IPI INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE Agenda Preparing for Pandemics: Lessons Learned for More Effective Responses Geneva, Switzerland XX May 2015, Geneva 19:30 Formal dinner XYZ Address: XYZ XX May 2015, Geneva 09:00 - 09:15 Registration/Coffee 09:15 - 09:45 Welcome/Opening session Speakers: • Terje Red-Larsen, President of the International Peace Institute • Margaret Chan, Director General World Health Organization • Peter Maurer, President International Committee of the Red Cross 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: • Dr. Valeska Huber, Researcher German Historical Institute • Erez Manela, Harvard Historian specializing in Polio 10:30 — 10:45 Coffee Break 1 EFTA00654216