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Thursday, November 30, 2006
5:00 p.m.
Registration and reception
6:00 p.m.
Kickoff dinner at Lippmann House
Bob Giles, Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
Welcome
Stephen Prior, Executive Director, National Center for Critical Incident Analysis
Why This Conference?
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Understanding the Threat, Journalism Focus
Why cover a pandemic that has yet to arrive?
Why prepare the newsroom for crisis?
Michael Osterholm: Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, and a member of the National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity
Wake up; it's already tomorrow
Brian Toolan: National Editor, The Associated Press
Prepared, cautious and wary
Al Larkin: Executive Vice President, The Boston Globe
Publishing or perishing: Crisis planning for newspapers
Stan Tiner: Editor, The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.)
Learning from Katrina: Plan, plan, plan
Moderator – Christy Feig: Senior Medical Producer, CNN
Friday, December 1, 2006
8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Understanding the Threat, Science Focus
The devil in the detail: Why viruses are hard to study, harder to understand and even harder to defeat
Michael Osterholm: Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, and a member of the National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity
Understanding influenza: From the virus to the pandemic
Marc Lipsitch: Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
Questions to ask when covering the next infectious-disease crisis
Discussion – Angus Nicoll: Project Leader for Influenza, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (joining by phone from Austria)
Moderator – Stefanie Friedhoff: Conference Program Director, Nieman Foundation for Journalism
10:45 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
Understanding the Threat, Analysis
Risk perception, risk communication and risk reporting: The role of each in pandemic preparedness
Peter Sandman: Risk Communicator, Princeton
12:00 p.m.
Facing the Threat: The Global Picture
Crowded cities, international travel, sudden outbreaks: Containing fast-spreading infectious diseases in a global world
David Nabarro: United Nations System Senior Coordinator for Avian Flu and Human Influenza
1:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m.
Facing the Threat: The National Picture
Lots of preparation, little coordination? How the United States plans to respond to pandemic flu (off the record)
Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr.: Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector Office, Department of Homeland Security
Understanding the Federal Response Plan
Major General Timothy J. Lowenberg: Adjutant General, Washington National Guard
Bringing in the troops
Tim Stephens: Senior Public Health Consultant, Rescobie Associates
Protecting critical infrastructure
Chris Logan: Program Director for Homeland Security,
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
50 states, 50 scenarios
Don Ainslie: Principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and Global Security Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
No one is going to lead the way
Moderator – Barb Monseu: President, National Center for Critical Incident Analysis
4:00 p.m.
Break
4:15 p.m.
Facing the Threat, The Local Picture
In the end, it will be a local story: Coordinating community efforts (off the record)
John Thompson: Deputy Executive Director, National Sheriffs Association
Enforcing quarantine, transporting the ill, grounding travelers: Training police forces to provide community disease control
Betty Kirby: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Community Leadership, Central Michigan University
Beyond teaching "Cough and Cover": Getting schools ready for a pandemic; using educators as a resource
Michael Loehr: Preparedness Section Manager, Public Health — Seattle & King County (Washington state)
Preparing for the next public health catastrophe: Convincing the public that community containment is a "good thing"
Moderator – Patricia Thomas: Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
5:30 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 p.m.
Dinner at Smile Thai Cafe, Harvard Square (map)
Saturday, December 2, 2006
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Understanding Human Responses, Science Focus
From public trust to panic: What we know — and don't — about people's reactions to mass illness, chaos and death
Dori Reissman: Commander, United States Public Health Service, and Senior Medical Advisor, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC)
What behavioral and social sciences can tell us about human behavior in a pandemic
Sandro Galea: Associate Professor, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan
A model of human behavior after disasters: Evidence from a
systematic study of disasters during the past 50 years
Moderator – Frank Ochberg: Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct of Journalism, Michigan State University
9:30 a.m.
Break
9:45 a.m.
Understanding Human Response, Communications Focus
From uncertain science to political messages: What we know — and don't — about how disaster communication affects the public
Howard Koh, Professor of the Practice of Public Health and Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness, Harvard School of Public Health
Sudden limelight: Living through bioterrorism as a state health commissioner
Dick Thompson, Team Leader, WHO Pandemic and Outbreak Communication
The toughest audience
Peter Sandman, Risk Communicator
Fear of fear and panic panic: Is it okay to scare people about pandemics?
Glen Nowak, Chief of Media Relations, Centers for Disease Control
It's not as easy as it sounds: The challenges of risk communication in real life, real time
Moderator – Tini Tran: Vietnam Bureau Chief, The Associated Press, 2007 Nieman Fellow
11:15 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m.
Understanding Human Responses, Journalism Focus
From communication to journalism: The role of the news media in times of crisis
Patricia Thomas: Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
What anthrax teaches in a changed world
Ford Rowan: Author and former NBC News National Security Correspondent
Impact of the media: Lessons from three crises
Moderator – Bruce Shapiro: Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, and Contributing Editor, The Nation
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Accepting the Challenge, Journalism Focus I
From contingency plans to story boards: How to prepare reporters and newsrooms for a major health crisis
Margie Mason: Asia Medical Writer (Hanoi), The Associated Press
On the ground, covering the unknown one step at a time
Maggie Fox: Editor in Charge, Health and Science, Reuters
Taking it global: Covering bird flu on the spot and from half a world away
Christy Feig: Senior Medical Producer, CNN
The TV reporter's dilemma: When getting quotes over the phone won't do
David Meeks: City Desk Editor, The Times Picayune (New Orleans)
Our own kind of quarantine: Coverage after evacuating the newsroom
Moderator – Stefanie Friedhoff: Conference Program Director, Nieman Foundation
2:30 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m.
Accepting the Challenge, Journalism Focus II
Connecting the dots: How to cover a health story that is also an economic, a political, a science, a global — and a competitive — story
Alan Sipress: Staff Writer, The Washington Post
A Westerner in Asia: How to get beyond the obvious
Lu Yi: Senior Reporter, Sanlian Life Weekly
Insights from Beijing: Reporting SARS and avian flu for China's largest newsweekly
Harro Albrecht: Medical Editor, Die Zeit (Germany), and 2007 Nieman Fellow
The Euro perspective: Once infected birds hit Germany, the story was never the same again
Helen Branswell: Medical Reporter, Canadian Press
How to cover an international story working the phone
Maryn McKenna: Freelance Journalist and Kaiser Media Fellow
Coming to terms with complexity: Stretching beyond your beat knowledge
John Pope: Medical Writer, The Times Picayune (New Orleans)
Living to tell: What hurricane Katrina can teach us about covering a pandemic
Moderator – Maryn McKenna
4:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks
5:00 p.m.
Wine and Cheese Reception at Lippmann House
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