“Pan­demic Influenza Pre­pared­ness: Part­ner­ships and Con­ti­nu­ity Plan­ning for Crit­i­cal Systems”

Overview:

To describe how pri­vate and pub­lic sec­tors in the APEC region can coop­er­ate to work effec­tively for prepa­ra­tion and response to pan­demic influenza.

Par­tic­i­pat­ing Economies:

Aus­tralia, Brunei Darus­salam, Canada, Chi­nese Taipei, Indone­sia,
Japan, Malay­isa, Mex­ico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, The Philip­pines,
People’s Repub­lic of China, Repub­lic of Korea, Sin­ga­pore, Thai­land,
The United States, Viet Nam

Date and Time:

29 May 2008 (USA, Mex­ico)
Uni­ver­sity of Wash­ing­ton, Seat­tle 17:00 — 23:00 (PST)
30 May 2008 (Asia) 01:00 — 06:00 (UTC)

Event High­lights:

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Agenda:

Lessons Learned Agenda — 30 May 2008

Pre­sen­ta­tions:

Aus­tralia
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Public-Private Part­ner­ships for Pan­demic Influenza Pre­pared­ness in the APEC Region
Speaker: Dr. Jenean Spencer, Direc­tor, Pan­demic Pre­pared­ness Sec­tion Office of Health pro­tec­tion Dept. of Health and Ageing

Brunei Darus­salam
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Public-Private Sec­tor Col­lab­o­ra­tion for Pan­demic Influenza Pre­pared­ness in Brunei Darus­salam: Bar­ri­ers and Chal­lenges
Speaker: Dr. Pen­gi­ran Hishamud­din, Act­ing Senior Med­ical Offi­cer, Dis­ease Con­trol Divi­sion Min­istry of Health Brunei Darussalam

Canada
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: The Pri­vate Sec­tor and Pan­demic Influenza Pre­pared­ness: Canada’s Expe­ri­ences
Speak­ers: Dr. Rod­ney Nel­son, Senior Man­ager, The Con­fer­ence Board of Canada & Dr. James Gilbert, Direc­tor Gen­eral, Pub­lic Health Agency of Canada

Chi­nese Taipei
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Infor­ma­tion Sharing/Cooperation on Pre­pared­ness between Pri­vate and Pub­lic Sec­tors
Speak­ers: Dr. Chang-Hsun Chen, Tai­wan CDC (Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol, Depart­ment of Health Tai­wan, Taipei, Tai­wan & Dr. Fang Ming Hsu, Tai­wan Semi­con­duc­tor Man­u­fac­tur­ing Com­pany, Ltd

Indone­sia
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Public-Private Part­ner­ship for Avian Influenza Con­trol and Pan­demic Pre­pared­ness
Speaker: Bayu Kris­na­murthi, Indone­sia National Com­mit­tee for Avian Influenza Con­trol and Pan­demic Influenza Preparedness

Japan
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Exam­ples of Public-Private Col­lab­o­ra­tions
Speak­ers: Dr. Tokuaki Shobayashi & Mr. Yasuo Fuku­moto, Min­istry of Health, Labour and Wel­fare Japan

Malaysia
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Pan­demic Influenza Pre­pared­ness: Multi-sectoral Response
Speaker: Dr. Mohamed Paid Bin Yosof, Min­istry of Health Malaysia

Mex­ico
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Mul­ti­sec­to­r­ial Approach to Influenza Pan­demic Plan­ning in Mex­ico
Speaker: Dr. Miguel Betan­court, Gen­eral Direc­torate for Pub­lic Health Emer­gen­cies, National, Cen­ter for Epi­demi­o­log­i­cal Sur­veil­lance and Dis­ease Control

Papua New Guinea
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: How Agen­cies within the Pub­lic Sec­tor in PNG are Communicating/Collaborating with each other on Avian Influenza/Pandemic Influenza Pre­pared­ness
Speak­ers: Berry Ropa & Navy Mulou, APEC PNG HWG

Peru
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Pre­pared­ness and Response Plan for Poten­tial Pan­demic Influenza — Peru
Speaker: Her­nan Garrido-Lecca, Min­is­ter of Health

The Philip­pines
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Philip­pines Pan­demic Influenza Pre­pared­ness Plan Updates
Speaker: Dr. Lyn­don L.Lee Suy, Pro­gram Man­ager, Emerg­ing and Re-emerging Infec­tious Dis­eases National Cen­ter for Dis­ease Pre­ven­tion and Con­trol, Dept. of Health Repub­lic of Philippines

People’s Repub­lic of China
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Pan­demic Flu Pre­pared­ness Multi-Sector Coop­er­a­tion in China
Speaker: Ms. Jixiu Han, Office of Health Emer­gency Response, Min­istry of Health, P.R.China (Cen­ter for Pub­lic health Emergency)

Pre­sen­ta­tion title: China MOH and Sanofi Pas­teur Col­lab­o­ra­tions in Pan­demic Pre­parednes
Speaker: Sanofi Pasteur

Repub­lic of Korea
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Public-Private Sec­tor Col­lab­o­ra­tions in Pan­demic Pre­pared­ness
Speaker: Dr. Sang Dr. Sang-Sook Shin, Korea Cen­ter for Dis­ease Con­trol and Prevention

Sin­ga­pore
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Sin­ga­pore Flu Pan­demic Pre­pared­ness
Speaker: Mr. Ong Liong Chuan, Dy Direc­tor, Busi­ness Con­ti­nu­ity & Cri­sis Man­age­ment, Sin­ga­pore Min­istry of Health

Thai­land
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Influenza Pan­demic Pre­pared­ness in Thai­land: Coop­er­a­tion between Pub­lic and Pri­vate Sec­tors
Speaker: Dr. Porn­thip Chom­pook, Bureau of Emerg­ing Infec­tious Dis­eases, Dept. of Dis­ease Con­trol Min­istry of Pub­lic Health, Thailand

The United States
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: Georgia’s Pan Flu Plan­ning
Speak­ers: Dr. J. Patrick O’Neal, Geor­gia Divi­sion of Pub­lic Health & Dr. Joce­lyn Stargel, South­ern Company

Viet Nam
Pre­sen­ta­tion title: National Influenza Sen­tinel Sur­veil­lance Viet Nam: 2006–2007
Speaker: Dr. Nguyen Thanh Chung, NIHE