Washington, DC Hosting Bird Flu Summit For Businesses

Main Category: Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Article Date: 19 Feb 2006 - 14:00 PDT

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Business leaders will have access to bird flu experts from around the world to address pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery February 27-28, 2006, at Washington, DC's first Bird Flu Summit.

Bird flu experts will focus on the business-related issues in pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery at Washington, DC's first Bird Flu Summit to be held February 27-28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City near Reagan National Airport.

The 2-day event, featuring public sector and private sector leaders addressing the bird flu threat, will be co-chaired by international healthcare advisor Dr. Joseph Agris (www.flulab.com), and will present collective approaches to pandemic influenza preparedness and business continuity planning.

Special emphasis will be placed on identifying the responsibilities of various stakeholders in order to improve communications, coordination and collaboration worldwide.

Dr. Agris will also outline proposed measures for Iraq, where bird flu deaths have been recently reported.

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Confirmed speakers and topics include:

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Overview
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Early warning and surveillance in Europe: are we ready?
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Koos van der Velden
Chairman
European Influenza Surveillance Scheme
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Country Report and Situation Updates

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Dr. Huseyin Avni Sahin
Chief Physician
Van Yuzuncu Yil Research Hopital, Turkey

Dr. Mircea Ioan Popa
Associate Professor in Microbiology
Adviser to the Minister of Health
Ministry of Health, Romania

Vladimir Savic, DVM, PhD
Associate Researcher
Poultry Center
Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croat

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Avian influenza: Animals, Man and Pathogen

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Alex Thiermann
President
Terrestrial Animal Health Code Commission
World Organization for Animal Health ( OIE )

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Bird Flu Transmission to Humans May Be Higher Than Thought

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Anna Thorson, M.D., Ph.D
Researcher
Division of International Health
Department of Public Health Sciences
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Surveillance and Data Management

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Michael Wagner, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance ( RODS ) Laboratory

Veronica Urdaneta
State Epidemiologist and Division Director,
Bureau of Epidemiology
Pennsylvania Department of Health

Marion A. Kainer MD, MPH, FRACP
Medical Epidemiologist
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services
Tennessee Deptartment of Health

Dr. Patricia Somsel
Director
Division of Infectious Disease, Bureau of Laboratories
Michigan Department of Community Health

Dr. Andrew Miller
Syndrome Reporting Information System ( SYRIS ) Product Manager
ARES Corporation

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Preparing Communities Strategies; Local Partnership and Participation

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Mikel Herrington (Confirmed)
Deputy Director
AmeriCorps

Tim Stephens
President
Rescobie Associates, Inc.

Sheriff James Hagy
Office of Sheriff
Law Enforcement Center
Frederick, MD

John Thompson
Deputy Executive Director
National Sheriffs Association

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Critical Infrastructure Continuity

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Dr. Tom McGinn
Sector Specialist
Public Health, Food and Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security

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Vaccine Delivery

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John Iskander
Project officer
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
CDC

Dr. Andrea Gambotto
Asst. Professor of Surgery
Co-director, Vector Core Facility
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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The Aethlon Hemopurifier as a Treatment for Drug Resistant Avian Flu

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James A. Joyce
Chairman, CEO
Aethlon Medical, Inc.

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Emergency Response and Hospital/Health Care Coordination

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John O. Davies-Cole
State Epidemiologist
Washington DC Department of Health

Dr. Sandra Schneider
Professor and Chair
University of Rochester

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Playing Ostrich or Talking Turkey: Pre-Pandemic Risk Communication Strategies

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Jody Lanard M.D.
Risk Communication Specialist
Princeton, NJ
The Peter Sandman Risk Communication

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Poultry Farms: The Frontline Fight Against Avian Flu

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Dr. Bruce N. Stewart-Brown
Vice President
Food Safety and Quality
Perdue Farms

Dr. Steve Roney
Director
Veterinary Services
Gold Kist Inc.

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Benefit-Risk Assessment: Public Health, Industry and Regulatory Perspectives

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Brian T. Yeh
Legislative Attorney
American Law Division
Congressional Research Service

Doug Colwell
Director of Immunobiology
Antigen Express, Inc. ( Generex )

Stephen Aldrich
CEO
Bio Economic Research Associates (BIO-ERA)

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The Effect of a Bird Flu Pandemic on the U.S. Life Insurance Industry

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Dr. Steven Weisbart
Economist
Insurance Information Institute

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Prevention Education Efforts and Risk Communication

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Caroline Smith DeWaal
Director for Food Safety
Center for Science in the Public Interest

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Antiviral Agents

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C. Shane Arnold, Ph.D.
Director, Peramivir Development
Research Biologist II
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Prospective speakers and attendees may register by calling the conference organizer,
NewFields/USA, at 1-202-536-5000 or visiting http://www.new-fields.com/birdflu.

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The 2-day event is open to all interested businesses and organizations from all countries. Those interested in making presentations related to the Bird Flu Summit contact Sandra by e-mail at sandra@new-fields.com.

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To obtain further information about the conference, please contact our Washington DC office at 202.536.5000.

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New Fields Exhibitions, Inc. is a leading emerging markets and business information provider, producing trade shows that produce results for companies worldwide.
With offices in Washington, DC and overseas, the company provides marketing services in the areas of construction, energy, oil & gas, telecommunications and health care.

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