Canary In The Coal Mine: H1N1 And Global Threat Preparedness In The 21st Century
Friday, April 16, 2010
Session Description
Pandemics pose an inarguably daunting global threat: they are hard to predict, spread globally at rapid speed, impact people directly, and have the potential to stop commerce. The H1N1 virus presented us with the first pandemic of the 21st century, but how well did the world respond? This crosssector conversation engages academics, policy-makers, social entrepreneurs, and audience members around what worked, what didn’t, and what can be learned about the roles of government, industry, the social sector, and media when it comes to tackling a global threat.
Time & Location
Time:
11:00 - 12:30, Friday, April 16, 2010
BST
Speakers
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President and CEO, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Seth Berkley is President & CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, a nonprofit organisation working to ensure the development of preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world. Prior to founding IAVI, Berkley held positions at The Rockefeller Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease…
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President, Ending Pandemics
Mark Smolinski, MD, MPH, brings 25 years of experience in applying innovative solutions to improve disease prevention, response, and control across the globe. Mark is leading a well-knit team—bringing together technologists; human, animal, and environmental health experts; and key community…
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Chairman, Health Protection Agency, UK
Dr. David Heymann is the Chairman of the Health Protection Agency. Previously, he was Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment at WHO. Dr Heymann worked for 13 years in sub-Saharan Africa for US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is a recipient of the American…
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CEO, Evity Technologies, Evity Technologies
Dr. Larry Brilliant, a physician and epidemiologist, is CEO of Evity Technologies, a startup at the intersection of epidemiology, healthspan and AI. He was CEO of Pandefense Advisory, senior advisor at the Skoll Foundation and a CNN Medical Analyst. Previously on the boards of the Skoll Foundation and…
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Professor of Mathematical Biology, All Souls College, University of Oxford
Angela McLean studied Mathematics at Oxford and received her PhD in Biomathematics from Imperial College. She held a Royal Society URF in Oxford’s Zoology Department and in Immunology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. She is now a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Professor of…
