Inside the PH EOC During Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Lessons and Opportunities Symposium & Next-Generation Pandemic Exercise

BACKGROUND

CIFAL York, Y-EMERGE and the Fields Institute are very pleased to host the “Inside Public Health Emergency Operations Centers During Covid-19 Pandemic : Challenges, Lessons and Opportunities Symposium & Next-Generation Pandemic Exercise” to be held on Sept. 28 and 29.

Our two-day symposium and pandemic exercise will discuss lessons learned and challenges of operating Public Health Emergency Operations Centres during the COVID-19 pandemic on Day 1, followed by a pandemic emergency tabletop exercises on Day 2, to incorporate key challenges and lessons learned.

This symposium is a knowledge sharing, capacity building, and networking event that brings together and welcomes the attendance of public health decision makers during the pandemic, directors and members of the public health emergency operations centers at different levels, industry experts supporting PHEOCs, local, provincial and national level emergency managers, faculty, trainees and public health professionals.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The key goals and objectives of the two day symposium are to:

• examine major challenges in running public Health Emergency Operations Centres during the COVID-19 pandemic;
• share experiences and lessons learned;
• understand existing organizational, structural, and technical issues and gaps in PH-EOCs;
• explore potential transformations and changes needed to address these issues; and
• examine next generations and future public health pandemic exercises

TARGET AUDIENCES

• Public health leaders and decision makers
• Directors and members of public health emergency operations centers at different levels
• Industry experts supporting PHEOCs
• Local, provincial and national level emergency managers
• Faculty members
• Researchers
• Trainees and students
• Public health professionals

Registration: yorku.ca/cifal/pheoc.