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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Flying in the COVID-19 Era: Science-based Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies on the Ground and in the Air: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26426.

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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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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Flying in the COVID-19 Era: Science-based Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies on the Ground and in the Air: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26426.

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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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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Flying in the COVID-19 Era: Science-based Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies on the Ground and in the Air: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26426.

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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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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Flying in the COVID-19 Era: Science-based Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies on the Ground and in the Air: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26426.

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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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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Flying in the COVID-19 Era: Science-based Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies on the Ground and in the Air: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26426.

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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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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Flying in the COVID-19 Era: Science-based Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies on the Ground and in the Air: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26426.

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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