Contact Tracing Apps against COVID-19: German National Academy Leopoldina hosts international virtual panel discussion
International experts will discuss these issues at an English-language virtual panel discussion organised by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina on Wednesday, 15 July, 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m CEST.
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Virtual Panel Discussion
“Contact Tracing Apps: Promising Tool in the Fight against COVID-19?“
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
10:00 am-11:15 am BST (London & Dublin)
11:00 am-12:15 pm CEST (Berlin)
6:00 pm-7:15 pm KST (Seoul)
Debating at the podium:
• Sir Jonathan Montgomery, Professor of Healthcare Law, University College London, Chair of Oxford University Hospitals NHSFT and Non-executive Director of Health Data Research UK
• Judith Simon, Professor of Ethics in Information Technology, University of Hamburg and member of the German Ethics Council
• Douglas Leith, Professor of Computer Systems, Trinity College Dublin and founder of the Hamilton Institute, National University of Ireland at Maynooth
• Myongsei Sohn, Professor of Public Health and Executive Director, Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment at Yonsei University of Seoul, South Korea
The panel will be moderated by Regina T. Riphahn, Vice President, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Professor of Statistics and Empirical Economics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
The event is open to all interested parties. Participation is free of charge. Prior registration is required via the following link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WKeoI9nXQjCG_vwT92I0NQ
After successful registration, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with a dial-in link for the webinar and a password. You will also receive information on how to dial into the event by phone. When using the ZOOM video conferencing system, the privacy policy of the provider applies: https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html
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