October 19, 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET
The National Academy of Medicine will host a scientific symposium titled “Confronting Urgent Threats to Human Health and Society: COVID-19 and Climate Change,” as part of its 50th Annual Meeting. For the first time, the event is free to attend and will be held entirely online.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Crises, Fast & Slow
• Bill Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
THE STATE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Virus Emergence, the Impact of the Pandemic, and U.S. and Global Preparedness and Response
• Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Session Keynote)
• Sanjay Gupta, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, and Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN (Moderator)
• Chikwe Ihekweazu, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (Panelist)
• Nicole Lurie, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Panelist)
• Susan Weiss, University of Pennsylvania (Panelist)
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH: Navigating Environmental, Societal, and Individual Impacts
• Sir Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Session Keynote)
• Richard Jackson, University of California, Los Angeles (Moderator)
• Georges Benjamin, American Public Health Association (Panelist)
• The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University (Panelist)
• Jacqueline Patterson, NAACP (Panelist)
PRESIDENT’S FORUM: Responding to Global Crises: Future Directions in Science and Policy Making to Address Complex Threats to Society
• Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine
• Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission (Session Keynote)
• Judith Rodin, University of Pennsylvania and The Rockefeller Foundation (Moderator)
• Sir Jeremy Farrar, The Wellcome Trust (Panelist)
• Niall Ferguson, Stanford University (Panelist)
• Adrienne Hollis, Union of Concerned Scientists (Panelist)
• Jim Yong Kim, Global Infrastructure Partners (Panelist)
• U.S. Congresswoman Donna Shalala (FL-27) (Panelist)