Global Think Town Hall I

A group of think tanks, led by TTCSP, have joined together to organize a Global Think Tank Town Hall that will focus on how to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. This interactive Town Hall meeting will address the new and unprecedented policy problems our world is facing and will face in the coming months and the existential challenges and disruptions the virus has imposed on think tanks around the world. The opening panel will be attended by the presidents of the Heritage Foundation, the Brookings Institution, the Atlantic Council as well as numerous other Think Tank executives.

The event occurred on April 7, 2020 08:30 AM (EST).

Town Hall Program

Opening President's Panel, 8:30 - 9:30 AM

Welcome

-Dr. James McGann, TTCSP Director

Opening Remarks

-Kay Coles James, Heritage Foundation (US), President 

-John Allen, President of the Brookings Institution

Panelists

-Dr. James McGann, TTCSP Director [Moderator]

-Samir Saran, Observer Research Foundation, President

-Fred Kempe, Atlantic Council, President and CEO

-Vasu Gounden, The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, Executive Director

-Paolo Magri, ISPI, Executive Vice President and Director

-Simon Tay, Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Chairman

-Julia Pomares, Center for the Implementation of Public Policy for Equity and Growth, Executive Director

-Rohinton Medhora, Centre for International Governance Innovation, President

-Karel Lannoo, The Centre for European Policy Studies, CEO

-Maha Yahya, Carnegie Middle East Center, Director

Panel II: Policy Strategies and Proposal: 9:30 - 10:15 AM

Panelists

-Paolo Magri, Institute for International Political Studies , Executive Vice President and Director [Moderator]

-Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies, Director

-Muhammad Zarar, Geo-Tech Consultancy Services, CEO

-Joel Otieno, HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies, Researcher

-Sarah Rosen Wartell, Urban Institute, President

-Gabriell Duarte, Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales, Researcher

-Thomas Gomart, Institut français des relations internationales, Director

-Fahad Alturki, KAPSARC, Vice-President

-Ibon Zugasti, Millennium Project, Director

Panel III: Think Tanks Adapting and Surviving the Corona Crisis: 10:15 - 11:00 AM

Panelists

-Samir Saran, Observer Research Foundation [Moderator]

-Alena Kudzko, GLOBSEC, Director

-Huiyao Wang, Center for China and Globalization, President

-Milena Lazarevic, European Policy Centre, Director

-Emmanuel Justima, MODRICENIR, Executive Chairman

-Ari Heistein, Institute for National Security Studies, Chief of Staff

-R. Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic Institute, Director Emeritus

-Winnie Stachelberg, Center for American Progess, Executive Vice President

Panel IV: Closing Session IV A Call for Think Tanks to Save Lives and Livelihoods: 11:00 - 11:30 AM

Panelists

-Bridgett Wagner, Heritage Foundation, Vice President

-Aaron Shull, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Managing Director

Closing Remarks

-Dr. James McGann, TTCSP Director

-John Allen, President of the Brookings Institution