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Concluding Remarks Thomas V. Inglesby, Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC | 
