A 21CQ/GB GLOBAL COVID-19 VACCINE SUMMIT – AND THE STATE & FUTURE OF SCIENCE, POST-PANDEMIC

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

A Global Conference (Virtual) from the Institute for 21^st Century Questions (21CQ) and Global Brief Magazine

Register Today (Spots Limited)! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/21cqgb-global-covid-19-vaccine-summit-the-statefuture-of-science-tickets-135248823873 

9am – 9.10am EST 

Introduction & Welcome

Irvin Studin (President, Institute for 21^st Century Questions; Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Global Brief Magazine)

9.15am – 10.30am

The State of the Various Covid-19 Vaccines – I

Moderator: Irvin Studin (President, Institute for 21^st Century Questions; Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Global Brief Magazine) 

[STAR OPENING PANEL WITH LEADING VACCINE EXPERTS FROM NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, RUSSIA AND ASIA TO BE ANNOUNCED]

10.40am – 11.50am

The State of the Various Covid-19 Vaccines – II

Moderator: Chandresh Harjivan (Managing Partner, Boston Consulting Group, Washington, DC)

Matthias Götte, Chair and Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta 

Yves Nordmann (Co-Founder&Chief Medical Officer docdok.health Ltd, Switzerland & Israel)

Vasily Vlassov (Distinguished Professor, School of Politics and Governance, Department of Health Care Administration and Economics, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia)

Omar Khan (Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Immunology, University of Toronto) 

Serhiy Komisarenko (Director, Biomedical Research, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine; Head of the Commission on Biosafety and Biosecurity, National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Kyiv)

Noon – 1.15pm

Pandemics & Infectious Diseases Over the Next 10 Years

Leonid Grigoriev (Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow)

[FULL STAR PANEL TO BE ANNOUNCED]

1.25pm – 2.40pm

The State & Future of Medicine and Health Care Post-Pandemic

Moderator: Martha Fulford (Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University)

Paul Perlon (Head of Emergency Physician Group, Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill)

Irene Hurford (Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Indranil Mukhopadhyay (Associate Professor of Health Policy, Jindal Global University, New Delhi, India)

Sergey Shishkin (Director, Centre for Health Policy, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia)

2.50pm – 4.05pm

The State & Future of Applied Biology and Chemistry Post-Pandemic

Russell Bonduriansky (Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of New South Wales, Australia)

Julia Baum (Professor of Biology, University of Victoria, Canada)

Dante Neculai (Professor, School of Basic Medicine, Jhejiang University, Hangzhou, China)

Gelareh Zadeh (Professor and Dan Chair, Neurosurgery, University of Toronto; Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital; Co-Director, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network; Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Research Institute; Chair, Wilkins Family Brain Tumor Research; Toronto)

4.15pm – 5.30pm

The State & Future of Artificial Intelligence, Post-Pandemic 

Wojciech Gryc, CEO, Chimera Information Systems (Toronto)

Jorge Torres, Product Development Manager, Phoenix Geophysics (Toronto)

[FULL STAR PANEL TO BE ANNOUNCED]

5.30pm – 6.30pm

Distinguished Closing Panel – Reflections on the Future of Physics, Engineering, Neuroscience, Medicine, Climate Science & Science and Policy

Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada)

Maurice Bitran (Former CEO, Ontario Science Centre)

[FULL STAR CLOSING PANEL TO BE ANNOUNCED]

[FINIS]