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The Nation's Medical Countermeasure Stockpile: Opportunities to Improve the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Sustainability of the CDC Strategic National Stockpile: Workshop Summary (2016)

Chapter: Appendix A: Workshop Agenda

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. The Nation's Medical Countermeasure Stockpile: Opportunities to Improve the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Sustainability of the CDC Strategic National Stockpile: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23532.

Appendix A

Workshop Agenda

February 4-5, 2016
Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC

Workshop Objectives:

Provide a broad overview of current efforts under way at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to distribute medical countermeasures and other supplies during a disaster or other public health emergency including during times of major infrastructure failure;
Review novel practices used by private industry to distribute medical products and supplies on a day-to-day basis as well as during an emergency;
Identify major gaps in currently available distribution methods in the public and private sectors;
Identify opportunities for collaboration and coordination between CDC and among relevant federal as well as industry programs to support effective and efficient medical countermeasures distribution; and
Examine opportunities to enhance the economic sustainability of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) in view of evolving mission expectations and new medical countermeasure (MCM) research and development.

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DAY 1: FEBRUARY 4, 2016—OPEN SESSION
8:30 a.m.	Welcome and Introductory Remarks Tara O’Toole, Chair, SNS Standing Committee Greg Burel, Director, Division of Strategic National Stockpile, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), CDC
	Session I: The SNS: A National Asset for Lifesaving MCMs
Session Objectives: Provide a past and present perspective on the SNS as a national asset. Provide a broad overview of the SNS, its history, policy foundations, operations, relationships with other CDC divisions and programs, and other federal stakeholders. Provide insight on the future direction of the SNS.
8:45 a.m.	Panel I Moderator: Tara O’Toole, Chair, SNS Standing Committee Panelists: Ali Khan, Dean, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Former Director, OPHPR, CDC Frank Gottron, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, Congressional Research Service Sally Phillips, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Dan Sosin, Deputy Director and Chief Medical Officer, OPHPR, CDC Q/A
9:30 a.m.	Panel II Moderator: Tara O’Toole, Chair, SNS Standing Committee

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	Panelists: Greg Burel, Director, Division of Strategic National Stockpile, OPHPR, CDC Susan Sherman, Senior Attorney, Office of General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Christine Kosmos, Director, Division of State and Local Readiness, OPHPR, CDC Q/A
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	Panel III: The Federal Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Moderator: Tom Inglesby, Director, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Center for Health Security Panelists: Richard Jaffe, Director, Medical Countermeasures Strategy and Requirements, ASPR Gary Disbrow, Director, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Division, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), ASPR Brad Leissa, Deputy Director, Counter Terrorism and Emergency Coordination Staff, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Rocco Casagrande, Managing Director, Gryphon Scientific Q/A
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
Session II: The SNS Supply Chain and Partnerships
Session Objectives: Provide an overview of the MCM supply chain and stockpile strategies of DoD and VA, and explore opportunities to leverage lessons learned. Develop an understanding of the commercial supply chain, its interface with the SNS and how the resources of the private sector can be best leveraged.

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1:30 p.m.	Panel IV: MCM Distribution Lessons from Other Government Partners Moderator: Ellen Carlin, Principal, Carlin Communications Panelists: Lewis Radonovich, Director, National Center for Occupational Health and Infection Control, VA COL Alex Zotomayor, Director, Medical Supply Chain, Defense Logistics Agency, DoD Michael Loehr, Chief of Emergency Preparedness and Response, Washington State Department of Health Q/A
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Panel V: Understanding and Leveraging Practices of the Commercial Supply Chain Moderator: Perry Fri, Executive Vice President, Industry Relations, Healthcare Distribution Management Association Panelists: Margaret Brandeau, Coleman F. Fung Professor of Engineering, Stanford University Jason Frederick, Vice President of Operations, FedEx Custom Critical Mitch Mattingly, President, Metro Logics, Inc. Q/A
4:15 p.m.	Break
4:30 p.m.	Review of the Day’s Discussions and Looking Ahead Tara O’Toole, Chair, SNS Standing Committee
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

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DAY 2: FEBRUARY 5, 2016—OPEN SESSION
8:30 a.m.	Welcome Tara O’Toole, Chair, SNS Standing Committee
Session III: Studies and Reports Related to the SNS
Session Objective: Provide an overview of studies and reports conducted in the past several years that have addressed the challenges and opportunities of the SNS.
8:40 a.m.	Panel VI: Reports on SNS Moderator: Eva Lee, Director, Center for Operations Research in Medicine and Healthcare, Georgia Institute of Technology Panelists: Anticipated Responsibilities of the SNS in the Year 2020: An Examination with Recommendations: A Joint Report of the National Biodefense Science Board and the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response Board of Scientific Counselors, John Parker, Former Chair, National Biodefense Science Board and Report Co-Chair A National Blueprint for Biodefense: Leadership and Major Reforms Needed to Optimize Efforts, Ellen Carlin, Co-Director, Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Review: A Strategic Report, Robert L. Burhans, Senior Executive, Health Emergency Management, Tetra Tech, Emergency Management and Community Resilience (EMCR) Greg Burel, Director, Division of Strategic National Stockpile, OPHPR, CDC Q/A
10:25 a.m.	Break

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Session IV: SNS Collaboration with State and Local Partners
Session Objectives: Provide an overview of state and local partnerships with the SNS. Explore best practices and opportunities for SNS collaboration between different levels of government.
10:40 a.m.	Panel VII: State and Local Perspectives Moderator: Paul Petersen, Director, Emergency Preparedness Program, Tennessee Department of Health Panelists: Jennifer Lixey Terrill, Healthcare and Public Health Emergency Management and Policy Specialist, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Michael Poole, SNS Coordinator, Texas Department of State Health Services David Starr, Director, Countermeasures Response, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Emily Gore, Public Health Manager, Public Health Preparedness Division, Dallas County Health and Human Services Q/A
12:25 p.m.	Lunch
Session V: The Road Ahead
Session Objective: Review previous days’ discussions and explore key themes and ideas relevant to the future success of the SNS.
1:25 p.m.	Panel VIII: Implications and Opportunities for the Future Moderator: Tara O’Toole, Chair, SNS Standing Committee Panelists: Tom Inglesby, Director, UPMC Center for Health Security Eva Lee, Director, Center for Operations Research in Medicine and Healthcare, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Ellen Carlin, Principal, Carlin Communications
Perry Fri, Executive Vice President, Industry Relations, Healthcare Distribution Management Association
Paul Petersen, Director, Emergency Preparedness Program, Tennessee Department of Health

Q/A

3:00 p.m.

Adjourn