Scenario Development are running a special policy research workshop in collaboration with Prof Tony Barnett of LSEAIDS, the multidisciplinary department at the London School of Economics.
Pandemic influenza
Influenza spreads globally in epidemics and pandemics. Seasonal epidemics kill hundreds of thousands of people annually, while pandemics kill millions. In the influenza pandemic of 1918 -1919, an estimated 40-100 million people died worldwide.
This selective workshop is aimed at senior professionals in the private and public sectors and from NGOs. It will guide participants through a methodology of building and using scenarios as well as how to work with existing scenarios. The sessions will be interactive and strengthened by the high-caliber of experienced and skilled participants.
The workshop will run over two full days on 7 and 8 December, 2009 and is tentatively scheduled to run in Venice, Italy.
