Post-COVID Summit

Post-COVID Summit is the virtual summit that shapes the crucial debate on the Post-COVID Era by exploring and developing valuable new insights from academia, business, policy-makers and media.

COVID-19 and the set of containment and monitoring measures that have been implemented on a global scale have significantly changed how we both work and live. How can policy-makers, businesses and citizens proactively prepare for a post-crisis world? What will the Post-COVID Era be like?

Post-COVID Summit brings to life this crucial debate by mapping out and giving stage to valuable new insights from academia, business, and policy-makers, embracing powerful ideas from key sectors and fields of expertise.

Leading experts from key areas including social sciences, healthcare, economy and finance, computer science, and policy-making will yield their crucial insights into how their specific field will both emerge from the current COVID crisis, and shape the Post-COVID Era.

› Which ideas do leading academia experts want to advocate?

› Which strategies do companies intend to implement?

› What should policy-makers do?

› Will change require new policies or will new policies drive change?

DAY 1 | SPECIAL SESSION | The Crucial Challenges for the Post-COVID Era

17 November 2020 | 18:00 – 19:00 CET

This Special Session will engage oustanding policy-makers and key representatives from academia and business in a compelling discussion on the challenges that lie ahead. How can the world recover from the devastating impact of the pandemic? Keynote speakers will offer their forward-looking insights into what the Post-COVID Era will look like.

DAY 1 | SESSION 1 | Policy-Making in the Post-COVID Era

17 November 2020 | 13:30 – 15:30 CET

This session will address the Post-COVID Era from a policy-making standpoint. How can we tackle the Post-COVID Era with adequate and effective policies? Outstanding speakers will discuss the much-needed support policy-makers will have to mobilise in order to meet society and business transforming needs.

Furthermore, border control and foreign policy will also be tackled during this session, as participants will debate the turn that interdependencies will take in the post-pandemic world. What lessons have we learnt from this pandemic? As climate change is calling for an urgent and multilateral approach, this session’s speakers will discuss climate governance and Green Deals in the Post-COVID Era.

DAY 1 | SESSION 2 | Post-COVID Approaches to Healthcare

17 November 2020 | 16:00 – 18:00 CET

This session will assess how healthcare and frontline medicine will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Being one of the sectors that was most affected by the crisis, healthcare will be tackled from different points of view. Speakers will discuss how social welfare and healthcare systems will be altered in the Post-COVID Era, as both a consequence and a response to the pandemic.

Similarly, medical risk assessment will be examined, particularly with a focus on how the spread of infectious diseases can be predicted and halted. Can we conceive and design a physical environment that is better suited to disease prevention? This session will also navigate the technological breakthroughs that are driving medical advances, with participants discussing their vision for the future of healthcare and medicine.

DAY 2 | SESSION 3 | The Future of Venture Capital, Economic Interdependencies and Financial Markets

18 November | 2020 13:30 – 15:30 CET

This session’s debate will first focus on the impact of the pandemic on the specific market of venture capital. How is it possible to promote innovation and long-term investment through start-ups? The debate will propose different ways venture capital can unlock potential benefits for the global economy.

Speakers will discuss how national economies, local businesses, vulnerable workers and households can be supported in the Post-COVID Era. The discussion will also tackle how countries will need to find a challenging balance between funding injections into their local economies and avoiding foreign retaliation against such measures. Additionally, speakers will contribute to the conversation by providing their insights into how trade, commerce and finance will change in the post-pandemic age. They will provide their informed understanding on this crucial topic by envisioning the future of global markets.

DAY 2 | SESSION 4 | Leveraging New Technologies in the Post-COVID Era

18 November 2020 | 16:00 – 18:00 CET

How can we make the most out of technological advances in the Post-COVID Era? The need for containment and monitoring measures has certainly found an ally in technology: apps, tracking devices and AI-based technologies of all sorts have served the purpose of flattening the curve. Yet, privacy concerns have rapidly emerged and entered the debate. This session’s speakers will thus evaluate the trade-off between privacy and safety when monitoring people and tracking the spread of diseases.

The debate will also take a look at how technology is helping societies reshape the way people work and live, without neglecting that access to remote working and distance learning is not equally available to all people. How can we bridge the digital divide, then? Last but not least, the debate will turn to how people and businesses can be empowered by leveraging AI and Big Data in the Post-COVID Era.

DAY 3 | SESSION 5 | Transforming Society

19 November 2020 | 13:30 – 15:30 CET

In what ways will societies differ in the Post-COVID Era? This session will focus on the transformations that societies will experience in the post-pandemic world. The spread of COVID-19 has certainly had an impact on the way people work and live. An increasing amount of social scientific research has looked at the implications of both the COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantine measures that have been implemented. Speakers will assess the psychological and sociological effects on populations, notably on vulnerable people.

Which historical and philosophical lessons can we draw from post-pandemic societies? Participants will address the Post-COVID Era from a historical and philosophical standpoint, in an attempt to better prepare for the future by learning from the past. The debate will then turn to how travel and mobility have been impacted by the pandemic and how they will necessarily change in the Post-COVID Era.

DAY 3 | SESSION 6 | Business and Innovation for the Post-COVID Era

19 November 2020 | 16:00 – 18:00 CET

What challenges will businesses face in the Post-COVID Era? This session will explore business concerns in the Post-COVID Era, notably in terms of fostering innovation. Multinational corporations and local companies have all been affected by COVID-19. Speakers will thus discuss best practices and innovation strategies that businesses across sectors should implement to tackle the impact of the pandemic.

Innovation will be discussed through the lens of public-private partnerships and data collaboration in the Post-COVID Era. Close attention will also be devoted to the Energy sector and its potential for innovation. Finally, the session will focus on how businesses can best adapt to the shifting needs and behaviours that characterise post-pandemic consumption patterns.

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18:00 - 19:00 CETSPECIAL SESSION | The Crucial Challenges for the Post-COVID Era

This Special Session will engage oustanding policy-makers and key representatives from academia and business in a compelling discussion on the challenges that lie ahead. How can the world recover from the devastating impact of the pandemic? Keynote speakers will offer their forward-looking insights into what the Post-COVID Era will look like.

13:30 - 15:30 CETSESSION 1 | Policy-Making in the Post-COVID Era

This session will address the Post-COVID Era from a policy-making standpoint. How can we tackle the Post-COVID Era with adequate and effective policies? Outstanding speakers will discuss the much-needed support policy-makers will have to mobilise in order to meet society and business transforming needs.

Furthermore, border control and foreign policy will also be tackled during this session, as participants will debate the turn that interdependencies will take in the post-pandemic world. What lessons have we learnt from this pandemic? As climate change is calling for an urgent and multilateral approach, this session’s speakers will discuss climate governance and Green Deals in the Post-COVID Era.

Sub-Session 1.1: Supporting society and business transforming needs

Sub-Session 1.2: Post-pandemic border control and foreign policy

Sub-Session 1.3: Climate governance and green deals

16:00 - 18:00 CETSESSION 2 | Post-COVID Approaches to Healthcare

This session will assess how healthcare and frontline medicine will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Being one of the sectors that was most affected by the crisis, healthcare will be tackled from different points of view. Speakers will discuss how social welfare and healthcare systems will be altered in the Post-COVID Era, as both a consequence and a response to the pandemic.

Similarly, medical risk assessment will be examined, particularly with a focus on how the spread of infectious diseases can be predicted and halted. Can we conceive and design a physical environment that is better suited to disease prevention? This session will also navigate the technological breakthroughs that are driving medical advances, with participants discussing their vision for the future of healthcare and medicine.

Sub-Session 2.1: Post-pandemic changes to healthcare and social welfare systems

Sub-Session 2.2: Risk assessment and prevention

Sub-Session 2.3: Technological breakthroughs driving medical advances

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13:30 - 15:30 CETSESSION 3 | The Future of Venture Capital, Economic Interdependencies and Financial Markets

This session’s debate will first focus on the impact of the pandemic on the specific market of venture capital. How is it possible to promote innovation and long-term investment through start-ups? The debate will propose different ways venture capital can unlock potential benefits for the global economy.

Speakers will discuss how national economies, local businesses, vulnerable workers and households can be supported in the Post-COVID Era. The discussion will also tackle how countries will need to find a challenging balance between funding injections into their local economies and avoiding foreign retaliation against such measures. Additionally, speakers will contribute to the conversation by providing their insights into how trade, commerce and finance will change in the post-pandemic age. They will provide their informed understanding on this crucial topic by envisioning the future of global markets.

Sub-Session 3.1: Unlocking society’s benefits through Venture Capital and Start-ups in the Post-COVID Era

Sub-Session 3.2: Supporting national economies, local businesses, and vulnerable workers

Sub-Session 3.3: Reshaping international economic and financial interdependencies in the Post-COVID Era

16:00 - 18:00 CETSESSION 4 | Leveraging New Technologies in the Post-COVID Era

How can we make the most out of technological advances in the Post-COVID Era? The need for containment and monitoring measures has certainly found an ally in technology: apps, tracking devices and AI-based technologies of all sorts have served the purpose of flattening the curve. Yet, privacy concerns have rapidly emerged and entered the debate. This session’s speakers will thus evaluate the trade-off between privacy and safety when monitoring people and tracking the spread of diseases.

The debate will also take a look at how technology is helping societies reshape the way people work and live, without neglecting that access to remote working and distance learning is not equally available to all people. How can we bridge the digital divide, then? Last but not least, the debate will turn to how people and businesses can be empowered by leveraging AI and Big Data in the Post-COVID Era.

Sub-Session 4.1: Evaluating the trade-off between privacy and safety

Sub-Session 4.2: Welcoming new ways of working and living and bridging the digital divide

Sub-Session 4.3: Leveraging AI and Big Data to empower people and businesses

Click on dates above to switch between days and see other sessions

Online

13:30 - 15:30 CETSESSION 5 | Transforming Society

In what ways will societies differ in the Post-COVID Era? This session will focus on the transformations that societies will experience in the post-pandemic world. The spread of COVID-19 has certainly had an impact on the way people work and live. An increasing amount of social scientific research has looked at the implications of both the COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantine measures that have been implemented. Speakers will assess the psychological and sociological effects on populations, notably on vulnerable people.

Which historical and philosophical lessons can we draw from post-pandemic societies? Participants will address the Post-COVID Era from a historical and philosophical standpoint, in an attempt to better prepare for the future by learning from the past. The debate will then turn to how travel and mobility have been impacted by the pandemic and how they will necessarily change in the Post-COVID Era.

Sub-Session 5.1: Factoring in the psychological and sociological implications of COVID-19

Sub-Session 5.2: Historical and philosophical lessons from post-pandemic societies

Sub-Session 5.3: Adapting to changes in travel and mobility in the Post-COVID Era

16:00 - 18:00 CETSESSION 6 | Business and Innovation for the Post-COVID Era

What challenges will businesses face in the Post-COVID Era? This session will explore business concerns in the Post-COVID Era, notably in terms of fostering innovation. Multinational corporations and local companies have all been affected by COVID-19. Speakers will thus discuss best practices and innovation strategies that businesses across sectors should implement to tackle the impact of the pandemic.

Innovation will be discussed through the lens of public-private partnerships and data collaboration in the Post-COVID Era. Close attention will also be devoted to the Energy sector and its potential for innovation. Finally, the session will focus on how businesses can best adapt to the shifting needs and behaviours that characterise post-pandemic consumption patterns.

Sub-Session 6.1: Fostering innovation through public-private partnership and data collaboration

Sub-Session 6.2: The innovation potential of the Energy sector

Sub-Session 6.3: Adapting to post-pandemic consumption patterns

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Sandra L. Shullman2020 President, Managing Partner, American Psychological Association; Columbus Office

Sandra Shullman is internationally known in leadership and executive assessment and development and manages large and long-term organizational clients for Development Group, LLC. Sandy has taught leadership at the HEC School of Business for their EMBA and MBA programs in Paris, Doha, Beijing, and Shanghai, and has also served as faculty for the Duke University Fuqua School of Business Global Learning Network. Her distinguished record of organizational work experience has focused on leadership and executive development, executive coaching, strategic planning and multicultural and diversity initiatives, working with major global organizations and leaders.
She is the co-author of Performance Appraisal on the Line, a groundbreaking book on performance evaluation, and has written numerous articles and book chapters on significant organizational performance issues, including foundational work on harassment and hostile work environments. Her most recent publications have focused on psychologists as learning leaders, leadership in ambiguous and uncertain circumstances, and the emerging challenges facing global leaders.
Sandy holds a bachelor’s degree (mathematics) from Dickinson College, a master’s degree from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Ohio State University. Previously she served as founding faculty in the Cleveland State University Diversity Management Program and lectured and facilitated leadership development programs for over fifteen years at the John Glenn School of Public Management at The Ohio State University. Before that, she served for seventeen years as President of a behavioral healthcare organization, Organizational Horizons, Inc. Prior to that, she served as faculty and then Acting Director of the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program at Kent State University and Director of Managerial Effectiveness Programs for the Center for Creative Leadership, where she worked with numerous research projects and leadership development programs. She was awarded the 2012 national Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for Excellence in Education and Inspirational Leadership.
Sandy recently served as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Psychological Association and previously as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Psychological Foundation. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and chaired its original APA Workgroup on Executive Coaching. Sandy is past Chair of the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology and also serves as a faculty member for a number of leadership development academies, preparing technical and scientific professionals for broader leadership roles. She was honored by the American Psychological Association in 2012 with the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Practice for her organizational and leadership development work.
Sandy co-chaired the APA Council of Representatives Work Group on the original APA Multicultural Guidelines, chaired the APA Task Force on the World Congress against Racism Report, chaired the BEA/CIRP Task Force on APA’s Role in International Quality Assurance, chaired the APA Board of Professional Affairs, and served as a member of the Policy and Planning Board, and as a member of the Committee on Women. She is a Past President of the Ohio Psychological Association. Sandy most recently chaired the APA Good Governance Project, a strategic initiative designed to help the American Psychological Association align its governance structure effectively with its strategic plan. She was the 2016 recipient of the Leona Tyler Award for Lifetime of Achievement in Counseling Psychology. In 2016, Sandy also received the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Practice of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation, its highest honor. In 2019, she received both the Division 13 RHR International Award for distinguished contributions to consulting psychology and the SPIM (Psychologists in Management) Distinguished Psychologist in Management Award.

Sandra L. Shullman2020 President, Managing Partner, American Psychological Association; Columbus Office

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Robert C. GalloCo-Founder & Director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Since 1996, Dr. Robert C. Gallo has been Director of the Institute of Human Virology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is also the Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine and Co-Founder and Scientific Director of the Global Virus Network (GVN). Previously (for 30 years) he was at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, MD. While at NCI, he and his co-workers discovered interleukin-2 (Il-2) in 1976. Il-2 was one of the first cytokines (“messenger” molecules that allow cells to communicate and alter one another’s function) and proved to be a major tool not only for immunology but also for the discovery of all human retroviruses. Gallo and his colleagues then opened and pioneered the field of human retrovirology with the discovery of the first human retrovirus (HTLV-1) and along with Japanese investigators showed it was a cause of a particular form of human leukemia. A year later he and his group discovered the second known human retrovirus (HTLV-2). Dr. Gallo and his colleagues also co- independently discovered HIV, and provided the first results to show that HIV was the cause of AIDS. They also developed the life-saving HIV blood test. In 1986 he and his co-workers discovered human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6), the first new herpes virus found in more than 25 years and the cause of Roseola. In 1995 he and his colleagues discovered the first endogenous inhibitors of HIV, namely some of the beta chemokines. This discovery helped in the later discovery of the HIV co-receptor, CCR5, and opened up entire new approaches to treatment of HIV disease. Dr. Gallo has been awarded 35 honorary doctorates, is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Medicine), and is a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He is also the recipient of numerous scientific honors and awards, most notably twice receiving the Lasker Award (1982, 1986). He has also received the Gairdner Foundation International Award (Canada, 1987), the Japan Prize in the field of Science and Technology (1988), the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (Germany, 1999), the Principe de Asturias Award (Spain, 2000), and the Dan David Prize (Israel, 2009), among many others. Dr. Gallo was the most cited scientist in the world 1980-1990, according to the Institute for Scientific Information, and he was ranked third in the world for scientific impact for the period 1983-2002. He has published close to 1,300 papers.

Robert C. GalloCo-Founder & Director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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Sir Rob WainwrightSenior Partner, Deloitte

Sir Rob Wainwright is a senior partner at Deloitte, advising the boards and executive teams of global companies on cyber security, financial crime and other areas of risk.
He previously served as Executive Director of Europol, the European Union law enforcement agency, for almost a decade. There, he helped establish the European Counter Terrorism Centre and the European Cybercrime Centre, and led the
transformation of Europol into a world-class security institution.
Sir Rob has had a 28-year career in intelligence, policing, government, EU and international affairs, including at the Serious Organised Crime Agency, National Criminal
Intelligence Service and the British Security Service. In June 2018, he was awarded a Knighthood by HM The Queen for his services to security and policing.
He has worked across a range of pioneering security solutions in technology, data and
intelligence operations, including driving new public-private initiatives on cyber security
and financial crime in banking and other sectors through the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Institute of International Finance. Sir Rob is a Board Member of the WEF Centre for Cyber Security, the Global Cyber Alliance, the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, and the Wilton Park Advisory Council. Rob is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security.

Joseph S. NyeUniversity Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and former Dean, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Princeton University, won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, and earned a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Chair of the National Intelligence Council, and a Deputy Under Secretary of State, and won distinguished service awards from all three agencies. His books include The Future of Power, The Power Game: A Washington Novel, andDo Morals Matter? He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British Academy, and the American Academy of Diplomacy. In a recent survey of international relations scholars, he was ranked as the most influential scholar on American foreign policy, and in 2011, Foreign Policy named him one of the top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2014, Japan awarded him the Order of the Rising Sun.

Janet HenryGlobal Chief Economist, HSBC

Janet Henry was appointed as HSBC’s Global Chief Economist in August 2015. She was previously HSBC’s Chief European Economist and is a member of Handelsblatt’s Shadow ECB Council. Much of her past work has focused on globalisation – including the global determinants of local inflation – but in the past five years she has focused more on the political and economic challenges that persist in the post global financial crisis era, notably labour market disruption and other structural drivers of low inflation but also the growing polarisation of income growth and household wealth within major advanced economies. She has given evidence to financial committees of the EU Parliament on China and UK House of Lords on Europe. Janet joined HSBC in 1996 in Hong Kong where she worked as an Asian economist in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the Asian crisis.

Juliano J. AssunçãoExecutive Director, Climate Policy Initiative Brazil

Juliano J. Assunção, the executive director of CPI’s Rio Office, is a professor of the Department of Economics at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Juliano’s research focuses on different aspects of development economics, including agricultural economics, institutions, and financial intermediation. He is a member of the Consortium on Financial Systems and Poverty at the University of Chicago and works as a consultant for firms, governments, and multi-lateral organizations. Juliano has been collaborating with CPI since 2010. Besides providing strategic guidance on the projects’ components, the research areas he addresses at CPI are: improving policies to increase efficiency in land use; the implementation of the new Forest Code; and the relationship between productivity gains and protection of natural resources.

David McAllisterMember of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

David McAllister was born in Berlin on 12 January 1971. He is married and has two daughters.
After finishing his secondary school in 1989, he served in the German Military for two years. He studied law with a scholarship awarded by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and has been a lawyer since 1998. In 2012 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.
His political career began in 1998, when he was elected as a member of the State Parliament of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). From 2003 till 2010 he served as Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Group and from 2010 until 2013 as Prime Minister of Niedersachsen.
He is a Member of the European Parliament since 2014 and is a Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP). He chairs the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament and also the UK Coordination Group.

Robert R. DendaHead of Network Technology and Innovation, Enel Group

Dr. Robert Denda is Head of Network Technology and Innovation at the Global Infrastructure and Networks business line of the Enel group, responsible for technologies developed and applied at Enel's worldwide distribution grids, serving 73 million grid customers. Previously, from 2014 to 2015 he worked within this business line function as Head of Smart Metering Solutions. Previous responsibilities include the coordination of the smart metering roll-out project of 13 million meters at Endesa in Spain, R&D department director and innovation manager in the telecommunication sector, and Manager of technology services at Endesa Ingenieria. He is also an active participant at European and international associations related to the Energy sector. He holds a diploma degree in Computer Science and Business Administration and a PhD from the University of Mannheim, Germany

Beata JavorcikChief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Beata Javorcik is Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. She is on leave from the University of Oxford, where she is the first woman to hold a Statutory Professorship in Economics. She is also a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, a member of the Royal Economic Society’s Executive Committee and
a Director of the International Trade Programme at the Centre for Economic Policy Research
in London. Before taking up her position at Oxford, she worked at the World Bank in Washington DC, where she focused on research, lending operations and policy advice. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale and a B.A. in Economics (Summa cum Laude) from the University of Rochester.

Mark PurdyManaging Director of Economic Research, Accenture Research

Mark Purdy is Managing Director of Economic Research at Accenture Research. His research examines issues at the intersection of economics, technology and
business. Recent projects have focused on the economic and business impact of AI, digital twins, and swarm intelligence. He is the originator of Accenture’s Business
Futures programme which examines how the collision of technological, geopolitical
and social trends shapes alternative futures for business. His work also looks at the growing role of geo-politics in technology, trade and investment. He is currently
leading a major project to identify how new technologies can overcome limits of distance, human performance and innovation. He speaks on topics such as the
impact of new technologies and business futures at conferences, client workshops and seminars around the world.
Purdy has published widely in tier-1 media and specialised publications such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and the Financial Times.
Before joining Accenture, he was an economic advisor at the U.K. Competition Commission, the Consumers’ Association, and Ireland’s National Economic and
Social Council. He has a B.A. (Hons) and a master’s degree in economics from Trinity College, Dublin.

Edward AbrahamsPresident, Personalized Medicine Coalition

Edward Abrahams, Ph.D., is the President of PMC. Representing innovators, scientists, patients, providers and payers, PMC promotes the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine concepts, services and products for the benefit of patients and the health system. It has grown from its original 18 founding members in 2004 to more than 200 today.
Previously, Dr. Abrahams was the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association, where he spearheaded the successful effort that led to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's investment of $200 million to commercialize biotechnology in the state. Earlier, he had been Assistant Vice President for Federal Relations at the University of Pennsylvania and held a senior administrative position at Brown University.
Dr. Abrahams worked for seven years for the U.S. Congress, including as a legislative assistant to Senator Lloyd Bentsen, as an economist for the Joint Economic Committee under the chairmanship of Representative Lee Hamilton, and as a AAAS Congressional Fellow for Representative Edward J. Markey.
The author of numerous essays, Dr. Abrahams serves on the editorial board of Personalized Medicine and has also taught history and public policy at Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Bruno TertraisDeputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

Dr. Bruno Tertrais is Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS). His areas of expertise include geopolitics and international relations, strategic and military affairs, nuclear deterrence and non-proliferation, US policy and transatlantic relations, security in the Middle East and in Asia. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at FRS (2001-2016), a Special Assistant to the Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defense (1993-2001), and a Director of the Civilian Affairs Committee at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (1990-1993). In 1995-1996, he was a Visiting at the RAND Corporation. He was a member of the Commissions on the White Paper on Defense and National Security appointed by President Sarkozy (2007) and Hollande (2012). Tertrais is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies; of the editorial board of The Washington Quarterly; of the editorial board of the Journal of Security and Strategic Analyses. In 2016, he was awarded the Legion of Honor. He is also a Senior Associate Fellow at Institut Montaig

Catherine L. MannManaging Director and Global Chief Economist, Citibank

Dr. Catherine L. Mann is the Global Chief Economist at Citibank since February 2018 where she is responsible for thought leadership, research guidance of a global team of economists, and cross-fertilization of research across macroeconomics, fixed-income, and equities. Prior to this position, she was Chief Economist at the OECD, where she also was Director of the Economics Department and was Finance Deputy to the G20 (2014-2017). Prior to the OECD, she held the Barbara '54 and Richard M. Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance at the International Business School, Brandeis University, where she also directed the Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance (2006-2014). She spent 20-plus years in Washington, DC (1984-2006) where her positions included Senior Fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics; Economist, Senior Economist, and Assistant Director in the International Finance Division at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Senior International Economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers; and Adviser to the Chief Economist at the World Bank.

Dr. Mann received her PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her undergraduate degree is from Harvard University. Her written work includes more than 85 scholarly articles and seven books primarily on the topics of US external imbalances, trade, international capital flows and the dollar; and information technology and services trade in global markets.

Antonis KousoulisDirector for England and Wales, Mental Health Foundation

Dr Antonis Kousoulis is Director for England and Wales at the Mental Health Foundation. He is an experienced public health professional and a leading thinker on mental health and prevention, promotion and inequalities in the UK. Antonis is a doctor with an academic background in public health, having spent time in academia, the third sector and government. His experience includes leading the development team at the data research centre of the UK Department of Health, and numerous academic collaborations, including the Harvard School of Public Health and Imperial College London. He has published, peer reviewed and presented extensively, held editorial appointments for multiple publications, engaged widely with mainstream media, and held various visiting teaching appointments, including at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Tolullah OniClinical Senior Research Associate; Honorary Associate Professor, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge; University of Cape Town.

Dr Oni is co-director of the Global Diet and Activity Research Group, University of Cambridge; Honorary Associate Professor, University of Cape Town (UCT), and leads the Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity (RICHE).
As a Public Health Physician and urban epidemiologist, her work supports a coordinated approach between science, policy and societal role players, identifying creative and long-term strategies to address complex urban health challenges in rapidly growing cities.
She has served as scientific adviser for several organisations including Future Earth, World Health Organisation, International Science Council and the African Academy of Science; and is an editorial board member of Lancet Planetary Health, Cities and Health, and the Journal of Urban Health.
In recognition of her work, she has been profiled in the Lancet journal, Science magazine, and the British Medical Journal, and is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, Next Einstein Forum Fellow and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.

Gilles MoëcGroup Chief Economist & IM Head of Research, AXA Investment Managers

Gilles Moëc is AXA Group Chief Economist since June 2019, and is heading AXA Investment
Managers Research team which is gathering euro credit analysts, macroeconomists and investment strategist.
He was previously Chief European Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2014. Prior to that, he was appointed Senior European Economist at Bank of America in 2006 then became
Chief European Economist of Deutsche Bank in 2009. He started his career by holding between 1994 and 2006 several positions in the French civil service, at the national statistical institute (INSEE) and at the central bank notably as head of the International Economics Division of Banque de France.
Gilles graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris in 1991.

Yanzhong HuangSenior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor, Seton Hall University School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Yanzhong Huang is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he directors the global health governance roundtable series, and a professor at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, where he developed the first academic concentration among U.S. schools of international affairs to explicitly address the security and foreign policy aspects of global health issues. He is also the founding editor of Global Health Governance: The Scholarly Journal for the New Health Security Paradigm. He is author of Governing Health in Contemporary China (Routledge, 2013) and Toxic Politics: China's Environmental Health Crisis and Its Challenge to the Chinese State (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He has testified many times before congressional committees and is regularly consulted by major media outlets, the private sector, and governmental and nongovernmental organizations on global health issues and China. He obtained his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Fudan University and his Ph.D. degree in political science from the University of Chicago.

Jessica EspeySenior Advisor, Director United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, SDSN TReNDS

Jessica is a Senior Advisor to the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), based in London, UK and is the Director of SDSN TReNDS, the SDSN's expert group on data. Before moving home to London she was Associate Director and Head of SDSN's New York Office.

With SDSN TReNDS, Jessica's research explores how new forms of data and technology can be harnessed to support sustainable development outcomes. TReNDS is particularly interested in building capacity in national statistical systems so they are able to capitalize on the data revolution. Current projects include Data for Now which aims to increase the frequency of key sustainable development data used by governments for daily management decisions, Contracts 4 Data Collaboration, which explores best practices in legal arrangements for data sharing, POPGRID, which reconciles new methods for population monitoring, Local Data Action, which focuses on subnational monitoring of the SDGs (for more information visit the TReNDS website) . Jessica is a member of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data's Technical Advisory Group, and the Group on Earth Observation's Expert Advisory Board. Having previously worked on sustainable urban development she has also just served as official liaison for the Scientific Steering Committee of the IPCC Conference on Cities and Climate Change.

Prior to joining SDSN, Jessica served as a special adviser on the post-2015 agenda within the Office of the President of Liberia, supporting the work of The High Level Panel of Eminent Persons (of which President Sirleaf was co-chair) and the development of the Common African Position on the Post-2015 Agenda. She has also worked as a senior researcher at Save the Children UK, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA).

Jessica is a current Doctoral Candidate at the Univeristy of Bristol. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Modern History from the University of Oxford and a Master of Sciences degree in the Political Economy of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She has lived and worked in Liberia, Kenya, Rwanda, the UK and the US.

Jamie Murray WellsIndustry Head, Retail, Google UK

Jamie Murray Wells is Industry Head, Retail, at Google, leading a team that looks at the role of macine learning, artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in solving some of retail's most pressing challenges. They support UK retailers on best practice, and close the loop to Google product teams on feedback from the industry. Prior to Google, Jamie founded and lead Glasses Direct for 10 years, during which it became Europe's largest online glasses retailer. He served as an advisor for 3 years on the Shadow Chancellor's New Enterprise Council from 2007-2010, after which he co-founded entrepreneurship campaigning organisation StartUp Britain at No.10 Downing Street, which was announced in the Chancellor's 2011 budget speech, launched by the Prime Minister, and is still active today. In 2009 Jamie received the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. He was appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2015.

Lukas MandlMember of the European Parliament

Lukas Mandl is an Austrian elected official, who has been a Member of the European Parliament since November 2017 and was re-elected in 2019. He is Vice-Chair of the
Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and a full member of the committees on Foreign
Affairs (AFET) and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) as well as a substitute member
of the Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) committee. Mandl is a strong advocate for the
transatlantic alliance and aims to improve the relationship between the EU and Israel as the
Chairman of the Transatlantic Friends of Israel group in the European Parliament. As Chair of the Korea-Delegation, he is also responsible for the Parliament’s relations with both North and South Korea. Another focus of his work is the promotion of EU integration of all six Western Balkan
countries. In October 2019, he was appointed as the EPP-shadow rapporteur for Kosovo. Having
been active on almost every political level, Mandl knows about the importance of subsidiarity. Prior
to becoming a MEP, Mandl was a Member of the State Parliament of Lower Austria, where he was
Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs. In addition, Mandl served as Vice Mayor of his
home town Gerasdorf. Mandl holds a degree (Mag. Phil.) in Communications from the University of Vienna and was a Lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He is married to the lawyer Kristina Mandl, with whom he has three children.

Luciana BorioVice President, In-Q-Tel

Luciana Borio, MD, is a Vice President at In-Q-Tel, an independent, non-profit, strategic
investment firm that works to identify, adapt, and deliver innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the United States Intelligence Community. She specializes in biodefense, emerging
infectious diseases, medical product development, and complex public health emergencies. She
previously served as Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness at the National Security Council (2017-2019), where she coordinated the response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance, and the development of an Executive Order to modernize America's influenza vaccines. Prior to that, she served as the Acting Chief Scientist of
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2015-2017), and the Assistant Commissioner for
Counterterrorism Policy of the FDA (2010-2017). Dr. Borio obtained her MD from George Washington University, completed a residency in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and a combined fellowship in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins and critical care medicine at the National Institutes of Health. She continues to practice medicine, part-time, at Johns Hopkins.

Kishore MahbubaniDistinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

A veteran diplomat, student of philosophy, and author of eight books, Kishore Mahbubani is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Mahbubani is also a former President of the UN Security Council (Jan 2001, May 2002) and the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2004-2017). Mahbubani writes and speaks prolifically on the rise of Asia, geopolitics and global governance. His eight books and articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times and Foreign Affairs have earned him global recognition as “the muse of the Asian century.” He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in October 2019. His latest book, Has China Won?, was released on 31st March 2020.

Philippe GilletChief Scientific Officer, SICPA

Philippe is currently Chief Scientific Officer at SICPA and a Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he was also VP of Academic Affairs and Director of the Human Brain project for 2 years. Before EPFL, he served as Chief of Staff of the French Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation – Mrs Valérie Pécresse.
Prior to that, Philippe was Director of the CNRS Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers, President of the French synchrotron facility SOLEIL, of the French National Research Agency and Director of the Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon.
In addition to his professional career, Philippe holds several advisory board roles, including President of the Scientific Boards of both the French “Ile de France” region and of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique et Environementale (INRAE).
As part of his academic experience, Philippe published more than 150 articles in international scientific journals such as “Nature” and “Science”.
At the European level, he is Chairman of the Industrial Committee for AI4EU, a large project and consortium working on Artificial Intelligence.
At SICPA, he is currently leading a major new project, building an innovation campus in Switzerland dedicated to the advancement of the Economy of Trust, which will cover every aspect from technologies to policies.

Jérôme Jean HaegeliManaging Director; Group Chief Economist, Swiss Re

Dr. Jérôme Jean Haegeli, Managing Director, is Swiss Re's Group Chief Economist.
Jérôme is responsible for the economic and insurance market research which comprises the macro, interest rate and insurance market premium forecasts and associated consulting services for the Group. He is the
Managing Editor of sigma, the leading insurance publication now in its 52nd year of publication.
Within the Swiss Re Institute and for the Group, he steers the scenario analysis and group plan projections while leading efforts on contributing to a sound global financial market architecture. He is particularly active in external international committees and roundtable discussions with policymakers as well as in external media. He has been consulted by the G20, amongst others, in how to lower barriers for investments for infrastructure as well as how to strengthen long-term investing.

Christopher DyeProfessor of Epidemiology, University of Oxford

Chris Dye began professional life as a biologist and ecologist (BA York) but postgraduate research on mosquitoes (DPhil Oxford) led to a career in epidemiology and public health. As the World Health Organization's Director of Strategy 2014-18, he served as science advisor to the Director General, oversaw the production and dissemination of health information by WHO press and libraries, and coordinated WHO's work on health and the Sustainable Development Goals. He is currently Professor of Epidemiology at Oxford University, and a Fellow of The UK Royal Society, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society of Biology. During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic he was editor of "Coronavirus: the science explained", a website hosted by UK Research & Innovation that aimed to present science simply for the public.

Jakkie CilliersChair of the ISS Board of Trustees and Head of African Futures and Innovation, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria

Dr Jakkie Cilliers founded the Institute for Security Studies. He was executive director until 2015, and is now Board of Trustees chair and head of the African Futures and Innovation programme. He is an Extraordinary Professor in the Centre of Human Rights and Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, and a renowned author and analyst. His most recent book, Africa First! Igniting a growth revolution, was published in March 2020.

Nicholas BurnsGoodman Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Under-secretary of State; Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO; Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece

Ambassador Nicholas Burns is the Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is Faculty Chair of the Future of Diplomacy Project and also of the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Burns is Executive Director of the Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum, and Senior Counselor at The Cohen Group. He is Chairman of the Board of Our Generation Speaks, which seeks to bring together young Palestinians and Israelis in common purpose.

Burns served in the United States government as a career Foreign Service Officer. He was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005 to 2008; the State Department’s third-ranking official. He was U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2001-2005), Ambassador to Greece (1997-2001) and State Department Spokesman (1995-1997). He worked on the National Security Council as Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs; Special Assistant to President Clinton; and Director for Soviet Affairs for President George H.W. Bush. Burns served in the American Consulate General in Jerusalem where he coordinated U.S. economic assistance to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and before that, at the American embassies in Egypt and Mauritania.

Petra De SutterMEP - Chair of Commitee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament

A healthy environment, safe products and a socially just society: that is what Petra De Sutter is committed to every day. As a gynaecologist and fertility expert, she has been confronted with the harmful effects of various substances on our health. Her indignation about this brought her into politics in 2014. Five years later, she represents the Flemish Greens in the European Parliament and is the first green chairwoman of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Affairs. As such, De Sutter wants to put the interests of the consumer - ultimately, the citizen - at the heart of policy making, whether it regards the safety, equal quality or longer lifetime of products, the transparency of digital services or the trust in new technologies. In doing so, sustainability should always be the common denominator around which consumers', (small) businesses' and environmental interests are aligned.
Since 30 years Petra De Sutter has been pointing out the health risks of endocrine disruptors. She defends the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women, and engages in bio-ethical discussions such as surrogacy and commercial egg donation. In addition, she is committed to a more social Europe and the protection of refugees and LGBTI people. In 2019 she moved from the Belgian Senate and the Council of Europe to the European Parliament. Her authentic style and extensive knowledge make that she is respected and trusted across different political parties.

Sabine VerheyenChair of the Committee for Culture and Education, European Parliament

Sabine Verheyen has been a Member of the European Parliament for the German Christian Democrats (CDU) since 2009. In 2019 she got elected as Chairwoman for the Committee for Culture and Education, after having served as coordinator for the European People`s Party in this committee for five years. She focuses in particular on education and media policy as well as digital agenda issues. As former mayor of Aachen (1999 to 2009) she focuses additionally on issues that are of relevance to the local authorities.

She has been co-rapporteur for the Audio-Visual Media Services Directive and has been a Member of the European Parliament's annual delegation to the Internet Governance Forum since 2009.

Sabine Verheyen studied architecture at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences.

Neal PollardManaging Director and Group Chief Information Security Officer, UBS

Neal A. Pollard joined UBS as Managing Director and Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in July 2019. As the Group CISO, Neal leads a worldwide
team to manage cyber and information security for the world’s largest wealth manager.
Prior to joining UBS, Neal was a partner at Ernst & Young, leading their cyber threat management practice in New York City, providing global clients with incident response, readiness, and insider threat management services. Prior to that he was also a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he founded and led their incident response readiness and insider threat management practices.
His professional background spans service in government, industry, and academia, with over 25 years of technology, planning, operational, policy, and legal experience in both cybersecurity and counterterrorism.
In addition to service as an intelligence officer for the U.S. government, Neal was
a defense engineer at Science Applications International Corporation, Vice President at Hicks & Associates, Inc., and Board Director and General Counsel of
the Terrorism Research Center, Inc., a corporation he co-founded in 1996.
Neal has also served as adjunct professor at Georgetown University, Columbia University, and Fordham School of Law. Among other affiliations, he’s a member of the Virginia State Bar, the New York Cyber Task Force, the Board of Directors of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, and the Council on Foreign Relations,
where he was an International Affairs Fellow. He was also a member of the New York Cyber Task Force, The Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the
Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on U.S. Policy in the Digital Age, and the United Nation’s Expert Working Group on use of the Internet for
terrorist purposes.
Neal received a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma; a Master of Letters in terrorism studies from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland; and a Juris Doctor cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center. He is admitted to the Virginia State Bar, and enjoys
bicycling, cooking, travel, swimming in the ocean with his family, pizza, and listening to excessively loud music. He is based in New York City and Zürich.

Yann Le CamChief Executive Officer, EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe

Yann was one of the founders of EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe in 1997. He is the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer since 2000.
Yann initiated Rare Diseases International (RDI) in 2009. He is an elected member of the RDI Council and Chair of the RDI Advocacy Committee. He is a founding member of the NGO Committee for Rare Diseases (United Nations, New York) in 2014 and its Vice-Chair. Yann is a Co-Chair of the Global Commission to End the Diagnostic Odyssey of Children with Rare Diseases since its launch in 2018. Yann is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Health Stewards Board from 2020 and of its Global Precision Medicine Council since 2019.
Recent past positions include: member of the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) 2017-2019; Chair of the Therapies Scientific Committee of the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC), 2013-2017; Vice-Chairman of the EU Committee of Experts on Rare Diseases (EUCERD), 2011 – 2013; and a member of the Commission Expert Group on Rare Diseases, 2014 – 2017; member of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) at the EMA, served 9 years, two elected mandate as vice-chair for 6 years.
Yann holds an MBA from HEC Paris. He has three daughters, the eldest of whom is living with cystic fibrosis.

W. John KressDistinguished Scientist and Curator Emeritus, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

Dr. W. John Kress is Distinguished Scientist and Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian’s National
Museum of Natural History. He was Curator of Botany for over thirty years and formerly served as
the Interim Under Secretary for Science at the Smithsonian. He is currently the co-Chair of the Earth
BioGenome Project, an international initiative to generate complete genomic data for life on Earth.
Dr. Kress received his education at Harvard University (B.A., 1975) and Duke University (Ph.D., 1981)
where he studied tropical biology, ethnobotany, evolution, and ecology. His current research is focused on biodiversity genomics, conservation, and the Anthropocene. Among his over 200 scientific and popular papers are his books Plant Conservation – A Natural History Approach, The Weeping Goldsmith, The Art of Plant Evolution, and The Ornaments of Life - Coevolution and Conservation in the Tropics. His most recent book is Living in the Anthropocene – Earth in the Age of Humans about climate change and society.

Laurie H. GlimcherPresident and CEO; Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard Medical School

Laurie H. Glimcher, MD is the President and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and the Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she was the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean and Professor of Medicine of Weill Cornell Medicine and Provost for Medical Affairs of Cornell University. Dr. Glimcher is a distinguished immunologist, widely renowned for her work in one of the most promising areas of cancer research.

She is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Philosophical Society and the former President of the American Association of Immunologists. She is a member of the Cancer Research Institute, Prix Galien, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Repare Therapeutics, Abpro Therapeutics and Kaleido BioSciences, Inc. Scientific Advisory Boards, the Lasker Award Jury, the American Association for Cancer Research, Association of American Cancer Institutes, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She is the co-founder of Quentis Therapeutics. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Corporation and is currently on the Corporate Board of Directors of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Corporation and the Waters Corporation.

A trailblazer in cancer research, Dr. Glimcher is celebrated for her research discoveries in immunology, critical for both the development of protective immunity and for the pathophysiologic immune responses underlying autoimmune, infectious and malignant diseases. Dr. Glimcher speaks nationally and internationally on cancer, immunology, and translational medicine and has contributed more than 350 scholarly articles and papers to the medical literature.

Aside from her research efforts, Dr. Glimcher has been a staunch proponent of improved access to care, health policy, and medical education, while simultaneously serving as a pioneering mentor and role model for cancer research trainees and for all women in science. Notably, she was the first female to be appointed as dean of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York and is the first female President and Chief Executive Officer of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

William BrentChief Campaign Officer, Power for All

William Brent is a climate solutions evangelist and entrepreneur, working to promote renewable energy and other cleantech solutions through his deep experience in branding, digital media, community engagement, content, and advocacy. As Chief Campaign Officer at Power for All, he oversees campaigns, external communications and strategic partnership for this international NGO working to end energy poverty. Prior to that, he was a senior executive and head of the cleantech practice at Weber Shandwick, an award-winning global agency and part of NYSE: IPG. He has also co-founded several media and content focused companies. He began his career as a foreign correspondent and editor in China. A native of the United States, William has deep experience working globally, having spent nearly 20 years living in Asia and Europe.

Marta LagosDirector, Corporación Latinobarómetro

Marta Lagos is founding director of Latinobarómetro, www.latinobarometro.org, the first regional barometer after the eurobarometer. Formerly head of a Chilean think tank, CERC has been conducting opinion polls since (the 80's) transition to democracy in Chile. Lagos trained as economist in Heidelberg, Germany, is founding director of her own polling company MORI (Chile) associated with MORI UK.
She has been a member of the Executive Committee of the World Value Survey and coordinator of the federation of regional barometers in the last decade. Also member of the Steering Committee of the International Comparative Elections Studies CSES from 1994 to 2008. Editor of IJPOR (Oxford), Dinnerman Award 2008. Other positions in Chile: Member of the Board of the Woman´s World Bank. Extensive publications in Spanish.

Erik WetterAssistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics; Chairman, Flowminder

Dr Erik Wetter is Assistant Professor at Stockholm School of Economics and co-founder and Chairman of Flowminder Foundation, a non-profit organisation that since 2010 has pioneered the use of mobile data analytics for disaster response (Haiti 2010, Nepal 2015) and development applications such as disease outbreaks (cholera, malaria, Ebola) and poverty mapping in collaboration with mobile operators and partners such Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, World Bank, UNFPA, UN OCHA, and WFP.

Flowminder is one of the founding partners of the Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) consortium. Dr Wetter currently focuses on policy issues such as data access, governance, and sustainable business models in public-private data sharing as a member of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Business-to-Government (B2G) Data Sharing, as well as in working groups with the World Economic Forum, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), and PARIS21.

Stefaan VerhulstCo-Founder and Chief of Research and Development, Governance Laboratory, New York University

Stefaan G. Verhulst is Co-Founder and Chief of Research and Development of the Governance Laboratory (GovLab) at New York University where he is building a foundation of evidence on how to improve people's lives by transforming how we govern using advances in science and technology. He also serves as Editor in Chief of Data & Policy (Cambridge University Press) and is the Curator in Chief of The Living Library. Recently he was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in Digital Government. Before co-founding The GovLab, Verhulst spent more than a decade as Chief of Research for the Markle Foundation, where he continues to serve as Senior Advisor; and was co-founder and director of Program in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford University examining the intersection of Human Rights, Law and Communications. While at Oxford he was also the Socio-Legal Fellow at Wolfson College and the UNESCO Chair in Communications Law and Policy. Among his latest (open access) books include "Open Data in Developing Economies: Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How" (with Andrew Young) and "The Social Dynamics of Open Data (edited volume)".

Jeffrey ShamanProfessor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Jeffrey Shaman is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Director of the Climate and Health Program at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He studies the survival, transmission and ecology of infectious agents, including the effects of meteorological and hydrological conditions on these processes. Work-to-date has primarily focused on mosquito-borne and respiratory pathogens. He uses mathematical and statistical models to describe, understand, and forecast the transmission dynamics of these disease systems, and to investigate the broader effects of climate and weather on human health. He holds a BA in biology from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA, MPhil, and PhD in climate and geophysics from Columbia. He was awarded a NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellowship, which he held at Harvard University in both the School of Public Health and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Peer M. SchatzManaging Director, PS Capital Management GmbH

Peer M. Schatz is the Managing Director of PS Capital Management GmbH, which provides capital and
support to emerging companies in the Life Sciences industry. He was previously the long-time Chief
Executive Officer of QIAGEN N.V., a leading provider of molecular sample and assay technologies where he led QIAGEN's rapid expansion from a start-up company with $2 million in sales in 1993 into a global leader in molecular testing with over $1.6 billion in revenues in 2019. Prior to joining QIAGEN, Peer participated in the founding of several startup companies. Peer served as a founding member of the German Corporate Governance Commission, as a Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Evotec AG, as Vice Chairman of AdvaMedDx and as Director of the U.S. Analytical & Life Science and Diagnostic Association. He is Vice
Chairman of Centogene N.V. and an advisor to Siemens Healthineers AG where he has agreed to stand for election to the Supervisory Board at the upcoming AGM. He graduated from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business with an MBA.

Xiangkun (Elvis) CaoPh.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University

Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao (https://www.elviscao.com/) is an honoree by three 30 under 30 lists including Forbes' 30 under 30 in Energy. He received accolades from WEF, UNEP, UNICEF, and SDSN - Youth for his work on scalable photoreactors for artificial photosynthesis. He was selected as a Young Scientist Attendee for the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany (2020), was chosen as a Young Investigator Attendee for the 3rd World Laureates Forum in Shanghai, China (2020), was named as an INK fellow to speak about CO2 conversion in Jaisalmer, India (2019), was featured as a Future Energy Leader to attend the One Young World Summit in London, UK (2019), and was an invited speaker by TTI/Vanguard in Berkeley, CA, USA (2019). He has contributed to a WEF white paper, and has published in Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, Anal. Chem., Fuel, Fuel Process. Technol., ISIJ Int., Malaria Journal, and Metall. Mater. Trans. B.

Andrew J TatemDirector of WorldPop, University of Southampton

Andy is Professor of spatial demography and epidemiology at the University of Southampton and is the Director of WorldPop (www.worldpop.org), leading a group of more than 30 researchers and data scientists. He is interested in how populations, their characteristics and their dynamics can be mapped at high resolution, and how these can be used to support epidemiological analyses and modelling. His research has led to pioneering approaches to the use and integration of satellite, survey, cell phone and census data to map the distributions of vulnerable populations for disease, disaster and development applications. He runs international collaborations with national governments, UN agencies, disease control centres and data providers, and leads multiple research and operational projects funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, World Bank and others.

Eric ParradoChief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank

Eric Parrado Herrera is Chief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) since March 2019. Before joining the IDB, he was a professor of economics and finance at the ESE Business School of the Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Mr. Parrado is a visiting professor at Oxford University and the Central European University, and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Financial and Monetary Systems. During his career he has focused on monetary, fiscal and financial policy, advising central banks on managing inflation targeting regimes and implementing sovereign wealth funds in several countries. He has also written several academic articles on monetary policy, fiscal policy and sovereign wealth funds. Mr. Parrado, a Chilean national, has a degree in commercial engineering from the University of Chile and holds a master's and doctorate in economics from New York University.

Matthew HarringtonGlobal President & Chief Operating Officer, Edelman

Matthew Harrington is the global president and chief operating officer at Edelman, an industry-leading communications
firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations.

In concert with his oversight of global operations, Matthew advises leaders of some of the world’s largest and most
complex companies on corporate positioning, reputation management, crisis communications, merger and acquisition,
and IPOs. His articles on trust and executive leadership have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Fortune and
other leading business publications.

Matthew’s nearly 35-year career at Edelman has encompassed work for hundreds of clients across nearly every industry
sector. His previous leadership roles at Edelman include president of the U.S. and president of the Eastern and Western
regions. He also led the initiative to create Edelman’s Code of Conduct.

A graduate of Denison University, Matthew serves on its Board of Trustees, as well as on the boards of the Interactive
Advertising Bureau (IAB) and the Classic Stage Company, and he is a member of the Board of Advisors of the University
of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications. He also is an advisory member of the Marketing 50.

Samuel ScarpinoAssistant Professor, Northeastern University; External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute

Samuel V. Scarpino, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University and holds academic appointments in Marine & Environmental Sciences, Physics, and Health Sciences. At Northeastern University, he directs the Emergent Epidemics Lab. Outside academia, Scarpino has over 10 years of experience translating research into decision support and data science/AI tools across diverse sectors. His research spans a broad range of topics in complex systems and network science, including: forecasting and predictive modeling, complex network analysis, epidemiology, genomics and transcriptomics, social networks, and decision making under uncertainty. Scarpino's research on COVID-19, Ebola, whooping cough, and influenza has been covered by the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, VICE News, Bloomberg, Stat News, and numerous other venues. For his contributions to complex systems science, he was appointed as an External Faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute in 2020.

Paul DonovanGWM Chief Economist, UBS AG

Paul joined UBS Wealth Management in August 2016, and is the Global Chief Economist. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, a UBS Opinion Leader, a sponsor of UBS Speak Up and a UBS Pride Ally. Paul is responsible for developing and presenting the UBS economic outlook, marketing the view around the world. He started at UBS Investment Bank as an intern in 1992, and was previously Global Economist for the Investment Bank. He has an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, and an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of London. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Anne's College Oxford, appears regularly in print and broadcast media, and is the author of several books.

Drew SimonisVice President, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Drew Simonis has worked in some of the largest and most complex environments in the public sector and the private sector with firms such as IBM, AT&T, EDS and Symantec. Prior to joining HPE, Drew spent eight years as the CISO for Willis Group Holdings (now Willis Towers Watson). In his current role, Drew looks after the HPE crisis management team which has been responsible for HPE's COVID response and back to the office planning. Drew's team is also highly involved in navigating the technical and organizational challenges introduced by the broad adoption of remote working. Drew has co-authored several books on security technology and architecture and articles on cyber organizational paradigms. Drew lives in the Dallas, Texas metro area and holds a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from James Madison University.

Michelangelo Baracchi BonviciniPresident of Atomium – European Institute for Science, Media and Democracy

Michelangelo Baracchi Bonvicini is President of Atomium – European Institute for Science, Media and Democracy launched together with the former French President and Honorary President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing on 27 November 2009 at the European Parliament. He graduated in History at the University of Bologna.

In 2011, Baracchi Bonvicini and Giscard d’Estaing received the medal “Plus Ratio Quam Vis” from the Polish university Jagiellonian University for “their contribution to the European academic community by founding the institute”. The medal was first awarded in 1997 to mark the 600th anniversary of the university’s re-foundation to Pope John Paul II.

In 2016 Baracchi Bonvicini promoted together with Massimo Marchiori the set-up of REIsearch, a non-profit initiative co-funded by the European Commission, Nokia, Elsevier, and other Atomium partners. The aim is to connect researchers and policy makers on topics linked to scientific research in order to promote evidence-based policy making. After the launch Jean-Claude Juncker declared: “Innovation and new scientific discoveries are improving people’s lives and making our economy more competitive. Science should be open and freed from its traditional ivory tower; to be discussed, submitted to critique and fed with new perspectives. That’s why I warmly welcome efforts such as the REIsearch initiative to inspire fresh ideas about how to solve some of our society’s most pressing problems”.

In the first three years of activity REIsearch has focused on specific subject areas such as Chronic Diseases, in collaboration with European Commission’s DG Sante, Next Generation Internet and Digital Skills, in collaboration with DG Connect, reaching hundreds of thousands of European citizens with its media campaigns and surveys.

Under the auspices of Atomium-EISMD, in 2018 Baracchi Bonvicini and Luciano Floridi promoted AI4People, a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together key actors interested in shaping the social impact of new applications of AI, such academics, civil society organisations and the founding members Audi, Elsevier, Facebook, Fujitsu, Google, Intesa SanPaolo, Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft.

As result of the first year of activity AI4People presented at the European Parliament the “AI4People’s Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations” during the “Towards a Good AI Society Summit” opened By Tony Blair. This work served as inspiration to the European Commission and guided the identification of the 7 Key Requirements for a Trustworthy AI presented by the Commission in April 2019.

Michelangelo Baracchi BonviciniPresident of Atomium – European Institute for Science, Media and Democracy

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Jennifer MillerFounder, Bioethics International

Jennifer E. Miller, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Yale School of Medicine and Director of the Good Pharma Scorecard initiative, an index that ranks new drugs and pharmaceutical companies on their ethics and and patient-centricity performance.
Dr. Miller's research explores the ethics of healthcare innovation, particularly how drugs are researched, developed, marketed, priced and made accessible to patients domestically and globally. She also works on the ethics of big data in healthcare, including informed consent, data-sharing, and ownership concerns.
Dr. Miller founded the nonprofit Bioethics International and is a member of The World Economic Forum, participating on their Futures Council, Biotechnology Council, and Personalized Medicine Council. Prior to joining Yale’s faculty, she was based at NYU School of Medicine, Duke University, and Harvard University. Her training is in physics, bioethics, business ethics, and regulatory governance.

David FerbracheGlobal Head of Cyber Futures, KPMG International

David is the Managing Director of Beyond Blue and the Global Head of Cyber Futures at KPMG. He previously led the delivery of cyber defence services for KPMG UK including their ethical hacking and red teaming operations. Over his 35 years in security he has played a leading role in developing the UK's cyber security strategies, was previously the Head of Cyber & Space for the Ministry of Defence and is the current chair of the National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board for Scotland. He has worked with the largest firms in the world to bring cyber security to life as a topic for executives and boards, as well as working with many financial institutions on their resilience agenda. David, was made an OBE for his contribution to national security, is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and the Institute for Information Security, and won the cyber security personality of the year award in 2018.

Kenji ShibuyaProfessor and Director, University Institute for Population Health King’s College London

Professor Kenji Shibuya is currently Director, University Institute for Population Health at King’s College London. His expertise ranges across important topics in global and population health. Dr Shibuya has been an advisor to both central and local governments, and most recently he was appointed as Special Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization on health metrics and systems and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, a new vaccine fund. He spearheaded the future strategic directions of the Japanese global health policy agenda at the Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit in 2008 on health system strengthening and Ise-Shima G7 Summit in 2016 on global health security. He obtained his MD at the University of Tokyo and earned a doctorate of public health in international health economics at Harvard University.

Vishal SalviSenior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer and Head of the Cyber Security Practice, Infosys

Vishal Salvi is Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer and Head of the Cyber Security Practice at Infosys. He is responsible for the overall information and cyber security strategy and its implementation across Infosys Group. He is additionally responsible for the Cyber Security Business Delivery, driving security strategy, delivery, business and operations enabling enterprises security and improving their overall posture.
Vishal has over 25+ years of industry experience in Cybersecurity and Information Technology across different Industries. Vishal holds a degree in computer science engineering and MBA in Finance. His certifications include CISM and DSCI Certified Privacy Professional. He has received numerous awards from prestigious institutions including DSCI, CSO Forum and ISACA.

Scott DavidExecutive Director, Information Risk Research Initiative, University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory

Scott David is the Executive Director - Information Risk Research Initiative at University of Washington - Applied Physics Laboratory. He also serves as the Director of Policy at the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at University of Washington and was previously the Executive Director of the Law, Technology and Arts Group at UW School of Law. Scott is an active member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Data Driven Development, the MIT/KIT Advisory Board, and the Open Identity Exchange Advisory Board. Prior to joining the University of Washington, Scott worked as an attorney for 30 years focused on counseling commercial and governmental entities worldwide in the structures and transactions of technology and business networks with an emphasis on online commerce, data security, privacy, digital risk, standard setting, and emerging intangibles value propositions.

Douglas J. ArentDeputy Associate Lab Director, Scientific Computing and Energy Analysis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

As deputy, Doug Arent supports integrating the Scientific Computing and Energy Analysis (SCEA) directorate’s cross-cutting technical capabilities and will bolster the strategic positioning and growth of the entire laboratory. SCEA is a part of the National Renewal Energy Laboratory (NREL) based in Golden, Colorado.
In addition to his NREL responsibilities, Arent is Sr. Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, serves on the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Steering Committee on Social Science and the Alternative Energy Future, is a member of the National Research Council Committee to Advise to U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), and is a Member of the Keystone Energy Board. Arent is the Editor in Chief for Renewable Energy Focus and is Associate Editor for the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Arent serves on the World Economic Forum Future of Electricity Working Group and is a member of the International Advisory Board for the journal Energy Policy and for Energy Academy Europe.
Arent was a Coordinating Lead Author for the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has been a member of Policy Subcommittee of the National Petroleum Council Study on Prudent Development of North America Natural Gas and Oil Resources, served from 2008 to 2010 on the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change, and also served on the Executive Council of the U.S. Association of Energy Economists.
His research interests are centered in energy and sustainability, where he has been active for more than 30 years. He has published extensively on topics of clean energy, renewable energy, power systems, natural gas, and the intersection of science and public policy. Arent has a Ph.D. from Princeton University, an MBA from Regis University, and a Bachelor of Science from Harvey Mudd College in California.

David S. JonesA. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Trained in psychiatry and history of science, David Jones is the Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University. His research has focused on the causes and meanings of health inequalities (Rationalizing Epidemics: Meanings and Uses of American Indian Mortality since 1600) and the history of decision making in cardiac therapeutics (Broken Hearts: The Tangled History of Cardiac Care). He is currently at work on four other histories, of the evolution of coronary artery surgery, of heart disease and cardiac therapeutics in India, of the threat of air pollution to health in India, and of the history of air pollution research in the United States. His teaching at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School explores the history of medicine, medical ethics, and social medicine. He has spent most of the spring and summer thinking about Covid and its consequences.

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