The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) is virtual this year!
Like many things in 2020, it might not be the same experience, but the positive is that it can now be viewed by everyone here on the Livestream from 10AM- 4PM ET Monday (September 21st) through Thursday (September 24th). Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Senior Program Associate Khari Douglas will be attending the virtual HLF to podcast and blog about the various talks and panels.
Additionally, CCC Council member Shwetak Patel from the Univeristy of Washington will be talking on Tuesday, September 22nd at 10:30AM ET on Learning From Global Health Research to Address the Current Pandemic and then leading and participating in a hot topic session on Health, Technology, and Data: Which is the best way to go?.
From the session description:
The first panel will consist of individuals with many years of experience working on global health, whose perspective is vital for the development of meaningful technology solutions and applications. What have we learned so far from the Corona crisis, for example? What would the world look like if all collectible data had been available at the earliest possible time? Which aspects of this knowledge can we use in the future, for future pandemics or viruses? … The second half of the Hot Topic will be dedicated to recent and possible solutions. How can machine learning help in the development of new vaccines, for example? Which apps and tools currently help to improve health? If all conceivable data were available: what could science achieve? Immortality?
See the program and learn more here and please keep an eye on the CCC blog for Khari’s posts this week!
