Pandemic Science Summit

The Pandemic Science Summit, held June 17, 2020, explored how science innovation and communication are key to society’s future stability as we emerge from the pandemic. Structured as rotating spotlight conversations between two featured guests at a time, the event drew on speakers’ expertise in science and medicine and offered complementary and synergistic discussions. Christopher Bailey Arts and Health Lead, World Health Organization Elisabeth Bik, Ph.D. Microbiologist and scientific integrity consultant Margaret Hamburg, M.D. Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine; former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Peggy Oti-Boateng, Ph.D. Director, Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building, UNESCO George Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. President and Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals This digital event, in collaboration with the science outlet LeapsMag and the social impact company GOOD, accompanied the June 8, 2020, release of "The Pandemic Issue,” https://www.aspeninstitute.org/progra... a special magazine devoted to new horizons in science and society emerging from the pandemic.