Special Guests: Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering Director, the Human Nature Lab and the Institute for Network Science Yale University Stella Kyriakides Commissioner for Health and Food Safety European Commission

Host

The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl

IPC-Residence Palace

155 rue de la Loi

1040 Brussels, Belgium

Wednesday, 09 December 2020 15h00-16h00 CET

As the world enters its second year of pandemic-led crisis fighting, the European commissioner for health and food safety and one of the world’s leading public-health specialists join forces for this Special Briefing: What Pandemics Mean, How You Fight Them – and How You Can Ultimately Win. They will be joined in conversation by an eclectic group of European public-health specialists, hospital administrators, front-line policymakers and concerned citizens to take stock of recent progress – and evaluate the outlook for tomorrow. About Prof Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH As one of America’s most well-known doctors and public-health specialists, Prof Christakis has advised state governments and municipalities throughout the crisis on pandemic containing strategies. Paul Farmer, professor of medicine at Harvard, called Apollo’s Arrow, Prof Christakis’ ground-breaking book, “definitive, engaging and astonishing. A tour de force.” William D. Nordhaus, 2018 Nobel Laureate in economics, says Apollo’s Arrow “explains the scientific and social aspects of the coronavirus pandemic” and adds “one is tempted to say the gods created Christakis to write this book at this time. It is wise, vivid and engaging.” In August 2020, The Economist published a lengthy excerpt from Apollo’s Arrow in its “By Invitation” section. Download Excerpt Published in The Economist About Stella Kyriakides A trained psychologist, Stella Kyriakides became commissioner for health and food safety in 2019. Today, among her many responsibilities, she is overseeing preparation of the European Health Union proposal, a comprehensive set of measures to improve Europe’s epidemiological surveillance, preparedness, response planning, member-state crisis assistance programming and local-research depth and sharing. She is a former president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Visit European Health Union Information Page The session will take place online on Webex. Only registered participants will have access to the webinar. Please register by sending a request to rsvp@lisboncouncil.net with “Coronavirus Briefing” in the subject heading.

The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl IPC-Residence Palace 155 rue de la Loi 1040 Brussels, Belgium