Program Overview
Daily PGH Program
| TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM GRAND BALLROOM - Breakfast Plenary Session |
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| The Scope of the Global Health Problem | OPENING REMARKS: Hon. James Greenwood; President and CEO; Biotechnology Industry Organization Christopher D. Earl, PhD; President and CEO; BIO Ventures for Global Health KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, PhD; Director, the Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to the United Nations Director-General Ban Ki-moon |
| 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM GRAND BALLROOM - High-Level Roundtable |
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| A Global Assault on Malaria: What Will It Take to Contain the Disease? | MODERATOR: Melinda Moree, PhD; Global Health Consultant; Former Director, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative PANELISTS: Elizabeth McKee Gore; Executive Director, Partnership Alliances; United Nations Foundation Chris Hentschel, PhD; President and CEO; Medicines for Malaria Venture Christian Loucq, MD, Director, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative Joerg Reinhardt, PhD; Chief Executive Officer, Vaccines and Diagnostics; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Rear Admiral (Ret.) R. Timothy Ziemer, Coordinator, President's Malaria Initiative |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM GRAND BALLROOM - Luncheon Roundtable |
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| An Industry Call to Action: Challenges and Opportunities for Engaging in Global Health Product Development | MODERATOR: Karen Bernstein, PhD; Co-founder, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief; BioCentury Publications Inc. PANELISTS: Joshua Boger, PhD; President and CEO; Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Una Ryan, PhD, OBE; Chief Executive Officer; AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. Vijay B. Samant; President and CEO; Vical Inc. Henri Termeer; President and CEO; Genzyme Corporation |
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM GRAND BALLROOM - Breakfast Plenary Session |
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| Funding and Incentives to Drive Innovation | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Hon. Sam Brownback; United States Senator; State of Kansas MODERATOR: James C. Robinson, PhD, MPH; Editor in Chief; Health Affairs |
| 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM GRAND BALLROOM - Luncheon Roundtable |
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| Addressing Global Health from Bench to Bedside: Necessary Actions at Each Stage of the Value Chain | MODERATOR: Andrew Jack; Pharmaceutical Correspondent; The Financial Times PANELISTS: Nils Daulaire, MD; President and CEO; Global Health Council Anthony S. Fauci, MD; Director; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Margaret G. McGlynn; President, Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Merck & Co., Inc. |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM REGENCY BALLROOM - Schedule subject to change |
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| 46 - Partnering for Global Health Forum 2008, A Fireside Chat with Cheryl Scott | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Cheryl Scott; Chief Operating Officer; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation MODERATOR/INTERVIEWER: Roger Longman; Managing Partner; Windhover Information Inc. |