Public Policy and
Biological Threats

8:00 a.m.
Campus IDs

9:00-9:30 a.m.
Program Overview

Dean Peter Cowhey, UCSD

Sam Bozzette, UCSD/RAND

9:30 AM-noon History of Biowarfare, Bioterrorism and Biocrimes

Raymond Clark, UCSD

9:30 a.m.-noon Basic Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Treatment

Kit Pogliano, UCSD

9:30 a.m.-noon
Epidemiology

Michele Ginsberg, San Diego County HHS

9:00 a.m.-noon
Continuum of Vigilance I
Domestic and International Intelligence & Surveillance

Cyndi Wells, LANL

Lunch Discussion SSB 107

9:00 a.m.-noon
Tabletop Exercise Topic TBA

Nicole Lurie and Jeffrey Wasserman, Rand Corporation

6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception and Dinner

Estancia Hotel and Spa

1:30- 4:00 p.m.
Bioweapons and Bioterrorism: Effectiveness and Utility

Dean Wilkening, Stanford University

4-00-5:00 PM Computer Lab Orientation

Gary Hoffman, IR/PS

1:30-4:00 p.m.
Basic Principles of Viral Pathogenesis and Treatment

Samuel Stanley, Washington University

6:30 PM
Optional Art Tour

1:30- 4:30 p.m.
Weaponization of Bioagents

Joseph Curtis, American Red Cross

Evening
Open Discussion

1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Public Health Infrastructure and Response

Nicole Lurie and Jeffrey Wasserman, Rand Corporation

1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Continuum of Vigilance II
Control and Verification

Control Regimes:

Peter Cowhey

Verification:

Raymond Zilinskas, Monterey Institute

9:30 a.m.-noon
Economic and Regulatory Perspectives on Pharmacological Countermeasures

Michael Friedman, City of Hope Cancer Center

9:00 a.m.-noon
Policy Implementation and Field Evaluation

9:30 a.m.-noon
Communications and Media

Stephen Maurer, UCB

Gerald Mackie, UCSD

10:00 a.m.-noon
Legal Issues

Hon. Margaret McKeown, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Ethical Issues:

Michael Kalichman, UCSD

9:30 a.m.-noon
International Efforts to Counter Bioterrorism and Emerging Biological Threats

Mark Smolinski, Nuclear Threat Initiative

2:30-4:30 p.m.
Introduction to Policy Analysis & Implications

Mark Kleiman, UCLA

1:30-5:00 p.m.
Agricultural Threats: Infectious Diseases and Agroterrorism

Agrothreat Exercise:

Jerry Gillespie, WIFSS

1:30- 4:30 p.m.
Terrorism and National Security Policy
Robert Powell, UC Berkeley

Evening
Open Discussion

1:30-4:30 p.m.
Case Study: Bay Area Emergency Planning

Greg O'Ryon, National Red Cross

Michael Kleeman, IGCC

6:30 PM
Closing Reception and Dinner

Estancia Hotel and Spa

1:30 -4:30 p.m.
Communications and Media

Mike Sicilia, California Office of Homeland Security

Scott Horsley, NPR National Correspondent