This panel discussion was one of several at a one day conference, The 2009 H1N1 Experience: Policy Implications for Future Infectious Disease Emergencies, held March 5, 2010, in Washington, DC. The panel was made up of Richard Waldhorn, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator; Anne Schuchat, CDC; John Colmers, Health and Mental Hygiene, Maryland; Marc Lipsitch, Harvard University; Paul Etkind, National Association of County and City Health Officials; David Lakey, Department of State Health Services, Texas.

The Center for Biosecurity of UPMC convened this invitational conference to review the most significant lessons learned from the response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and to consider policy implications for future infectious disease emergencies. Distinguished experts explored some of the most challenging questions that arose over the previous year and their implications for future public health and medical responses.