Webinar on Health, Sustainability, and COVID-19
Online Event
- Public Event
The Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech invites you to a virtual Earth Week event on health, sustainability, and COVID-19. You will hear from campus researchers on topics ranging from the latest science of COVID-19, challenges with modeling our current pandemic and other global crises, and economic and political ramifications for sustainability.
We hope you can join us.
COVID-19 and Implications for Addressing Global Crises in Health and Sustainability
4:00 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. | Panel One
Moving Forward Despite Uncertain Models by Using Science to Drive Global Action
Panelists
- David Baltimore, President Emeritus and Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology; Nobel Laureate
- Pamela Bjorkman, David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Bioengineering
- Alice Huang, Senior Faculty Associate in Biology
- Robert Phillips, Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics and Biology
Moderator
- Jonas Peters, Bren Professor of Chemistry and Director, RSI
Q&A Facilitator
- Xenia Amashukeli, Executive Director of Operations, RSI
5:10 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. | Break
5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Panel Two
Economic and Political Implications for Renewables and Climate Action
Panelists
- Michael Alvarez, Professor of Political and Computational Social Science
- Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and Ronald and Maxine Linde Leadership Chair, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Moderator
- Neil Fromer, Executive Director of Programs, RSI
Q&A Facilitator
- Xenia Amashukeli, Executive Director of Operations, RSI