Future Medicine Round Table

Are we prepared for the next pandemic?

Date:

November 4, 2021
4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Place:

Live stream from the rbb studio in Berlin.

Topic

The Covid-outbreak in the end of 2019 took the world by surprise. After almost two years into the pandemic, science has made great progress and politicians have made valuable experiences concerning the management of the global crisis. But can we use the knowledge we acquired if a similar scenario strikes again?

The great success of our event-series “Future Medicine Science Match”, hosted by Berlin’s leading Newspaper Der Tagesspiegel and the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) in the past years inspired us to hold it once again. Due to the circumstances, this year we will run the event as a virtual round table.

We are looking forward to discussing the important questions:

  • Have we already learned enough about the pandemic? 
  • Can the learnings regarding effective therapies and preventive measures be applied for another pandemic? 
  • What are the side effects of the pandemic on the health system (e.g. delay of diagnosis and therapies of other diseases like cancer, cardiovascular diseases or chronical illnesses)?
  • Are science and politics prepared for the next pandemic?

Timetable

4.00 p.m.
Welcome Speeches

Prof. Dr. Christopher Baum
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BIH at Charité and Chief Translational Research Officer of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Stephan-Andreas Casdorff
Publisher, Der Tagesspiegel

4.10 p.m.
Screenings

Scientists from many different fields will start by showing short films about the most recent findings in SARS-CoV-2-Research

4.15 p.m.
Impulse Lecture

Dr. Michael May
Vice President & Medical Director Germany of Bristol Myers Squibb

4.25 p.m.
Screenings

Scientists from many different fields will start by showing short films about the most recent findings in SARS-CoV-2-Research

4.30 p.m.
Discussion: Are we prepared for the next pandemic?

Prof. Christof von Kalle
Head of the Clinical Study Center of BIH and Charité

Prof. Veronika von Messling
Director General Life Sciences, Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Prof. Leif Erik Sander
Professor of Immunology of Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Moderator:
Michaela Küfner, Political Correspondent

5.10 p.m.
Screenings

Scientists from many different fields will start by showing short films about the most recent findings in SARS-CoV-2-Research

5.15 p.m.
Closing-Keynote

Dr. Oliver Morgan
Director Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment at WHO Health Emergencies

We thank Bristol Myers Squibb for the kind support of the event.

Network Partner

The Future Medicine Round Table is part of Berlin Science Week 2021.

Note on film and photo shoots
We would like to point out that photos and film shots are taken at our events. Participants agree that photos and films will be taken of  them during the events. They agree to the unlimited use of these photographs by the publisher or by third parties who have been granted corresponding rights of use by the publisher.