The Princeton-Fung Global Forum was established in 2012 through a
generous gift from WILLIAM FUNG, a Princeton University alumnus
and trustee. Mr. Fung is the group chairman of Li & Fung.
November 2–3, 2015
Dublin, Ireland
“Modern Plagues:
Lessons Learned from the Ebola Crisis”
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The Princeton-Fung Global Forum
Program
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2
University College Dublin, O’Reilly Hall
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
University College Dublin, O’Reilly Hall
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 9:30 A.M.
WELCOME
Christopher L. Eisgruber, Princeton University President
William Fung, Group Chairman, Li & Fung Trading
9:00 – 10:00 A.M.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, Professor of Tropical
Medicine at the University of Oxford
9:30 – 10:30 A.M.
INTRODUCING THE ISSUE
Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
10:00 – 11:30 A.M.
PANEL 4: THE POLITICS OF PLAGUES
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.
PANEL 1: THE HISTORY OF PLAGUES
Anne Case, Princeton University
Keith Wailoo, Princeton University
Cormac Ó Gráda, University College Dublin
Mark Harrison, Oxford University
Moderator: Sheri Fink, The New York Times
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University
João Biehl, Princeton University
Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University
Dominic MacSorley, Concern Worldwide
Moderator: Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
11:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
LUNCHEON
1:00 – 2:45 P.M.
PANEL 5: FOLLOW THE MONEY
Angus Deaton, Princeton University
Carolyn Rouse, Princeton University
Stefan Dercon, Department for International Development
Emmanuel D’Harcourt, International Rescue Committee
Doug Mercado, USAID’s Disaster Assistance Response Team
Moderator: Griff Witte, The Washington Post
12:15 – 2:00 P.M.
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, Champion of Human Rights,
Founder of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice and United
Nations Special Envoy for Climate Change
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15 – 3:45 P.M.
PANEL 2: THE SCIENCE OF PLAGUES
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Break
Thomas Shenk, Princeton University
Bryan Grenfell, Princeton University
Rebecca Levine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
George Armah, University of Ghana
Bernice Dahn (invited), Minister for Health Services, Liberia
Moderator: Pam Belluck, The New York Times
3:00 – 4:45 P.M.
PANEL 6: AFTER THE PLAGUE
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00 – 5:30 P.M.
PANEL 3: DISEASE AND THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY
Matt Salganik, Princeton University
Kimberly Bonner
Christopher Fabian, UNICEF Innovations
Barry Andrews, Chief Executive Officer, GOAL Ireland
Moderator: Brooke Gladstone, NPR’s “On the Media”
5:30 p.m.
Reception
Adel Mahmoud, Princeton University
Janet Currie, Princeton University
Raj Panjabi, Last Mile Health, Harvard Medical School
Raphael Frankfurter, Wellbody Alliance
David Blazes, U.S. Navy
Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, Regional Director of the World Health
Organization Regional Office for Africa
Moderator: Richard Horton, The Lancet
4:45– 5:00 p.m.
Wrap Up