Contagion Film Screening with Screenwriter Scott Burns

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm

2018 Outbreak Week at Harvard University presents: Contagion
Harvard Commons, Smith Campus Center

6:00pm – 6:05pm – Welcome
Shana Yansen, Program Manager, Harvard Global Health Institute

6:05pm – 6:15pm – Opening Remarks: Inspiration for the Film
Scott Z. Burns, Screenwriter; Producer and Director; Screenwriter of Contagion, Producer, Inconvenient Truth, screenwriter, Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!

6:15pm – 8:00pm – Contagion Screening

8:00pm – 8:50pm Panel Discussion
Scott Z. Burns, Screenwriter; Producer and Director; Screenwriter of Contagion, Producer, Inconvenient Truth, screenwriter, Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!
Tara O’Toole, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow, In-Q-Tel; Former Under Secretary for Science and Technology, US Department of Homeland Security
W. Ian Lipkin, John Snow Professor of Epidemiology; Director, Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health; Professor of Pathology and Neurology, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University

Moderator: Juliette Kayyem, Former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security; Belfer Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

8:50pm – 9:00pm –  Closing Remarks
Sabrina Sholts, Curator, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History; Director, Smithsonian Institution Bio-Imaging Research Center

Register for free online.

For more information on Outbreak Week, please visit Harvard Global Health Institute's Website.