Speaker Schedule

Week Date Topic Speaker
1 June 24 Patchwork Responses to Pandemic in Comparison
· Defining concepts (nation-states, federalism, regime type, regional/global authorities, non-governmental organizations, etc.)
· Differential responses across countries, regions, and states
· Public opinion, trust & compliance
· Covid-19 vs Democracy
· Ideology, rise of populism on left/right
Panel: Makrukh Doctor
Vivien Schmidt
2 July 1 Information Warfare & Pandemic: How Countries media Organizations and Civil Society Frame the Virus
· Civil Society Response
· (Mis)Information
· World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a massive coronavirus “infodemic,” describing this as “an over-abundance of information”
Dr. Jonas Kaiser, Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh, Felice Freyer, Dr. Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber
3 July 8 From Quorum to Proxy: Remote Governance
· How to run elections, campaigns, and conventions during pandemics?
· Virtual Legislating
· Economic Impact
· Getting out the Vote
Congressman Jim McGovern & Professor Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch
4 July 15 Militarization of US Policy-Costs, Consequences, and COVID Dr. Andrew Bacevich, Professor Rachael Cobb, Professor Christina Kulich-Vamvakas
5 July 22 Migrants, Refugees, & Fragile States—The Humanitarian Crisis and COVID-19 Doulas S. Massey, Maria Toyoda, Ragini Shah, Adriana Lafaille, Dara Lind
6 July 29 Partisanship vs. Pandemic:
Common Enemy, Disjointed Responses, Unequal Impact
· Competent leadership and the role of experts in agencies and legislatures
· Congressional / Legislative response
· Executive Leadership
· Societal Response
Panel: Sarah Binder,
Julia Azari, 
Brian Conley
7 August 5 Coronavirus Negligence: Risk, Liability & Liberty
· Privacy vs. Pandemic
· Freedom vs Quarantine
· Liability Issues
Panel: Renee Landers, Rachel Rollins, and Shannon Liss-Riordan
8 August 12 How Covid-19 will Change National Security
· NSC Threat Assessment
· Preparedness, command & control
· Intelligence
· Homeland Health Security
Panel: Quentin Palfrey, Esther Sperling, Dr. Gregory F. Treverton, Dr. Kathleen J. McInnis, Jen Kirby
9 August 19

What do we know? Looking ahead to the New Normal

· The future of work, school & welfare?
· Cities/Zoning/Density
· Rebuilding the new economy: From the future of small business to climate
· Public transportation
· The future of the public square

Panel: Mark Boyer, Shareen Hertel, Daron Acemoglu, David Paleologos, Roger Fisk

 

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