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IPI INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE Draft Agenda Preparing for Pandemics: Lessons Learned for More Effective Responses Geneva, Switzerland 11-12 September 2015 All speakers to be confirmed 11 September 2015, Geneva 19:30 Formal dinner (tbd) Address: (tbd) 12 September 2015, Palais de Nations, Geneva 09:00 - 09:15 Registration/Coffee 09:15 — 09:45 Welcome/Opening session Opening remarks: • Terje Rod-Larsen, President, International Peace Institute • Michael Moller, Director General, United Nations Office in Geneva Speakers • Margaret Chan, Director, General World Health Organization • Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross • Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank 09:45 — 10:30 Session 1: Challenges of the Past, Present and Future How did pandemics (like the Spanish flu and H1N1) affect global health in the past? What are key triggers and catalysts of pandemics? How has technology and globalization affected the outbreak and spread of pandemics and what are scenarios for the future? Speakers: • Valeska Huber, Researcher, German Historical Institute • Erez Manela, Harvard Historian specializing in Polio • National Health Ministers 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break 1 EFTA01194684 10:45 - 12:30 Session 2: Lessons learned from responding to Ebola and Polio What are the lessons learned fighting Ebola and Polio. How can the international community better cope with these challenges? What are best practices in management and coordination of multiple stakeholders when it comes to fighting pandemics? How can we prevent crises like these? How can we improve preparedness and build more resilient coping mechanisms, in particular early warning mechanisms to facilitate early action? How can we improve communication and collaboration within and amongst relevant stakeholders? Speakers: • Hamid Jafari, Director, Polio Eradication, Global Polio Eradication Initiative • David Nabarro, UN Special Envoy on Ebola • National Health Ministers • Representative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 12:30 — 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30 — 15:30 Session 3: Actionable Solutions for more effective Preparedness Where are legal and managerial gaps, pressure points and bottle necks that have led to slow and inadequate responses in the past? Which new policies could be tailored to overcome these issues and enhance operational responses? Which institutional capacities are required? Which financial mechanisms need to be put in place? How and where should policies be implemented? A series of recommendations will be proposed. Speakers: • Joanne Liu, International President, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) • Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank • Development and Aid Ministers 15:30 - 17:00 Session 4: Implementing Policy Recommendations Which of the policy recommendations should be prioritized? Who are the actors that should have the responsibilities to pursue the policy development and follow up on international implementation? How can these recommendations feed into relevant regional and international processes? This session will endeavor to provide guidance on how the recommendations identified in session 3 can be implemented. Speakers: • Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization • Joanne Liu, International President of Medecins Sans Frontieres • Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross • Kevin Rudd, Chairman, Independent Commission on Multilateralism 2 EFTA01194685