Frederick Kempe
President and Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic Council

To be announced.

The Atlantic Council’s Vice President and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security will highlight how the Commission’s new home within the Scowcroft Center strengthens its international reach, connects its work more directly to US allies and partners, and supports more effective global action to improve biodefense.

Matthew Kroenig
Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Former federal officials will address geopolitical risks to the biodefense supply chain (particularly regarding China’s position) and discuss strategies for strengthening partnerships with allies to create redundant and reliable sources for medical countermeasures and essential medical supplies.

The Honorable Nazak Nikakhtar
Partner, Wiley Rein LLP; Former Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, International Trade Administration, and Under Secretary for Industry and Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce

Melanie Hart
Senior Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council; Former Advisor for China, Office of the Undersecretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Department of State

Edward You
Founder and Principal, EHY Consulting LLC; Former Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Former National Counterintelligence Officer for Disruptive and Emerging Technologies, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Join us for our lunch break.

Private sector leaders will provide their views on rebuilding the domestic supply chain for PPE; addressing PPE standards, testing, and technologies; overcoming market challenges for US PPE manufacturers; and ensuring a ready supply of PPE for future biological emergencies.

Lisa M. Brosseau
Owner, Colfax South LLC

Victoria Slaughter
PPE Director, Blueprint Biosecurity

Break in programming.

Non-federal public health and emergency management leaders will describe the challenges they face in stockpiling medical countermeasures, managing supply chain logistics, and distributing assets to their communities during a crisis, highlighting gaps that require federal support.

Syra Madad
Chief Biopreparedness Officer and Senior Director, System-wide Special Pathogens Program, NYC Health + Hospitals

Meredith Allen
Vice President of Health Security, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Julie L. Swann
Department Head and A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor, Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University

To be announced.