Event 201 Pandemic Exercise Highlights Reel Event 201 was a 3.5-hour 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. Friday, October 18, 2019 8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The Pierre hotel New York, NY Funded by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, World Economic Forum, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.