2008 Summit Agenda

Registration open

Pre-Summit workshops:

• ReadyRN: Making Every Nurse a Prepared Nurse (9:00 am to 3:00 pm)
• IRMS Technology for Coordinating Logistics and Supply Distribution During Public Health Emergencies and Other Disasters (2:00pm to 3:00pm)
• Planning for Pandemic Influenza Mass Vaccination (2:00 pm to 5:00 pm)
• From Mission to Results: A Balanced Scorecard for the Prepared Health Department (2:00 pm to 5:00 pm)

Pre-Summit workshops:

• Public-Private Partnerships: Strenthening Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (9:00 am to 11:45 am)
• Accomplishing Cross Jurisdictional Emergency Preparedness: Case Studies of Creating Successful Multidisciplinary Teams (9:00 am to 11:45 am)
• Living on the Edge: How Crisis Information Management Systems Can Deliver Your Common Operating Picture (9:30 am to 11:30 am)

Pre-Summit workshops:

• Influenza Prevention Expert Panel: Exploring Strategies for Increasing Seasonal Vaccination to Promote Pandemic Preparedness (12:30 pm to 2:30 pm)
• National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Training Session (12:30 pm to 2:45 pm)

Public Health Prepared: CDC Introduces Inaugural State Preparedness Report

Richard E. Besser, MD, Director of CDC’s Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to support public health preparedness for all hazards, including natural, biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear events. This work falls under one of the agency’s overarching health protection goals: “People prepared for emerging health threats - people in all communities will be protected from infectious, occupational, environmental, and terrorist threats.” CDC’s inaugural report on public health emergency preparedness highlights the progress that has been made in state and local preparedness and response, identifies preparedness challenges that public health departments face and outlines CDC’s efforts to address those challenges. Designed to increase transparency and accountability regarding the country’s investment in preparedness activities, the report presents aggregate data as well as state-specific snapshots for all 50 states and four directly funded localities: Washington, DC; Chicago; Los Angeles County; and New York City.

Master of Ceremonies

Kenneth D. Murphy: President, National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) and Director, Oregon Emergency Management

Kenneth D. Murphy currently serves as President of the NEMA and as the Director of Oregon Emergency Management. Additionally, he serves on the Governor’s Homeland Security Council and Governor’s Statewide Interoperability Executive Council for Oregon. His competencies have been derived from his extensive experience managing the development and implementation of projects to support and enhance statewide emergency services system infrastructure. (Click here for complete bio.)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH: CDC Director

Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH has been leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) since July 2002. She also serves as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Emory University and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. (Click here for complete bio.)

Plenary Session: "Measuring Pandemic Preparedness, Containment, and Effectiveness for Communities"

Frederick "Skip" Burkle, MD, MPH, DTM

Strategies for investigating, controlling, and measuring the effectiveness of a potential pandemic of avian influenza have changed. With it brings new responsibilities and partnership opportunities for national authorities and community planners alike. More emphasis is being placed on rapid containment and less on rapid response. Strategies will be tailored to geographically localize a viral outbreak utilizing non-pharmaceutical interventions, social movement restrictions, surveillance, risk containment communications, and unprecedented operational collaboration between public health, medicine, and community mitigation strategists. Preparedness and measuring preparedness are directly related to the ability and capacity to plan for and execute these strategies. (Click here for bio.)

A response panel will follow Dr. Burkle's opening session. Panel participants include:

Stephen Redd, MD, Influenza Team Lead, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases (CDC)

Donald L. Noah, DVM, MPH, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for the the Department of Health and Human Services(DHHS)

Kevin Yeskey, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS)

Karen Smith, MD, Health Officer & Public Health Director, Napa County Health and Human Services Agency

Judith A. Monroe, MD, FAAFP, State Health Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health

Welcome reception featuring special guests (to be announced) and the David Freeman Jazz Trio

Roundtable discussions: Discuss shared interests and learn more about each other's work. Bring plenty of business cards; roundtables are a great networking opportunity! Topics include Pandemic Influenza Community Mitigation Guidance, Collaboration Between Local Health Departments and the Medical Reserve Corps, Poison Control Centers and Disaster Preparedness, and more! Click the link above for the full listing.

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Keynote Address: "The Biological Time Bomb: The Local, State, and Federal Response to Emerging Infectious Threats"

Richard Preston, PhD

During this plenary session, Preston will explore the global threat of emerging infectious diseases. Advances in transportation and the subsequent growth of urban areas provides a rich medium for the spread of illness and other adverse public health effects. Dr. Preston will discuss the challenges faced by local, state, and public health professionals to detect, respond, and recover from these potentially deadly threats. (Click here for bio.)

Closing Luncheon: The Response to the California Wildfires: Were We Prepared?"

The California wildfires created significant challenges for state and local emergency management and public health responders and their non governmental partners. This panel discussion will address these challenges, reflect on how past preparedness efforts assisted in meeting these challenges, and forcast strategies for integrating lessons learned into future disaster preparedness. Panelists include:

Eric Handler, MD, MPH, Health Officer, County of Orange, Health Care Agency

Betsey Lyman, Deputy Director, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, California Department of Public Health

Tom Kirsch, MD, MPH, FACEP, Medical Consultant, American Red Cross

Bruce Haynes, MD, EMS Medical Director, County of San Diego