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
- Introduction of President Daniels: Professor Hal Brands, Johns Hopkins SAIS Kissinger Center
- Opening Remarks: President Ronald J. Daniels, Johns Hopkins University
- Introduction of Dr. Eric Schmidt: Professor Francis J. Gavin, Johns Hopkins SAIS Kissinger Center
- Keynote Address: Dr. Eric Schmidt, Schmidt Futures
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
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 Laine Rutkow, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Chair: Professor Alexandre White, Johns Hopkins University
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)
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
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
- Conversation The Honorable Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard University
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)
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Grand Strategy and Great-Power Relations after COVID-19
- Professor Peter Feaver, Duke University
- Professor William Inboden, University of Texas at Austin
- Dr. Elizabeth C. Economy, Council on Foreign Relations
- Dr. Thomas Wright, Brookings Institution
- Chair: Admiral Gary Roughead, Stanford University
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
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
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