IPI INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE Agenda Preparing for Pandemics: Lessons Learned for More Effective Responses Geneva, Switzerland 11-12 September 2015 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 of the International Peace Institute • Michael Moller, Acting Head, United Nations Office at Geneva Speakers • Margaret Chan, Director General World Health Organization • Peter Maurer, President International Committee of the Red Cross • Dr. 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: • Dr. Valeska Huber, Researcher German Historical Institute • Erez Manela, Harvard Historian specializing in Polio • Martin J. Blaser, MD; Director of the Human Microbiome Program at NYU 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break EFTA01071737