This conference will explore the hypothesis that building public trust in effective organizations is essential for fighting health crises such as Ebola.

The discussions will be grounded in the Global Health Security Agenda that seeks to accelerate progress towards a world safe from infectious disease. Specifically, the Global Health Security Agenda seeks to prevent avoidable epidemics, detect threats early, and respond rapidly and effectively.

Combining social science and political actors with leading scientists and Ebola specialists, the conference will examine the Ebola epidemic and its consequences as a case study to explore how educational, governance and health care resources can be better deployed against future outbreaks.

The keynote speakers will be:
Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Minnesota;

Andrew C. Weber, former deputy coordinator for Ebola response at the U.S. Department of State.