Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
The Global Health Risk Framework Project
Workshop on Pandemic Financing
National Academy of Sciences Building,
2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015
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8:00-8:30 |
Breakfast available |
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Session 1 |
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Objective: To introduce the agenda and give an overview of the workshop’s key themes. |
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8:30-9:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
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Prashant Yadav, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan |
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Victor Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine |
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9:00-10:30 |
International Cooperative Action on Pandemics |
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Moderator: Olga Jonas, Economic Adviser and Coordinator, Operational Response to Avian and Pandemic Influenzas, The World Bank |
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Gordon Woo, Catastrophist, Risk Management Solutions |
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Jordan Tappero, Director, Division of Global Health Protection, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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Eduardo González-Pier, Vice Minister Integration and Development, Ministry of Health, Mexico |
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Aron Betru, CEO, Financing for Development |
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10:30-10:45 |
Break |
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Session 2 |
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Objective: To discuss different options for making funding available in low- and middle-income countries during a pandemic and the circumstances that favor certain options over others. |
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10:45-11:45 |
Pandemic Emergency Funds: The World Health Organization (WHO) Contingency Fund, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Financing Facilities |
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Moderator: Peter Sands, Former Group CEO, Standard Chartered PLC |
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Katherine DeLand, Chief of Staff, Ebola Response, WHO |
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Chris Lane, Division Chief, Low-Income Countries Strategy, Policy and Review, IMF |
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Priya Basu, Manager, Development Finance, The World Bank Group |
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11:45-1:15 |
Adapting Insurance Products for Pandemic Risk |
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Moderator: Panos Varangis, Global Lead, Agricultural Finance and Disaster Risk Finance, Finance and Markets Global Practice, International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
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Olivier Mahul, Program Manager, Disaster Risk Financing & Insurance, The World Bank |
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Nikhil da Victoria Lobo, Head, Global Partnerships, Americas, Swiss Re |
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Simon Young, GeoSY Ltd. |
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José Ángel Villalobos, Senior Insurance Specialist, The World Bank |
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Gunther Kraut, Financial Solutions Life, Munich Re (by video) |
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1:15-2:15 |
Lunch |
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2:15-3:45 |
Innovative Financing for Preparedness and Response |
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Moderator: Juan Costain, Lead Financial Specialist, The World Bank |
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Paolo Sison, Director Innovative Finance, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance |
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Christopher Egerton-Warburton, Partner, Lion’s Head Global Partners |
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Lelio Marmora, Executive Director, UNITAID |
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Adam Bornstein, Specialist Innovative Health Financing, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
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3:45-4:00 |
Break |
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Session 3 |
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Objective: To discuss a verifiable trigger for payout and a suitable group to adjudicate triggers, to understand what models can tell us about pandemic risk. |
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4:00-5:30 |
Modeling and Triggers for Payout |
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Moderator: Prashant Yadav, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan |
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Nathan Wolfe, CEO, Metabiota |
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Martin Meltzer, Lead, Health Economics and Modeling Unit, CDC |
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Gordon Woo, Catastrophist, Risk Management Solutions |
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Nita Madhav, Principal Scientist, Research and Modelling, AIR Worldwide |
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5:30 |
Adjourn |
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All participants and guests are invited to a reception in the Great Hall immediately following the meeting. |
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6:30 |
Dinner in National Academy of Sciences Building for speakers, moderators, and invited guests |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015
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8:30-9:00 |
Breakfast available |
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9:00-9:15 |
Welcome and Overview |
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Prashant Yadav, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan |
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Session 4 |
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Objective: To understand the constraints on donors and discuss how financial tools can be designed to encourage risk sharing and crowding in; to discuss the administrative burden emergency payments place recipient country governments. |
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9:15-10:45 |
Financing Challenges In-Country |
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Moderator: Peter Sands, Former Group CEO, Standard Chartered PLC |
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Tendai Biti, Former Minister of Finance, Zimbabwe |
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Gordon Liu, Yangtze River Scholar, Professor of Economics, National School of Development, Peking University |
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Victor Bampoe, Deputy Minister of Health, Ghana |
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James Kollie, Deputy Minister for Fiscal Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia |
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10:45-11:00 |
Break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Donor Considerations and Crowding-In |
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Moderator: Trish Stroman, Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) |
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Tore Godal, Special Adviser on Global Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway |
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Jennifer Adams, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development |
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Gargee Ghosh, Director Development Policy and Finance, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
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Erin Hohlfelder, Policy Director Global Health, ONE Campaign |
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
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Session 5 |
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Objective: To explain how financial incentives can be used to encourage preparedness and health systems development. |
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1:30-3:00 |
The Investment Case for Preparedness and the Role of the Private Sector |
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Moderator: Eduardo González-Pier, Vice Minister Integration and Development, Ministry of Health, Mexico |
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Staci Warden, Executive Director Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute |
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Trish Stroman, Partner and Managing Director, BCG |
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Daniel Hanna, Managing Director, Head of Public Sector and Development Organisations: Africa, Americas and Europe, Standard Chartered Bank |
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David Crush, Manager, IFC |
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3:00-3:15 |
Break |
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3:15-4:45 |
Incentives and Preparedness |
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Moderator: Milan Brahmbhatt, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute |
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Richard Gregory, Senior Policy Advisor, Global Health Security, UK Department for International Development |
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David Nabarro, Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Ebola, United Nations (by video) |
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George Gao, Deputy Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Hans Troedsson, Assistant Director General for General Management, WHO |
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4:45-5:00 |
Closing Remarks |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
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