Johns Hopkins experts to discuss how COVID-19 has changed the world

COVID-19 has dealt a crippling blow to global public health and devastated the world economy. The pandemic also has vast implications for global security, technology and international relations.   

In advance of a two-day virtual conference on June 30-July 1, “World Order After Covid-19”,  join Johns Hopkins University experts in public health, international governance and global security for a media briefing on national and international trends. 

11 a.m.  Monday June 29 

To receive the Zoom meeting information, please register here: https://jh.zoom.us/j/94532701074?pwd=akhEejlHNHlPdmk0M29DOG5NUVYxdz09. 

Speakers will include:

Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. 

 

Francis J. Gavin is the Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and the inaugural director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Christine H. Fox is Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, a position she has held since 2014. Previously, she served as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense from 2013 to 2014 and as Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) from 2009- 2013. As director of CAPE, Fox served as chief analyst to the Secretary of Defense. She officially retired from the Pentagon in May 2014. 

Tom Inglesby will be able to discuss global public health issues including transnational mitigation efforts for COVID-19. He is the director of the Center for Health Security of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Inglesby is also a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a Joint Appointment in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
 

 

Media is also invited to attend the two-day conference, “World Order After COVID-19,” which is free and open to the public. Register for the conference here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-order-after-covid-19-forum-registration-109186594042
 
The event, sponsored by the university’s School of Advanced International Studies and the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, will feature a keynote addresses from former Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt and a Conversation with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers.
 
Conference agenda (but more details: here): 

11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Opening Comments and Keynote Speaker
 
12:15-1:30 p.m.
Panel 1 - Applied History and Future Scenarios
 
1:45-3 p.m.
Panel 2 - Global Public Health, Ethics, Food Security, and Transnational Mitigation Strategies
 
3-3:15 p.m.
Panel 3 – Global Politics and Governance after COVID-19
 
4:30-4:45 p.m.
Day 1 Closing Remarks 

9-9:45 a.m.
Opening Comments and Keynote Speaker
 
10-11:15 a.m.
Panel 4 - Technology, Economics, and Climate in the Post-COVID World
 
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Panel 5 - Grand Strategy and Great-Power Relations after COVID-19
 
1-2:15 p.m.
Panel 6 – American Statecraft and the Post-COVID World
 
2:30-3 p.m.
Day 2 Closing Remarks and Farewell
 
For more information about either the virtual conference or the media event, please contact Jill Rosen, [email protected] or Miji Bell, [email protected].
                                                                                                               
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