When: Thursday, March 18, 2021, 10:00 am - 11:00 am EST
Where: Online

Inaugural Event in the Wilson Center's Transatlantic Dialogue Series

One year ago, a largely unknown virus changed life as we knew it in the United States, Europe, and the world. While little about the virus was understood, a race for PPE supplies, tests, therapeutics and, most importantly, a vaccine, commenced.

Fast forward to 2021: Multiple authorized vaccines are now available, and many more candidate vaccines are in development -- an amazing feat of science that was reliant on extensive transatlantic cooperation, and not possible for any previous pandemic. How have scientists and public health officials on both sides of the Atlantic cooperated to fight the pandemic? What more can the United States and Europe do to provide equitable access to vaccines around the world and enhance pandemic preparedness and response? What can we learn from each other?

Join us on March 18th, 10AM EST/3PM CET for our inaugural transatlantic dialogue with world-renowned health authorities about the transatlantic Covid-19 response, vaccine development, and scientific cooperation between the United States and Europe.

This event is part of the Wilson Center’s Transatlantic Dialogue Series, a speaker and discussion series hosted in partnership with the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, the Austrian Embassy in Washington D.C., and the U.S. Embassy in Vienna.

Welcome:

Martin Weiss
Austrian Ambassador to the United States

Robin Dunnigan
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. U.S. Embassy in Austria

Panel:

Eva Scherhammer
Professor of Epidemiology, Medical University Vienna, Harvard Medical School

Jeffrey Koplan
Vice President for Global Health at Emory University, Former Head of the CDC

Florian Krammer
Mount Sinai Professor of Vaccinology, Icahn School of Medicine

Moderator:

Daniel S. Hamilton
Director, Global Europe Program; Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Distinguished Fellow