Gates Foundation dinner and workshop

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1. 2016-04-13 17:07 Robert Eiss
   Hi Ayanna Just to note that I am assembling the brief for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation dinner event and workshop, including remarks, preparation for the panel Dr Collins will moderate, final participant list etc. I will pass these to you as soon as feasible The Gates advance team will be here on Friday at 10:00 AM, so a few of the logistic details of the visit will clarify then I'll be sending Dr. Collins some interim information on the proposed configuration of the conference room and seating arrangements and a few other details ate with a 3 car ins. Visit agenda Bill Gates 8:20 am Bill Gates arrives at the Center Drive and Old Georgetown entry gate with a 3 car convoy. NIH Police are waiting at Center Drive and Old Georgetown to escort the 3 vehicles to Building 35. Mr. Gates' vehicle will pull in to the driveway. 8:25 am Bill Gates arrives at Building 35, enters the building, and is welcomed by Dr. Collins. Dr. Collins will meet Bill Gates after he exits the car and steps inside of the building. NIH Photographer is asked to take photos of the welcome. TO NOTE - If Mr. Gates arrives early, he will use the designated green room. Dr. Collins is asked to follow Daozhong Jin who will lead him to the conference room (or green room, if Mr. Gates is early). 8:27 am Bill Gates is escorted by Dr. Collins into the main auditorium (620/630) of Building 35. Bill Gates and Dr. Collins have reserved seats at a front left table, angled Chevron style. 8:30 am Dr. Collins makes opening remarks. 8:35 am Bill Gates speaks for 10 minutes. 8:45 am Panel discussions begin, with Bill Gates and Dr. Collins seated at front left table. 10:25 am Coffee break 10:50 am Panel discussions resume, with Bill Gates and Dr. Collins seated at front left table. 12:30 pm Bill Gates is escorted, by Dr. Collins, out of the building through the same hallway he entered. 12:33 pm NIH Police escort Mr. Gates and staff to the exit gate. of ssion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation- National Institutes of Health Third Annual Consultative Workshop April 18, 2016 John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center Building 35A, Room 620/630 NIH Campus, Bethesda, Maryland 8:30 A.M. - 8:35 A.M. Welcome Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trevor Mundel, MD, PhD, President, Global Health Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) 8:35 A.M. - 8:45 A.M. Opening Remarks Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 8:45 A.M. - 9:35 A.M. Panel 1: The Research Response to Zika Virus and Research Preparedness for Future Microbial Outbreaks Moderator: Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH Discussants Cristina Cassetti, PhD, Translational Science Program Director, Virology Branch, NIAID, NIH Stephen S. Whitehead, PhD, Senior Associate Scientist in the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH Catherine Y. Spong, MD, Acting Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH Chris Wilson, MD, Senior Advisor, Global Health Discovery & Translational Sciences, BMGF Steve Kern, PhD, Deputy Director, Quantitative Sciences, BMGF Discussion to include: • Status of basic research on ZIKV pathogenesis and transmission • Status of research on ZIKV as a cause of birth defects • Development of diagnostic tools, treatments and vaccines • Research preparedness for future microbial outbreaks; e.g., real-time genomic sequencing and other capacities • Industrial incentives to develop pandemic preventive vaccines and requirements for effective collaboration 9:35 A.M. - 10: 25 A.M. Panel 2: Emerging concepts in neonatal health and pediatric neurodevelopment Moderator: Catherine Y. Spong, MD, Acting Director, NICHD, NIH Discussants: Jeff Murray, MD, Deputy Director, Family Health, BMGF Janna Patterson, MD, MPH, Senior Program Officer, Maternal and Child Health, BMGF Paul Albert, PhD, Senior Investigator and Branch Chief, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Branch, NICHD, NIH Vesna Kutlesic, PhD, Director, Office of Global Health, NICHD, NIH Shasha Jumbe, Senior Program Officer, Quantitative Science, BMGF Discussion to include: • Follow-up studies on antenatal steroids in low-resource settings • Determinants of fetal growth and growth velocity • Child neurodevelopment, nutrition, and inflammation 10:25 A.M. - 10:50 A.M. Coffee Break 10:50 A.M. - 11:40 A.M. Panel 3: Research on Engineered Gene Drives and Vector BorneDisease Control: Status and Next Direction Moderator: Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director, NIH Discussants Anthony James, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California at Irvine Fil Randazzo, PhD, Deputy Director, Discovery, BMGF Scott Miller, MD, Deputy Director, Malaria, BMGF Stephanie James, PhD, Scientific Director, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), NIH

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