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having to cancel the I hope this is instructive and would be happy to In that you comment 1) the state of 2d discussion. From: "Eiss, Robert (NIH/FIC) [E]" @mail.nih.gov> To: "Harvey, Hillery (NIH/NIAID) [E]" @niaid.nih.gov>, "Wood, Gretchen (NIH/OD) [E]" @od.nih.gov> Cc: "Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E]" @niaid.nih.gov>, "Folkers, Greg (NIH/NIAID) [E]" @niaid.nih.gov>, "Cantrel, Katherine (NIH/NIAID) [C]" @niaid.nih.gov>, "Burklow, John (NIH/OD) [E]" @OD.NIH.GOV>, "Doepel, Laurie (NIH/NIAID) [E]" @niaid.nih.gov>, "Handley, Gray (NIH/NIAID) [E]" @niaid.nih.gov> Subject: RE: Mr. Bill Gates visit and lecture rescheduled for Monday, December 2, 2013 Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:13:36 -0500 Importance: Normal Inline-Images: image001.png Hi Hillery, Absolutely, that was our intention since both of the lab visits involve NIAID. The one positive in having to cancel the event due to the shutdown, is the availability of Dr. Fauci to participate on the rescheduled date. With regards to the format of the roundtable discussion, below is the note that Dr. Collins sent to the IC Directors and Deputies participating in the roundtable, prior to the cancellation I hope this is instructive and would be happy to provide any additional background and clarifications. The costs of the catered lunch will be supported out of the representational fund - covering both the guests and IC Directors. Best, From: Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:18 PM To: Auchincloss, Hugh (NIH/NIAID) [E]; Lane, Cliff (NIH/NIAID) [E]; Glass, Roger (NIH/FIC) [E]; Guttmacher, Alan (NIH/NICHD) [E]; Germino, Gregory (NIH/NIDDK) [E]; Pettigrew, Roderic (NIH/NIBIB) [E]; Somerman, Martha (NIH/NIDCR) [E]; Austin, Christopher (NIH/NCATS) [E]; Varmus, Harold (NIH/NCI) [E]; Gibbons, Gary (NIH/NHLBI) [E]; Goosby, Eric @state.gov) Cc: Eiss, Robert (NIH/FIC) [E]; Wood, Gretchen (NIH/OD) [E] Subject: October 7 visit of Bill Gates Dear colleagues, I am delighted you are able to join the roundtable discussion with Bill Gates on Monday, October 7, from 11:15 AM-12:30 PM, to take place in the Medical Board Room of the NIH Clinical Center. Attached is the program for the visit, outlining the agenda for the roundtable discussion. The topics are based on conversations with staff from the Global Health Program at the BMGF. I had an opportunity to review the agenda briefly with Bill at the Lasker Awards ceremony (where he and Melinda received the Lakser~Bloomberg award) last week. He is very much looking forward to the discussion. Based on Bill's preferences, we are organizing the roundtable as a conversation, rather than series of presentations. In order to make best use of available time, I have identified lead discussants for each agenda topic. I ask that you comment briefly, not to exceed 3 minutes, on one or several select scientific challenges of relevance to the BMGF: 1) the state of current knowledge and 2) the important questions to resolve. The comments would be intended to seed discussion. Unless you have compelling reasons to include powerpoints, I would suggest avoiding those for this informal