Workshop Goals
- Provide an open forum for Government officials, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry representatives, state and local first responders, public health advocates, academicians, and other key stakeholders to share ideas for advancing public health preparedness in a collaborative environment
- Update stakeholders on PHEMCE progress in the past year toward executing the goals of the HHS PHEMCE Strategy and Implementation Plan for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Threats; the HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan; and the Draft BARDA Strategic Plan for Medical Countermeasure Research, Development, and Procurement
- Learn about the latest technological advances in medical countermeasure research and development
- Gain a hands-on perspective on the advances and challenges surrounding the deployment and distribution of medical countermeasures at the point of care
- Discuss strategies to further advance the science, technology, policies, planning, and response capabilities needed to reach the goal of "A Nation Prepared"
Featured Topics
- HHS vision of increased public health preparedness for 2009 and beyond
- PHEMCE progress over the past year in medical countermeasure development and acquisitions targeting CBRN threats and pandemic influenza — successes and lessons learned
- BARDA anticipated near-term medical countermeasure advanced development and acquisition plans
- Federal coordination with and support of state, local, and tribal medical countermeasure deployment and utilization plans
- Interagency coordination in managing a Federal medical countermeasure portfolio (featuring presentations by HHS, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Veterans Affairs)
- Medical countermeasures at the point of care — best practices and current challenges
- Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) implementation
- An opportunity for stakeholders to provide individual feedback during facilitated breakout sessions on some of the most challenging questions facing medical countermeasure preparedness today