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As millions of U.S. students and teachers head back to class, schools are preparing for the return of the H1N1 Swine Flu strain, which first appeared last April in the USA. But seasonal flu also is making its annual return this fall - a combination that is creating uncertainty and anxiety as medical personnel prepare for both strains. This issue has taken on new urgency with a recent report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology that warned that up to half the U.S. population could be infected by swine flu. Many school systems are implementing ways to quickly identify infection patterns in daily absentee reports, and federal officials have advised systems to come up with alternate ways to deliver lessons to infected students forced to stay at home. NLC TV is producing this important town hall meeting webcast to discuss best practices in dealing with this challenge and how the cities, the health departments, the school boards and the schools can work together in finding real solutions. Experts are being assembled for this live webcast and cities and school officials are encouraged to email their questions prior to and during the event.

Co-Moderators:

• Dave Gardy, Executive Producer, National League of Cities TV and CEO, TV Worldwide

• Val Jones, M.D., President and CEO of Better Health, LLC. Most recently she was the Senior Medical Director of Revolution Health, a consumer health portal with over 120 million page views per month in its network.

Presenters include:

• Amy Garcia
  Executive Director, National Association of School Nurses (NASN)

• Andrew DiLernia, M.D. - President of Concord Medicine Associates
  Expertise: Healthcare Public Policy and Risk

• MacDonnell Ulsch - Managing Partner & Chief Risk Analyst of ZeroPoint Risk Research
  Expertise: Global Risk & Policy

• Dr. Laurence Brenner, MD
  Dr. Brenner is a board certified surgeon who practices in central Florida. He is a member of the Florida Medical Association, and on the Board of Directors of the Orange County Medical Society.

• Tracy Henke, Principal with the Ashcroft Group
  Tracy Henke is an expert on homeland security and justice funding and programs; assessing the legislative and policy landscape; formulating procedure and policy; top-level negotiating; and strategic planning.
  Before joining The Ashcroft Group, Henke was Assistant Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Grants and Training, where she developed and implemented national programs to deter, prevent, respond, and recover from terrorist attacks and catastrophic events.
  At both DHS and Department of Justice, Henke built and expanded relationships with state and local governments, public safety organizations, non-profit organizations, and the private sector to ensure better coordination and achieve mission goals.
  She joined The Ashcroft Group to continue the work she valued most as a public servant: helping achieve homeland security and justice objectives to keep the U.S and its allies safe. In this unique private sector role, she works with clients who make the nation's security and individual safety a top priority
  
  
• Daniel Gillison
  National Director
  State, Local and Public Safety
  Sprint
  
  
• Bruce Whiting
  President, Electrostatic Sprayer Systems
  
  
• Sandy Masin
  President, TechTY

Others to be announced shortly

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