Welcome

World Order after Covid-19 Forum
June 30 – July 1, 2020
Johns Hopkins University Virtual Event

Conference Agenda
 

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.    Opening Comments and Keynote Speaker Dr. Eric Schmidt 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.    Applied History and Future Scenarios

• Professor Graham T. Allison, Harvard University
• Professor Philip C. Bobbitt, Columbia University
• Professor Jeremy Greene, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; and Dr. Dora Vargha, University of Exeter
• Dr. Niall Ferguson, Hoover Institution
• Professor Margaret MacMillan, University of Toronto
• Chair: Professor Angus Burgin, Johns Hopkins University
• Panel 1 Discussion and Q&A

1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.    Global Public Health, Ethics, Food Security, Transnational Mitigation Strategies

• Professor Jessica Fanzo, Johns Hopkins University
• Professor Jeffrey Kahn, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics; Professor Anna Mastroianni, University of Washington; and Professor Sridhar Venkatapuram, Kings College Global Health Institute
• Professor Tom Inglesby, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Professor Lainie Rutkow, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Chair: Professor Alexandre White, Johns Hopkins University
• Panel 2 Discussion and Q&A

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.    Global Politics and Governance after COVID-19

• Professor Anne Applebaum, Johns Hopkins SAIS and SNF Agora Institute
• Professor Hahrie Han, Johns Hopkins SNF Agora Institute
• Professor Henry Farrell, George Washington University
• Professor Janice Gross Stein, University of Toronto
• Chair: Dr. Alina Polyakova, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
• Panel 3 Discussion and Q&A

4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.    Closing Remarks:

• Professor Hal Brands, Johns Hopkins SAIS Kissinger Center
• Professor Francis J. Gavin, Johns Hopkins SAIS Kissinger Center

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.    Day Two: Conversation with Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers

• Introduction of The Honorable Lawrence H. Summers: Dr. John Lipsky, Johns Hopkins SAIS Kissinger Center
• Keynote Address: The Honorable Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard University
• Keynote Address Q&A

10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.    Technology, Economics, and Climate in the Post-COVID World

• The Honorable Christine H. Fox, John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Mr. Thayer Scott, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
• Dr. John Lipsky, Johns Hopkins SAIS Kissinger Center
• Dr. Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations
• Professor Johannes Urpelainen, Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Chair: Dr. James N. Miller, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
• Panel 4 Discussion and Q&A

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.    Grand Strategy and Great-Power Relations after COVID-19

• Professor Peter Feaver, Duke University
• Professor William Imboden, University of Texas at Austin
• Dr. Elizabeth C. Economy, Council on Foreign Relations
• Dr. Thomas Wright, Brookings Institution
• Chair: Admiral Gary Roughead, Stanford University
• Panel 5 Discussion and Q&A

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.    American Statecraft and the Post-COVID World

• Dr. Kathleen Hicks, Center for Strategic and International Studies 
• Dr. Kori Schake, American Enterprise Institute
• Professor James B. Steinberg, Syracuse University
• Mr. Jake Sullivan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Chair: Dean Eliot Cohen, Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Panel 6 Discussion and Q&A

2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.    Closing Remarks and Farewell

• Dean Eliot Cohen, Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Professor Hal Brands and Professor Francis J. Gavin, Johns Hopkins SAIS Kissinger Center

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.    Press Conference

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