One of the big benefits of the East-West Center’s Bangkok Media Conference is the ability to meet, hear and get to know world-class newsmakers who otherwise might be very difficult to catch up with.
Consider, for instance, Dr. Michael Osterholm , director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
Prof. Osterholm, who will appear at a conference panel on “Covering Public Health and Infectious Diseases, ” is a recognized international expert on infectious diseases.. He has written extensively about the threat of an influenza pandemic, including articles in Foreign Affairs, the New England Journal of Medicine and Nature.
Mike Osterholm has advised government leaders both in the United States and in Asia on the threat of a flu pandemic as well as on other key issues, including bioterrorism. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller: “ Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe.”
If you won’t be at the conference, watch this blog for more on this important speaker and this vital topic. And for a complete list of programs, speakers and panelists, go here.