The Capacity and Networks themes of the Policy and Global Affairs Division at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine invite you to join a webinar on “International Collaboration in the COVID-19 Era.
The event will feature two globally-renowned speakers from the U.S. and South Africa with expertise in science policy, diplomacy and international collaboration: Prof. Caroline S. Wagner (The Ohio State University) and Prof. Malik Maaza (University of South Africa). The session will examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted formal mechanisms for knowledge exchange, people-to-people interactions and trainings and the urgent need for a concerted and inclusive convergence research effort to address the current pandemic through international cooperation.