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Dear Bill,

IPI is organizing our conference on a global responses to future pandemics. I believe the idea coincides with your thinking on this matter. Chancellor Angela Merkel certainly agrees. Confirmed speakers are Margaret Chan, Peter Maurer, and Michael Moller (head of the UN Office in Geneva).

I believe that the threat of future pandemics will be one of the most serious future challenges to the multilateral system and to mankind. I think the platform for you to give the keynote address would be unique.

The conference will be strictly policy oriented, with a goal of setting up possible new mechanisms for resilience and the management of future crises. The conference will be held on September 11-12, at the Palais de Nations in Geneva.

The event is fully financed. If you would give the keynote, many of the health movers will be in attendance.

I hope your foundation is pleased with its cooperation with IPI. We were very pleased with the recent meetings that took place in Seattle with the team, and in New York and Geneva with Christopher Elias. And I am looking forward to future cooperation in multiple fields.

If you would have the time, I think it would be useful if we could meet in the near future. I will be in Europe for the next two weeks, and could meet at your convenience

Warmest,

Terje

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