Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety: Summary of a Workshop (2016)

Chapter: Appendix C: Agenda

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Agenda

Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging Infections and
Global Health Safety
Convention Centre
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
New Delhi, India
November 18 - 20, 2014

November 18, Day 1

8:00-9:00am

Registration
9:00-10:30am Chair: Indira Nath
Opening Welcome by President of INSA and Others
Raghavendra Gadagkar, President, INSA
Krishan Lal, Immediate Past President, INSA

Remarks by VIP Representatives
V.M. Katoch, Secretary, Department of Health Research (GOI) and Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, Emerging Infections on National Development
Amy DuBois, Health Attache, US Embassy, New Delhi
Diane Griffin, Vice President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Dinakar Salunke, Vice President, International Affairs, INSA
10:30-11:00am Tea Break followed by group photograph
11:00-12:00pm Plenary, Session 1. Introduction and Framing the Issues
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Co-Chair: Indira Nath
Co-Chair: James LeDuc
Speaker, David Franz, Integrating Safety and
Security into the Life Sciences Enterprise
Discussion
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-3:00pm Plenary, Session 2. Human Health Research;
What are the Needs?
Chair, G.B. Nair
Speaker 1, Todd Davis, Influenza as a Global
Challenge for Human Health Research
Speaker 2, Aparna Singh Shah, WHO SEARO
Speaker 3, Thomas Ksiazek, Perspectives on the
West African Ebola Outbreak
Speaker 4, Ratnakar Sahoo, Ebola Control
Strategy - India
Discussant: Anuja Krishnan, Institute of
Molecular Medicine, Okhla, New Delhi
3:00-3:30pm Tea break
3:30-4:30pm Plenary, Session 3. Human and Animal Health:
The Way Ahead
Chair, David Franz
Speaker 1, David Swayne, Biocontainment
Solutions for Poultry Research with Veterinary and
Zoonotic Pathogens
Speaker 2, S.C. Dubey, High Security Animal
Disease Laboratory, Bhopal; Containment of
Zoonotic Infections
Discussion
4:30-6:30pm Plenary, Session 4. The Biotech Revolution:
Exploring new Territory Together
Chair Raghavendra Gadagkar
Speaker 1, David Relman, Emerging Capabilities
in the Life Sciences and Challenges for Global
Health
Speaker 2, G.B. Nair, From Genomics to Public
Health
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Speaker 3, Ch Mohan Rao, Innovation in Viral
Diagnostics for Resource Poor Situations..
Speaker 4, Pawan Dhar, Challenges of Synthetic
Biology
Discussion
7:30 pm Key Note Speaker, K. Vijay Raghavan, Secretary,
DST & DBT, Govt. of India at Multipurpose Hall,
India International Centre (IIC), 40, Max Mueller
Marg, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, followed by
Welcome Dinner hosted by USNAS

November 19, Day 2

9:00-11:00am

Plenary, Session 5. Laboratory Regulatory
Oversight; Finding the Balance
Chair, T.S. Rao
Speaker 1, S.R. Rao / Nitin Jain, Indian
Regulations in Animal and Human Health Safety.
Speaker 2, John Kenneth, Laboratory Regulatory
Oversight for BSL 3 Laboratories..
Speaker 3, Thomas Ksiazek, Laboratory
Regulatory Oversight for BSL 4 Laboratories
Speaker 4, Vasantha Muthuswamy, Ethical
Guidelines, Codes and Equity in Human Health
Research
Discussion
11:00-11:30am Tea Break
11:30am-1:00pm Plenary, Session 6. Applying and Using New
Tools and Knowledge Safely.
Chair, Joseph Kanabrocki
Speaker 1, D.D. Kulkarni, Practical Issues to be
Addressed for Biosafety and Biosecurity in India
Speaker 2, Robert Martin, Management of
Biosafety Practices - Creating a Sustainable
Culture of Safety
Speaker 3, B.M. Subramanian, Tamil Nadu
Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
(TANUVAS), Translational Platform for
Veterinary Biologicals
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Speaker 4, Joseph Kanabrocki, Public Outreach
on Biosafety
Discussion
1:00pm Lunch
2:00-3:30pm Breakout A (three concurrent), Session 7.
(open to all participants, indicate choice)
1. Research of concern on new pathogens.
Regulations and codes of ethics.
Chairs: David Relman, Rapporteur: Jens Kuhn
(Convention Centre)
2. Strengthening management practices to support
biosafety in laboratories.
Chair: Robert Martin, Rapporteur: Gray Handley
(Lecture Hall, Convention Centre)
3. Levels of Biocontainment facilities: Answering
research questions at economically viable
containment levels or with alternate methods.
Chair: Jaya Tyagi Rapporteur: Ashley Grant
(Multipurpose Hall, Jubilee Building)
3:30-4:00pm Tea break
4:00-5:30pm Breakout B (three concurrent), Session 8.
(open to all participants, indicate choice)
1. Sustainability of surveillance laboratories:
Cutting costs without compromising safety. Chair:
Rakesh Bhatnagar Rapporteur: H.K. Prasad
(Convention Centre)
2. Diagnostic and field laboratories: Safety
considerations for transportation of diagnostic
samples and in emergencies situations. Chair: S.K.
Tripathy, Rapporteur: U.D. Gupta (Lecture Hall,
Convention Centre)
3. Laboratory accidents and Laboratory-Acquired
Infections (LAIs): Response, reporting, and
planning. Chair: Karen Byers (Multipurpose Hall,
Jubilee Building)
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6:00pm Key Note Speaker, Raghavendra Gadagkar,
President, INSA, On War and Peace at INSA
Auditorium followed by Dinner at INSA hosted
by President INSA.

November 20, Day 3

9:00-10:00am

Plenary, Session 9. Six Reports from Breakout
Group Rapporteurs
Discussion
10:00-10:30am Tea Break
10:30-11:30am Plenary, Session 10. Management of Natural
Disasters
Chair: Indira Nath
Speaker 1, Muzzafar Ahmad, Infections in
Disaster Management.
Discussion
11:30am-1:00pm Plenary Session 11 Collaboration and Going
Forward in Partnership
Co-Chair, T.S. Rao
Co-Chair, Diane Griffin
Speaker 1, N.K. Ganguly, Biaosafety needs and
partnerships
Speaker 2, Norman Neureiter, The Indo-U.S.
Science and Technology Forum: Going Forward in
Partnership
Speaker 3, S.R. Rao, Opportunities in Regulatory
Sciences
1:00-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-2:30pm Closing Discussion
Final thoughts from the co-chairs and participants.
Co-Chair, Indira Nath
Co-Chair, James LeDuc
2:30-3:00pm Formal Adjournment of Workshop
Dinakar Salunke, Vice-President, International
Affairs, INSA
Diane Griffin, Vice President, USNAS
3:00pm Tea
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