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WHAT TO EXPECT
TOPICS COVERED
Join us to address, discuss and understand major subjects for the post-pandemic era
GLOBAL
HEALTH
To overcome the pandemic, a global-scale response is necessary. While closing borders, restricting travel and imposing lockdowns have important effects in curbing the spread of the disease, it is only through large-scale cooperation that we are to achieve positive results for the future. This means strengthening global coordination, improving international communication and readjusting national health systems to create a better early-warning system for future challenges.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND INVESTMENTS
The coronavirus impacts over socioeconomic indicators are disastrous, especially affecting international trade, agricultural value chains, small and medium enterprises and tourism, transports and hospitality. Economic recovery will come through smart and effective investments in key segments of national economies, boosting employability, revenue and consumption. Trade and finance are, thus, major components of the comeback, where synergies are most needed.
TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
Technical and Scientific Cooperation will also be addressed, as an important instrument for finding solutions in the current and future scenarios. While global institutions and national agencies have fluctuated between collaboration and isolated responses, there is no denial that the exchange of information, technologies and good practices is a must in times of crisis. Universities, laboratories, research centers and private companies are key players in this sense, and through close and thorough relations they can build the blocks for our fast, yet sustainable, comeback.
VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES
To overcome the pandemic, a global-scale response is necessary. While closing borders, restricting travel and imposing lockdowns have important effects in curbing the spread of the disease, it is only through large-scale cooperation that we are to achieve positive results for the future. This means strengthening global coordination, improving international communication and readjusting national health systems to create a better early-warning system for future challenges.
REGIONAL
EXPERIENCES
Although the pandemic has spread at an unprecedented speed and extent towards the entire world, regional initiatives are managing to tackle this issue with attention to specific details and local realities. Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America have shown an impetus for intra-regional collaboration, using continental institutions, disease control centers and development agencies to push against the spread of the virus and its many negative impacts. Through close collaboration, there is the possibility of finding synergies to replicate and scale-up solutions in the longer-term.
NEW
PARADIGMS
Finally, this crisis and its change in world relations represents the dawn of a new paradigm for all countries. International organizations, national governments and large conglomerates shall come together, joining efforts with civil society and individuals to promote change and adapt to the “new normal” we are to face in the near future. A masterplan for disease control, economic comeback and international cooperation is necessary if we are to consider all our challenges in an effective way, and this can only be achieved through dialogue.
A new opportunity to be closer together
The global community is facing enormous challenges, as the coronavirus has rapidly changed our planning and guidelines, while the world tries to deal with the consequences of a devastating shock to the world economy that impacts the daily lives of all people and organizations.
Although we are disappointed that we are not personally together with our friends and partners this year, we are excited about the event's online experience, which will allow for greater public participation and will hopefully create the same good space for dialogue and cooperation.
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