Bioterrorism & Consequence Management: New Approaches to U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation

Closed Roundtable Discussion

The second in a series of discussions on terrorism and its impact on the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. A private day-and-a-half roundtable discussion, which will bring together experts in local and national government, emergency management, national security, academia and the media from both the U.S. and Japan.  Participants will discuss each country’s level of readiness in the face of a bioterrorist attack and suggest policy initiatives that would address specific vulnerabilities in managing the consequences of such an attack.

Participants
Sam Brinkley, Policy Advisor, Office of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State
Kurt Campbell, Senior Vice President and Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Edward Gabriel, Deputy Commissioner for Preparedness, New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
Laurie Garrett, Medical and Science Writer, Newsday and author of Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
Gil Jamieson, Director, Coordination Program Division, Office of National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Steve Kuhr, Managing Director, Emergency Management Group, Kroll Worldwide; Program Director for Counterterrorism and Emergency Management, New Jersey / New York Port Authority. Background Paper Writer
Howard Leadbetter, Supervisor, Terrorism Division, New York Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Scott Lillibridge, Professor, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, University of Texas; Director, Center for Biosecurity and Disaster Preparedness. Former Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security & Emergency Management, U.S. Department of Heath & Human Services. Former Director, Office of Bioterrorism, Center for Disease Control (CDC). Thought Experiment Writer
John Miller, Co-Anchor, “20/20”, ABC News
Dale Morse, Director, Office of Science and Public Health, New York State Department of Public Health
Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs Magazine
Robert Ursano, M.D., COL, USAF, MC (Ret), Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Expert in disaster pscychology.
Susan Waltman, Esquire, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Legal, Regulatory, and Professional Affairs, Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA). Expert in local hospital coordination.
Kazuo Aichi, Former Minister of Defense; Former Minister of the Environment
Akiko Fukushima, Director, Policy Studies and Senior Fellow, National Institute for Research Advancement
Mikio Haruna, Deputy Chief Editorial Writer, Kyodo News Agency
Makoto Iritani, Cabinet Counselor, Cabinet Office for National Security and Crisis Management
Masahiro Kaminota, Deputy Director, Infectious Disease Control Division, Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Yoshihide Kuroki, Special Assistant for Counterterrorism, Security Division, Security Bureau, National Police Agency
Naofumi Miyasaka, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Security Studies, National Defense Academy
Tomoyuki Tono, Staff Official, Health & Medical Division, Bureau of Defense Operation, Japan Defense Agency
Senya Toyama, Director, Health & Medical Division, Bureau of Defense Operation, Japan Defense Agency
Haruo Watanabe, Director, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases