I posted this on the news thread also. American Public Health Association conference in Boston, Nov. 4–8. Their schedule of lectures is posted here. There’s quite a bit on pandemic. Attendees must be members or journalists with a registration badge. Abstracts are on their site, the article says. http://www.apha.org/meetings [This session looks really good-<snip> 5091.0 Pandemic Influenza: Non-Pharmacologic Interventions Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Featured presentations: — From SARS and bioterrorism to pandemic flu, new tools and old medicine: Non-pharmaceutical interventions as a way to protect ourselves against contagious disease; David Heyman — Ethical issues with pandemic flu; Robert J. Levine, MD — Community engagement; Donna L. Richter, EdD, FAAHB <snip>] [And this - 3303.0 Experiences and Exercises in Responding to Epidemics and Bioterror Events Monday, Nov. 6, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Featured presentations: — Pandemic influenza functional exercise — New Hampshire, 2005; Rachel Plotinsky, MD, Elizabeth A. Talbot, MD, Mary Ann Cooney, RN, Jose Montero, MD — Avian overture: How pandemic training builds public health and safety partnerships; Mary Clark, JD, MPH, Kerry Dunnell, MSW, Garrett W. Simonsen, MSPS 3310.0 Planning for Pandemic Influenza: Local, State, Tribal and Federal Perspectives Monday, Nov. 6, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Featured presentations: — Planning for Pandemic Influenza: Federal Perspective; Pascale Wortley, MD, MPH — Planning for Pandemic Influenza: State Perspective; Paul Lewis — Planning for Pandemic Influenza: Local Perspective; Paul Etkind, DrPH, MPH — Planning for Pandemic Influenza: A Tribal Perspective; Jim Roberts] http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=75087