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Day One
Day Two
8:30 AM EST
8:30 AM EST
Welcome: Contributing on COVID-19: Eric Braverman, CEO, Schmidt Futures
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman
8:35 AM EST
8:35 AM EST
Welcome: COVID-19 as a Defining Moment for the Social Sciences: Dr. Alondra Nelson, President, Social Science Research Council
Dr. Alondra Nelson
Dr. Alondra Nelson
8:40 AM EST
8:40 AM EST
Forum Aspirations
Dr. Christopher Kirchhoff
Barbara Bush
Dr. Christopher Kirchhoff
Barbara Bush
8:45 AM EST
8:45 AM EST
Keynote: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
9:00 AM EST
9:00 AM EST
Session I: COVID-19 – Case Studies from 23 Nations
Dr. Sheila Jasanoff
Dr. Stephen Hilgartner
Dr. Wilmot James
Amanda McClelland
Dr. Lyal White
Dr. Larry Stanberry
Dr. Sheila Jasanoff
Dr. Stephen Hilgartner
Dr. Wilmot James
Amanda McClelland
Dr. Lyal White
Dr. Larry Stanberry
9:45 AM EST
9:45 AM EST
Dr. John Nkengasong, Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in Conversation with Dr. Wilmot James
Dr. John Nkengasong
Dr. Wilmot James
Dr. John Nkengasong
Dr. Wilmot James
10:05 AM EST
10:05 AM EST
Session II: Exemplars, Outliers, Trends, Takeaways
Dr. Fareed Zakaria
Thomas J. Bollyky
Dr. Esther Duflo
Dr. Jim Yong Kim
Dr. Danielle Allen
Dr. Sheila Jasanoff
Dr. Wilmot James
Dr. Fareed Zakaria
Thomas J. Bollyky
Dr. Esther Duflo
Dr. Jim Yong Kim
Dr. Danielle Allen
Dr. Sheila Jasanoff
Dr. Wilmot James
10:45 AM EST
10:45 AM EST
Break
10:55 AM EST
10:55 AM EST
Keynote: Reflections on Pandemic Preparedness: Dr. Victor Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Victor Dzau
Dr. Victor Dzau
11:05 AM EST
11:05 AM EST
Session III: Looking Backwards to Go Forwards – 25 Years of Expert Reports in the Health Security Net
Dr. Rebecca Katz
Dr. Ellen P. Carlin
Dr. Ellie Graeden
Dr. Rebecca Katz
Dr. Ellen P. Carlin
Dr. Ellie Graeden
11:20 AM EST
11:20 AM EST
Keynote: COVID-19 Commissions: Dr. Philip Zelikow, former Executive Director, 9/11 Commission
Dr. Philip Zelikow
Dr. Philip Zelikow
11:30 AM EST
11:30 AM EST
Discussion: Learning & Accountability Mechanisms
Dr. Philip Zelikow
Dr. Victor Dzau
Sir Jeremy Farrar
Sylvia M. Burwell
Susan M. Collins
Dr. Philip Zelikow
Dr. Victor Dzau
Sir Jeremy Farrar
Sylvia M. Burwell
Susan M. Collins
12:00 PM EST
12:00 PM EST
Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID Director, in Conversation with Barbara Bush
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
Barbara Bush
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
Barbara Bush
12:25 PM EST
12:25 PM EST
Session IV: Implications – Race & Vulnerable Populations
Dr. Alondra Nelson
Kimberly Teehee
Dr. Leandris Liburd
Mary Kay Henry
Rt Hon. David Miliband
Dr. Camara P. Jones
Dr. Alondra Nelson
Kimberly Teehee
Dr. Leandris Liburd
Mary Kay Henry
Rt Hon. David Miliband
Dr. Camara P. Jones
1:10 PM EST
1:10 PM EST
Closing Remarks: Wendy Schmidt, Co-founder, Schmidt Futures
Wendy Schmidt
Wendy Schmidt
1:20 PM EST
1:20 PM EST
Preview of Day 2
Dr. Christopher Kirchhoff
Barbara Bush
Dr. Christopher Kirchhoff
Barbara Bush
Day 2 Agenda
8:30 AM EST
8:30 AM EST
Welcome & Highlights of Day 1
Dr. Christopher Kirchhoff
Barbara Bush
Dr. Christopher Kirchhoff
Barbara Bush
8:32 AM EST
8:32 AM EST
Keynote: Dr. Eric Schmidt, Co-Founder of Schmidt Futures
Dr. Eric Schmidt
Dr. Eric Schmidt
8:37 AM EST
8:37 AM EST
Session V: Implications – Trust & Vaccine Hesitancy
Jessica Yellin
Cass Sunstein
Dr. Saad Omer
Dr. Claire Wardle
Dr. Stephen Thomas
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett
Jessica Yellin
Cass Sunstein
Dr. Saad Omer
Dr. Claire Wardle
Dr. Stephen Thomas
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett
9:15 AM EST
9:15 AM EST
Keynote: Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Chair, National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats
Dr. Harvey Fineberg
Dr. Harvey Fineberg
9:25 AM EST
9:25 AM EST
Session VI: Implications – Science Advising: Achievements, Mistakes, & Lacunae So Far
Richard Danzig
Dr. Harvey Fineberg
Dr. George Gao
Dr. Youngmee Jee
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu
Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg
Richard Danzig
Dr. Harvey Fineberg
Dr. George Gao
Dr. Youngmee Jee
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu
Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg
10:05 AM EST
10:05 AM EST
Session VII: Implications – What The U.S. and World Must Do
Gayle E. Smith
Amanda McClelland
Ambassador Samantha Power
Dame Sally Davies
Dr. Joia S. Mukherjee
Gayle E. Smith
Amanda McClelland
Ambassador Samantha Power
Dame Sally Davies
Dr. Joia S. Mukherjee
10:50 AM EST
10:50 AM EST
Dr. Vivek Murthy, Co-Chair of President-Elect Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board & Former U.S. Surgeon General, in Conversation with Barbara Bush
Dr. Vivek Murthy
Dr. Vivek Murthy
11:15 AM EST
11:15 AM EST
Break
11:25 AM EST
11:25 AM EST
Session VIII: Implications – Never Again Strategies & Scientific Moonshots
Dr. Regina E. Dugan
Dr. Eric S. Lander
Dr. Manu Prakash
Dr. Matthew Hepburn
Dr. Regina E. Dugan
Dr. Eric S. Lander
Dr. Manu Prakash
Dr. Matthew Hepburn
12:10 PM EST
12:10 PM EST
Closing Remarks and Next Steps
Dr. Christopher Kirchhoff
Barbara Bush
Dr. Christopher Kirchhoff
Barbara Bush
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