Flying in the COVID-19 Era: Science-based Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies on the Ground and in the Air: Proceedings of a Workshop (2022)

Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Agenda

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Workshop Agenda

FEBRUARY 4, 2021
OPEN SESSION

All times are US Eastern Standard (UTC-5:00)

11:00 AM Welcome on Behalf of the Planning Committee
John-Paul Clarke, Sc.D., Chair, Planning Committee
University of Texas, Austin
11:03 Keynote Talk: COVID-19 from a Public Health and Medicine Perspective

(45-minute presentation and 12-minute Q&A session)

 Ashish K. Jha, M.D.
Brown University
12:00 PM Keynote Talk: COVID-19 Pandemic: The World in Disorder Victor J. Dzau, M.D.
National Academy of Medicine
12:30 Keynote Talk: A Virologists View of COVID-19

(45-minute presentation and 15-minute Q&A session)

 William A. Haseltine, M.D.
ACCESS Health International, Inc.
1:30 Workshop Overview John-Paul Clarke, Sc.D., Chair, Planning Committee
University of Texas, Austin
1:35 Break
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Session I – Setting the Stage

ISSUE: What is the science behind risk mitigation strategies and how might they be implements to ensure health?

2:15 Session I Speaker Presentations (15-minute presentations)
Session Moderator: John-Paul Clarke, Sc.D., Chair, Planning Committee
University of Texas, Austin
Speakers:
  • Containing COVID: Reducing Risk Through Layered Nonpharmaceutical Interventions
Caitlin Rivers, Ph.D.
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
  • Insights from the 2013 NAS Report on ‘Infectious Disease Mitigation in Airports and Airplanes’ and Application to COVID-19
Joseph Allen, D.Sc.
T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
  • Aeroporti di Roma and the Italian Government’s Actions to Ensure Health Safety During the Pandemic
Ivan Bassato
Aeroporti di Roma
  • Data Science Perspective on Flights: FlyHealthy Study
Vicki Stover Hertzberg, Ph.D.
School of Nursing, Emory University
  • Aerosol Dispersion in Commercial Aircraft Cabins
Joshua L. Santarpia, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
3:30 Session I Question Period (45-minute Q&A session with panel roundtable)
4:15 Break
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Session II: Transmission Risks and Mitigations in the Airport—Terminal and Landside

ISSUE: What are the transmission risks of COVID-19 within the airport terminal and what mitigations are effective?

4:30 Session II Speaker Presentations (15-minute presentations)
Session Moderator: Ilan Kroo, Ph.D., Member, Planning Committee
Stanford University
Speakers:
  • Airport and Airplanes
Leonard Marcus, Ph.D.
National Preparedness Leadership Initiative
  • Where Are the Locations and Activities of Risk in Travel?
Jack Spengler, Ph.D.
T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
  • Regional Airports and Airlines Perspective
Nobuyo Reinsch
Regional Airline Association
  • Infection Prevention Aspects of Air Travel
Saskia Popescu, Ph.D.
Schar School of Policy and Government,
George Mason University
  • Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions Recommended at Airport Level in Europe
Cristian Ionut Panait, M.D.
European Union Aviation Safety Agency
5:45 Session II Question Period (45-minute Q&A session with panel roundtable)
6:30 Day 1 Closing Remarks
John-Paul Clarke, Sc.D., Chair, Planning Committee
University of Texas, Austin
Workshop Adjourns for the Day
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FEBRUARY 5, 2021
OPEN SESSION

11:00 AM Welcome from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Colleen Hartman, Ph.D.
National Academies
11:01 Recap of Day 1 and Comments on Day 2 Agenda
John-Paul Clarke, Sc.D., Chair, Planning Committee
University of Texas, Austin

Session III: Transmission Risks & Mitigations in the Aircraft Environment

ISSUE: What are the transmission risks of COVID-19 within the aircraft? What mitigation strategies are effective?

11:15 Session III Speaker Presentations (15-minute presentations)
Session Moderator: Robie Samanta Roy, Ph.D., Member, Planning Committee
Lockheed Martin
Speakers:
  • How Airlines Responded to the COVID-19 Crisis
Laurie A. Garrow, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Center for Urban and Regional Air Mobility (CURAM),
Georgia Institute of Technology; President, Airline Operations Research Society (AGIFORS)
  • In-flight COVID-19 Transmission Risk and Feasible Mitigation Strategies
Joshua Barocas, M.D.
Asst. Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
  • The role of fomites in the spread of viruses and quantitative microbial risk assessment
Charles Gerba, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Arizona
  • Boeing and Airline Studies on Cabin Spread
Michael Delaney, Member, Planning Committee
Chief Aerospace Safety Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Aerospace Safety, Boeing
  • Airbus Studies on Cabin Spread and Airflow
Stefan Roemelt
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Cabin & Cargo, Airbus
  • Delta’s Approach to COVID
David Garrison
Delta Air Lines
12:45 PM Session III Question Period (45-minute Q&A session with panel roundtable)
1:30 Break
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Session IV: What Do We Wish We Knew Then? What Do We Wish We Could Know Now?

ISSUE: Looking back over the last year, what information was missing and what lessons did we learn? How does that inform our prioritization of studies and information going forward?

2:00 Session IV Speaker Presentations (15-minute presentations)
Session Moderator: Pamela Melroy, Member, Planning Committee
Melroy & Hollett Technology Partners
Speakers:
  • Collaboration and Fast Response During the Pandemic
David Walt, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
  • Adaptive Terminal Creation
David Kipp
Burns Engineering
  • COVID-19: A Catalyst for Accelerating Airport Terminal Design Trends
Josh Cohn
InterVistas
  • Multi-Layered Strategy to Reducing COVID-19 Risk in Air Travel
Hassan Shahidi, Ph.D.
Flight Safety Foundation
  • Impact on the Aviation Industry
James Wiltshire
International Air Transport Association
  • Communicating with the Public
Lindsey Leininger, Ph.D., M.A.
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth University
3:30 Session IV Question Period (45-minute Q&A session with panel roundtable)
4:15 Break
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Session V: Ensuring the Future in US for the Aviation Industry

Summary Session: Looking into a Crystal Ball:
How Will COVID-19 Affect the Commercial Airline Industry?

4:30 Session V Speaker Presentations (15-minute presentations)
Session Moderator: Alan Epstein, Ph.D., Member, Planning Committee
Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Speakers:
  • Public Health Perspective
Celine Gounder, M.D.
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
  • Perception and Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Mitigation Measures: A Cross-National Analysis of Air Travel Demand
Francesco Manca, Ph.D.
Imperial College London
  • A Systems Approach for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Pinar Keskinocak, Ph.D.
Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems,
Georgia Institute of Technology
  • An OEM View on Health and Safety Engagement Post COVID-19
Valerie Manning, Ph.D., Member, Planning Committee
Airbus
  • Prognostication for the Airline Industry
Myles Walton, Ph.D
UBS
5:45 Session V Question Period (45-minute Q&A session with panel roundtable)
Workshop Closing
6:30 Workshop Summary
John-Paul Clarke, Sc.D., Chair, Planning Committee
University of Texas, Austin
Workshop Adjourns
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