Date: | Tuesday, Dec.21 2021 - Wednesday, Dec.22 2021 |
THE SECOND ANNUAL “STATE & FUTURE OF THE WORLD POST-PANDEMIC” GLOBAL CONFERENCE
A Two-Day Global Conference (Virtual) from the Institute for 21st Century Questions (21CQ) and Global Brief Magazine
December 21 & 22 2021
Register Today (Spots Limited)!
DAY 1 – Tuesday, December 21
10am-10.10am ET (Toronto/Montreal/NYC time)
Introduction & Welcome:
Irvin Studin, President, Institute for 21st Century Questions; Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Global Brief Magazine
10.10am – 11.10am
Global Geopolitics After the Pandemic:
Jean Charest (Former Premier of Québec, Canada)
John E. McLaughlin (Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, USA)
Andrei Kortunov (Director General, Russian International Affairs Council)
Alexander Downer (GB Geo-Blogger & Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Australia)
11.20am – 12.20pm
The Global Economy After the Pandemic:
John Kay (Columnist, Financial Times; Professor of Economics, Oxford University)
David Skilling (President, Landfall Strategy Group, Netherlands/Singapore/New Zealand)
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus (and Poland), the “Stans” & the Entire Former Soviet Space After the Pandemic:
Yauheni Preiherman (GB Geo-Blogger & Founder-Director, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Minsk, Belarus)
Emilbek Joroev (GB Geo-Blogger & Senior Lecturer, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
1.40pm – 2.10pm
Education After the Pandemic
Interview with Silvina Gvirtz (Secretary of Education of Argentina & Member, Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids Post-Pandemic)
2.20pm-3.20pm
The United States After the Pandemic:
Jeremi Suri (Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin)
Michael Cotey Morgan (Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Chris Ankersen (Clinical Associate Professor, Center for Global Affairs, New York University)
3.30pm-4.30pm
Global Public Health After the Pandemic:
Martha Fulford (Professor, McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, Canada)
Indranil Mukhopadhyay (Associate Professor of Health Policy, Jindal Global University, New Delhi, India)
Yves Nordmann (Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, docdok.health Ltd, Switzerland & Israel)
Chandresh Harjivan (Chief Operating Officer, SaponiQx, Boston, USA)
DAY 2 – Wednesday, December 22
9am-9.05am ET
Introduction to Day 2:
Irvin Studin, President, Institute for 21st Century Questions; Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Global Brief Magazine
9.05am-10am
China & Asia After the Pandemic:
Feature Interview with Bilahari Kausikan (GB Geo-Blogger & Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Singapore)
10.10am-11.10am
India After the Pandemic:
Ramaswamy Sudarshan (Dean, School of Government and Public Policy, Jindal Global University, New Delhi)
Kanti Bajpai (Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore)
11.20am-12.20pm
Europe After the Pandemic:
Geoff Mulgan (Professor, University College London & former Head of the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit)
Michael Barutciski (Associate Editor, GB & Professor, Glendon College, York University)
Wolfgang Krieger (GB Geo-Blogger & Emeritus University Professor of Modern History and the History of International Relations, University of Marburg, Germany)
12.30pm-1.30pm
The Arctic Space After the Pandemic:
Panel to be announced imminently
1.40pm-2.40pm
The Middle East After the Pandemic:
Itai Brun (Outgoing Deputy Director, Research & Analysis, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv)
Trita Parsi (Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Washington, DC)
Nabil Fahmy (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, and Founding Dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University in Cairo)
2.50pm-3.50pm
Africa After the Pandemic:
Panel to be announced imminently
4pm-5pm
Latin America After the Pandemic:
Alejandro Garcia Magos (Senior Editor, GB)
Isabel Roman (Head of Education, Estado de la Nación, San José, Costa Rica)
[FINIS]