VII Atlanta Global Health Summit: Health Resilience & Natural Disasters

Just as Puerto Rico reaches its one year post-Hurricane Maria, the seventh edition of the Global Health Summit will focus on the devastating impact that natural disasters have on health: both short and long-term.

How to prepare for the worst?

Even the best risk management cannot prevent natural disasters and the resulting losses. The keyword here is resilience. The speakers will discuss how we can build health resilience within communities to ensure that as many people as possible can recovery quickly from events such as Hurricane Maria.

SPEAKERS:

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms   (Confirmed) 

Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE (Confirmed)

J. Stephen Morrison, PhD, Senior Vice President, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Confirmed)

Dr. Carlos Santos-Burgoa, Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University; Lead Author of “Ascertainment of the Estimated Excess Mortality from Hurricane María in Puerto Rico.” (Invited)

John Sutter, Senior Investigative Reporter at CNN who covers the impacts of Hurricane Maria (Confirmed)

Steve Sterling, Chief Executive Office and President, MAP International (Confirmed)

Dr. Jennie Ward-Robinson, Chief Executive Office and President of Uniting for Health Innovation (Confirmed)

Sam Carter, Director of the Resilience Accellerator at 100 Resilient Cities by the Rockfeller Foundation (TBC)

Jeffrey McLeod, Director, Homeland Security and Public Safety Division at the National Governors Association (Confirmed)

Augustus Hudson, Director, Centralized, Command and Control Center, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Confirmed)

Ambassador Charles Shapiro, President, World Affairs Council(Confirmed)