Events
Past events
Since 2020, the Jameel Institute have been organising virtual events focused on COVID-19. Please see below for all for past events for you to watch again.
November 2022
'Preparing for the next pandemic: economics, behaviour and equity'
Our last annual symposium examined what COVID-19 has taught us and whether our assumptions prior to the pandemic were correct.
As the world begins to live with the endemic SARS-CoV-2, we explored how the lessons learned throughout the pandemic will enable us to manage and mitigate the economic and societal impacts of future pandemics. The panellists discussed questions on how we view the role of pandemic preparedness and how it could help us plan better for future outbreaks. We also discussed how human behaviour changed and adapted to respond to the crisis and what the impact was on the economy, but also on societal engagement and interactions. Lastly, the experts discussed what equitable access to healthcare meant in reality during the pandemic and what mitigation measures need to be in place to support the most vulnerable.
Watch the recording below:
Session 1 - Economics of pandemic preparedness
Session 2 - Behaviour interventions and the impacts
Session 3 - Inequality in a pandemic and the impacts
The symposium brough together esteemed panellists from a diverse range of backgrounds and from across the globe. This unique virtual event marked the second anniversary of the Jameel Institute which was founded in October 2019. Since the launch, the Institute has been largely focussed on analysing the impact of COVID-19 around the world. For all of our COVID-19 reports and planning tools, please see our COVID-19 resources page.
November 2021
‘Data analytics in a pandemic: policy, politics and partnerships’ symposium
Thank you for joining our annual symposium which examined how data and the scientists that generate them have been politicised. We analysed the difficult and often fraught partnership between politicians, who answer to an electorate, and scientists, who uphold principles of good scientific conduct including objectivity and transparency. We also looked at how data has been communicated by the media and others over the last 18 months and the importance placed on data. Lastly, we examined what the successes and challenges have been around building effective partnerships between nations to ensure the mitigations strategies are equitable.
Watch the recording below:
Session 1 - Communicating science in the post-truth age
Session 2 - Data analytics at the science-politics interface
Session 3 - Partnerships and equity in the global response to COVID: success or failure?
May 2021
‘Where are we now? The Global COVID-19 vaccination programme’
The development of COVID-19 vaccines has presented the global community with many questions: how do we guarantee world-wide vaccine supply, what challenges do constrain health systems face with vaccine distribution, how are concerns over vaccine safety impacting uptake and what role has communication played in the vaccine rollout?
Watch our panellists discuss the learnings, challenges and opportunities faced over the last few months.
Speakers include:
Professor Azra Ghani - Chair in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London (Moderator)
Professor Anthony Harnden - Deputy Chair of the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), UK
Professor Heidi Larson - Founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project
Professor Julio Croda - Former Chief, Department of Communicable Diseases at the Secretary of Health Surveillance, Brazil between 2019-2020 and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
November 2020
'Shaping the post-COVID-19 world' symposium
During these unprecedented times, we continue to learn how to control the virus, support and mitigate its economic and social impacts, and review how we can effectively prepare for pandemics in the future. Our symposium explored difficult lessons with views from central bankers, Nobel laureates, epidemiologists, public health policymakers. This unique virtual event marked the first anniversary of the Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics which was founded in October 2019.
Watch our Symposium 'Shaping the post-COVID-19 world' - YouTube. Since the launch, the Institute has been largely focussed on analysing the impact of COVID-19 around the world. For all of our COVID-19 reports and planning tools, please see our COVID-19 resources page.