Science diplomacy, the climate crisis, and global health on the agenda at Science Arena event in August

The event will take place in São Paulo on August 6, providing a chance to discuss the role of international scientific collaborations in tackling the climate crisis and its effects on global health

Editorial staff

Placard with a slogan about climate justice held up at a demonstration calling for actions to tackle the human-driven climate crisis

A few months before COP30 takes place in Brazil, Science Arena will bring together experts from various countries to discuss the importance of international cooperation programs in dealing with challenges related to the climate crisis and its effects on global health.

The event, which will be held at the Albert Einstein Teaching and Research Center, Cecília and Abram Szajman Campus, in São Paulo at 9.30 a.m. (Brasília time) on August 6, is the result of a partnership between Science Arena and the São Paulo Innovation and Science Diplomacy School (InnSciD SP), established by the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2019.

Participating in the event are names such as Eric Harnisch, vice president of Provider Market at Mayo Clinic Platform (USA); Jerome Kim, director general of the International Vaccine Institute; Jordan Ridgeway of My Green Lab, an American nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of research laboratories; and Sidney Klajner, president of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.

Registration is free and open until August 4. The event will be in-person and entirely in English. A certificate of participation will be issued to all attendees.

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The intersection between science, innovation, and diplomacy is one of the topics to be addressed at the meeting. The agenda also includes debates on:

How to coordinate knowledge networks
What are the challenges for global science with respect to the risk of new epidemics?
How can we reduce the environmental impact of scientific production?

Find out more about the confirmed speakers:

Marcelo Knobel, diretor-executivo da Academia Mundial de Ciências (TWAS)

Guilherme Ary Plonski, professor do Instituto de Estudos Avançados da USP

Luiz Vicente Rizzo, diretor de Pesquisa do Einstein

Edson Amaro, responsável pela área de Big Data do Einstein

FULL SCHEDULE

Wednesday – 6 August

Brasilia Time (BRT)

Climate and health: challenges and possibilities of scientific diplomacy

9:30 – 10:00 AM: Coffee

10:00 – 10:15 AM: Opening

Sidney Klajner – Einstein’s President
Bruno de Pierro – Editor-in-chief of Science Arena

10:15 – 10:45 AM: Science Diplomacy: how to articulate knowledge networks in times of climate crisis

Marcelo Knobel – The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Anne Dorothee Slovic – School of Public Health, USP
Luiz Vicente Rizzo – Einstein’s research director
Guilherme Ary Plonski – USP

10:45 – 11:45 AM: Challenges for global science in the face of the risk of new epidemics

Sue Ann Clemens – University of Oxford
Eric Harnisch – Mayo Clinic Platform
Edson Amaro – Big Data Analytics at Einstein
Jerome Kim – International Vaccine Institute

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM: Ways to reduce the environmental impact of science and train researchers in light of One Health

Jordan Ridgeway – My Green Lab (US)
Giulia Catissi – Researcher at Einstein (PhD student)

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