This session explored business concerns in the Post-COVID Era. Speakers thus discussed best practices and innovation strategies that businesses across sectors should implement to tackle the impact of the pandemic.
This session was composed of two conversations:
CONVERSATION 1 | Fostering innovation through public-private partnership and data collaboration
16:00 – 18:00 CET
Innovation was discussed through the lens of public-private partnerships and data collaboration in the Post-COVID Era.
Speakers:
James Eshelby, Vice President & Head of Pfizer Global Public-Private Partnerships and Vice-Chair of Research & Innovation Strategy Group (RIS) at EFPIA
Mike England, COO, RS Components
Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Member of the European Parliament, ITRE Committee Member
Jessica Espey, Senior Advisor, United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Matthew Harrington, Global President and Chief Operating Officer, Edelman
Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder and Chief of Research and Development, Governance Laboratory, New York University
Samuel Scarpino, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Moderated by Scott David, Executive Director, Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative, University of Washington (Seattle)
CONVERSATION 2 | The innovation potential of the Energy sector
16:00 – 18:00 CET
In this conversation, close attention was devoted to the Energy sector and its potential for innovation.
Speakers:
Afnan Hannan, Co-Founder and CEO, Okra Solar
Anes Jusic, Senior Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
Douglas J. Arent, Deputy Associate Lab Director, Scientific Computing and Energy Analysis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Elvira López Prados, Head of CEO Office – Energy, ACCIONA
William Brent, CMO, Husk Power Systems
Moderated by Xiangkun Elvis Cao, Climate & Sustainability Consortium Impact Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology