| Wednesday, April 26 |
| 11:00 am - Noon |
Arrival and registration |
| Noon – 1 pm |
Luncheon |
| 1:00 |
Plenary convenes
Welcome |
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Keynote speaker
Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies |
| 2:00 |
Introduction to tools |
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-Leadership Conversation |
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Introduced by Barbara DeBuono, Senior Medical Director for Public Health, Pfizer, Inc. |
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David Gergen, Professor of Public Practice and Director, Center for Public Leadership,
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, and
Howard Koh, Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health and Director, Harvard Center for Public Health Preparedness
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| 2:30 |
Break |
| 3:00 |
-Financial incentives
Thomas Holzheu, Senior Economist, Economic Research and Consulting, Swiss Re
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-Infrastructure/business continuity
John Odermatt, Corporate Director of Business Continuity, Citigroup |
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-Policy
Tahir Andrabi, Associate Professor of Economics, Pomona College |
| 5:00 |
Tools Working Groups meet |
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--Each group will be presented with 1-2 draft proposals to review concerning strategic ideas in several defined areas. |
| 6:30 pm |
Reception and dinner at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
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| Thursday, April 27 |
| 8:00 am |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Keynote speaker
James Lee Witt, James Lee Witt and Associates |
| 9:30 |
Expert panel on tools |
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-Leadership
Karlene Roberts, Professor, University of California, Haas Business School |
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-Infrastructure
Adrian Fernandez Bremauntz, Director, Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Mexico City |
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-Financial incentives
Tova Solo, Senior Urban Specialist, Disaster Management and Urban Development Group, The World Bank |
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-Policy
Michael St. Louis, Chief Science Officer, Coordinating Office for Global Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Introduction toTargets |
| 11:00 |
Keynote speaker
J.K. (Han) Vrijling, Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands |
| 11:30 |
Luncheon |
| 12:30 pm |
-Natural catastrophes
N. Hari Krishna, Action Research Coordinator for India, Oxfam America
Mihir Bhatt, Honorary Director, All India Disaster Prevention Institute
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-Consequences of maritime activity (ballast water discharge)
James Shine, Associate Professor of Aquatic Chemistry, Harvard School of Public Health
Georges Robichon, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Fednav Limited
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| 2:00 |
-Emerging technologies (nano-materials)
John Balbus, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense
David Rejeski, Director, Foresight and Governance Project, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars
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-Disease epidemics (avian flu)
Mary Wilson, Associate Professor of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Michael Ryan, Director, WHO Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response
|
| 3:30 |
Break |
| 4:00 |
Target Working Groups meet
--These groups review refined proposals passed from Tools groups and prepare for presentation on Friday.
|
| 7:30 pm |
Dinner at the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge
Music by the Synergy Quartet |
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Keynote speaker
Salvano Briceno, Director, Secretariat of the U.N. Interagency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
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| Friday, April 28 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Keynote speaker
Jennifer Leaning, Professor of the Practice of International Health, Harvard School of Public Health |
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Keynote speaker
Alan Moult, Senior Advisor for Business Continuity, BP |
| 10:00 |
Product groups finalize presentations |
| 11:00 |
Presentations to the plenary |
| Noon |
Q&A and Summary |
| 12:15 |
Luncheon |
| 1:30 pm |
Adjournment |
