This annual symposium convened both U.S. and global leaders to map a unified strategy for global pandemic preparedness. They discussed how leading health organizations can come together to prepare for future outbreaks and what to do in the early stages of an outbreak to produce a coordinated and efficient response. The event is sponsored by Boston University, Harvard Medical School, and the Maxwell Finland Fund.

0:00:00 Welcome Remarks: Kenneth Freeman, President Ad Interim, Boston University

0:05:06 Keynote Discussion: Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern (Former Prime Minister of New Zealand), Sir Ashley Bloomfield (University of Auckland), Dame Juliet Gerrard (University of Auckland)
Moderator: Louise Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH, DTM&H (Harvard Medical School)

0:52:30 Panel 1: Developing capabilities for global Pandemic Preparedness
Moderators: Nancy J. Sullivan, PhD (NEIDL), Bruce D. Walker, MD (Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard)
Panelists: Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH&TM, FASTMH (FIND), Cristina Cassetti, PhD (NIAID), Sir Jeremy Farrar, PhD (WHO), Richard J. Hatchett, MD (CEPI), Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, PhD (Institut National pour la Recherche Biomedicale)

2:06:26 Panel 2: Communicating in crisis: How to tell people what they need to know, reach a diverse public, and counter outright lies
Moderators: Lindsey R. Baden, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital), Karen Weintraub (USA TODAY)
Panelists: Nahid Bhadelia, MD (CEID), Agnes Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped), PhD (University of Global Health Equity), Emilio Emini, PhD (Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute), Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD (Massachusetts Department of Public Health), Hilary Marston, MD, MPH (FDA), Raj Panjabi, MD (Former White House Senior Director and Special Assistant to the President for Global Health Security and Biodefense)

3:22:46 Closing Remarks: George Q. Daley, MD, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University