Public Forum: Bioterrorism in New York & Tokyo: Are We Ready?

Event offered by:
Foreign Policy Association
Japan Society

Event Details

Date:
Monday, July 15, 2002
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 
Location:
Japan Society
333 E. 47th St.
New York, NY
Event type
Lecture / Panel  

Event Transcripts and Video

The undeniable threat of weapons of mass destruction presents new challenges to existing home security policies. In the weeks immediately after 9/11, letters contaminated by anthrax began appearing in cities on the eastern seaboard of the United States; in June 1993, two years before its successful sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, Aum Shinrikyo attempted to release anthrax spores from its mid-rise Tokyo office building laboratory. What lessons has each country learned about managing the consequences of these kinds of attacks? Experts in public health, home security, and communication will share their knowledge, as well as the results of a private two-day Japan Society roundtable. Speakers include Jerry Hauer, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, HHS; Scott Lillibridge, Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security & Emergency Management, HHS; Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs magazine; and Haruo Watanabe, Director, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases. Followed by a reception.

Event Speakers

    • Jerry Hauer - Speaker
      Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    • Scott Lillibridge - Speaker
      Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security & Emergency Management , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    • Gideon Rose - Speaker
      Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs magazine

    • Haruo Watanabe - Speaker
      Director, Department of Bacteriology , National Institute of Infectious Diseases

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