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2025 Scowcroft Pandemic Conference


The Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and the USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness at Texas A&M University invite you to attend the 2025 Scowcroft Pandemic Conference. Come learn about cutting-edge research and innovative strategies in pandemic preparedness and response, including the latest developments in H5N1 avian influenza. Engage with leading experts and practitioners to explore effective solutions for managing and mitigating the impact of emerging infectious diseases like H5N1.

Conference Dates:
March 2025

Conference Location:
TBD 
Washington, D.C.

Conference Aims:

  • Create a forum to discuss the new operational context (i.e., regional epidemic, post-pandemic) and use this as the lens to consider current and future preparedness and response efforts for a pandemic.
  • Provide a forum to provide current situational awareness and analysis of the H5N1 response to identify areas of success, lessons observed and those where improvement are needed to improve the efforts in future outbreaks.
  • Facilitate a multilateral summit for policy professionals from industry, government (i.e., federal, state, and local) public health and healthcare, emergency / disaster preparedness, veterinary medicine, and agriculture can openly discuss current pandemic policy-related issues.
  • Raise awareness about bright spots—parts of the response that worked well and can be replicated in the future.
  • Identify and drive action on the top three to five priorities to enhance the response efforts with the ongoing outbreak and outbreaks in the future

Conference Agenda:
TBA

Conference Registration:
Registration will open in January 2025. Please continue checking this website for updates and further details.

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Photography, audio, and video recording may be in progress during this event. By entering this event, you consent to such recording of your likeness by Texas A&M University and its affiliates, including photographers, videographers, and/or approved media outlets, as well as publication, reproduction, and promotional use by the university and its affiliates in perpetuity. If you do not agree with the above statement, please do not enter this location.


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