Policy Forum Schedule of Events
(8:00 am)
Continental Breakfast
G. Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Institute
of Technology
(8:30 - 8:45 am)
Welcoming Remarks
G. Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Institute
of Technology
William J. Long, Chair and Professor, Sam
Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Senator Sam Nunn, Distinguished Professor,
Georgia Institute of Technology, and Co-Chair and CEO, The
Nuclear Threat Initiative
(8:45)
Keynote Address: “The Bioterrorism
Threat”
Speaker: John A. Gordon,
General, USAF (Retired) Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security
(9:30 - 10:00 am)
Break - Coffee & Hallway Displays
(press availability)
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(10:00)
Panel Discussion: “Bioterrorism
Preparedness: Assessment of Capabilities and Deficiencies”
Panel Moderator:
Tara O'Toole, MD, MPH, CEO and Director,
Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center
Panelists:
Ruth Berkelman, MD, Rollins Professor and Director,
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research, Rollins
School of Public Health, Emory University
Joseph M. Henderson, Director, Office of
Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Michael Moodie, CEO and President, Chemical
and Biological Arms Control Institute
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, Director,
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, and Professor,
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Robert J. Ursano, MD , Chair and Professor,
Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Center for the Study
of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University School
of Medicine
(12:00
- 1:15 pm)
Lunch (Complimentary to all participants)
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(1:15)
Panel Discussion: “Developing Working Partnerships”
Panel Moderator:
Ralph Gomory, President,
The Sloan Foundation
Panelists:
James J. Augustine, MD, Department of Emergency
Medicine, Emory University and Medical Director, Atlanta Fire
Department
Thomas E. Bevan, PhD, Director, Georgia Tech
Homeland Security Initiative and Director, Center for Emergency
Technology, Instruction and Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
H. E. (Barney) Burroughs, CEO, Building Wellness
Consultancy, Inc.
Kathleen E. Toomey, MD, MPH, Director, Division
of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources
(2:45
- 3:15)
Break
Coffee, booth displays and demonstrations
(3:15)
Panel discussion: “Securing the Food Chain
from Bio-hazards”
Panel Moderator:
Judith Reppy, PhD, Professor, Department of Science
and Technology Studies, and Associate Director, Peace Studies
Program, Cornell University
Panelists:
Corrie Brown, DVM, PhD, Professor and Coordinator
of International Activities, Department of Pathology, College
of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
Michael Carakostas, DVM, PhD, Director, Corporate
Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Michael Doyle, PhD, Regents Professor and
Director, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia
Caroline Smith DeWaal, JD, Food Safety Director,
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
(4:45)
Program Wrapup
Senator Sam Nunn
(5:00)
Adjourn |
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