| − | In October 2019, while a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University and a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Haines was one of the “Players” in Event 201.<ref>''[https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/players/haines.html "Event 201 Players – Avril Haines"]''</ref> The event, sponsored by the [[Bill Gates|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], The [[World Economic Forum]], and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was a [[pandemic]] tabletop exercise that simulated a series of dramatic, scenario-based facilitated discussions, confronting difficult, true-to-life dilemmas associated with response to a hypothetical, but scientifically plausible, pandemic. | + | In October 2019, while a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University and a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Haines was one of the “Players” in Event 201.<ref>''[https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/players/haines.html "Event 201 Players – Avril Haines"]''</ref> The event, sponsored by the [[Bill Gates|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], The [[World Economic Forum]], and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was a [[pandemic]] tabletop exercise that simulated a series of dramatic, scenario-based facilitated discussions, confronting difficult, true-to-life dilemmas associated with response to a hypothetical, but scientifically plausible, pandemic.<ref>https://pandemictimeline.com/2019/10/event-201-a-high-level-pandemic-exercise-takes-place-in-new-york-ny/</ref> |