Circle U. Café Oslo: How to prepare for the next pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected at least 500 million people and killed more than six million. How can we learn from these events and develop a complete pandemic preparedness and response system? What role can universities and university alliances play?

Time and place: June 2, 2022 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Scene HumSam and online

An illustration from the foyer of Georg Sverdrups hus with Circle U. Cafe written on it

What is Circle U. and Circle U. Café?

Circle U. is our European University Alliance, and your chance to cooperate with colleagues all over Europe. Circle U. Café is our meeting place at UiO and takes place at Scene HumSam in Georg Sverdrups hus. At Circle U. Café we discuss topics relevant for European higher education and research.

How to prepare for the next pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected at least 500 million people and killed more than six million. But it is also the worst combined health and socioeconomic crisis in living memory. The pandemic has exposed deep inequalities between and within countries and struck particularly hard on people who are already marginalized and disadvantaged. How can we learn from these events and develop a complete pandemic preparedness and response system on which citizens can rely to keep them safe and healthy? What role can universities and university alliances play?

Programme
14:00	Coffee
14:15	Welcome Bj?rn Stensaker, Vice rector for Education, University of Oslo
14:20	COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic Right Honourable Helen Clark COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic (pdf)
14:40	An evidence-based quest to protect human health Associate Professor Helena Legido-Quigley, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
15:00	How to prepare for the next pandemic? Panel debate: Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand John Arne R?ttingen, Ambassador for Global Health at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sudhvir Singh, Technical Officer – Equity and Health, WHO Ole Petter Ottersen, President of Karolinska Institutet Anders Nordst?m, Ambassador for Global Health at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Panel chairs: Eivind Engebretsen, Academic Chair of Global Health, Circle U. and Executive Chairman of Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, UiO Sine Grude, student, Faculty of Medicine
15:50	Closing remarks by Bj?rn Stensaker

Organizer

SHE – Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, University of Oslo and Circle U.

Published May 16, 2022 2:36 PM - Last modified June 9, 2022 8:54 AM