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Appendix K: Meeting Agendas
Pages 149-152

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... , University of Southern California 2:15 Assessing the Economic Impacts of Terrorism -- Prof. Adam Rose, Pennsylvania State University and Capturing Behavioral Linkages and Resilience CREATE 2:45 Break   NOTE: Meetings of the Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis were held at the Keck Center of the National Academies, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001.
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From page 150...
... Updates and Planned Changes for the 2008 DHS/NBACC, Battelle Staff Bioterrorism Risk Assessment 10:45 Break Closed Session (Committee Members and NRC Staff Only)
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... Michelle Gisi, Battelle 1:30 The Spread of Infectious Disease Prof. Marc Lipsitch, Harvard University 1The committee deviated from this published schedule to hear an open briefing from Rear Admiral Jay Cohen, Undersecretary of Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security: "DHS Science and Technology: Enabling Technology to Protect the Nation," from approximately 11:30 to 12:30.
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... 8:00 a.m. 2This included the briefing: "2008 DHS Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: Planned Improvements," by Traci Hale of Battelle Memorial Institute.
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