Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease

December 4–5, 2007
The Hotel Monaco, Paris Room
Washington, DC 
AGENDA

DAY 1: December 4, 2007  

8:30 – 9: 00:   Registration and complimentary breakfast

9:00 – 9:15:    Forum Leadership                

9:15 – 9:40:    Welcoming remarks
                       Harvey Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., President, Institute of Medicine

9:40 – 10:20:  KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ecological, environmental, and infectious disease impacts 
                         of global climate change and extreme weather events 
                         Donald Burke, M.D., University of Pittsburgh

10:20 – 11:00: Questions from Forum members and audience

11:00 – 11:15: BREAK

Session I: The direct and indirect influences of extreme weather events and climate change on the prevalence and geographic range of vector and non-vector-borne diseases
Moderator: Lonnie King, D.V.M., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

11:15 – 12:15:
       Sir Andrew Haines, M.D., M.B., B.Ch., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
       Paul Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard University

12:15 – 12:45: Questions from Forum members and audience

12:45 – 1:30:  Lunch and continuation of Day 1 morning discussion

Session II: Environmental trends and their influence on the emergence, reemergence, and movement of vector and non-vector-borne infectious diseases
Moderator: Ralph “Loren” Erickson, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H., DOD-GEIS 

1:30 – 2:00:    Climate change impacts on plant disease dynamics 
      Karen A. Garrett, Ph.D., Kansas State University

2:00 – 2:30:    Climate change: Its effects on healthy aquatic and marine wildlife populations 
       Leslie Dierauf, V.M.D., USGS, National Wildlife Health Center

2:30 – 3:00:    Sub-Saharan Africa – Chikungunya and Rift Valley fever
        Jean-Paul Chretien, M.D., Ph.D., DOD-GEIS    

3:00 – 3:20:    BREAK

3:20 – 3:50:    Arctic environment
      Alan Parkinson, Ph.D., CDC’s Arctic Investigation Program

3:50 – 4:20:   “Plague and climate variation and change: a worldwide overview with a bias  towards Central Asia”
       Nils Christian Stenseth, Ph.D., University of Oslo, Norway

4:20 – 5:20:   Discussion of Session II

5:20 – 6:15:   Open discussion of Day 1

6:15:                 Adjourn – DAY 1

6:45 – 9:30: Dinner with speakers and Forum members and continuing discussion of Day 1

Day 2: December 5, 2007  

8:30 – 9:00: Continental breakfast

9:00 – 9:15: Summary of Day 1: Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg, M.D., Vice-chair, Forum on Microbial Threats

Session III: Scientific, technological, and policy considerations related to prediction and intervention in vector-borne and non-vector-borne disease outbreaks and integration strategies
Moderator: Patrick Fitch, Ph.D., NBACC 

9:15 – 9:45:   “The use of historical data sets in understanding ecosystem responses to climate change and the importance of long-term monitoring programs: Drought”
       Rodolfo Acuña-Soto, M.D., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 

9:45 – 10:15:  Can on-the-ground monitoring of wildlife help detect the impacts of climate and environmental change on infectious disease epidemiology? 
       William Karesh, D.V.M., Wildlife Conservation Society

10:15 – 10:30: BREAK

10:30 – 11:00: Marine environment 
       Rita Colwell, Ph.D., University of Maryland

11:00 – 11: 30: Use of remote sensing for detecting the impacts of climate and environmental change on infectious disease epidemiology 
       Compton James Tucker, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

11:30 - noon: The use of satellite-generated meteorological data to predict mosquito-borne encephalitis transmission
       William K. Reisen, Ph.D., University of California, Davis

12:00 – 12:45: Open discussion of Session III

12:45 – 1:30:   Lunch and continuation of Day 2 discussion

Session IV: The international public health and foreign policy implications of drought, flooding, and extreme weather events on the emergence and spread of infectious diseases
Moderator: David Relman, M.D., Stanford University 

1:30 – 2:00: Implications for international public health policy
         Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Ph.D., World Health Organization

2:00 – 2:30:  Influences of migration and population mobility
         Douglas W. MacPherson, M.D., McMaster University

2:30 – 3:00:  Global climate change: Impacts on national security
        Maj. Gen. Richard L. Engel USAF (Ret.), National Intelligence Council  

3:00 – 3:30: Open discussion of Session IV

3:30 – 4:00: Wrap-up

4:00:            Adjourn