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- Agenda
- Keynote speakers
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No registration is required. WHO will provide live webcast of the Global Research and Innovation Forum.
If there are occasions where the webcast transmission is not successful; WHO staff will work to re-establish it as soon as possible.
Meeting information
Preparatory consultations benefiting from inputs from hundreds of experts on each of the various thematic areas preceded this Forum. The outcomes of those preparatory consultations will be presented at the Forum but, the focus will be on outlining
and debating the research priorities for 2021 and 2022.
The goals of the Forum remain the same as in the original Roadmap:
- To accelerate innovative research to help contain the spread of the pandemic and facilitate care for those affected.
- To support research priorities that contribute to the development of global research platforms and, to build on the knowledge from the current pandemic to better prepare for the next unforeseen epidemic
The outcomes of the Global Research and Innovation Forum will inform the development of a revised COVID-19 Global Research and Innovation Roadmap with clear goals, priority actions and milestones.
Keynote Speakers
 | Prof Peter Singer Ira W. DeCamp University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, USA |
 | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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 | GCEO Amref Health Africa & former Co-Chair of UHC2030 Steering Committee |
 | Prof Alicia Bárcena Executive Secretary Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
 | Nobel Laureate Founding Director, Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Germany |
And many COVID experts from around the world |
