7th International Bird Flu Summit November 13 - 14, 2008 Monte Carlo Resort
At the summit, attendees will be able to draw on first-hand best practices to create the solid business continuity plans that their companies and organizations need in order to prepare for, respond to, and survive a pandemic.
The summit draws on the success of the six previous summits which featured as speakers several distinguished personalities such as Dr. David Nabarro, the United Nations Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, Alex Thiermann of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and Dr. Wenqing Zhang of the WHO Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response.
Well-known emergency responders, heads of hospitals from around the world, and poultry industry leaders also spoke in previous summits. Included in this list are Adolfo García-Sastre of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, John Thompson of the National Sheriffs Association, Prof. Oleg I. Kiselev of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Anna Thorson of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute and Dr. Bruce Stewart-Brown, Vice President of Food Safety and Quality for Perdue Farms.
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 Country Report & Situations Update |
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Surveillance and Data Management |
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Preparing Communities Strategies; Local Partnership and Participation |
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Delivery of Vaccine and Antiviral Medication |
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National Pandemic Influenza Medical Countermeasure |
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Socio Economic Impact on Poultry Industry |
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Benefit-risk Assessment: Public Health, Industry and Regulatory Perspectives |
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Prevention Education Efforts and Risk Communication |
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Command, Control and Management |
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Emergency Response Management |
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Business-Based Planning |
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School-Based Planning |
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Community-Based Planning |
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Indonesia |
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Turkey |
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United Kingdoom |
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Vietnam |
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