We’re holding our second international Covid-19 Symposium as a Zoom webinar on 12 February 2021 (UTC / GMT) 7:30pm - 4:30am / 13 February 2021 (NZDT) 8.30am – 5.30pm.

The event will present professional perspectives on the latest science and policy relating to Covid-19 and explore international variances in our response to the virus so far and in the coming year.

We will hear what Governments and health authorities have right and wrong about Covid-19, how their responses are helping or hindering the virus, public health, civil liberties, and community.

The speaker line-up consists of internationally respected health, economics, sociology and legal scientists and academics, including:

• Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, The University of Oxford
• Ramesh Thakur, Crawford School of Public Policy, and former Assistant Director General United Nations 1998-2007.
• Jay Bhattacharya, Medical Doctor and Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
• David L Katz, Founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
• Byram Bridle, Associate Professor, Viral Immunologist, The University of Guelph
• James Allan, Garrick Professor in Law, TC Beirne School of Law and University of Queensland.

Ticket holders receive access to the closed Zoom webinar where they can chat with other viewers, including well-known freethinkers on covid issues and submit questions for our speakers. A free non-participation livestream will be run simultaneously on YouTube.

Details of the 2020 Symposium and videos of the presentations can be viewed here: https://www.covidplanb.co.nz/symposium2020/