Public Policy and Biological Threats

NOTE: All workshop sessions will be held in Social Science Building Room 104 (SSB104).

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Last updated July 24, 2008.

Friday, July 25
All day	Fellows arrive at Eleanor Roosevelt College
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.	Opening Reception, Olive Lawn, Estancia Hotel Sam Bozzette, Amylin, RAND Corp., and UC San Diego Peter Cowhey, UC San Diego
Saturday, July 26
9:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.	Workshop Introduction
10:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.	History of Bioweapons, Bioterrorism and Biocrimes Seth Carus, National Defense University Leitenberg, Milton. Assessing the Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism Threat. Strategic Studies Institute. 2005. Assignment: Chapters 1 and 3. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB639.pdf Carus, Seth. Bioterrorism and Biocrimes. Center for Counterproliferation Research, National Defense University. Washington, D.C., 2001 (working paper from 2001; published in 2002). Assignment: Section 1 (chapters 1-3) http://www.ndu.edu/WMDCenter/Full_Doc.pdf
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Terrorism and Terrorist Networks Miles Kahler, UC San Diego Hoffman, Bruce. "The Myth of Grass-Roots Terrorism." Foreign Affairs (2008). http://fullaccess.foreignaffairs.org/20080501fareviewessay87310/bruce-hoffman/the-myth-of-grass-roots-terrorism.html Sageman, Marc, and Bruce Hoffman. "Does Osama Still Call the Shots?" Foreign Affairs (2008). http://fullaccess.foreignaffairs.org/20080701faresponse87415/marc-sageman-bruce-hoffman/does-osama-still-call-the-shots.html Schmitt, Eric, and Elaine Sciolino. "A Not Very Private Feud Over Terrorism." New York Times, 8 June 2008. Kahler, Miles. "Collective Action and Clandestine Networks." Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Governance. Cornell UP (forthcoming 2009).
Sunday, July 27
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Introduction to Policy Analysis Peter Cowhey, UC San Diego Sam Bozzette, Amylin, RAND Corp., and UC San Diego
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. .	Lunch
1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Basics of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Disease Sam Bozzette, Amylin, RAND Corp., and UC San Diego
Evening	Small group dinner with Michael Friedman
Monday, July 28
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Economic and Regulatory Perspectives on Pharmacological Countermeasures Michael Friedman, City of Hope Cancer Center
12:30 p.m. –3:30 p.m.	Basics of Viral Pathogenesis and Disease Sam Stanley, Washington University
Tuesday, July 29
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Epidemiology Michele Ginsburg, San Diego County HHS
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Public Health Infrastructure Jeffrey Wasserman, RAND Corporation
Wednesday, July 30
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Agricultural Threats Jerry Gillespie, WIFSS/UC Davis
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Biological Weapons and Defense Dean Wilkening, CISAC/Stanford
Evening	Dinner talk, Eucalyptus Point BTWC and Verification Ray Zilinskas, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Thursday, July 31
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Continuum of Vigilance I: Disease Intelligence and Surveillance Rohit Chitale, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Continuum of Vigilance II: Control and Verification Peter Cowhey, UC San Diego Speaker TBD
Evening	Small group dinner with speaker
Friday, August 1
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Synthetic Biology Robert Friedman, J. Craig Venter Institute Michele Garfinkel, J. Craig Venter Institute
11:30 a.m.	Depart for UC Irvine via bus
Afternoon	Lunch at UC Irvine Tour Pacific-Southwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases
4:00 p.m.	Depart UC Irvine
Saturday, August 2
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Preparing for a Biological Disaster Michael Kleeman, IGCC
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Communications and the Media Steve Turner, CA Governor’s Office of Homeland Security Phillip Van Saun, UCSD
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.	Closing Reception, Mandeville Suite
Sunday, August 3
Morning	Fellows depart

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