Biodefense Summit Transcripts
Biological threats to humans, animals, agriculture, and the environment are among the most serious threats facing the United States and preparing for biothreats is a critical aspect of our national security. The National Biodefense Strategy sets the course for the United States to combat the serious biothreats our country faces, whether they arise from natural outbreaks of disease, accidents involving high consequence pathogens, or the actions of terrorists or state actors.
The Biodefense Summit, was held on April 17, 2019 in Washington, D.C. The Summit aimed to engage the biodefense stakeholder community to inform national biodefense enterprise efforts to counter biological threats, reduce risk, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from biological incidents. The Summit informed stakeholders of the implementation of the National Biodefense Strategy.
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Transcripts from the Summit are available below:
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Welcome -
Victor Dzau, President of the National Academy of Medicine
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Opening Remarks -
Kelvin Droegemeier, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Excecutive Office of the President
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Importance of the Biodefense Summit -
Secretary Alex Azar II, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Evolution of U.S. Biodefense Policy -
Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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The National Biodefense Strategy: Recommendation and Perspective of the Blueprint for Biodefense -
Governor Tom Ridge, Co-chair of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel of Biodefense
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Goal 1: Enabling Risk Awareness to Inform Decision Making across the Biodefense Enterprise
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Goal 2: Ensure Biodefense Enterprise Capabilities to Prevent Bioincidents
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Goal 3: Ensure Biodefense Preparedness Enterprise to Reduce the Impacts of Bioincidents
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Goal 4: Rapidly Respond to Limit the Impacts of Bioincidents
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Advancing Biodefense - Timothy A. Morrison, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense, National Security Council
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Goal 5: Facilitate Recovery to Restore the Community, the Economy, and the Environment after a Bioincident
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Cross Cutting Themes
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Closing Remarks
