Description

Professor Eve Mitleton-Kelly (LSE), together with Dr Randolph Kent (KCL) and Nick Wildegoose (Zurich) have organised a 3rd workshop on pandemics as part of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Councils on Complex Systems and Catastrophic Risks. Deutsche Bank will be hosting the workshop. This is for information only as the workshop is now fully booked.

Pandemics caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenzas (HPAIs) can trigger global social and economic disruption. Such events are unpredictable and can place great stress on national health systems. Pandemics can cause high levels of absenteeism which can threaten business operations and disrupt supply chains. But pandemic propagation is poorly understood, a better knowledge about HPAIs and how they can spread is essential to anticipating key stresses across a multiple of dimensions. Only then can we begin to properly plan a successful coordination response across the public and private sectors.

Deutsche Bank in conjunction with Kings College London, London School of Economics and World Economic Forum Global Agenda Councils on Catastrophic Risks and Complex Systems will be conducting a ‘Pandemic Workshop’ to be hosted on Tuesday 29th April 2014 at Deutsche Bank in London.

Programme

Time   Details 

9:30-10:00

  Coffee and Registration
10:00-10:30 Opening Remarks

Victor Meyer – Global Head, Corporate Security and Business Continuity, Deutsche Bank

Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly – Director, Complexity Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science

10:30-11:30  Pandemic Modelling

Prof Alessandro Vespignani, Sternberg Distinguished University Professor, Department of Physics College of Computer and Information Sciences Bouve College of Health Sciences Northeastern University, Boston MA

11:30-12:30

The application of mathematical models, statistical and economic analysis, and sociological studies to real-world problems to enable decision-makers to optimise the design of public health control programmes

Prof John Edmunds, Head of the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-13:45

Introduction to the afternoon

Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Director, Complexity Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science

13:45-14:45

From Data to Decision : Modelling Methodologies that Inform Public Health Policy

Dr Babak Pourhohloul, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Complexity Science for Health Systems

14:45-15:45 Breakout Group Session
15:45-16:15 Plenary, feedback
16:15-17:00

Future Pandemic Modelling Objectives

Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Director, Complexity Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science

17:00-17:15 Closing remarks
17:30-19:00 Drinks reception