Dr. Marot discussed the role of psychology in our return to public life post-COVID, covering best practices and insights from industrial psychology, neuropsychology, and mindfulness.

Examined tools and best practices from infection control to safely resume schooling. Topics covered resilience, recovery, and a confident return to schools with a focus on infection risk management for all stakeholders.

Focused on the crucial protection against airborne COVID-19 transmission in public indoor spaces and understanding its spread predominantly indoors. We explored solutions to adapt public buildings to minimize transmission risk.

Objective: Confidence in PPE – Science, and Fidelity of PPE Supporting Healthy Workforce and Workplaces Goals: Identify opportunities to align efforts of public safety, public health, and law enforcement to ensure safe and legitimate PPE supply chains  Understand opportunities for collaboration across industry, labor, government, and academic stakeholders to rapidly address identified needs and capability…

With a proven ability to produce collaborative, interdisciplinary forums, IBEC was asked to develop and publish a 5th STAGE of the clean 2020 summit for the Department of Homeland Security. This event would focus on issues with PPE. It would also demonstrate that IBEC had garnered the respect of government agencies at the highest level. 

Objective: Supporting Science & Innovation for Clean Spaces and Healthy Congregation for the Workforce and Work Space Goals: Identify current standards and guidance being implemented in the workplace Understand current best practices to implement identified standards and help further mitigate risks in the workforce Identify current science-based best practices that would allow the workforce to…

A request to produce the 4th STAGE was made to address labor and the essential workforce issues, including first responders working with little to no guidance.   

Objective: Revealing the lessons learned in managing risk and tools & strategies for confident operations Goals: Understanding current approaches to risk management and mitigation strategies Provide foundational knowledge on risk reduction Share insights from social and behavioral sciences for effective measures of transmission reduction Define efforts to establish cleaning requirements based on acceptable risk level…

Objective: To discuss the current science and Technology Solutions, Gaps, and Research Needs Goals: Assess the state of the science for COVID transmission reduction in the built environment Share existing standards and guidance activities across the landscape Discuss best practices, data-driven solutions, and innovative technologies to help people feel confident and safe in the places…

Objective: To expose issues and challenges to reopening with confidence. Goals: Assess the pain points and challenges faced by a range of industry sectors as they work to reduce transmission and public health risk from COVID Identify current best practices, policies, and procedures for reducing risk and minimizing exposure Start to rapidly identify opportunities for…