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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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