Vaccines and New Media "Film Festival"

Please join us for a “film festival” focusing on vaccines and new media. The event will explore how global health organizations and private foundations are making the case for U.S. investments in global immunization, using internet videos and social media to reach U.S. policymakers and the American public.

Participants will discuss strategies for using social media to promote the importance of vaccines for global health, including messaging, web analytics, and content. These discussions will be interspersed with videos from various prominent global health organizations. Sandra de Castro Buffington, Director of Hollywood, Health & Society, a program of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, will deliver a keynote address about working with Hollywood’s scriptwriters to create global health storylines. Amie Batson, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID, will close the event discussing the implications for U.S. policy. 

Participants will include:

Nicole Bates,
Senior Program Officer, Global Health Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

John Donnelly,
Global Health Writer and Vice President, Burness Communications

Janet Fleischman,
Senior Associate, CSIS Global Health Policy Center

Dan Green,
Deputy Director, Strategic Partnerships, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Stephen Morrison,
Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center

Roxane Philson,
Global Strategic Communications Director, ONE Campaign

Rhonda Stewart,
Senior Media and Communications Officer, GAVI

Abiah Weaver,
Policy Communications Officer, PATH

Peg Willingham,
Executive Director, Shot@Life Campaign