Exploring Ways to Prevent Future Pandemics | Pages | WWF

View recording of event

Agenda:

9:00-9:15 am	Welcome & setting the stage
	Prof. Steve Osofsky, Jay Hyman Professor of Wildlife Health & Health Policy, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine; Director, Cornell Wildlife Health Center
	Nik Sekhran, Chief Conservation Officer, World Wildlife Fund
	Thomas L. Friedman, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times; today’s moderator
9:15-9:45 am	Panel I
	“One Health Global Governance Is Essential” Dr. David Nabarro, WHO Special Envoy on COVID-19
	“Short- and Long-Term Governance Considerations for a Global Approach to Wildlife Consumption-Associated Public Health Risks” Doreen Robinson, Chief for Wildlife, UNEP
	“Could a Global Wildlife Health Authority Have Prevented the COVID-19 Pandemic?” Prof. Richard Kock, Co-chair, IUCN SSC Wildlife Health Specialist Group; Professor of Wildlife Health and Emerging Diseases, Royal Veterinary College
9:45-10:15 am	Moderated Q&A
Break
10:30-11:05 am	Panel II
	“A Sustainable Future for Wildlife and Humanity Depends on a New Approach” Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim, Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
	“New Ways Forward for Addressing Wildlife Trafficking, Trade and Markets” John Scanlon, Chair, Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime
11:05-11:35 am	Moderated Q&A
11:35-11:50 am	“Seizing the Moment to Mitigate the Global Risks at Hand” Reflections from Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, UN Messenger of Peace; Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute
11:50-12:00 pm	Closing Remarks Thomas L. Friedman
12:00 pm	Adjournment Prof. David Lodge, The Francis J. DiSalvo Director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University