Healthy Indoors Magazine - USA Edition

20 | August 2022 Confirmed panelists include: • William Bahnfleth, PhD, PE, Professor, De- partment of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University • Lars Ekberg, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Indoor Climate Technology, Chalmers and Section Area Manager, CIT Energy Management AB • Gigi Gronvall, PhD, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and Associate Professor, Department of Envi- ronmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health • Kerry Kinney, PhD, L.P. Gilvin Centennial Professor, Department of Civil, Archi- tectural & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin • Paula Olsiewski, PhD, Contributing Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security • Kimberly Prather, PhD, Professor, Uni- versity of California, San Diego • Chris Pyke, PhD, Senior Vice President for Product, ArcSkoru, Inc. • Brett Singer, PhD, Staff Scientist and Principal Investigator, Energy Technolo- gies Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Pawel Wargocki, PhD, Associate Pro- fessor, Technical University of Denmark • Jason Wilbur, MS, MBA, President, Omni CleanAir and detailing policy recommendations from our ongoing indoor air research. In March 2022, the Biden-Harris Admin - istration launched an initiative to improve in- door air quality as a part of the National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan (link here). Additionally, the US Environmental Protection Agency released a guidance document aimed at helping building operators improve indoor air quality to protect the public's health (link here). Considering the new national focus on reducing disease transmission through im- proved air quality, the meeting will cover topics such as the importance of indoor air quality, providing quality indoor air across the U.S. and internationally, and catalyzing indoor air quality science and technology innovation. Confirmed speakers include: • Dr. Ashish Jha, COVID-19 Response Coordinator, White House • Dr. Joseph Allen, Director, Harvard Healthy Buildings Program • Dr. William Bahnfleth, Chair of Epidemic Task Force, ASHRAE • Dr. Catherine Noakes, Professor of Environ- mental Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom • Dr. Kimberly Prather, Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of California San Diego By Susan Valenti W h a t ( an d W h o ) t o W a t c h T he Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security is hosting the conference "National Strategy for Improving In- door Air Quality" on September 8, 2022, at Convene, 600 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. The conference will take place in person from 8:30am-5pm, and a reception is planned from 5:00-6:30pm. This is a free event. Check out the Indoor Air Conference Agenda. To RSVP, please click Yes or No by Thursday, September 1, 2022. COVID-19 protocols are in place, and masks and rapid tests are required. The HVAC filters at this property are MERV 15 throughout the entire building including in the Convene space. The topics will be covered in a panel format, with each panel consisting of a brief presentation followed by a moderated dis- cussion. After the meeting, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security will publish a re- port highlighting key aspects of the discussion

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