Main event: The next pandemic

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Programme 

• Welcome by Svein St?len Rector of the University of Oslo
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• Chair Sigrid Bratlie, Special Advisor biotechnology

Session 1: Perspectives on pandemic preparedness

• Opening speech - Lessons for the next pandemic
  Camilla Stoltenberg, Director General, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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• We are made by history: Preparing for epidemics and pandemics in low-resource settings
  Rebecca Freeman Grais Director of Research Department, Epicentre  
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• No-one is safe until everyone is safe ¨C why we need a global response to pandemics 
  Thomas Davin, Global Innovation Director Office of Innovation, UNICEF
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• Infectious diseases in a historical perspective
  Anne Helene Kveim Lie Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, UiO
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• Preparing for the unexpected: Research and research training prevent local epidemics becoming global pandemics
  Nils Christian Stenseth Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO
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• Building a hospital for the next pandemic
  Bj?rn Atle Bj?rnbeth, CEO Oslo University Hospital
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• Panel discussion: Camilla Stoltenberg, Rebecca Freeman Grais and Bj?rn Atle Bj?rnbeth - watch the panel discussion 

Short break

Session 2: Controlling the next pandemic - solutions and methods

• Digital solutions for Covid -19 surveillance ¨C local innovation and global response 
  Kristin Braa Professor, Health Information Systems Programme, UiO
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• Statistical models and methods against Covid-19 and the next pandemics
  Arnoldo Frigessi Professor, Department of Biostatistics, UiO
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• Nanoparticles for COVID19 diagnostics and beyond
  Magnar Bj?r?s Professor Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, NTNU and Researcher Department of Microbiology, OUS and UiO
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• Antimicrobial resistance - up the creek with broken paddles
  • Michael Hombach, Network Leader Infectious Diseases, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Roche Diagnostics Solution
  • Gunnar Kahlmeter, Professor, Clinical bacteriology/Clinical microbiology Blekinge and Kronoberg counties and Head of the EUCAST Development Laboratory
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• Closing remark, Carl Henrik G?rbitz, Director, UiO:Life Science

16.00 End of programme