2 November, 2021 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm CET
At our first Global LifeTalk experts, scientists and visionaries come together to explore how we can foster innovation to define and improve healthcare systems in order to make them more sustainable for the future.
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Whilst COVID-19 has caused personal tragedies, it is also doing what pandemics did before: fostering creative disruption. The bubonic plague ushered in social, economic, and cultural changes in Europe, leading to the Renaissance, one of the greatest epochs in human history.
The recent crisis has shown how efficiently people can work together in the spirit of humanity. It took mere weeks from sequencing the COVID-19 virus until the first tests were available. COVID-19 sparked close collaboration between academia, industry, and the public sector. Scientific findings were published and online paywalls were taken down to provide free access to newly published insights. Moving fast on a “burning platform”, and leveraging new technologies like mRNA, humanity was able to combat the virus’ devastating spread.
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Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle TV
CEO, Roche
Following a keynote speech from Lucien Engelen, Melinda Crane will moderate a panel discussion with Severin Schwan and our guest speakers, focussing on the topic of innovation.
There will then be a deep-dive discussion with four Roche speakers, who will share their experiences from the pandemic and visions for the future.
Interaction will be a core part of this event and we invite our audiences to engage by asking questions and participating in polls.
CEO Transform.Health, Strategist Health(care) Innovation
Professor for Life Ethics - Individuals, Institutions and Societies, University of Bonn
Founder and CEO, Patvocates
Managing Partner, SV Health Investors and Chair of the UK COVID-Vaccine Taskforce in 2020
Head of Molecular Labs, Roche Diagnostics
Head of PT Manufacturing, Roche Pharma
Global Head of Research & Development Roche Diagnostics Solutions
Global Head of Infectious Diseases, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development
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