COVID-19: The State & Future of Pandemics hosted by Singularity University
Join us for multiple days of live streamed content from Singularity University’s community of global experts on COVID-19, the current challenges and solutions, and future impact on our health, business, government, and communities.Our goal is to bring you the facts about this global health challenge and to give you practical information and tools to keep you healthy and prepared for what might come.
The virtual summit will take place March 16-18, 2020 and will be completely free for anyone to join. We’ll be releasing specific sessions and topics this week.
Virtual Summit Schedule
Day 1 – March 16, 2020 (Pacific Time)
9:00am – 9:45am Everything you need to know about COVID-19, tracking epidemics, and vaccine development strategies – Dr. Divya Chander
10:00am – 10:45 am Perspectives from Responding to Other Outbreaks including SARS, Monkeypox, and Influenza – Dr. David Bray
11:00am – 12:15 pm State of the Global Response to COVID-19 – Dr. Daniel Kraft
12:30pm – 1:00pm A practical guide to staying healthy during COVID-19 – Nell Watson
1:15pm – 1:45pm Slowing contagion – Amory B. Lovins
2:00pm – 2:45pm Curing Diseases & DNA – Raymond McCauley
3:00pm – 3:45pm How the Coronavirus and the Australian brush fires have changed and will continue to shape the world – Dr. Robert Muggah
4:00pm – 4:30pm Leadership in the Time of COVID-19 – Elie Losleben
4:30pm 4:45pm Wrap up – Adam Hofmann
Day 2 – March 17, 2020 (Pacific Time)
9:45am – 10:00am Opening Remarks – Adam Hofmann
10:00am – 10:30am Digital Identity in Times of Epidemic – Dr. Mariana Dahan
10:40am – 11:10am Food for Earth: unleash the regenerative power of food during and beyond the CoronaV-ERA – Sara Roversi
11:20am – 11:50am Emerging Digital technologies for Epidemic management: obstacles, opportunities and outcomes – Dr. Sonny Kohli
12:00pm – 12:30pm How can you use data to monitor your lifestyle (from food to exercise) to boost your body’s resilience against diseases? – Sabine Seymour
12:40pm – 1:30pm Why Authoritarianism is Bad for Public Health – Alex Gladstein
1:40pm- 2:15pm The Future of Safe Living in Self-Reliant Neighborhoods – James Ehrlich
2:20pm- 2:55pm Are New Genetic Technologies a Match for the Coronavirus? – Jamie Metzl
3:00pm – 3:30pm How AI can be leveraged for the increasing threats of future pandemics – Bradley Twyham
3:45pm – 4:30pm Polarizing the positive and negative of pandemics and putting it into action – Lisa Andrews
4:30pm – 4:45pm Wrap up – Adam Hofmann
Day 3 – March 18, 2020 (Pacific Time)
9:00am – 9:15am Opening Remarks – Adam Hofmann
9:15am – 10:00am Five Ways Your Leadership Must Change To Thrive With Remote Work – Charlene Li
10:15am – 11:00am Remote & Distributed Work During Crises – Gary A. Bolles
11:15am – 11:45am Using Virtual Worlds in a Time Of Travel Disruption – Aaron Frank
12:00pm – 12:30pm Opportunities for more automation and remote delivery of goods and services – Peter Xing
1:00pm – 1:45pm Updates from the field: How governments and organizations are responding – Dr. Eric Rasmussen
2:00pm – 2:45pm Strengthening your company’s resilience against existential threats – Chipp Norcross & Paul D. Roberts
3:00pm – 3:45pm Fake news and media’s role in global emergencies – James Del
4:00pm – 4:45pm How you can take action during times of uncertainty – Christina Gerakiteys
4:55pm – 5:40pm Complexity: How leaders can navigate unpredictable situations – Catherine Brown & Chipp Norcross
5:40pm – 6:10pm Closing Thoughts – Dr. Tiffany Vora