COVID-19 Conference Session recordings and presentations
Opening
- Opening remarks
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO
Special Session: Making sense of the science
- COVID-19 and the Research Response
Dr Anthony S. Fauci, NIH/NIAID
Presentation
- Pivoting the Covid-19 Prevention Paradigm: From Anxiety to Self-efficacy
Prof Salim Abdool Karim, CAPRISA
Presentation
- COVID-19: Aligning Data and Implementation for Action
Amb Deborah L. Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
Presentation
Impact of COVID-19 beyond health
- COVID-19, a Mirror to Help Plan a Better Future
Mrs Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland - The Economics of a Pandemic
Profs Paolo Surico and Andrea Galeotti, London Business School
Presentation - From COVID-19 to COP-26: integrating climate action with pandemic recovery polices
Prof Sir Andrew Haines, LSHTM
Presentation - Food Insecurity and COVID-19: Amplifying Threats to Health
Prof Sheri Weiser, UCSF
Presentation - COVID-19, Societal Destabilization and Democracy in the Global South
Ms Laura Chinchilla, Former President of Costa Rica
Hope for change
- COVID-19 and the environment
Dr Jane Goodall, the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace
Impact of COVID-19 in the health sector
- COVID-19 from a recovered healthcare worker’s perspective
Dr Andrea Calcagno, Università di Torino
Presentation - COVID-19 – Health Systems Challenges
Dr Michael Ryan, WHO - Anti-Black Racism and COVID-19 Inequities: Explaining the System, Exposing the Set-Up and Exploring the Solutions
Prof LaRon Nelson, Yale University
Presentation - Leave no one behind: protecting health of migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ms Reem Mussa, MSF - Community responses to COVID-19
Dr Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, SCDI
Presentation
Country policies and practices: Different pathways and similar intentions
- Living with COVID-19: Lessons from other epidemics
Prof Peter Piot, LSHTM - Preparedness and response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea
Dr Seon Kui (Erica) Lee, KCDC
Presentation - Canada: Beyond the SARS Playbook
Dr Catherine Hankins, McGill University
Presentation - India presents many faces of the epidemic
Dr K Srinath Reddy, PHFI
Preparing for tomorrow
- Amid two pandemics, the case for innovation and cooperation
Mr Bill Gates, BMGF
Closing
- Closing remarks
Mr António Guterres, United Nations Secretary – General