Johns Hopkins SAIS to host “T-20: COVID-19, East Asia, and the Global Response” virtual summit on November 11

Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will host “T-20: COVID-19, East Asia, and the Global Response,” a virtual summit on Wednesday, November 11. The event will focus on lessons the international community can learn from East Asia’s approach to the pandemic. The event is hosted by the school’s Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies. 

 

The half-day summit will examine East Asia’s efforts to contain the coronavirus, and then re-open their economies and societies. Participants will discuss several of angles of the region’s coronavirus response ranging from medical supply side policies to its potential role in combating the virus globally.

 

Speakers will include: 

 

Welcome Remarks and Building Resilient Health Systems and Supply Chains

Kent E. Calder

Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS

Former Special Advisor to three U.S. Ambassadors to Japan

 

Keynote Address

Alan Donnelly

Chair and Convenor G-20 Health and Development Partnership

 

Environmental and Food System Resilience

Cinnamon Dornsife

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins SAIS

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank

Jessica Fanzo

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food Policy and Ethics, Johns Hopkins SAIS

 

East Asia and the Post-COVID World

David B. Shear

Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam

Adjunct Lecturer, Johns Hopkins SAIS

 

Closing Remarks

Fahad Alturki

Vice President of Research, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center

 

Agenda (additional details: here)

 

8:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks 

 

8:15 a.m.

Keynote Address 

 

8:30 a.m.

Panel I-Building Resilient Health Systems and Supply Chains 

 

9:20 a.m.

Panel II-Environmental and Food System Resilience

 

10:15 a.m.

Panel III-East Asia and the Post-COVID World

 

10:50 a.m.

Closing Remarks

 

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. EST

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

This summit is open to the public and media, with registration.

 

Miji Bell

Director of Communications and Media Relations

Johns Hopkins SAIS

+1 (202) 587-3205

[email protected] 

 

Jason Lucas 

Communications Manager

Johns Hopkins SAIS

+1 (202) 663-5620

 

The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies was established at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 1984 with the explicit support of the Reischauer family. Its mission is to support research on trans-Pacific and inter-Asian relations while promoting mutual understanding between Northeast Asia, particularly Japan, and the United States.

A division of Johns Hopkins University, the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a global institution that offers students an international perspective on today's critical issues. For more than 75 years, Johns Hopkins SAIS has produced great leaders, thinkers, and practitioners of international relations. Public leaders and private sector executives alike seek the counsel of the faculty, whose ideas and research inform and shape policy. Johns Hopkins SAIS offers a global perspective across three campus locations: Bologna, Italy; Nanjing, China; and Washington, D.C. The school's interdisciplinary curriculum is strongly rooted in the study of international economics, international relations, and regional studies, preparing students to address multifaceted challenges in the world today. 

 

For more information, visit sais.jhu.edu or on Twitter @SAISHopkins

 

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