Pandemic workshop
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 |
|---|---|
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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 |