CFR LIVE WEBCAST: Pandemic Influenza: Science, Economics, and Foreign Policy (Agenda)

8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. (ET)

On Friday, October 16, 2009, watch experts discuss the science behind pandemic influenza as well as its economic and political implications.

Viewers may pose a question during the question-and-answer portion of each session either by emailing [email protected] or via Twitter by tweeting the question along with the hashtag #CFRQ&A.

This symposium is cosponsored with Science Magazine.

The live webcast has ended. Please return to this page for an archived video of the event. Recordings are usually posted two to three days after the conclusion of the meeting.

Symposium Schedule

Session One: The Science
8:30 to 9:45 a.m. (ET)

Arnold Monto, Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan
Peter Palese, Professor and Chair, Microbiology; and Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Lone Simonsen, Research Professor and Research Director, Department of Global Health, George Washington University
Jon Cohen, Correspondent, Science Magazine, Presider

Session Two: The Economics
10:00 to 11:15 a.m. (ET)

Andrew Yanzhong Huang, Director, Center for Global Health Studies, Seton Hall University
Andrew Jack, Pharmaceutical Correspondent, Financial Times
Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota
Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former U.S.  Secretary of the Treasury, Presider

Session Three: Foreign Policy
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. (ET)

Helen Branswell, Medical Reporter, Canadian Press
John E. Lange, Senior Program Officer for Developing-Country Policy and Advocacy, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Former Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, U.S. Department of State
Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations, Presider